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Dordt community responds to Title IX lawsuit against Department of Education Zac VanderLey– Staff Writer

“Dordt is facing an existential crisis,” said lawsuit, the Coalition of Christian Colleges Dordt University professor Donald Roth in and Universities (CCCU) stated they were response to the title IX lawsuit as it pertains to reviewing the lawsuit. They explained how the university. they hold religious convictions and the ability Elizabeth Hunter, et al. v. U.S. Department to teach them at private schools in high regard. of Education includes two plaintiffs currently They also want students to feel safe--especially attending Dordt—junior Lauren Hoekstra and LGBTQ persons. In this context, there is no senior Avery Bonestroo. It was filed on March tolerance for bullying, harassment, or assault of 29 by the Religious Exemption Accountability any kind, the CCCU wrote, and they hope to Project (REAP) in the U.S. District Court in learn and grow from their review. Oregon. The lawsuit states that schools who Dordt University is no stranger to engaging receive federal funding should not be able to with the federal government. In 2012, in the discriminate against LGBTQ students, even case Dordt College v. Sebelius, they sued the if the discrimination is based in a religious Department of Health and Human Services. conviction. At a surface level, the suit was a stand against The lawsuit is not filed against Dordt, but if abortion made by Dordt and other Christian it was, or another lawsuit similar to it, were to schools through their desire to refrain from pass the Supreme Court—or if the Equality Act dispersing “morning-after” pills as part of as written was to pass the Senate—Dordt would faculty healthcare plans. The greater purpose of be forced into change in some way or form. the suit, though, according to President Hoekstra In Roth’s eyes, Dordt has, on the surface, was to maintain the underlying Founder’s its tax-exempt status. Contributed Photo two ways of moving forward in the long-term Vision of Dordt regarding the importance of If any gender or sexuality-based rulings future: either virtually eradicate all moral loans (direct student loans), which account for allowing religious organizations to exist outside were to impact Dordt in the near future, policy based on sexuality, marriage, and 5.5 million dollars of tuition money a year, and the church with their religious convictions. President Hoekstra and Dordt administration anything not specifically criminal to maintain PLUS loans, which account for 2.2 million This vision of allowing religious people are committed to ensuring students have a home federal funding (grants, research loans, and dollars in tuition money a year. Thus, the base to be educated their own way before entering at their university. Though, if federal funding financial aid for students), or maintain all the pay for each student would increase were this different spheres of the world is, once again, were removed from the school, students would spiritually-founded moral code and potentially lawsuit or the Equality Act to win in court. being called into question by the title IX lawsuit. lose around 1.4 million dollars in Federal Pell risk losing accreditation, federal funding, and On April 1, three days after the filing of the Grants along with the ability to take out Stafford Continued on pg. 8 Dordt removes mask mandate, goes against CDC guidelines Sam Landstra—Co-Chief Editor

Rynders said. “I felt kind of ignored.” body, those who had “significant concerns” Hoekstra is part of the eight-member about the changes were told they could request President’s Cabinet that made the decision to their professors for masking to continue in their remove the mask mandate. With the COVID-19 classes. Also, professors were told they should task force having dissolved at their own request honor such requests. in early March, the cabinet has since been the On the Monday morning when the mandate primary decision-making team for COVID-19- was lifted, Luke Hawley, an associate professor related matters on campus. of English, requested his CORE 180 class There are no medical professionals on the continue masking after hearing from his cabinet, unlike the task force, but they took into students. From his role as a faculty member, consideration the changes that regional health having to navigate masked and unmasked facilities, including Sioux Center Community classrooms is what is “most frustrating” about Hospital, had made to remove required masking the changes. in non-patient areas. The cabinet did not contact “It’s hard enough at the end of the semester local health administrators for this specific to keep people motivated.” Hawley said. Contributed Photo decision, which went against CDC guidelines. “This feels like a change to the learning On the morning of Monday, April 5, freshman since the first day of classes this academic year. With lower COVID-19 case counts in environment—and not for the better.” Annika Rynders woke up to a different-looking “It was sort of a mixed message.” Rynders the community, as well as a lower number of Hawley is a type 1 diabetic—a population Dordt University. On her masked walk to class said, referencing how the university has used students in isolation or quarantine, the cabinet at a greater risk from COVID-19. He wears a through the Ribbens Academic Complex, she the motto “Love God, love your neighbor, love had been looking for ways to “let out some more mask to protect himself and others from the passed by a significant majority of students and yourself, love Dordt” throughout the year in line” when it came to pandemic guidelines on virus. faculty without the CDC-recommended piece support of their COVID-19 guidelines. “I was campus, according to Hoekstra. That same day, Hawley attended a listening of fabric. And, as she took her seat in the middle