Category: Opinion

Favorite Classes and Most Challenging Classes

As students mature, their favorite “class” changes from recess or lunch to more academic or spiritual classes. However, students here at Bethany find enjoyment in a variety of classes from the arts, to language, to math and sciences. Different art…

Editorial: Revive Indiana

Popular revival movement Revive Indiana concluded earlier this month on March 4th. Revive Indiana, lead by Kyle Martin, is a gathering of churches in Elkhart and LaGrange County. From January 12 through March 4, worship services were held Monday through…

Senior Trip 2015

Every year at Bethany, the senior class takes a trip to a city of their choice. This year’s seniors decided to go to Chicago. They ate at a variety of restaurants and participated in a variety of fun activities. The…

Movie Review: Interstellar

“Mankind was born on Earth; it was never meant to die here.”   Interstellar, Christopher Nolan’s 2014 space drama, is essentially a campaign to continue exploring the stars and reignite a new space program that will draw the human race…

What We Don’t Miss From Last Years Seniors

Often times students and faculty of Bethany think about what we miss from the previous senior class, but along with that comes the qualities we don’t miss. I’m sure if I went around school asking what people actually do miss…

The Top Ten Things I Learned in High School

It’s common knowledge around Bethany that seniors know everything— and I’m not talking about Bod.  After going through all those years of high school, we’ve learned everything there is to know.  Graciously, we at Sightline want to share some of…

Getting Involved at Bethany (From a New Perspective)

Every year the population of Bethany gets larger, whether it’s an incoming freshman, or a new student. Last winter, I came to Bethany unsure of how well I was going to fit in. For me I felt super comfortable right…

“Thrift Pop” Culture News (10/7/13)

Living under a rock? Don’t worry! For all your secondhand pop culture news, check out the Thrift Pop.   This week on the Thrift Pop, we’ll take a look at some of this season’s TV premieres. Let’s check in on…

Outrage: An Editorial

This past summer, I attended the Mennonite Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, and while I was there, I saw a performance of My Name is Rachel Corrie. The play, taken from Corrie’s journals and emails, describes her horror and outrage at…

Bethany’s Random Survey

There are some questions that are sometimes hidden, so since I wanted to know Bethany a little better, I went ahead and asked some of these questions. I interviewed people from each grade level and a few teachers, just so…