Sam Landstra—Co-Chief Editor As the students drew, they listened. At the front of the classroom, Matt Drissell, professor of art, read Annie Dillard’s “Seeing.” “‘When I see this way, I […]
Joya Breems—Staff Writer On 1st Street SE in Sioux Center, a two-story house sits empty. In the small town, empty houses are somewhat of a hot commodity. This one’s countertops […]
Zac VanderLey—Staff Writer Mark Volkers always knew when Austin Brown neared the digital media lab. The digital media production instructor had learned to recognize the cadence of Brown’s feet—the long, […]
Sam Landstra—Co-Chief Editor Editor’s note: This article alternatively appears as a podcast. When the election stood four weeks away, the mayor of Sioux Falls, SD got a haircut. At the […]
Tabetha DeGroot —Staff Writer The Dordt University Defender Baseball team is nearing the end of its season with an 8-12 record in conference play. In March, Gyeongju Kim, the team’s […]
Elaina Ammons—Staff Writer “Three, two, one,” shouted Domino Masters host Eric Stonestreet as contestant Lyle Broughton, backed by his teammates, Derek and Alex Koops, pushed a toy car towards a […]
Zac VanderLey—Staff Writer Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Sioux Center News on April 20, 2022. As the worship team sang “Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest,” children […]
Daniel Ketchelos—Staff Writer For Christians, the Easter holiday remains an important, monumental day as they celebrate Jesus Christ’s conquering of the grave. Most Christian denominations, including Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed […]
Georgia Lodewyk—Staff Writer On Tuesday, March 29, Angelica “Lica” Acosta Garnett, a bilingual paralegal at an immigration law firm and a host for the Christian Community Development Association, stepped onto […]
Isabel Pheifer, Aleasha Hintz—Staff Writer Togetherness. The Dordt University Women’s Basketball team revolved around this word during the 2021-2022 season. “Together we commit to compete with love, grit, and a […]
Lexi Schnaser—Staff Writer Dordt University has hosted a number politicians over the last half-decade. On Wednesday, April 13, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will add to the list of […]
Dayna Wichhart—Staff Writer Since August, I have stopped by the community bathroom on the third floor of Covenant Hall every morning. This past Thursday, my routine did not differ. I […]
Gretchen Lee—Copy Editor The area surrounding the grounds of Dordt University is mostly neighborhood. Trees fill in spaces between houses, well-maintained grass grows on lawns, and kids walk to and […]
Glory Reitz—Staff Writer Tom Prinsen approached the burglar in the dark backyard and eyed the man’s screwdriver, classifying it as a potential weapon. As he ran through de-escalation strategies in […]
Georgia Lodewyk – Staff Writer After residents of Covenant Hall returned from Spring Break, they witnessed a number of changes within their dormitory: orange caution tape wrapped its way around […]
Dayna Wichhart—Staff Writer “Ready on camera three? Take camera three,” Derek Koops said as his technical director’s fingers flew over buttons and worked to display the basketball coach’s red cheeks […]
Zac VanderLey—Staff Writer Dordt’s agriculture club sent 31 students to the Professional Agriculture Students (PAS) competition in Ames, Iowa. All 31 students qualified for nationals. Agriculture clubs from Iowa State […]
Katie Ribbens–Staff Writer The lit blue and purple backdrop bathed the Grille in cool tones. Dordt University Concert Choir members dressed in black milled about, chatting and making last-minute adjustments. […]
Joya Breems—Staff Writer “If your parents are divorced or separated, stand up and high-five another member,” Carter King said at the first Mosaic Club meeting. He read from a sheet […]
Elaina Ammons—Staff Writer The annual Prairie Grass Film Challenge (PGFC) has been an icon of the Dordt University digital media production program for 15 years. What began as an idea […]
Glory Reitz – Staff Writer When Judith Flier took her guitar onstage at the Students Without Borders club’s annual Cultural Fair, she was nervous, the capo was placed wrong, and […]
Hannah Vanderhooft – Staff Writer Last semester, Alex Brown flipped a burger at The Commons. Then, he flipped another. Then another. Then another. For Brown, a typical four-hour shift at […]
Dayna Wichhart—Staff Writer On a Tuesday morning in January, Craig Van Otterloo zipped up his brown coveralls over a worn, black sweatshirt. In the maintenance shed located on the west […]
Zac VanderLey—Staff Writer At Dordt University’s Kuyper Apartments, seven is the new six. While the upperclassmen apartment building has historically housed six students per apartment, giving preference to seniors, rooms […]
Joya Breems—Staff Writer This year, a number of members from Dordt University’s Theatre Arts Department submitted their work to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). The annual celebration […]
No Way Home: …Fine Aleasha Hintz—Staff Writer (Warning: Spoilers, obviously) When I finally bought tickets to watch Spider-Man: No Way Home, my friends had already hyped up the movie on […]
Glory Reitz — Staff Writer Looking out the airplane windows over Tanzania, the winter AMOR group thought the African landscape looked like a scene from The Lion King. It was […]
Lexi Schnaser—Staff Writer Northwest Iowans are passionate about many things—corn mazes, potlucks, the Minnesota Vikings, the weather—and conservative politics. The same holds true for senior accounting and business administration major, […]
Sam Landstra—Co-Chief Editor I’m a believer in tradition. Every New Year’s Eve, my family and I reflect on the past year over Chinese takeout. We talk about our favorite months, […]
Zac VanderLey—Staff Writer On Jan. 14, Dordt University announced on Instagram a 100 percent “career outcome rate” for the graduating class of 2021. “Career outcome rate” calculates the percentage of […]
Katie Ribbens–Staff Writer Once, a student’s primary concern when studying abroad was fitting the off-campus semester into their schedule. Now, students are faced with a number of complications. This year, […]
Georgia Lodewyk—Staff Writer Dordt University sophomore Sara DeYoung stood outside in the rain on a Wednesday afternoon. She wore a thin black jacket and held a clipboard in her hand. […]
Mikaela Wegner –Co-Chief Editor It’s Christmas on top of a cliff in Brazil. At a beach house sitting above the Atlantic Ocean, around 40 people mingle in a yard. Steak […]
Sydney Brummel– Staff Writer Sophomore Levi Korthuis has lived in Lynden, Washington his entire life, next to almost all his extended family. When he returned for Thanksgiving Break, however, he […]
This past semester, Dordt University’s students attended their classes with minimal COVID-19 restrictions.
