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“The Dock” by Olivia Lippert

“The Dock” by Olivia Lippert

___________________________________________________ Olivia Lippert is a junior at Bethany Lutheran College. She is a Theatre and Communication double major (with a Spanish minor) who greatly enjoys taking photos and journaling about life. Her other hobbies include acting, cooking, crafting, traveling, doing fun hairdos, and playing piano. […]

Oklahoma! a reflection by Emeline Ring

Oklahoma! a reflection by Emeline Ring

Unlike many students involved in plays and musicals, I began Oklahoma! as a complete theater novice. While others were brimming with excitement to audition for their desired parts, I was content to test out the waters of musical theater. Due to my friends’ enthusiasm for […]

Broadside by Madelaine Cordes – Quote by Micheal Torres

Broadside by Madelaine Cordes – Quote by Micheal Torres

Madelaine Cordes designed this poster in her Digital Painting class. She is a Graphic Design major and a Junior at Bethany Lutheran College. She has a penchant for fun words (i.e. exacerbate), old things (especially clothing), and books. She loves to read (shocker, she knows, what […]

One Professor’s Story of Publishing in Academia By Dr. Robert Hanna

One Professor’s Story of Publishing in Academia By Dr. Robert Hanna

When I was asked by The Well to reflect on my experiences as a published author, the timing of the request was quite interesting.  The immediately preceding e-mail letter in my in-box was an editor’s acceptance letter and contract for a two-part article that I […]

6 Places to Submit Your Writing and Art by Grace Bollhagen

6 Places to Submit Your Writing and Art by Grace Bollhagen

Have you created something special and want to share it with the world? Do you want to be a published artist or writer? Here are six great literary magazines for undergraduates to send in submissions, other than the campus Inkwell Magazine, of course. Submitting is […]

Game-Movies: The Growth of a Genre by Abigail Merritt

Game-Movies: The Growth of a Genre by Abigail Merritt

  Because of the rushed game based on the hit movie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the popular game company, Atari, developer of Pong, nearly closed its doors for good due to financial loss during the North American Videogame Crash of 1983. Never again to rise to […]

Interview with Laura Sonnek by Zayne Engel

Interview with Laura Sonnek by Zayne Engel

Zayne Engel recently interviewed student Laura Sonnek to find out about her studies at Bethany, as well as her plans for the future as an artist. What got you interested in painting? I always loved drawing growing up as a kid, and my favorite restaurants […]

Michael Torres Profile by Leif Johnson

Michael Torres Profile by Leif Johnson

Against Expectation When I think of a poet, I tend to think of a “hipster.” I think of someone who wears the latest trends of clothing for fashion’s sake. I think of someone who wears a snapback hat with shades and drives an older, beaten-up […]

Review of Eula Biss’ The Balloonists by Leah Zacate

Review of Eula Biss’ The Balloonists by Leah Zacate

“What if an entire generation were to reject their central story line?” asks Eula Biss in The Balloonists, a book that is part poetry, part creative essay. Biss draws heavily from her own life in creating this assembly of anecdotes of both her life and […]