upset and frustrated.” That began with renewing dorm open hours session for the faculty senate—an opportunity of her EDUC-145 class, she waited anxiously Rynders wanted to advocate for those on in underclass housing the week before. for professors to present potential agenda for her professor to announce masks were still campus with underlying health conditions They also studied test results from athletics items to members of the senate. It was his first required for the period. and took her concerns for this demographic to and choir groups returning from off-campus time. For the first half hour, the well-attended “I don’t feel safe on campus, especially since the very top. In a meeting with President Erik trips. From this population, only two positives meeting consisted of faculty members asking Monday.” Rynders said. “I don’t understand Hoekstra, she asked the top university official— were yielded. for reasoning behind the new ruling. There was why it’s occurring right now.” who was “very welcoming” to her—how the “I think that Dordt has done a good frustration in the air. On the Friday prior, Dordt University decision fit into the framework of loving one’s job paying attention to both science and “Nobody really had any clear information announced in an email that, effective Monday, neighbor. Hoekstra replied he did not want community.” Hoekstra said. “Taking everything about that.” Hawley said. “If there had been a masks were no longer required in classrooms to force students to mask if it was relatively into account, the cabinet decided it was time to more public conversation, I maybe could and common areas on campus. This change medically safe to do otherwise. do this.” lifted the longstanding mask mandate in place In the email sent out to the entire student “It wasn’t fully the answer I was expecting.” Continued on pg. 8 page 2 News News page 3 Dordt University hosts Newly-approved sports COVID-19 vaccine panel Q&A vaccine clinic Lexi Schnaser—Staff Writer facility promises benefits Lexi Schnaser—Staff Writer Gideon Brandsma, a nursing student at the correct response. These new vaccines are aborted fetal cells and the development of this other people who have been vaccinated, we can Dordt, hosted a COVID-19 vaccine panel doing the same thing, except they are delivering type of vaccine. Is it ethical to get this vaccine? go out to eat again, and our economy can get Dordt University collaborated with Sioux help set up the clinic. Sioux Center Health then for Dordt, Sioux Center featuring professors Kate Vander Veen, Kristin the genetic code for a very small part of the A: Researchers have been using cells better again. Center Health and the Iowa Governor’s Office suggested having nursing students help as well. Van De Griend, and Jeff Ploegstra on April 5. virus. This piece of the virus can’t reproduce that were derived from probably only three Q: Why should I be vaccinated if I can just on Wednesday, April 7 to host an on-campus The sophomore and junior nursing students Vander Veen has been practicing and teaching in you, but it’s enough to make your immune abortions that happened in the 1970s and 1980s. build natural immunity? COVID-19 vaccine clinic for Dordt students. were asked to help administer the vaccines and community system react. These cells have been processed and replicated A: Natural immunity will likely be much Sydney Brummel — Staff Writer nursing for over 30 years, Van De Griend is an The clinic, stationed in the DeWitt Gymnasium, senior nursing students helped supervise and Q: What are some possible long-term and grown as cells for 40 or 50 years. This is shorter than a vaccine. Right now, the CDC is epidemiologist and public health expert, and vaccinated a reported 218 students plus tend to students after vaccination. effects from getting vaccinated? an important question to ask to respect human saying that you can get COVID-19 again after For the past several months, Dordt “The Defender Way is our holistic and unique Ploegstra’s background is in molecular biology. additional staff. With this number, 23 percent of “It was good to see people come in, and A: We’ve only had these vaccines for a little life. There is no reason to think that your choice 90 days. We’re hoping that vaccine immunity University community members and Sioux way of administering athletics Christianly at Brandsma said his goal in creating the panel student living on campus have reported being I think some people feel more comfortable while, so there is always the potential there to get vaccinated is in any way incentivizing will last months, if not years, where with natural Center residents have discussed the possibility Dordt,” Douma said. “The thing that really was to help students and other members of the vaccinated. after getting the vaccine,” sophomore Bianca would be some kind of long-term negative anyone to abort. Those same cell lines have infection we will continue to be naturally of an indoor sports complex. Recently, the excites me most about the indoor turf facility is Dordt community make informed decisions The set-up of the COVID-19 vaccination VanGinkel, one of the nursing students who outcome. Given what we understand about these been used in the development of all kinds of infected by COVID-19 and this will become an Sioux Center City Council officially approved that we get to really impress the Defender way about the vaccine. Following are some of the clinic mirrored the flu vaccination clinic held helped administer the vaccines, said. vaccines and the way they work, we don’t have stuff. endemic. the construction of a sports dome facility in on a much greater and broader population…We questions and answers brought up at the panel. by the university in the fall. Those who were “It was free so anyone who wanted it could any particular reason to think that we would Q: Can you address the concerns related to Q: Should I get