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The Diamond, May 3, 2024, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Sioux Center Hospitality Industry Booms in Response to Dordt Events; Dordt Forms Future Vision for Chapel; Dordt Wind Symphony to Perform at Prestigious Concert
• News: Several Co-ed Intramurals Now Include All-Female Teams; Navigating Options in the Sioux Center Housing Market for Immigrant Families; Brown and Walczak Awarded Student Employee of the Year
• Feature: Gary De Vries Says Farewell to Ag Department; Mylia Wagenaar Elected Student Body Vice President; Dordt Grads Take on the Boston Marathon; A Look into Arizona Christian's Student Newspaper
• Senior Reflections: So Long, Farewell; My Final Opinion; Goodbye, Dordt; Gone But Not Forgotten; Diamond Life …

The Diamond, March 22, 2024, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Concern Emerges from Fall Chapel Series Involving Prophecy; Dordt Adds Agriculture Communication Major after Extensive Planning; Defender Track and Field Finds Success at Nationals
• News: Airband to Rock Dordt's Campus; Republican Club Creates Political Engagement; Streamlined Hiring Process Helps Dordt Grow; An Inside Look at Dordt's Housing Process
• Feature: Ten Days Off, Service Doesn't Stop; "The Two Roads" Bible Study Provides Campus Connection; Munson Earns Fellowship Award for Stage Management
• Opinion: Villeneuve Does It Again with "Dune: Part Two"; The Oscars Fulfilled Expectations and Held Surprises; The Superhero Genre Downfall Superheroes are not …

The Diamond, December 12, 2023, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Begins Construction on Townhome Style Housing; Dordt Alumni Elected as Mayor of Sioux Center; Morality and Policy Collide at Feenstra's Faith and Family Event
• News: Voters Prepare for Iowa's January Caucus; Finals Shift Away from Traditional Exams; MOSAIC Club, Students Without Borders Hosts Christmas Around the World; Iowa Corn Includes College Agriculture Students
• Feature: Student-Led Short Films Showcase Talents; Zamboni Breaks the Ice at Dordt Hockey; Escaping War and Finding a Home in Sioux County; Dordt Dads Lend a Hand by Washing Dishes; Developing Your Career at Dordt
• Arts & Entertainment: Student-Directed One …

The Zircon, November 29, 2023 [Spoof Issue], Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

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The Zircon, April 21, 2023 [Spoof Issue], Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

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The Diamond, December 9, 2022, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Paperwork Delays Cause Problems for International Students; Airband Rocks the BJ Haan; Campus Christmas Events
• News: Peepholes; Dordt's Fall Semester Ends Later Than Previous Years; Dordt Gaming Guild Tabletop War Game Event
• Feature: "Glitch" in Ticketmaster May be its End Game; Iowa Removes Praxis Requirement for Teaching Licensure; FIFA World Cup Held During Classes for the First Time; Terracotta Films; Julie Van Otterloo Returns as a Second-Year Teacher; Small Groups Watch The Chosen
• Opinion: A Perspective on Christian Education as a Requirement; Questioning the Purpose of CORE 140 and 145; What To Do Over …

The Zircon, December 2, 2022 [Spoof Issue], Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

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The Diamond, October 28, 2022, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Behind the Scenes of the Defender Days Tradition; Suitable Truths Production; Information Desk Hiring Process Based on Peer Recommendation
• News: Gaming Guild Adds Tabletop Roleplay Room; Hallelujah Party; Dordt Hosts Its Annual Student-Led Curry Craze; Our Town; Campus Center Gets Loud; Purdue University Student Murdered; From the New World: NISO Concert Coming Nov. 15; Women in Business Club; Voting as a College Student
• Feature: Great Outdoors: Oak Grove Park; Painting with Perseverance; Dordt's New Writing Club; Full-Time Mom, Full-Time Professor; Dordt Declared Hidden Gems College
• Opinion: Our Political Culture is Crumbling; Black Adam: …

The Diamond, April 8, 2022, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Covenant Hall Begins Construction Ahead of Schedule; Van Roekel Serves Wholeheartedly; Prinsen Learns Law Enforcement
• News: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Visit Campus; Theatre Arts Department Retools Curriculum; Students Compete for $500 Prize at Battle of the Bands; Hitchhiker Earns Its Laurels
• Art & Entertainment: Morbius - Marvel's Twilight; God Bless Us, Everyone: A Christmas Carol in April; Omaha Gets a Glimpse of the Underworld
• Special Report: One Hundred Percent of Administrative Cabinet Political Donations Support Conservative and Independent Causes; Feenstra, Big Ticket Conservative Donations Define Faculty Political Donations
• Feature: B.J. …

