The Bluffton University men's basketball team hosted Heartland Conference rival Hanover College on Saturday, February 5. The Beavers fell behind 10-0 less than three minutes into the game and lost 83-76 in HCAC action. Bluffton slipped to 14-6 overall and 7-6 in the HCAC. The Panthers improved to 15-5 overall and 11-3 in conference play.
The Bluffton University women's basketball fell to Hanover College, 78-71, in Founders Hall on Saturday, February 5, 2011. Bluffton dropped to 8-12 overall and 5-8 in the HCAC while Hanover improved to 13-1 in the conference and 19-1 on the season.
"At Work," an art department faculty exhibition at Bluffton University, opens Sunday, Feb. 6, in the Sauder Visual Arts Center's Grace Albrecht Gallery.
A reception, free and open to the public, is scheduled with the artists from 3-5 p.m. On display through March 4 will be drawings, prints, paintings, digital art, photographs, ceramics, glass, sculpture and other art created by Bluffton art faculty members.
Film, food and entertainment are planned for Global Weekend at Bluffton University on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 5.
The weekend will begin Friday with a 7:30 p.m. screening of the 1997 Italian film "La vita `e bella (Life is Beautiful)" in Centennial Hall's Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Academy Awards went to the film as Best Foreign Language Film and to its star, director and co-writer Roberto Benigni as Best Actor.
Any fan, coach, and teammate would love to have a corner infielder capable of hitting .400 with plenty of pop to spare anchoring their batting order. For the Bluffton Beavers and Coach James Grandey they have such a player on their team.
