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(PODCAST) Circuit in 20: Conversations with Sparky, Ep. 1 — Circuit Editor Editor in Chief Catherine Halbmaier

Ben Gonyaw, Staff Writer October 6, 2025

Welcome to the first episode of Circuit in 20: Raven Conversations. I started this podcast to help people tell others about their story. Join me today as I interview Catherine Halbmaier, Editor and...

Benedictine students enjoy Weston Applefest.

Weston Applefest: A Tradition of Fall-Themed Fun

Alexia Morfeld, Staff Writer October 1, 2025

The streets of historic Weston, MO will be filled with community and fall festivities as the 35th annual Applefest returns this weekend. Applefest has been the region’s biggest celebration of the harvest...

Family and friends pose with Dominick in "Diabetes Monster" t-shirts. Photo courtesy of Anthony Dominick.

Benedictine Junior Starts Business to Help Type-1 Diabetics

Dominik Scelza, Multimedia Editor October 1, 2025

Benedictine College junior Anthony Dominick needed a job and realized “the job market sucks.” He decided to start a business devoted to providing resources and support for Type-1 diabetics. The...

Photos from Benedictine College Archives

Deep Dive: A History of St. Benedict’s Parish

Adam Argo, Staff Writer September 19, 2025

Throughout the history of the Catholic Church there’s been this sense of a pendulum swinging in one direction over time until it falls and swings towards the other. This is evident in the architecture...

Professors at Benedictine College meet to Discuss the use of AI in the Classroom

Professors at Benedictine College meet to Discuss the use of AI in the Classroom

Thérèse Temkkit, Copy Editor September 18, 2025

As AI becomes more common, students at Benedictine College have used it as an amplified tool in their education. There have been occasions where students have used AI to complete homework assignments,...

Dining at Benedictine: A Guide for New Students

Dining at Benedictine: A Guide for New Students

Gabriel Green September 18, 2025

Congrats Ravens! You’ve survived move-in day, your first few weeks of classes, and (for athletes) long days of practices. But if you’re like me, you’ve probably walked into the Dining Hall at the...

Anne Brungardt, a junior biology and environmental conservation major, worked at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, this past summer.

Ravens hard at work over the summer

Alex Armstrong, Staff Writer September 12, 2025

During the summer months, many Ravens take up jobs to gain professional experience and make extra money.   Some of our Ravens have taken up unique jobs with unique roles.   Anne Brungardt, a junior...

BC students start 'Saintly Stickers' company

BC students start ‘Saintly Stickers’ company

Thérèse Temkkit, Staff Writer May 6, 2025

Saintly Stickers is a Catholic sticker company founded by brother and sister Luca and Rosa Zia, current students at Benedictine College. During the fall semester of 2024, they decided to begin a business...

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Benedictine College supports student battling cancer with acts of faith and brotherhood

Joseph Calabria, Staff Writer April 22, 2025

The Benedictine College community has come together in an amazing display of faith and support Alex Lynch, a junior finance major from Iowa who has been courageously battling cancer for nearly five years. Lynch...

The Benedictine College Concrete Canoe Club

Concrete Canoe Club takes fourth in regional competition

Catherine Halbmaier, Staff Writer April 15, 2025

For the second consecutive year, the Concrete Canoe Club traveled to compete regionally against other colleges and universities. Though it may sound counterintuitive, a group of engineering students...

A favorite icon of Eastern Christians Club co-founder Alec Lastuka

Eastern Christians find a home at Benedictine

Mary Therese Nuñez, Staff Writer April 6, 2025

Though the popular religious discourse on campus is between the ‘Latin Massers’ and the Novus Ordo attenders, Benedictine College has far more Catholic traditions and rites present than most students...

The Blessed Sacrament in St. Benedict's parish church

The Benedictine student’s gift of adoration

Alexandria Armstrong, Staff Writer February 19, 2025

Partnered with Saint Benedict’s Parish, Benedictine College offers students the opportunity of attending perpetual adoration. Above is Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the altar. At St. Benedict’s...

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