vaccinated if I have already the current location of Heritage Village and the see this facility as a way to really be somewhat Q: As university students, we are instructed interested in receiving the vaccine registered for get it, and there was also no pressure for people have long-term negative outcomes. If you are the COVID-19 vaccines and infertility? had COVID-19? fairgrounds. of a mission field for athletics as a whole.” to consider sources. How do we think critically a time and filled out consent forms beforehand. who didn’t feel comfortable getting it.” worried about possible effects of the vaccine, A: Most of these concerns come from a A: Yes, you should be vaccinated once This decision was made after nearly two The sports facility also promises to free up about information regarding the vaccine? At the clinic, Dordt offered the Johnson and The nursing students took an online course you should be at least as worried about getting research paper that was comparing the spike you’ve reached 90 days past your infection. and a half years of discussion, planning, and significant space in the Rec Center, which has, A: This is an important question with Johnson vaccine, which was provided by the before the clinic to help them understand the virus itself. Any response your immune protein of COVID-19 to the protein that is Your immunity will be much better overall once touring of other dome facilities. The project especially in recent years, been consistently which we should all grapple. One of the most Governor’s Office. The university did not have different aspects of the vaccine, how to system would have to the vaccine would be the expressed during placental development. you are vaccinated. has especially been overseen by Sioux Center’s filled by athletics, other students, and Sioux important ways to be a critical consumer is to a choice in which vaccine they offered, but the J administer the it, potential side effects, and same, if not worse, if you had COVID-19. People were concerned we were going to have Q: Do vaccinated individuals need to keep Joint Use Committee, comprised of Dordt Center residents. With a less crowded Rec receive your information from multiple sources, & J vaccine is ideal for the circumstances. The patient education. We’ve been doing vaccination trials for cross-reactivity between the vaccine and the wearing masks? University, the Sioux Center Community Center, there will be more opportunities for a such as the U.S. government, governments of single dosage is convenient for college students “It was my first time, and I was nervous, many months, and any reaction you would have placenta or develop autoimmunity against the A: From a standpoint of self-protection, School District, and the city of Sioux Center. stronger intramural program. other countries, advocacy and health education and does not require storage at the extremely but I felt equipped to do it,” VanGinkel said. “I to a vaccine typically happen within six weeks. placenta. The similarities between the two you’re probably fine not wearing a mask. The In order to make space for the sports Moreover, the sports facility will be groups, hospitals, and campus health programs. cold temperatures like other vaccines such as knew I had all the knowledge I just had to take Most of the severe reactions you would have to proteins are not significant enough for us to way vaccines work would certainly suggest that facility, both the fairgrounds and Heritage shared with and utilized by the Sioux Center Try to seek your information from as many the Pfizer and Moderna. the step to actually do it.” the vaccine happen in the first 15 minutes, which worry about this. Again, if you’re worried you’re much less likely to be a transmitter at Village require relocation. The Sioux County community. sources as possible who have training in the Dordt left the decision to be vaccinated up Gareth Johnston, a junior, also received his is why you have to sit down and be monitored about this with the vaccine, you should be just that point. Fairgrounds will move next to the Dordt “Sioux Center Community [School] and information you are seeking. to students, encouraging them to consult with vaccination on from the clinic. for those first 15 minutes. There haven’t been as worried about developing these responses if The other question that is important is the Agriculture Stewardship Center north of town, Sioux Center Christian will be able to do Q: What is the difference between the their parents and health professionals when “I was very excited to hear I could get the any long-term effects of vaccines documented you would get COVID-19. impact on the community you’re participating as already planned. Heritage Village will things from a Physical Education curriculum Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson vaccine? considering receiving the vaccine. vaccine, especially being a Canadian student after six weeks in our history of vaccines. Most global research surrounding women transfer over to Tower Fields, an approximate standpoint that they weren’t able to do in years A: Vaccines present your immune system “My parents had hesitations but going to where there’s a slower rollout right now,” Q: There’s been a lot of controversy and and the vaccine, including obstetricians and five-acre site on the west side of Sioux Center. past.” Douma said. with an antigen that your body will recognize as the panel with the Dordt profs and getting more Johnston said. concern from Christians about the use of women’s health experts, are all saying this From a public An estimated seven million-dollar project of Community soccer teams and youth athletic foreign so that your immune system will trigger info about the vaccine and why we shouldn’t He was not nervous about being vaccinated vaccination is a good thing for women to get. about 100,000 square feet, the planned indoor teams will be able to perform