Campus reacts to President-Elect Trump
Jaden Vander Berg- Staff Writer It has been a month since the nation elected Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. In the days and weeks after the […]
View ArticleSmall campus music inspirations
Anna Veltkamp-Staff Writer Dordt College ranks highly for its student engagement – students who attend this college are informed, inspired, and challenged. This rating reaches far beyond the academic...
View ArticleOne Body One Hope Receives Solar Panels
Elizabeth Helmkamp-Staff Writer Over Christmas break, the AMOR Liberia team installed 20 solar panels at the One Body One Hope children’s home in Monrovia, Liberia. Renee Ewald, chair of Dordt’s […]
View ArticleCZ’s Bleacher Meditations: Does Baylor Football Deserve the Death Penalty?
Christian Zylstra-Staff Writer Baylor football has some major issues. As I’m sure many of you are aware, there are major issues surrounding the culture and integrity of Baylor University, and […]
View ArticleCoffee Corner: The Old Factory
Jaden Vander Berg-Staff Writer Located in a former wooden shoe shop, The Old Factory, located in Orange City, is known by college students and locals from both Orange City and […]
View ArticleHireDefenders: A new way to job search?
Janelle Cammenga-Staff Writer No matter how much fun you might have eating at the Grille, being a part of events like the Prairie Grass Film Challenge and living within walking […]
View ArticleFeatured Athlete: Paige Engbers
Clarissa Kraayenbrink–Staff Writer Senior Paige Engbers can’t really remember a time in her life when she wasn’t around basketball. As a little girl living with her family in Chicago, Engbers […]
View ArticleA Fountain in the Rain
Connor Neal-Contributing Writer (Off-Campus: LA Semester) I was on my way home from church—about an hour-long walk—and was across the street from The Jim Henson Company when a man wearing […]
View ArticleWalk in the shoes of a football team intern
Clarissa Kraayenbrink-Staff Writer For the second consecutive season, I am working as the “anything social” intern with the Sioux City Bandits, a professional indoor football team. In this position, I...
View ArticleEngineers debut pulse jet
Elizabeth Helmkamp and Janelle Cammenga-Staff Writer Because why not? ASME fights back with pulse jet Last year, electrical engineering majors took it upon themselves to make a rail gun. The […]
View ArticlePLIA 2017: A time to serve
Janelle Cammenga-Staff Writer Bonding usually means doing normal activities together, like watching movies, commiserating about homework and bowling. But sometimes, bonding means you take turns holding...
View ArticleBuffington Post: Solving a “fake news” problem
Elizabeth Bouwkamp-Staff Writer According to the English Oxford Dictionary, when using objectivity, you are “not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.” But...
View ArticleDordt baseball’s best spring break in years
Christian Zylstra-Staff Writer This past week, Dordt College baseball and softball continued their yearly tradition of traversing south for spring break to soak up the desert sun. With snow on […]
View ArticleMusic on the Road: Band and Orchestra Tour
Meagan DeGraaf-Staff Writer The audience stood up and clapped. Director Dr. Bradley Miedema and the band smiled back. Instruments glimmered back into the crowd under the spotlights. And that concluded […]
View ArticleFeaturing athletes: Gingerich and Thayer
Clarissa Kraayenbrink-Staff Writer Seniors Cam Gingerich and Jake Thayer have a lot in common, the most noticeable commonality would being that they’re both baseball squad members. But when you dig […]
View ArticleThe case for keeping conference tournaments
Christian Zylstra-Staff Writer Bright lights. Packed arenas. Squeaking shoes. Screaming fans. It must be March. With March comes one of the greatest stretches of basketball known to humanity. It’s a […]
View ArticleA message of love in Gateway City
Jaden Vander Berg & Luke Venhuizen- Staff Writers For most college students, spring break is a time to relax from classes, spend time with friends and party in a warm, […]
View ArticleNot Liberal Arts: Who Are We?
Justin Banks-Staff Writer Based on the responses of a small survey of both employees and students at Dordt College, the following unspoken truth may come as a shock to many—Dordt […]
View ArticleSpace: The Revitalized Frontier
Kyle Fosse-Staff Writer In 2018, civilians, launched by a company called SpaceX, are set to travel into space for the first time. It has been nearly 45 years since any human […]
View ArticleJewish Cemetery Vandalism
Meagan DeGraaf-Staff Writer Over the past several weeks, many cities have reported the abuse and even destruction of cemeteries—but the only ones under attack have been Jewish burial places. These […]
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