PDA Banned on Campus

Read us on WordPress: dordtdiamond.wordpress.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheDordtDiamond Like us on Facebook: The Dordt Diamond Dordt College Zircon 4 April 2013 Issue 10 PDA Banned on Campus Crystal Bell admonitions regarding sexual acceptable, and PDA on cam- Staff Writer activity, and refrain from pus only affirms this belief,” Dordt College officially sexual immorality and PDA.” he said. banned Public Displays of According to the policy, As a result of the new rule, Affection (PDA) on cam- the college will now specifi- security will be increased. pus last Friday, due to the cally prohibit engaging in, Dordt will start a new complaints from faculty and promoting, or advocating workstudy called the “PDA students concerned about PDA. Police.” These new security the large amount of PDA on Students and employees members will ride bicycles Dordt’s campus. who are found engaging in around campus and write According to Bethany any sexually prohibited activ- citations for any inappropri- Schuttinga, Associate Pro- ity will be subject to disci- ate behavior according to the vost, all acts of PDA are now plinary action as outlined in newly revised Sexual Stan- prohibited. These include the Student Code of Conduct. dards, PDA, and Conduct hugging for more than five According to Schuttinga, Policy. seconds, hand holding, and the punishment for not adher- One additional rule that kissing on the neck, head, or ing to the new PDA rule will all students should be aware face. result in a Level III. In the of is that all underclassmen “PDA just isn’t accept- Student Code of Conduct, a dormrooms containing people able, especially on a Chris- Level III is a dismissal status of the opposite sex will now tian campus. Nobody wants and could result in com- need to be propped open with to see that stuff,” Schuttinga munity service, a fine up to three shoes. Students should said. $100, consultation with the also remember that a flip flop The Sexual Standards Dean of Chapel, notification does not qualify as a shoe. and Conduct Policy will be of parents, and a PDA Prob- Dordt Senior, Liam Flyt, is changed to include PDA as lem seminar for both of the beyond pleased with the new an offense. The policy will involved parties. ban on PDA. According to Contributed Photo now say: “Dordt College is President Hoekstra stands him, there should have been a committed to maintaining an behind the new PDA ban. rule like this a long time ago. want to show affection in Center lobby while I’m still environment where em- “The media already exposes “It is absolutely disgusting their rooms, that is their busi- trying to digest my lunch,” ployees and students abide young Christians to the idea to see people all over each ness. But I don’t need to see Flyt said. by biblical injunctions and that pre-marital relations are other in public. If people people kissing in the Campus Gorilla Suit Unzipped Crystal Bell Staff Writer Contrary to popular be- “The Canadian accent the reason for the secrecy, lief, Dordt’s Harlem Shake gave it away,” Van Heim- Elgersma explained that he gorilla was not played by shawrt said. “I would didn’t want to lose his po- President Hoekstra. recognize that voice any- sition of authority within “I tried to tell everyone where,” he added. the classroom and on the the truth, but some rumors Van Heimshawrt sus- ice. are hard to shake,” Hoeks- picions were confirmed “I just couldn’t afford tra said with a chuckle. “I when the gorilla said, “I to lose the respect of my almost wish that I was the caun’t reach the zipper!” students, colleagues, and one in the suit. However, The gorilla was Bill Elg- players,” he said. at my age I could only ersma, well-known Eng- But one mystery still dream of having moves lish professor and hockey remains: why would Dordt like Jagger,” he said. coach. When confronted sophomores, Kyler Van The question still with the revelation, Elg- Berkum and Luke Dykstra, remains: who was the ersma said, “What is this claim ignorance? They ad- mystery gorilla? all aboot?” mitted to knowing who the Ehren Van Heimshawrt After an incessant bar- gorilla was, but they had was the student who rage of lengthy emails, secret motives for remain- Contributed Photo solved the mystery for the late-night phone calls, and ing silent. Dordt community. Van several phony summonings This mystery was solved Dykstra said, “That A have helped him overcome Heimshawrt was at the to the president’s office, by Elgersma himself would have totally brought his guilt. When asked why dance that night, and was Elgersma cracked. shortly after he admitted to up my GPA. Now I have he wanted