on the indoor health perspective, be worried really helped,” junior Hannah by a nursing student. Women who were pregnant when they received turf facility will be paid for and used by Dordt turf. However, the City Council and Joint Use Vanderhooft said. “When I walked in and first saw the students, the vaccine had no adverse effects. Women vaccination is just and the rest of the Sioux Center community. Committee members anticipate the facility to “I was really glad that Dordt was offering I was like ‘Oh, cool. Dordt’s getting involved’” who didn’t know they were pregnant and got “The city of Sioux Center is going to be the be used in non-athletic events as well, such the clinic because it’s really important to offer Johnston said. Poet Laura Apol shares immunized have since delivered their baby with one tool in our owner of this,” Ross Douma, the university as birthday parties, corporate events, church vaccines to college students. And I’m really “I was pretty happy to get it before the end no known adverse effects. Women who have director of athletics said. “Dordt University is functions, and youth camps. With its proximal toolbox glad they’re having nursing students do this to of the semester and was thankful Dordt would been immunized are continuing to get pregnant going to be the manager of the facility.” location to the university, collaborative use, stories of hardship, hope, get practice.” go out of their way to do this for students.” and have had no known adverse effects that are Although the City Council’s decision has and versatile purpose, the sports dome complex A unique aspect of Dordt’s clinic was the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are available causally related to the virus. in. There’s a good argument to be made that caused deep disappointment, especially with is expected to enhance Dordt’s visibility and administrators of the vaccine. When Dordt at Hy-Vee for all Iowa residents sixteen years of Q: Should healthy college students get continuing to wear masks encourages other regards to the fate of Heritage Village and its increase Sioux Center’s economy. and healing received word that they would be given age or older. vaccinated? people who aren’t vaccinated to continue to tree grove, the addition of a sports dome to “This facility is going to have far-reaching vaccines, they contacted Sioux Center Health to Georgia Lodewyk– Staff Writer A: Yes, not only for yourself, but for wear masks. impact on our community, and I’m really the town of Sioux Center promises multiple everybody else. The longer the pandemic drags From a public health perspective, vaccination excited to see where Sioux Center is going to enormous benefits for all involved parties. They say poetry is like painting on a page; it beyond themselves” and step out of their own out, the more likely we are to have expansion is just one tool in our toolbox, so masking, be in five to ten years as a result of the genesis “It’s going to positively impact Defender is an art where words come to life, take hold story to process trauma. and variation in the virus itself and that has handwashing, and social distancing are all part of the development of the indoor turf facility,” Athletics,” Douma said. “It’s also going to of hearts, and convey wonder, meaning, or “PTSD is so troubling because it is out of implications for the long-term efficacy of of these tools that we have to continue to do to Douma said. impact the campus community as a whole.” imagination. their control,” Apol said. vaccines. It would be ideal if we could get as stay healthy. As of now, there are no definite dates for The facility will provide ample space for For Dordt alumna Laura Apol, poetry is a The workshop connected genocide survivors many people vaccinated as soon as possible to If there are questions that have not been the construction of the facility to begin, as the several Dordt sports teams, such as men’s and way to ask life’s biggest questions. When the to their own individual stories and journeys. get control as many things as we can. answered in this brief synopsis, the professors process ultimately depends on when Heritage women’s soccer, baseball, softball, and football. Michigan State University professor visited In the meantime, Apol found her life forever It would be a better decision to get the from the panel expressed they would be Village will relocate to its new home at Tower With this indoor space, teams will be able to Dordt’s campus April 6, she asked those in her changed by the people and stories she immunization now and not experience happy to meet with anyone who has questions Fields. The City Council tentatively anticipates practice year-round, particularly in the winter audience to do just that while she read aloud encountered, and they became the inspiration COVID-19 because you don’t know what your surrounding the vaccine. the dome’s development to take place in the months. The Athletics Department also expects poetry from two of her most famous poetry for many of her poems. experience will be. Once you can hang out with the facility to strengthen recruiting efforts. summer of 2022 and completed for use by fall collections, Crossing the Ladder of the Sun and “Twenty Years On” was written for Apol’s Contributed Photo of 2022 or winter of 2023. Requiem, Rwanda. friend Louise, a member of the Tutsi tribe who escaped death by hiding in banana groves. Her entire family was killed, leaving a young Louise Dordt plans in-person “For me, poems to carry on their legacy. In defense of the Heritage Village come from the places “She alone carried the future,” Apol read Katie Ribbens, Tabetha De Groot—Staff to Dordt’s audience. “Her great-grandmother’s commencement ceremony Writers that have edges,” voice/ her twin-brothers’ smiles/ through Jaclyn Vander Waal– Staff Writer bloodied days through panic nights/ there is -Laura Apol nothing she says nothing that