Skip to Main Content

The Circuit

The Student News Site of Benedictine College

The Circuit

The Circuit

⁃	Maggie Miller (left), Gabe Fuerte (middle), and Tobias Steffensmeier (right) sell t-shirts to promote Family Weekend

The Fun Behind Family Weekend

Madison Smith, Staff Writer October 9, 2024

Every fall, Benedictine College comes to life as families are reunited for a weekend, filling the campus with smiles and laughter. Students eagerly show their loved ones their favorite spots around campus,...

The Abbey against a clear sky. -Picture taken by Sophie Kolars.

Ora et Labora

Sophie Kolars March 1, 2023

The Benedictine Abbey, located in Atchison, KS., was founded in 1857 by Father Henry Lemke, St. Benedict’s Abbey is a huge part of the spiritual and faith life around the Benedictine college campus....

How Sister Peter Marie incorporates Christ into her life as a student

How Sister Peter Marie incorporates Christ into her life as a student

Maria Merck March 1, 2023

The Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George on campus are also fellow Benedictine College students. The Sisters set a wonderful example of how to attend school and juggle all the battles school...

Benedictine College Circuit logo

Lax and the Lord

Liam Waldron February 28, 2023

Members of the Benedictine Men's Lacrosse team are currently undertaking the Exodus 90 challenge, a 90-day faith-based journey of self-discipline. The challenge, which is rooted in Catholic tradition,...

Sacred Heart Variety Store in downtown Atchison.

When saving money makes money

February 28, 2023

Sacred Heart Thrift Store, a variety shop, sits in downtown Atchison. Racks of used clothes, toys, furniture pieces and more fill the store waiting to find a new home, but behind this business are volunteers...

Young Japnese boy eating fried chicken on Christmas. -Photo pulled from arigatojapan.co.jp

Christmas traditions around the worlds

Joseph McCubbin November 29, 2022

Christmas is a cheerful time to celebrate community festive events for family and friends. There are a wide variety of joyful Christmas traditions celebrated worldwide in Germany, Mexico and Japan.  Germany  Germany...

The students hyping each other up at the pep rally. -Photo taken by Leila Almanza.

Raven pride shown at the Homecoming pep rally

November 4, 2022

Chants and cheers poured out of the doors of the JPII center as hundreds of students eagerly waited for the Ralph Nolan gymnasium doors to be opened for the Homecoming Week Pep Rally.   Every year,...

Photo pulled from the Benedictine College Instagram.

Benedictine College holds their first ever Homecoming dance

Catherine Halbmaier November 4, 2022

For the first time, Benedictine College rounded out Homecoming Week with a semi-formal dance. Students flocked to the Murphy Recreation Center for the event, lured by the promise of complimentary Chick-fil-A.   One...

Photo pulled from the Benedictine College Instagram.

Cray-Seaburg and St. Joseph announced Homecoming Week champions

Will Prososki November 4, 2022

The winner of the Homecoming Week dorm competitions was announced Saturday during the Benedictine vs Grand View men’s soccer game. Cray-Seaburg and St. Joseph Hall emerged with the most amount of wins...

Noah Steenbergen, John Cybulski, and Scotty Smeltzer all pose as the Hitchiking Ghosts from Disney’s Haunted Mansion. -Photo taken by Ian Milton

Overwhelming attendance at Mousational Podcast Halloween Party

Ian Milton November 2, 2022

Trivia and raffles haunted the legacy lounge on Halloween night from the new Disney podcast Mousational. Hosted by three benedictine students, Noah Steenbergen, sophomore, Scotty Smeltzer, sophomore, and...

Sacred or scary? Day of the Dead roots run deeper than Halloween

Sacred or scary? Day of the Dead roots run deeper than Halloween

Leila Almanza November 2, 2022

Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, has become ever-so prevalent in American mainstream media in recent years, the popularity of which can be largely attributed to the success of movies like Coco...

The Benedictine Monk's cemetery by the Abbey. -Photo taken by Jack Figge

More than spooky stories and creepy creatures: As Halloween approaches, critical lessons are to be learned from the Church’s understanding of ghosts and demons

November 2, 2022

From the spirit of deceased monks lurking throughout the Abbey to spirits haunting the inhabitants of dorm rooms, Benedictine College hosts its share of ghost stories. Atchison Kan. and has been deemed...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Circuit