HC Media joins in on the Harlem Shake craze

Hastings College Media Bronco News Now airs Fridays at noon on hcmediaonline.org.

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Men bested by Nebraska Wesleyan

On Wednesday night, the HC men’s basketball team hosted Nebraska Wesleyan, hoping to get a home win after a close road loss to 15 ranked Dordt. The Broncos and Prairie Wolves battled throughout the first half, with HC leading most of the time. [Read more...]

Presidential change : Video

Yesterday, the Hastings College Board of Trustees announced Dennis Trotter had handed in his resignation and the 16th president of Hastings College, Don Jackson, had been elected. Throughout the day, newly elected President Jackson and the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Hal Dittmer talk to students, faculty, and press.

Here are the highlights of the press conference they held yesterday afternoon.

 

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HC Volleyball in the National Tournament

Hastings College junior Shayna Schacher (15) and senior Kendra Schwein (10) try to block a ball in the 3rd set of their match against Embry-Riddle in pool play of the national tournament. Photo by Nick Buth.

Story & Video by Kirk Orndorff; Photos by Nick Buth

Hastings College entered pool play at the NAIA National Volleyball Tournament as the #8 team in the country. The other teams in their pool were #5 Embry-Riddle, #18 MidAmerica Nazarene, and #23 Bellevue University. [Read more...]

Table Talk: Bronco Sports Talk

In this episode of Table Talk Ross Struss sits down with Mike Zimmerman and Andy Butler to discuss the fall sports season at Hastings College and talk a little Basketball as the season is kicking off. [Read more...]

Group setting for Admission’s Day

Admissions visit day is a day for high school students to visit Hastings College in a group setting.  Students get to tour campus, visit with professors and learn about the college’s co-curricular activities.  With the enrollment down, the admissions department is trying to contact more high school students by calling, mailing and traveling to different places, places they have not tried to contact students in before such as Kansas City and Oklahoma City.  The admissions department hopes that when high school students come to visit Hastings College, they find out what the college is all about. [Read more...]

Kids Against Hunger Meal Packing

Sarah Mindrup reports on the Kids Against Hunger food packing program, which ended up preparing 52,500 meals for the needy in the U.S. and abroad. Elyse Appelgate, co-chair of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HHAW), said this year’s goal is significantly more than the 30,000-meal goal of previous years.  HC students and community members volunteered time to assemble nutrient-rich food packages out of soy, broth, vegetables and rice.

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Artists’ Guild market their artwork

The Artists’ Guild, a club of students interested in art on campus, will be holding a silent auction to raise money to attend a large art show in Chicago next fall, the 19th annual Sculpture Object and Functional Art (SOFA) Fair. The fair will have, among other exhibits, large displays of three-dimensional glass as well as presentations from successful artists. The items sold at the silent auction will be the students’ own artwork. Through the Artists’ Guild, students have the opportunity to learn to market themselves and their talents by displaying and selling their work before becoming professional artists. The guild raises money every year to bring outside artists to the campus and to hold various other activities. [Read more...]

Jessica Cunningham’s Road to Nationals

Jessica Cunningham is the only member of the HC women’s cross country team to qualify for the national cross country meet that will be held on Nov. 17 in Helena, Mont. This HC senior has been training arduously over the past summer, as she logged about eight miles per day in addition to taking care of herself through watching what she eats and making sure she gets enough sleep. Now that she trains by herself, Cunningham admitted that it is a little more difficult to motivate herself to run, but her teammates have been supporting her by sometimes joining her in her workouts. Cunningham’s performance at the GPAC conference meet earned her second in HC’s list of women’s cross country top performances.

Women’s Soccer Fall in Finals

Junior Maddie Michalek hugs senior Jessalynn Barton after the GPAC championship game against Doane College. The Broncos lost 3-0. Liz McCue/HC Media

The Hastings College Women’s Soccer team was defeated Thursday night by Doane College 3-0 in the GPAC Tournament Championships. The Broncos were previously undefeated in conference play, and had been the number one seed in the GPAC. This was the Tigers first time ever in the GPAC championship. They ended their season with a 9-1 record in their conference and a 12-7-1 record overall.

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