Molly Wilson

MNA - Better Journalism Contest: 2022 First Place Hard News Caroline Reding sat in her chemistry class fall semester, mask securely tugged over her nose, and glanced around. Masks rested below noses. Some hung at chin level. Some students wore no masks at all. In a setting where school policy dictated a mask mandate within the classroom, Reding became frustrated, but also curious as to where Bethel University stood on the COVID-19 vaccine in comparison to other universities in the MIAC. She pulled up a few tabs and looked at the vaccine requirements of every school in the MIAC.

When Minnesota United team owner Bill McGuire persuaded the city of St. Paul to move forward with a 19,400-seat professional soccer stadium in the Midway in 2016, he presented a real estate development vision that would overhaul the surrounding Midway Shopping Center with new retail, housing and perhaps a movie theater. With construction largely funded by backers lined up by McGuire himself, the city’s $250 million stadium opened in 2019, replacing an outdated supermarket, a dance studio, liquo

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When Amy Poppinga started at Bethel University in 2005, being an adjunct history professor meant proposing new courses, assigning papers and connecting with the students in her classes: pre-pandemic millennials who viewed college as a natural next step.

Faculty and administration came together to discuss the impact of the upcoming faculty cuts on Bethel. Faculty and administrators lined three of the walls of BC 468 Wednesday afternoon. When the chairs in the conference room began to run out, they started sitting on the floor, waiting for the Faculty Senate meeting to start. “I am emboldened seeing friends and colleagues sitting here with us,” Eric Leafblad, associate professor of missionary ministry and Faculty Senator said halfway through th