to be the gorilla, in the restroom shortly be- “I just caun’t take it any- being the gorilla. Worn and three days to read “Pride Elgersma said, “I always fore the video started. He more!” Elgersma said. “It defeated, he came clean and Prejudice” and “The knew that I had extraordi- distinctly remembers hear- was me. I was the gorilla, and admitted that the stu- Odyssey.” nary dance moves, and this ing a man complain about and I have no regrets,” he dents in question were kept Although Elgersma was my chance to share not being able to zip up said. quiet with the promise of isn’t proud of the bribe, them with the world.” the back of his costume. When questioned about an A in his Core 180 class. the 12,000+ YouTube hits Page 2 News 4 April 2013 Dordt Lowers Tuition to Keep Students Enrolled According to documents theater programs will also stay,” said sophomore Viv- munity services are no released by the investiga- ian Messerschmidt. longer offered. However, Ginger A. Snap be severely curtailed. tive committee, Dordt loses Apparently the concerns some students are express- Staff Writer “At $500 per student, up to 30% of each class things like the school farm over losing these student ing relief and joy over the Dordt College will now every year. The most com- and the digital media lab groups aren’t enough to news of the lower tuition. be charging only $500 for mon reasons for leaving are are just too much to main- deter the Dordt administra- “I’m so grateful to Dordt tuition, according to an staying home to work or tain,” said Hoekstra. tion’s decision. for lowering tuition,” said announcement made on attending a cheaper college These decisions have “We expect enrollment in Sonny Daise, a freshman Monday by college presi- elsewhere. made students upset and our education and business enrolled in the education dent Erik Hoekstra. “Dordt is just way too indignant. departments to skyrocket,” department. “I was consid- The announcement fol- expensive,” said one junior “A school with an ag- Bos said. ering going back home to lows the formation of an who asked to remain anon- riculture program and no The ramifications of this work, but now my fam- investigative committee ymous. “I can go to the farm? A digital media decision are sure to be felt ily can afford to send me in the fall of 2012, which community college by my major and no equipment? throughout Sioux Center and my sister to a quality was created in order to house and pay less while That’s just ridiculous. Not as the student demographic school.” determine the actual cost of working to earn money at enough to convince me to shifts and important com- educating each student. the same time.” “That is the literal price It’s exactly these kinds that each student’s educa- of students that Dordt tion costs,” said Hoekstra. hopes to persuade to stay “When you strip away with their new lower tuition all the extras, we can still policy. But of course, provide a quality Christian sacrifices must be made in education at a relatively af- order to maintain such a fordable price.” ridiculously low price tag. Dordt faculty hopes that “Education is at the this surprisingly gracious forefront of Dordt’s focus,” move will not only at- said Hoekstra. “In order tract new students into the to provide the best educa- school’s programs, but also tion, however, we’re going retain others who would to have to strip down the have otherwise moved on. frivolous extras.” “We noticed that while On the list of those activ- our freshman enrollment ities and locations getting numbers are fairly consis- the axe are the recreation tent, each grade level gets center, the Defender Grille, successively smaller,” said and health services. Jim Bos, Dordt’s Associate The art, agriculture, digi- Provost/Registrar. tal media, engineering, and God Skips Spring, Students Outraged Dordt Students finally get to know the real reason the weather has sucked. summer." fat because they have to already started going off The Creator has indeed hibernate all the time? their rockers. It's just a decided to skip spring and Will the Covenant girls matter of time before summer, have six more permanently freeze?" people start doing bizarre months of winter, and Arky is not the only stuff like having muffin then go straight to fall. person who is upset. Some wars in 55th or break- The forecast will be snow, staff members at Dordt ing the hand off the Gift snow, and more snow. are also opposed to God's statue and hi-fiving people with it." "Snow is so great," said choice. God. "It's so fluffy and "I declare!" said Ida “It is a clearly known clean looking.

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