The Diamond, October 22, 2021, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Defender Days Returns to Form; FLAME Fans the Fire of Love; Ten Haken Receives Distinguished Alumni Award
• Sports: I'm Ready to Get Hurt Again; Dordt Football Streaking on Five Straight Wins; Women's Golf Beats Single Day Scoring Record at Conference
• Arts & Entertainment: God's Will and The Last Duel; 2 Kooky, 2 Creepy - Too Much; Venom II: A Little Weird; 4th Avenue Jazz: An Enchanting Ensemble; Peter and the Starcatcher: Where You Get to Be a Boy for a While; A Halloween Movie Guide for Dummies; Pray Away: The Fears of …

The Diamond, April 30, 2021, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Travis Else Plants New Church in Sioux Center: Good Shepherd; Diversity in a New Era; Dordt Football's Historic Run Sees Its End
• News: Dordt Students Still Confident in Vaccine, Despite Pause; Horses and Rabbits and Cows, Oh My: Ag Day Comes to Dordt; Graduation Draws Near for Seniors; Dordt Pitcher Breaks New Record for Single-Season Strikeout; Defenders Advance to NAIA Volleyball Championships; KDCR Signing Off After 53 Years; Dordt Finishes Two In-Person Semesters During Pandemic; Professors Present on Shakespeare and Beowulf at Conference
• Art & Entertainment: The 93rd Academy Awards Makes History; Shifting Gears with …

The Diamond, April 16, 2021, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Community Responds to Title IX Lawsuit Against Department of Education; Dordt Removes Mask Mandate, Goes Against CDC Guidelines
• News: Dordt University Hosts Vaccine Clinic; Newly-Approved Sports Facility Promises Benefits for Dordt, Sioux Center Community; In Defense of the Heritage Village; COVID-19 Vaccine Panel Q & A; Poet Laura Apol Shares Stories of Hardship, Hope, and Healing; Dordt Plans In-Person Commencement Ceremony
• Art & Entertainment: Nobody Review; Leaving Home for a New Land in Minari; The Courier: A Realistic Look at Espionage
• Opinion: Opinion: Regarding Daunte Wright's Death; Opinion: In Support of Wearing …

The Zircon, April 2, 2021 [Spoof Issue], Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

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The Diamond, March 19, 2021, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page:President Hoekstra's Tweets on Equality Act Spark Critique, Conversation; Opening Up About Mental Illness; Music with Friends
• News: COVID-19 Stimulus Package Offers Help to College Students; PLIA in a Pandemic; COVID-19 Vaccines: What to Know and Expect
• Opinion: Christians See Wrong Picture in the Equality Act
• Art & Entertainment: The Dig Film Review; Raya and the Last Time I Cried in a Movie Theatre; Chaos Walking Review
• Sports: Defenders Break Records at Nationals; The Timberwolves are a Mess (Again); Blades Secure a Win and Tie in Weekend Doubleheader; Baseball and Softball Head to Florida; …

The Diamond, March 5, 2021, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Pastor Travis Else Resigns from First Reformed Church; Tales from Texas' Power Crisis; Dordt Hovers at Zero Cases
• News: Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra Plan "Tiny Tour"; Are One-Day Breaks Helping Students' Mental Health?; Worship in a Pandemic
• Feature: Career Development Center Aims to Equip Students; A Tale of Two Puppy Raisers
• Arts & Entertainment: I Didn't Care for I Care a Lot; Judas and the Black Messiah is a Shot to the Chest; 4th Ave. Jazz: Spring Comes Alive; The Diviners Rehearses to Hit The Black Box; Pieces of a Woman: A Reconstruction …

The Diamond, December 11, 2020, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Ends Semester with 153 Total Recorded Positive COVID-19 Cases; Home to Quarantine: Dordt Students to Spend Last Two Weeks in Isolation; Saving Those Who Served
• News: Marriage Culture at Dordt University; Ed Starkenburg to Retire from Dordt University; Is Theft a Problem at Dordt?; Small Business Saturday a Life Vest to Some; Students on Campus During Online Learning
• Feature: A Fractured Faith; Rain or Snow, Hot or Cold, 712 Nutrition Has the Healthy Treat for You; Married Professors Share Their Story; De Vries' Agricultural Journey; Custom Clips and College Profits; Buker Brought to Dordt
• Art & Entertainment: …

The Diamond, November 6, 2020, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Results: Inconclusive - Preliminary 2020 Election Coverage; Off-Campus Studying and COVID-19; Dordt to Move Online After Thanksgiving
• News: Negativity at Work; COVID-19 Creates Difficulties for Grad School Applicants; Dordt Students Attend Firearms Simulation; Campus Visits Take New Form; A Letter from the Editors; Tintle Helps Teacher Become Scientist Through Grant
• Art & Entertainment: Happy Birthday Beethoven; The Baby Yoda Show is Back; Halloween Horror and More - Clipping's There Existed an Addiction to Blood Review
• Opinion: Political Polarization and COVID-19; Not Political Enough; Commuters Speak Up; Sandals for Winter
• Feature: Zoom University - …

