Abby Chalmers

Lucy Stay’s feet pounded against the bow of the curved treadmill as she pushed through another set of intervals. Next to her, more of her teammates completed their sprints, while others lifted weights, curling and pressing ten-pound plates as they warmed up their muscles. Team lifts in the Wellness Center aren’t uncommon, but this was no ordinary team: it was the Arden Village Powderpuff Team.

Though nine residence areas put together a powderpuff team to train and compete with during homecoming

Chacos. Carhartt beanies. A pair of headphones blasting The Lumineers. A state-park-sticker-covered water bottle. Hallmarks of the modern granola girl.

These nature-loving coffee and thrifting enthusiasts would love to share their Appalachian-indie music playlists with anyone who asks. But perhaps the most critical characteristic of a granola girl? Knowing how to execute the perfect hike. Though venturing into the great outdoors may seem daunting, Bethel University’s resident granola girls are

Born into a family with nine other siblings, Josephs had the odds stacked against her from the beginning. Two of her brothers died before she was old enough to know them, one passing as a baby and the other killed from a police gunshot to the back of the neck after stealing and driving a car down an alleyway.

When Josephs was 18 months old, her mother, Margaret, left the man that she claimed was Josephs’ father, though Josephs could never be sure of that. Of her siblings, she’s the only one wit

Hana Ko stared out the car’s window as it rumbled down the unpaved roads of the Guatemalan highlands. All around her, flora flourished, the thick forest of vibrant green trees stretching as far as her eyes could see. Surrounded by the Textura documentary team — composed of Bethel University journalism professor Scott Winter, journalism and international relations major Soraya Keiser and Guatemalan director Nataly Basterrechea — Ko traveled to a small village in the mountains. There, they would s