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Tornado touching down

How the Transition from El Niño to La Niña Could Impact Tornado Season in Kansas

Maria Foss April 15, 2024

As tornado season begins, the transition from El Niño to La Niña could create an increase in severe weather and storms in Kansas. El Niño and La Niña are two opposite climate patterns that emerge...

Ten things you should know before starting college

Ten Things You Should Know Before Starting College

Maria Foss April 2, 2024

The switch from high school to college can be a major adjustment. From navigating homesickness to figuring out which degree to pursue, here are ten things you should know before you begin your college...

The Truth About Lent

The Truth About Lent

Shelby Bland February 20, 2024

Although Lent has just begun there may have already been times where you’ve broken your fast or forgotten that it was Friday and eaten a delicious burger. Does this mean that your Lent is already ruined...

Dr. Thomas Croats

Renowned Botanist Shares His Work on Rainforest Diversity

Dylan Dibben February 19, 2024

The Center for Integral Ecology welcomed Dr. Thomas Croat on February 8 to speak on his work and the diversity and importance of rainforest plants. Croat, curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St....

Wind Ensemble practices for their performance

Benedictine College Wind Ensemble to Preform at Kansas Music Education Association

Cia Duggan February 18, 2024

They beat 10 D1 schools. They beat the odds. They broke history. A small private college received the honor of performing at a statewide celebration of music education for the first time in its collegiate...

Stanley Cup Craze: What's Behind the Latest Trend?

Stanley Cup Craze: What’s Behind the Latest Trend?

Maria Foss February 15, 2024

The tumbler is everywhere. Whether you are at the gym, on a college campus, or scrolling on social media, you are sure to see Gen-Z girls lugging around their 40-ounce Stanley Adventure Quenchers. So how...

Chris Myers

Chris Myers and the Story of NASCAR on Fox Sports

Quinn McCullough February 7, 2024

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to interview NASCAR on FOX Pre Race Show host Chris Myers. He has been one of the main people for FOX Sports' NASCAR coverage since 2001 when they first started...

Victoria Rodgers

Faith and Fame: Rodgers’ Personal Encounter With the President of Hungary

Maria Foss February 7, 2024

Are celebrities really as important as we make them out to be? For Victoria Rodgers, meeting the president of Hungary was all she wanted to do that brisk September morning.  The information was sent...

Enzo Selvaggi talks

Beauty and Truth Within Sacred Art 

Sophie Kolars November 29, 2023

Enzo Selvaggi, the creative director at Heritage Liturgical LLC, spoke at Benedictine College about the use of art in our modern and secular world and how important it is to observe the practices of sacred...

Angelico Fellows and Brother Angelus at Gardening Workday last year (image taken by Madeline Joerger)

Benedictine Welcomes New Angelico Fellows Director 

Hannah Hiester November 7, 2023

After being leaderless for six months, members of Benedictine’s academic program for beauty and culture on campus—known as Angelico Fellows—welcomed their new director to campus in October.  The...

The sisters' monastery

The Sisters are Back!

Mary Kate Roche November 3, 2023

For the past few years, due to COVID-19, the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica have had a more minimal presence on campus in order to protect their community and the residents of Dooley Center,...

The Sallie House, Atchison, KS.

The Haunted History of The Sallie House

Isabella Gearinger October 25, 2023

The “Sallie House”, built in 1890, has become famous amongst the local residents and paranormal enthusiasts because of its reportedly unsettling history. Located at 508 N 2nd St, Atchison, KS this...

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