The Diamond, October 9, 2020, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: The Difference Between "The" and "A": Dordt's Marketing Team and Rankings; Dordt and Sioux Center COVID-19 Response; Trump Shop Comes to Sioux Center
• News: Donald Trump's Tumultous Week; Bubble or Tabernacle: Tent Name Causes Debate; Supreme Court Scramble Over Ginsburg's Empty Seat; Dordt Limits Food Options Due to COVID-19; Wastewater Treatment Facility Replaced after 39 Years; Local Churches and COVID-19 Precautions; First Monday Controversy; Q & A with Aaron Baart in Response to Jacob Hall
• Art & Entertainment: Henry Cavill Should be Used in More Period Dramas, Vis-a-vis Enola Holmes; A Society Facing Consequences - …

The Diamond, September 25, 2020, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Sees a Spike in COVID-19 Cases after Hitting Zero; There's a Battle Brewing at the Harvest Festival; Protests and Police Reform
• News: The Handbook: A Roadmap for Dordt; Sioux Center Small Businesses Moving Forward; The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Dordt Alumni as Professors; Wildfires Rage in the Pacific Northwest
• Art & Entertainment: Social Distancing and the Arts: The Show Must Go On; Dordt University Students Gather for All-Campus Movie; Review: The Devil All the Time; Review: Coming-Of-Age Cliches Done Right
• Feature: Isolated Images: COVID-19 and its Impact on the Film Industry; The …

The Diamond, September 11, 2020, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Student Enrollment Spikes for 2020-2021 School Year; History Repeating Itself: Outdoor Classes Mirror 1918 Pandemic; Dordt Students Quarantined at Hotels to Attend School
• News: Masking Up: Protecting Ourselves and Each Other; Changes in Chapel Bring New Opportunities; Dordt Alumni Returns as Professor; Dordt Receives NSF Grant; Dordt University Plans for a Test-Optional Application
• Arts & Entertainment: Tenet: A Satisfying Must-See; Dr. Groenewold Recital; The Movie that Mutated
• Feature: Swing Dance Nixed. Fall Sports and Outside Intramurals a Go; The Hope Fund Supports Students
• Opinion: Critique, Tweets, and Institutional Insecurity in the New Age of Anxiety; Priorities for Dordt; …

The Diamond, February 7, 2020, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Student and Professor Awarded Hatfield Prize; The Sioux Center Caucus: Cupcakes and Coin Flips; Remembering Kobe Bryant
• News: Discrimination at Dordt: Lawsuit Filed Over Apparent Misconduct; Student Government Leadership Training; Dordt Offers New Walk-In Counseling
• Sports: Kansas City Chiefs Win Super Bowl LIV; Blades Season Finishes Amidst Rescheduled and Canceled Games; Women's Basketball Looks to Finish the Season Strong
• Arts & Entertainment: Review: Parasite is a Bold Film in the January Wasteland; Orchestra Tours the Midwest; Billie Eilish Cleans House at the Grammy Awards: Her Award-Winning Album Revisited; Texas Tenors and NISO Take the Stage at Concert; …

The Diamond, November 8, 2019, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Student Selected as National FFA Representative; Entomology Class Inspects and Identifies Insects; Students Dedicate Senior Design Project to Haitian Orphanage
• News: California Wildfires Run Rampant Again; Cheating and Academic Dishonesty at Dordt; Humans vs. Zombies Returns to Dordt; Kielstra Research and Scholarship Center; Planning for PLIA; Opinion: the Prodigal Son Returns: Kanye West and Jesus Is King; Practice Pays Off: Music Departmental Recital; "The Price Is Fright" on Saturday Night
• Feature: Kill the Conversation? Chapel Series on Sexuality Creates Controversy; Dordt Professor Selected for NASA Research; Midwest Miseries to A-maize-ing Memories: The Kernel Journal; The Sneaker …

The Diamond, February 14, 2019, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Students Provide a Magical Night of Talent for TX; Dordt Cancels Classes Due to Winter Weather; Business Club Losing Sales
• News: Campus Construction Continues; Man Accused of Burning Orange City Public Library's LGBTQ Books Pleads Not Guilty; Sioux Center Passes Bond to Build New High School; Engineering Students Construct Canoe of Concrete; Just Dancing on the Steps of Jacob's Ladder; Trump Delivers Belated State of the Union Address; Why Do Students Drop Out?
• Feature: Robert Taylor: The Dean of Drums; Dordt Competes at PAS 2019; Review: The Lego Movie 2; The Complete Guide to Valentine's Day at Dordt; …

