The Bluffton University women's basketball team battled from start to finish, but the Beavers got a firsthand look at why Transylvania is unblemished in Heartland Conference action and has won its last 13 contests as the Pioneers wrapped up a 103-77 victory over the visitors on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. Bluffton dipped to 8-7 on the season and 4-4 in the conference with its second straight loss, while Transy improved to 14-1 and a perfect 8-0 in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team led 72-62 with just over four minutes to play before Transylvania rallied and sent the game into overtime where the Pioneers carried that momentum to a 97-91 victory in the Beck Center on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. Bluffton fell to 6-9 overall and 2-6 in the Heartland Conference, while Transylvania improved to 6-9 and 4-4 in the HCAC.
American companies are discovering benefits to bringing some jobs back to the United States, according to Dr. George Lehman, chair of Bluffton University’s business studies division.
Lehman discussed factors that contribute to the appeal of “insourcing” in a global economy Jan. 10 in his annual lecture as the Raid Endowed Chair in business. The title honors the late Howard Raid, a Bluffton business professor from 1947-79.
Anabaptist martyrs and Africans enslaved in early America may not have much in common, but there is at least one similarity, two Hesston College faculty members stressed Jan. 14 at Bluffton University.
In a forum titled “Common Threads,” Hesston historian John Sharp emphasized that the two groups had a “shared experience of suffering,” which was endured “at the hand of legitimate authorities.”
The Bluffton University offense never got untracked at rival Defiance on Wednesday, Jan. 15, as the Yellow Jackets stumped the Beavers by a 55-42 count in front of a packed Weaner Center. Bluffton fell to 6-8 on the season and 2-5 in the Heartland Conference, while DC improved to 10-4 and 5-2 in the HCAC.