can touch me Following the city of Sioux Center’s cider from the nearby trees, interacting with is because Dordt is insisting it be built there,” lived,” Herman said. “I know I relate to my Dordt University graduates will put on their person. now.” unanimous vote to relocate the Heritage farm animals, and exploring Sioux Center’s Oostra said. “We have various alternatives like grandparents a little bit better in that way.” cap and gown on May 7 to walk across the B.J. “I am all for it,” she said. “A screen cannot In addition to Rwanda, Apol wrote about her Village, board members for the village offered oldest buildings. north of the football field.” Kelsey Tschetter, a sophomore at Dordt, Haan Auditorium and receive their diploma in replace that community of being together and “For me, poems come from the places that experiences as a mother, Christian, friend, twin some heated accusations. At a meeting in February 2021, board Alternatively, city council members saw referenced similar memories at the historical person. getting closure.” have edges,” Apol said to her audience in 1606, sister, and daughter. No poem was without a story A valued, historical tribute to the community, members emphasized they had no desire to the move as an opportunity for the Village to museum in her grandmother’s small town in That may seem insignificant, but after an Bos said a few changes had to be made to “The moments that bring me to poetry are the and purpose. Each had a definite meaning that the village is scheduled to move from Open relocate the Historical Village. They saw the expand. Minnesota. It sparked her interest in history. academic year full of many changes and hiccups the graduation, however. Rather than sitting on questions that I just can’t figure out… it’s what brought complexity and reminded the audience Space Park to Tower Fields in late 2021. The situation as unreasonable; they held nothing Anna Herman, a freshman at Dordt, attended Tschetter thinks it important to keep the due to COVID-19, an in-person commencement stage during the ceremony, graduates will be continues to bring me back.” no part of life is insignificant or meaningless— move creates space for an indoor turf facility against the building of the turf facility but the Harvest Festival last fall. As a student reminder of historic Sioux Center culture. For was not guaranteed. spaced out in the front pews. Dordt students and community members even through the most challenging of trials. available for both Dordt University students did not see why they had to move in order to athlete, she looks forward to the indoor turf her, history must be known so mistakes of the Jim Bos, registrar and director of institutional As for guests, each graduate filled out entered the lecture hall to hear Apol read some Apol also shared some of her poems that and community members. accomplish it. facility, but crossed her fingers the addition of past are not repeated. research at Dordt, said the university’s decision a survey to secure up to four tickets. The of her poems, many of which were drawn from bring joy, including one titled, “Weeding the Ron Oostra has been on the Heritage Village “You don’t just pick these buildings up,” the building would not result in the relocation Tschetter, who only recently learned about was driven by the students’ desire to gather attendants can either sit in the B.J. Haan her own life experiences. Requiem, Rwanda Garden with John Calvin,” in which she covers board for about 20 years. He has some concerns Oostra said. of the village. the Heritage Village, is saddened to hear about together one last time as a graduating class. Auditorium, where the seats will be spaced out was inspired by her trips to Rwanda around the principles of reformed Christianity. Her about the relocation. The process of moving several buildings “I think it’s sad that they’re choosing a little it only in time to say goodbye. She plans to visit Dordt prides itself with its traditional less than six feet, to watch the graduation in ten years after the 1994 genocide. Apol saw a admiration and attention to the beauties and “[The Heritage Village] was set up to all requiring new foundations is a tedious and bit of accessibility over the history of the town it before its relocation. ceremony structure, so he said certain aspects person, or in the De Witt Gymnasium and Rec glimpse at the rich culture and deep wounds left finite details of nature were present in many of preserve the history of this community…. And expensive process. Currently, the buildings are and something that means a lot to people in this “It’s kind of disappointing to see that get had to be incorporated despite the challenges of Center, where seats will be completely socially by civil war and racial slaughter. her works, as well as her zest for life. we’ve tried to make it a living history.” filled with tens of thousands of items in need of town,” Herman said. shoved out and be a second priority,” Tschetter COVID-19: the academic marshal walking in distanced, to watch the ceremony live-streamed. While in Rwanda, Apol met with survivors While introducing Apol at the event, For the Sioux Center News, board member packing up. Sioux Center is expecting Heritage Herman holds fond memories from growing said. with the ceremonial mace, the faculty on stage, Only two of the four guests can select in-person of the genocide to use poetry writing as a Professor Howard Schaap said one of his Dennis Hoekstra accused Dordt of betraying Village volunteers to begin the move soon—a up in Sioux Center and attending events at the Herman believes Sioux Center is trying to the students walking across the stage for their seating. Based on the survey responses so far, process for healing. Working with health students mentioned “When you meet her, you the village. He called the university a “wolf chore requiring of two to three thousand hours Heritage