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BFR wants your old shoes!

A "RePurpose your Shoes" used shoe drive is underway at BFR Sports and Fitness, 2015 Snider Road. The Bluffton center has a goal of collecting 7,500 pairs of shoes by Feb. 14. Click here for all the details, and start rounding up your discarded shoes. 

University historian: Diary reveals ordinary Germans’ Holocaust complicity

The diary of a Jewish German woman who survived the Holocaust convincingly conveys the extent to which the Nazi regime “depended on ordinary Germans to act out its vicious anti-Semitic ideologies and policies,” according to a Bluffton University historian.

The diary of Erna Becker-Kohen further illustrates how “successfully and relentlessly” the Nazis, with considerable help from German citizens, persecuted Jews and isolated them from their neighbors and families, “before they moved on to murdering them,” said Dr. Martina Cucchiara, an assistant professor of history.

Freed Center presents 19th annual Holiday Spectacular

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 19th annual Holiday Spectacular from Thursday, Nov. 21, to Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m.

In addition, there will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m.        

The show is underwritten in part by the DeBow and Catherine Freed Endowment for the Arts and Kewpee Hamburger.        

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HCAC player of week - Week 9 Beaver's Eric Fox

Bluffton University running back Eric Fox (Brunswick) was voted as the HCAC Play of the Week for week 9. The junior earned the title after voting took place on the HCAC social media outlets of Facebook and Twitter. Fox leaped, twisted and landed on his feet, scoring from four yards out as the Beavers shut out Anderson 28-0 Saturday, securing this week's honor.

Volleyball: Beavers advance in HCAA play

By Brittany Roth, sports information assistant

Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/volleyball/2013/11-09-vb.htm

Volleyball: Beavers head to NCAA regionals

By Brittany Roth, sports information assistant

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