Dr. Matthew Friesen, assistant professor of sociology, will present the colloquium, "When Did Organic Become Weird?: Hegemonic Framing of Food,” on Friday, Feb. 12. Friesen will discuss how companies, the government and other organizations can influence people’s decisions about purchasing food.
His presentation is free and open to the public, at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
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TIFFIN, Ohio - After enduring the bitter conditions of the past several weeks, the Beavers ventured forth into the den of another mainly Division II field at the Tiffin University Track & Field “Dragon Open”.
The Bluffton University women’s basketball team started the back half of conference the same way they finished the first round, continuing their winning ways with a 75-56 victory over Franklin College on Saturday, Jan. 23.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men’s basketball team played host to the Franklin College Grizzlies on Saturday, Jan. 23, in an HCAC contest. The Beavers came into the game looking to end their five-game slide, and managed to do so by holding off a pesky Grizzly squad by a score of 83-79. Bluffton improved to 9-8 (4-6 HCAC) while Franklin fell to 1-16 (1-9 HCAC) on the season.
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team battled for 40 minutes, but fell to their fifth straight defeat at the hands of the Defiance College Yellow Jackets, 76-68, on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The loss knocks the Beavers back to the .500 mark at 8-8 and to 3-6 in HCAC play. The win keeps Defiance in a tie for second at 7-2 in the conference standings and the Jackets sit at 9-7 overall.
