On Wednesday, Nov. 28, the Bluffton University men’s basketball team fell to the College of Mount St. Joseph in their first HCAC contest of the season. The Beavers dipped to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the HCAC, while MSJ improved to 2-2 and 1-0 in the HCAC.
The Lions came out strong and took an early lead just over three minutes into the game, going up by five (7-2) following a Joel Scudder triple. Half a minute later the Beavers trimmed the deficit to three with a layup from junior Will Pope (Somerville/Preble Shawnee).
It was 11 a.m., not 11:30 p.m., but Nov. 27 at Bluffton University, it was, nonetheless, “Late Night with Student Life: Live from Founders Hall.”
The university’s weekly Forum became the setting for a talk show-like look at student life on campus through the decades.
Here, residence life director Jackie Wells (with papers) plays Catch Phrase, trying to elicit words and phrases associated with the 2000s from student partner Lawrence Ervin, a junior from Cincinnati.
Several events are scheduled in December at Bluffton University. Events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise.
Dec. 2 Christmas Choral Concert: “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Yoder Recital Hall.
Tickets are $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for senior citizens and non-Bluffton students. Order tickets online at http://tickets.bluffton.edu, or by contacting the box office at 419-358-3239.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team used a dominating performance from junior post Lauren Hutton (New Reigel) to spank Oberlin College 74-53 on Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Beavers' first game away from the Sommer Center.
The beat rolled on for Bluffton as the visitors moved to 4-0 for the first time since the 1991-92 campaign. Oberlin lost for just the second time in six games.
The home team scored first a minute into the contest and led 6-3 before Bluffton ran off nine straight points and never trailed again.
Dr. Rudi Kauffman and Heather Koontz, assistant professors of restorative justice and social work, respectively, at Bluffton University, will present a program at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, on a chapter they co-authored in a new book about restorative justice.
The event is free and open to the public beginning with a 3:45 p.m. reception in the Musselman Library Reading Room on the Bluffton campus.
Khanjan Mehta of Penn State University will discuss social entrepreneurial ventures and how technology has impacted Africa during a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Mehta’s presentation, “Solar Stews and Digital Funerals: Stories from East Africa,” is free and open to the public beginning at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.
Mehta is director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program at Penn State, where he earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering.
