Interview conducted by Savannah Mirabal in The Crossings’ series on creativity and diversity within Bethel University’s student body.  The heart behind this series is to explore creativity in a broader sense and to be encouraged and inspired by the creatives on our campus and the things that they are doing.     Dalton Dickerhoof is a sophomore majoring in Psychology with a minor in English. While he is normally in his dorm hiding from the concept of a social life, one of Dalton's favorite...

“Um” and “Um” slip off my tongue. A cowardly pause that steals my breath away. I guess some words remain forever unsung. My sharpened sentences come out unstrung, A flick that stops the words I try to say: “Um” and “Um” slip off my tongue. Upon my tongue, its sticky silence clung, A word that will not leave, nor seem to stay. I guess some words remain forever unsung. Why does it make me sound so annoyingly young? It begs my mouth to falter, slip astray. “Um” and “Um” slip off my...

Interview conducted by Savannah Mirabal in The Crossings’ series on creativity and diversity within Bethel University’s student body.  The heart behind this series is to explore creativity in a broader sense and to be encouraged and inspired by the creatives on our campus and the things that they are doing.     Kendall Clark is a senior pursuing her degree in Painting and Drawing. You can almost always find Kendall somewhere on campus, but if the weather is nice, you can usually find her...