Allison Brodin

Nick Zeimet approaches a wooden podium next to the fiction section of the Bethel University Library. He looks out beaming at over thirty students and faculty who had settled into plastic blue chairs and randomly rearranged library seating that came to his presentation today. He fidgets with the pockets of his khaki dress pants and fixes the bottom of his untucked grey button-down as people finish filing in. Seven years of school, ten years of social work, and one year of teaching have prepared h

Outside of teaching, Shofner has many other hobbies and passions. One of them being cycling, something completely unrelated to many other aspects of his life. Shofner loves the feeling of gliding at fast speeds. He thinks that there is something very rewarding about pushing himself as hard as he can physically while riding. Shofner also adores the beauty of God’s creation that he can see while on early morning rides as the sun rises.

Shofner’s talents don’t end there, he is also a seasoned musi

Bethel’s off-campus students frequently feel left out and like a lesser part of the community.

Sofia Solorzano pulls into the East Lot at Bethel University each Monday morning at 7:40 a.m. for her first class, Orientation to College Studies. She parks her 2013 white Hyundai Elantra and walks into CLC109, her car keys attached to the side pocket of her backpack. The rest of her day consists of more classes, studying in The Loft and then driving fifteen minutes back to her home in Blaine at 2 p.m

For Jennifer Peña, love and connection come in the form of tamales.

“Food is the way that we love each other,” said Peña, an intern at Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio. “If anyone is sad, something has happened, or they are going through a rough time in their life, the first thing we do is cook.”

Food is important to Latino culture, but many members of St. Paul’s Latino community don’t have access to fresh produce. A program on St. Paul’s East Side provides a community garden full of fre

On April 20, 2021, cheers erupted from George Floyd Square as a guilty verdict in former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial was announced. The square was full of relief and joy. In the crowd was Feven Gerezgiher, a young reporter for Racial Reckoning.

Racial Reckoning is an independent community journalism initiative, founded in March 2021, focusing on BIPOC voices and stories. It was created to cover the trials of the former Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the murder of Geor

As protests swept through a south Minneapolis neighborhood, flames and destruction found their way to the home of Native American nonprofit MIGIZI. The organization’s 2-year-old building was reduced to rubble.

The fire was a setback but not a roadblock for the organization.

Binesikwe Means, lead media instructor at MIGIZI, said the community came together for a healing event after the fire.

She said, “We did everything to be able to find a place of healing for our community and then we went b