Village. School field trips and projects shift from a small-town identity to a destination diplomas, the commencement speech, a song Bos said most guests are opting to select two experts and psychiatrists, Apol developed a can tell she has a love for life.” in sheep’s clothing”, likening the situation to of volunteer work. at the Village resulted in scrapbooks full of and neglecting its historical roots in displacing from the Concert Choir and the recessional past in-person and two live-streamed tickets. model of poetry for those dealing with grief Apol also visited several English classes, the Bible story of the rich man taking the poor Then there are the trees. The Heritage village leaves. The leaves, gathered from 60 varieties the Heritage Village. the guests. The commencement speaker will be David and trauma. Each person would focus on three sharing more of her work and discussing man’s sheep. is home to around 200 trees of 70 varieties. It of trees, came from trees dedicated to loved “I think they forget sometimes that they are “We aren’t doing normal, but what we are Mulder, an associate professor of education at different times of their life: before the genocide, how poetry can point to something greater by “It’s time for you to be a better neighbor,” will cost $1,000 to $1,500 dollars for each tree ones, serving as a living memorial. a small town and there’s only so much they can trying for is a ceremony that gets at all of those Dordt. His address will be on why it is important during, and after. Apol and her colleagues fixating on details Hoekstra said for Sioux Center News. uprooting and transfer. When younger, Herman always looked do,” Herman said. same key elements that we always have,” he to never stop learning. saw the importance of writing as a form of One poem Apol read aloud to the audience The Heritage Village was founded in 1991 “Some can be moved, but the rest will end forward to the prospect of exploring the village. Council member Eric Moerman supported said. Graduates and guests will be required to wear therapy, the power of written word. It gave the was called “The Lives of Others” and to commemorate Sioux Center’s centennial up in the tree dump,” Oostra said. Even though its buildings were old, they were the idea of using the turf facility as an expansion Julia Yoder, a senior business administration masks. Following the ceremony, people will be opportunity for victims of the genocide to write communicated her perspective on poetry. “Each celebration. Each fall, the Heritage Festival The move, the trees, and the building of the new to her. for Sioux Center. “It’s another piece that Sioux major who plans on working for Amazon as a encouraged to gather outside to congratulate the their experiences and emotions down on paper. story holds a question/ that is more than itself./ takes place at this location where hundreds of turf facility itself will all add up to about 12 “I guess when you’re little, you don’t Center is going to provide its citizens,” he said loss prevention specialist following graduation, graduates. When they revised their writing, Apol said And each story is its answer./ What, then, can I children come from surrounding counties to million dollars. realize it, but now that I’m older when I go in Sioux Center News. “It becomes a hub.” is excited for the opportunity to graduate in Commencement is scheduled for 10 a.m. the goal was to “communicate to an audience do but listen?” participate in activities such as creating apple “[The turf facility] is being built where it through it, I realize this is how my grandparents page 4 Art & Entertainment Opinion page 5 Nobody Review Opinion: regarding Daunte Opinion: In support of Opinion: Why I do not wear a Daniel Ketchelos— Staff Writer Wright’s death wearing masks mask Anonymous Dordt Student Nobody follows the story of an average with bullets, while he manages to evade without Ella de Jong—Staff Writer Elise Wennberg—Staff Writer man, Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) as he a single scratch. Hutch is untouchable. have been different had he been white. Ahmaud On April 11, 2021, Daunte Wright died. reembraces his former violent lifestyle. When Despite the lack of realism and character Arbery’s situation could have been different The past year has sucked. People have been a confrontation with the son of a Russian drug development, Bob Odenkirk’s performance had he been white. You want peace and order. I am not comfortable walking in the Daunte Wright was 20 years old. put into quarantine and isolated from almost lord goes haywire, Hutch must embrace his felt natural and was enjoyable to watch. They want the same basic human rights that hallways, getting food at the commons, or everything in the world, countries have been violent past to protect his family. His performance as Hutch brought both an you have. Your peace and order deserve to be being in my own dorm lobby. Daunte Wright was unarmed. (and still are) on lockdown, others have lost Nobody, directed by Ilya Naishuller, had “average” side to the character and a side protested if that is what it takes to move toward My dad is a cardio-vascular consultant for family members due to the outbreak, people’s the potential to be an excellent film, but there filled with suppressed violence. Odenkirk has the necessary changes that need to take place the Mayo Clinic; he deals with patients on a Daunte Wright was killed by a gun. mental health has taken a toll, and many have were many parts that fell flat. An overreliance performed dark and gritty characters in the past, in our country. I don’t want to see the broken daily basis. He also has a very poor immune suffered economically due to the loss of jobs on violent action scenes, a lack of character such as Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad and pieces of our country put back together. I want system and is currently on