Zac VanderLey—Staff Writer On Nov. 21, Marvin Olasky resigned as editor of World, a Christian news media outlet. His resignation came just eight months before he had planned to retire […]
Dayna Wichhart—Staff Writer For the past two weeks, Dordt University’s cross-country teams have been focused on one date and one date only: Nov. 6. The Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship […]
Corina Beimers – Staff writer What did you learn from the sexual assault training? Probably not a whole lot, because you didn’t do it. At the beginning of October, Robert […]
Emily Vander Ploeg—Staff Writer For the remainder of the fall semester, Dordt Dining will host a grill-off. The submissions of student workers from the Commons and the Defender Grille will […]
Zac VanderLey – Staff Writer Hannah Vanderhooft- Staff Writer Sam Landstra-Co-Chief Editor Editor’s Note: This article includes sources whose names have been kept anonymous at the request of the sources […]
Elise Wennberg—Staff Writer An indistinct chatter filled the room as eight teams sat ready to fight for the first-place prize. The smell of flavored drinks and flatbread pizza entered the […]
Sydney Brummel—Staff Writer Though its wing decorations change yearly, the dim lighting and aged-building scent remains the same. In Dordt University’s West Hall, piano music flows from the lodge and […]
Zac VanderLey—Staff Writer It’s a sunny, Sunday afternoon and Eoghan Holdahl lowers his sweep net over an unsuspecting blue damselfly in the Dordt University prairie. The junior agriculture major, holding […]
Aleasha Hintz —Staff Writer While the athletic teams of Dordt University ran, passed, and tacked in their respective sports during Defender Days weekend, the university’s musicians endured a marathon of […]
Gretchen Lee—Staff Writer Beyond the world of Hallmark, only a few holidays are consistently the focus of themed movies. While Christmas, in my opinion, still reigns as king of holiday […]
Glory Reitz—Staff Writer Halloween is an ugly day, and Christians need to stop pretending otherwise. I’ll concede that dressing up is fun, and I can’t complain about the day-after candy […]
Georgia Lodewyk– Staff Writer On Friday Oct. 15, Paul TenHaken, mayor of Sioux Falls, S.D., walked into a Dordt University corporate finance class wearing a plaid suit with an American […]
Teresa Taylor—Staff Writer A good Dordt University student knows the motto: “Don’t date before Tri-State.” Well, Tri-State (better known as Heartland Break) has come and gone. Now, it’s open season. […]
Katie Ribbens–Staff Writer When this article is published, Sierra, my service dog in training, and I will be one week away from graduation. I will be completing my time at […]
Sam Landstra—Co-Chief Editor I’ve had the words for fifty stories written for The Diamond over the past four years, but I don’t have the words for what The Diamond has […]
Gretchen Lee—Copy Editor The Diamond has been many things for me—a relaxing few hours every week of correcting grammar, a place to share my thoughts about films, an opportunity to […]
Staff Writer—Zac VanderLey On May 7, 2020, Lee Pitts sent me an email, telling me a professor or student thought I’d be a good fit at The Diamond. He asked […]
Daniel Ketchelos—Staff Writer Rich, evil, white men and corporate greed. Such is the typical reaction provided when billionaires are brought up in conversation. Although Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and […]
Emma Bennett—Staff Writer We’ve all heard the news. On April 25, Twitter’s board agreed to sell their $44 billion platform to Elon Musk. That’s a lot of money for broke […]
Corina Beimers- Staff Writer Katie Meyer, Tyler Hilinksi, Jayden Hill, Robert Martin, Morgan Rodgers—the list goes on. On April 13, the list grew by one more name. University of Wisconsin’s […]
Corina Beimers—Staff Writer Last year, I wrote my first article for The Diamond, an op-ed on Daunte Wright’s death. I submitted it anonymously. I was so scared to share my […]
Glory Reitz—Staff Writer At 9:58 p.m., two minutes before closing time, a student ran into the Defender Grille and grabbed a disposable cup. “Don’t worry about it,” the student said […]
Anna de Oliveira—Staff Writer A nostalgic comedy about a novelist, a fictional hero, and a delusional billionaire, The Lost City follows the story of Angela, the novelist, as she promotes […]
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