Bethanian, 2004

2004·12.7 MB·English

by  Bethany College

5ETHANY
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2011 with funding from
LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation
http://www.archive.org/details/bethanian2004beth

"4"
i
Main Street
Bethany, West Virginia 26032
[phone]
i
student
Life
A
Cut
Ab
The
Rest
The year saw some tough chang-
es. New administration, new rules, a
new stoplight. Route 67 was closed
for repairs on an eroding hillside. Ev-
ery week there was a new uproar.
We saw the suspension of TVS, the
NCAA tournament and the inaugu-
ration and resignation of a college
president. We parked at Coal Bowl.
We braved the ice and snow each
day of the winter, and some were
better than others at making it to
classon twofeet.
As new changes occurred, we ad-
justed. Change was a challenge. We
excelled. After all, Bethanians have
always been
— 1
ACutAboveThe Rest.
2Opening
Left:SophomorePaulaMaxwell,freshmanMe- Below:SophomoreAnnaleseHenryandse-
lissaSnyderandsophomoreAlenaMcAllister niorShawnKnarrenjoyagameoffrisbeeon
hangoutsideofRichardsonHallbeforeclass. RichardsonLawn.
Left;Studentstakeabreakfromtheirbusy Above:Takingtimeforlunchisamust,es-
daytogotothepostoffice. peciallyonChickenPattyWednesdays.These
studentsareheadingdowntothecafeteria.
Opening 3
d
en
oaa^
omecoming is a fun-filled Kuhn, KatieTetzlaw, MeganMalo-
weekendthatmanylookforwardto ney, SarahAnderson, Sara Sypu-
It is a weekend la, Beth Smith,
fullofoldfriends, Beth Wichowor-
good times and ski and Jessica
lots of shared Duymich. The
memories. The king'ssideofthe
sisters of Zeta court included
Tau Alpha held Steve Ochap,
theirsecondan- Dave Weibe,
nual "bounce Paul Barsotti,
for boobs" and Eric Day, Noah
with the help of McKay,Brandon
alumni,students Heisler, Nathan
and community Marshall and
members,raised NateSmith. The
cver$800forthe returning home-
Susan G. Ko- coming royalty
menbreastcan- from the year
cer foundation. Noah McKay having been crowned before came
Other festivities HomecomingKingawaitsthecrown- backtopassdown
include various ingofKatieTetzlawasQueen, the crown to the
tents, a parade new homecom-
through town with a float contest, ing king and queen of Bethany
andthecrowingofthehomecoming College. This year's winners
king and queen. The homecom- were King Noah McKay and
ingcourtof2003 included Maggie Queen Katie Tetzlaw of Phi Mu.
The pep band marchesthrough the streetsofBethanyand around campus
duringtheparadetoshowtheirschoolspiritbeforetheHomecominggame.
4 Student Life

an{/ 0{jenne^
n..
alloweenwassupposed hired and therewerefree refresh-
tobeallaboutgoblins,ghosts,trick ments.Studentshadagoodtimeas
ortreatingandbe- theydancedthe
ingscared. Here nightaway.
we celebrated The all cam-
Halloweenincur pus annualHal-
ownway.Wehad loween Party
our own version was thrown by
of the spooky AlphaSigmaPhi
scarypart.Alpha and Zeta Tau
Sigma Phi pre- Alpha. Every-
sented "Ghosts one on campus
railTails."Atmid- was invited to
night students comeanddress
gathered on the in costume. An
lawn of Rich- award is given
ardson to hear outtotheperson
Larry Grimes, with the best
chairofthe Enl- costume every
gishdepartment, year.Therewas
tell chilling tales a wide variety of
about campus. costumes;every-
The tales scared thing from ani-
—some students more than others mals, objectsand peopledressed
especially those who live in likeotherpeople.
PhillipsorMorlan.Afterhearingthe Thepartywasheldatthe"local
stories, students' questions were establishment"andthethemewas
answeredaboutmysteriousthings appropriately enough called " A
that they heard and saw in their NightofSinatBubba'sBison Inn."
dorms. Therewere stories ofhow With a small admission fee free
some rooms in Phillips do notlike drafts were given to anyone who
itwhenboysstayoverandthereis attended the party. A good time
anotherstoryofagirl, Sarah, who washadbyallandthebarwasthe
killedherselfandstillhangsaround mostcrowded anyonehad seen it
the dorm. From Morlan students in alongtime.
could see a "ghost" at the top of Halloween was oneofthe best
theclocktowerjumpofflikehewas times ofthe year. With the many
committingsuicide. thingsthatwentonaroundcampus,
There was also a Halloween everyone was sure to find some-
Dance sponsored by MSCS for thing to do. Whether itwas scary
the whole campus that was held stories,dancingortheannualparty,
in RennerToo. ADiscJockeywas agoodtimewasguaranteed.
Right: Corinne
Costellic and Tri-
cia Chesney are
at "A Night of
Sin" at Bubba's
BisonInn.
6 StudentLife