immunosuppressant On a Sunday afternoon in April, a Brooklyn and opportunities. development, and unrealistic action caused this Better Call Saul. It felt natural to integrate his those pieces shattered until the only thing we medications. Center police officer, Kim Potter, pulled over But guess what? It’s not over. film to be deficient in substance. acting style into Nobody. can do is create something new. He cannot physically create antibodies to Daunte Wright for a simple traffic violation. Now I’m not saying I don’t want COVID-19 The opening—an excellent montage The most glaring mistake in this film is the Ask yourself questions. When have you fight off diseases most of the time, meaning he After discovering that there was a warrant for to go away (although, my life has not been very showcasing Hutch’s average lifestyle—is the overreliance on violence. Many of the intense experienced feeling like you were in danger cannot have any of the COVID-19 vaccinations his arrest, police proceeded to arrest Wright and affected by it because I’d rather be in my room best part of this film. Showing Hutch’s constant scenes are dragged out too long and do not because of the color of your skin? When has as they would most likely do nothing or cause after a brief struggle, Daunte Wright was killed, than anywhere else), but let’s be honest with cycle of forgetting the trash pickup, swiping his contribute much to the overall storyline. It felt your father sat you down and had to explain to him to become very sick. with his girlfriend in the passenger seat. Kim ourselves in admitting there is still a huge issue spread when we are sitting unmasked at our metro card, entering numbers into an excel file as if this film portrayed violence for the sake you exactly how you need to act if a cop pulls Now, let’s say this was someone in your I think masks are nothing more than a Potter killed Daunte Wright with a handgun, at hand. tables in the Commons, but spreads everywhere at work, and going to bed all for it to repeat the of violence, which caused dissatisfaction with you over? When has that been a life or death family or a really close friend instead. You statement. And apparently to some, they are a weighing approximately a few pounds. A taser Yes, a lot of people have been able to start else in the building. If we really believed in the next day worked well to develop his character. the overall film. If more time had been spent situation for you? How hard have you tried would think that wearing a mask would be statement of whether we are loving our neighbor. weighs approximately 8 ounces. Potter confused getting vaccinated, but that does not mean mask, why not eat all our meals alone? Hutch’s routine caused his marriage to fall on developing the plot and characters, it would to find compassion, listen, or contributed to the least of your concerns, yet about 75% of Or, whether we are liberal or conservative. Or, her gun for a taser. She has now resigned from everyone is able to do so, let alone the variants When we choose to eat their meal with each apart and his life to feel inadequate, but it is have been more successful. making actual change in our country? When Dordt students seem not to care about how their to the extreme, whether we are a true Christian the force and been charged with second-degree of COVID-19 that caused France to issue their other unmasked, we put forth another statement: soon challenged when a duo of home intruders Overall, there are not many memorable have you prayed for the protests and violence decisions affect others. or not. This is ridiculous. manslaughter. The Brooklyn Center Police third lockdown. I would add that the lockdowns that despite our belief in masks, we need to be breaks in during the night. When faced with the moments in the film. Many of the characters are in Minneapolis to stop before you prayed for the It’s not about how much of an inconvenience The topic of masks are a point of argument Department Chief, Tim Gannon said, “It is my here are practically nothing in comparison to in community with people. choice to protect his family or let the intruders forgettable and the plot is not satisfying. The family of an innocent black man that died at the it is for you, but rather how you affect those in churches and schools across the country. This belief that the officer had the intention to deploy other countries. This statement stems from the simple fact go, Hutch sides with deescalating the situation, only real reason to see this is if you are a fan of hand of a cop? around you by not wearing a mask. I wear a article may even sow discord among people. their Taser but instead shot Mr. Wright with a So, why are people so upset about wearing that truly living—even with the possibility causing his relationship with his family to spiral Bob Odenkirk’s acting, otherwise it is another Daunte Wright died on Sunday. Monday mask not because I want to protect myself, Some might call me a conservative who does single bullet.” masks? Other societies have worn masks of dying—is far better than being confined even further. predictable action movie. morning, he wasn’t there to be with his baby I wear one so I can protect my father, my not care for the lives of people around me. Sunday night, people started gathering anytime they are sick. Why? To protect others. by the pandemic’s limits on life. I know not Hutch stands by his decision until his girl. He wasn’t there to be with his mom or grandpa, and everyone who may be more at Others will tell me I am oppressing them. Some outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Masks are not political, nor is it weird or being able to see people’s smiles or not being daughter’s cat bracelet goes missing. His girlfriend or friends and family. He should still risk. people will say that a face free of zits is not accumulating to hundreds. After orders for the uncool for people to