Bluffton University will host Game Day @ Bluffton on Saturday, Sept. 11, when the Beavers meet Trine University in their football home opener at 1:30 p.m. in Salzman Stadium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children; children under 5 are admitted free.
Before the game, "Sports Talk with Koza," which airs on Sports Radio 93.1 The Fan, ESPN Radio in Lima, will broadcast live from the stadium from 10 a.m. to noon.
On Aug. 26, the Mennonite Memorial Home took residents on their annual excursion to the Allen County Fair. A lot of ground is covered at the fair, and so that residents do not tire out, each one attends in a wheelchair.
Volunteers and family members become personal chauffeurs for a day. Residents enjoyed a fun filled morning visiting the barns, seeing the fair activities and ending with a lunch. This day is a huge success thanks to the help of our volunteers, according to Mary Ann Ring, director of volunteer services at MMH.
"California Dream #3," a watercolor art piece by John L. Templin graces the wall of Centennial Hall. Templin, a BHS and Bluffton University graduate is a local artist.
Why is it that on years when we don't elect a president, voter turnout is so low? Voter understanding of state and local offices and candidates are often woefully inept. I say that because I hate my own ignorance when I stare at a list of people running for office and have no idea what I am voting for when I make that mark on the ballot.
Perhaps Bluffton needs a sign at the edge of town reading: "Buffton Schools - five consecutive years of perfect 100 percent in meeting each of the state report card indicators."
After all, other students, with state athletic titles do it. Let's brag about our achievements. Ours certainly rank among the best in the state.
Ohio is a grand state, but Arizona is the Grand Canyon State. Or, so says the Arizona license plate. The Icon spotted this western in the Bren-Dell parking lot at Bluffton University.
Since 1997, Dr. Lynda Nyce has led seven groups of Bluffton University students to southern Texas and northern Mexico for a few weeks as part of the university's cross-cultural program.
Last winter, while on a leave of absence in France, the sociology professor found out that for many of the participants, those experiences were life-changing. And now, back on campus and directing the program, she wants to see if other former students have similar reactions to their Bluffton cross-cultural travels.
Dr. Cynthia Bandish, associate professor of English at Bluffton University, will present her sabbatical research, "Exploring the Themes of Imprisonment in Gothic Novels," at a Bluffton Colloquium Friday, Sept. 10. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Bandish studied many gothic novels during her sabbatical last fall, focusing on books written in the 1790s but set in the Middle Ages. She delved into the way these novels indirectly reflect events that were taking place during the French Revolution.
Where is it? What is it? Is it looking up, down, or straight ahead? Or, it is a kaleidoscope with most of the colors missing. If you stood in a certain point on the second floor of Bluffton University Centennial Hall and looked up, this is what you would see. It's the skylight of the building.
Just when you think you've seen every possible vanity plate a new one comes into view. Take this one for example. It's a Pennsylvania plate. The Icon spotted it on West College Avenue near Bren-Dell Hall.
