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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...

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...

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...

5 Ways To Stay Sane During The Upcoming Finals Season

Kathryn Pluta November 27, 2023

As the days grow shorter and colder, the body’s internal clock signals something familiarly odious on the horizon: finals season. For most students, finals are the seemingly insurmountable hurdle that...

People enjoy drinks in OMalley's Pub

Top 5 Favorite Drinks at O’Malley’s Pub

Isabella Gearinger November 10, 2023

O’Malley’s Irish Pub is a perfect spot to stop for a cold drink. Whether you are looking for something to do on the weekend with friends, or passing through Weston on a trip, O’Malley’s has something...

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...

Residence Life Staff

What You Didn’t Know About RAs

Hannah Hiester October 9, 2023

Most college students pass by the resident assistant office in their dorms without a second thought—what they don’t realize, though, is how much happens behind-the-scenes in the office. From the beginning...

"The Woman" in the Yellow Wallpaper production

From Pen to Performance: The Yellow Wallpaper

Dylan Dibben October 6, 2023

The Benedictine College Theater Department began its 2023-24 performance season with The Yellow Wallpaper.   The production is based on the 1892 American short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It...

Image in-store with owner Elizabeth Knispel

New Women’s Boutique aimed for College Students opens in Downtown Atchison

Olivia Burtis October 5, 2023

In May of 2023, a new women’s fashion boutique called Twill Trade opened in downtown Atchison on Commercial Street. Elizabeth Knispel, the owner of the business, has now opened multiple stores in Kansas...

Gerald Dickens performs

Gerald Dickens to Teach Master Class on Wednesday

Noah Steenbergen October 2, 2023

Gerald Dickens, an actor and great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, will be a featured guest via Zoom for Professor Michael Throop’s Art of Presenting Class. Dickens is a theatre performer and has...

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