Cole Koenig takes flight on his sled on the hill behind the Sauder Visual Arts Center parking lot on the Bluffton University campus. School was cancelled on Monday and with six new inches of snow on the ground it was a perfect day for sledding.
Bluffton University students who studied off campus last fall semester will relate their experiences during campus forums at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10. The talks are free and open to the public.
Seven students who spent the semester in Guatemala will speak at the 11 a.m. session in Founders Hall. Scheduled to present at 7 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall are Amanda Bartel and Ashley Knippen—both of whom studied at the Washington (D.C.) Community Scholars’ Center—along with Brent “Cody” Cook and Julia Thomas, who were in Northern Ireland and Ecuador, respectively.
Compared to 2013-2014 and contrary to what the Farmer's Almanac predicted, Ohio has experienced a pleasantly "mild" winter so far. Sadly, for snow lovers, the most recent prediction of 8-12 inches of snow for January 31-February 1 fell somewhat short. There was enough for sledding and cross-country skiing and we ended up with more than New York City's expected "biggest blizzard in history" and far less than Boston's 24 inches.
Thayne Recker, a Bluffton University junior, from Arlington, scored 53 points in a Beavers' men's basketball game on Saturday. His game-high set three records. The story is below.
When Scott Bergman scored 50 points for Bluffton University against Anderson in Founders Hall on Jan. 22, 2005, Beaver fans figured that record might not ever be touched.
Then came Thayne Recker.
He scored 53 points against Hanover on Jan. 31. The Beavers won the contest 103-102 and it took two overtimes to do it.
Recker’s 53 points not only broke a Bluffton University single-game scoring record. It also broke the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference record of 51 set by Manchester's Burt Paddock in 1996.