The Diamond, December 13, 2018, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Volleyball Season Closes, Seniors Leave Lasting Legacy; Christmas at the Centre Mall; Driving Home for Dummies
• News: Domestic Violence in the NBA; Why Do Only Women Work the Information Desk?; The Tie Guy; California Wildfires Cause Widespread Destruction Throughout 2018; New Airport to Land in Maurice; Swinging in a Winter Wonderland; I'll Be at Dordt for Christmas; Former Sioux Center Christian School Teacher Pleads Guilty; Growing Ag Education
• Arts & Entertainment: Top 10 Music Releases of 2018; Aquaman: The Next Wonder Woman?; The New World Theatre: Where the Memories Live; What Is a Christmas Movie?
• Opinion: …

The Diamond, September 20, 2018, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Big Changes: Dordt to Unveil New University Logo; Putting the She in STEM; More Than Words on a Page
• News: 9/11 Perspective: May We Never Forget; A Wild Week of Welcome; On With the Show: Students Ready to Pop This Weekend; Supreme Court: A Heated Confirmation Hearing Still Boils; Beyond the Cornfields; Suicide Rates Rise; New Grinds at the Coffee Shop; Looking Back: Doon Oil Spill; Rice to Spice Up Grille Menu; Learning to Live with ADHD; A Family Affair: Dordt Welcomes New Ag Professors; Dordt Dining Serves Record Numbers at Annual Scholarship Banquet
• Opinion: The Importance of …

The Diamond, April 26, 2018, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: "Black and Yellow" and "Keychangers" Take NCDC Prizes; Task Force Considers Changing Name to Dordt University
• News: Mountain Bike Trail Opens; Counterfeit Bills Circulate Through Northwest Iowa; Child Molester Evades Custody; Retraction for March 28, 2018 Issue's "Culture Fair"; Four Brothers Broadens Sioux Center's Culinary Options; Four Dordt Employees Retire; Facebook Users React to Data Harvesting Mishap
• Feature: Theatre Arts Professor Departs for Arkansas; Core 399 Pros and Cons; To Be High, or Not to Be High; New Ag Stewardship Center
• Opinion: Op: When Dialogue Devolves to Debate: Thinking Critically; PLIA Team Interacts with Syrian Refugees; Classes Cancelled …

The Zircon, April 12, 2018 [Spoof Issue], Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

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The Diamond, January 31, 2018, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Bringing in the Women's Voices; North and South Korean Olympians Will March Under One Flag
• News: Amazon Walk Out Grocery Store Opens to the Public; Theatre Students Experience a Week of Competition and Festivities; Prepare for Two Californias; "Don't Trust Everything You Read"; Musk Shoots for the Stars - or at Least for Mars; Future Student Leaders at Dordt; Dordt Prof: Government Shutdown Shows Weakness; Missile Alert in Hawaii Causes Panic
• Feature: Reflections on Studying Abroad; A Storm for the Ages: Netherlands Edition; Last Word on Marriage; Women: We're Trapped, not Passive; The Dream Lives On; Dordt Screens …

The Diamond, December 6, 2017, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt South Koreans Express Opinions on $8 Million Humanitarian Aid Package for North Koreans; Updated Network Brings Changes; Opioid Crisis Has Far-Reaching Effects
• News: One Dictator for Another: The Situation in Zimbabwe; Professor Profile: Deb Bomgaars; Lane Proposal for Highway 75; Pool Expansion Plan in Place
• Opinion: Jenna, Just Married: Take One Down... ; Travel Blog: Worshiping with the Saints; League is Better Than You Think; Women: Don't Be Passive Victims
• Feature: FACT Club Continues Annual Operation Christmas Child; Genetic Modification: Would You Like Your Chicken Grilled or CRISP[R]?; Study Tips for Finals Crunchtime; Cosmology Course Set to …

The Diamond, October 4, 2017, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: NFL Players Take the Knee, Take Heat; Federal Government Updates Title IX Policy
• News: Trump's Tweet Prompts More Threats From North Korea; State of Transition for Science Department; Title IX: The Wheaton Case; Dordt Voices Opinion on Free Speech; BYOB-I-B-L-E; Rev. Brown Lectures on Dreaming a New Dream; Eight Month Isolation Test Ends; Shootings: Is Dordt Prepared?
• Opinion: Jenna, Just Married: I'm a Savage, Sue Me; Travel Blog: Fitting in and Hospitality; When Free Food Fails; Stay Where You Belong, Politics and Sports
• Feature: Professor Profile: Jeff Taylor on Politics, Pedagogy; Dordt College Welcomes New Music Professor; NERF …