wear them: masks are used able to recognize someone because of masks response is to revert to violent tendencies when be with us because Daunte was a child of God, So, I don’t know about anyone else, but worth the cost of potential human death, or a crowd to disperse and a curfew put in place, in order to protect the people around you. has limited my human interaction. And these hunting down the home intruders. Hutch’s just like you and just like me. wearing a mask is a small price to pay compared person will silently hate me when they see me police utilized teargas, flash bangs, and started This doesn’t mean you need to wear a mask negative effects of masks ring true for others as character is filled with an internal lust for to losing a family member. walk past unmasked. making arrests. There is a fight for justice while you’re walking outside or anything, but well. violence, which becomes apparent throughout On April 11, 2021, Daunte Wright died. Perhaps we have not looked at the facts. happening in this country because Daunte there are people who would rather not be around And who has the right to tell someone to these scenes. Have we considered the CDC has changed their Wright’s situation could have been different had others while they are not wearing a mask. wear a mask? I think the government should While Hutch has a decent amount of Daunte Wright’s life mattered. minds on masks throughout the pandemic? he been white. George Floyd’s situation could Dordt said they consulted some experts on not. They can encourage it; but telling someone characterization, many of the supporting In the first few weeks of the lockdown, they the matter of getting rid of masks, but who are to wear a mask is infringing on their rights. characters only exist to propel the plot for suggested only medical personnel and those these so-called experts? Were the staff of Dordt I do not believe that masks do anything of Hutch. They were not dynamic, so it proved with COVID-19 wear masks. Now, they asked about their opinion on the matter? worth. Though even if I believed otherwise, I difficult to be concerned for them during recommend the entire general public must Classrooms were a safe space for those would not let fear dictate my life. I will walk dangerous situations. Leaving home for a new land wear them. Have we thought about the fact concerned with the virus, and now those safe around maskless. I will go to school maskless. The lack of realistic action and movement that the blue, disposable masks—the ones spaces have been taken away. Yes, students I will praise my God maskless—because throughout this film also caused it to fall short. most commonly worn—do next to nothing have an option to tell their professors they wish Christians should unite during a pandemic. As In many scenes, Hutch would be fighting solo in Minari for protection? Or have we considered that, to have the class wear masks, but when those Christians, we can love each other maskless. against 20-30 members of the Russian mafia Yage Wang— Staff Writer even with a mask on, the guidelines say we are same people are already not wearing masks in So, yes, I stand by Dordt lifting the mask and manage to kill everyone without suffering supposed stand the same distance apart as we other classes, it eliminates the point of wearing mandate. Dordt University is right in not any damages. In an intense car chase, Hutch’s A unique story of South Korean culture the theme in this movie, in which “Minari” would without a mask? a mask. continuing to mask for some silly statement. classic white muscle car becomes showered quietly released in US theaters in mid-February. refers to the Lee family who uproots from their The one that I find the most comical is how Contributed Photo We are not wearing masks, yet we are still true For many English-speaking audiences, Minari homeland and germinates in other places. When we seem to believe that COVID-19 does not is an outlier and may feel strange to watch in the grandma sings the song, “Minari, Minari, Christians. theaters. wonderful, so wonderful,” it’s her way to praise While an American drama, the dialogue Asian immigrants’ dedicated spirits. The Courier: a realistic look is mostly in Korean. Minari won the Golden There are parts of the movie that made me Globe Award for Best Foreign Language sense a distaste from the director on gender Seven things to do when you’re “having a bad day” Film, arousing the dissatisfaction of many inequality. To make a living, the Lee couple at espionage filmmakers. The director and writer of Minari, work in a poultry factory sexing the chicks. In Yee Lim Shin—Staff Writer Gretchen Lee—Staff Writer Lee Isaac Chung, talked about the film industry’s poultry processing male chicks are undesirable You’re having a bad day. I mean, it’s perfectly unreasonable criteria on language division. and factories would hire workers to identify the understandable considering the situation we are try something crazier and go to sleep before movies on Netflix to brighten up your mood. summer. Go to a spa, but try avoiding them if Sometimes I forget that spies are not purely movie and works in a way I have not seen “Minari is about a family.” Chung said, sex of the birds. The unwanted chicks are often in. Stress levels are at an all-time high, classes 10pm! It’ll do wonders to your mood the next Watch some old movies you used to love as you have pent-up anger issues and addiction, fictional. executed quite as nicely in other films. The end “It’s a family trying to learn how to speak a killed immediately. In a conversation between are slowly coming to an end, and you’re just day and you’ll feel like a different person. a kid to bring back some childhood freedom. especially towards a specific race—that would In a world that romanticizes spies in literature of the movie isn’t exactly happy, or wrapped language of its own. It goes deeper than any innocence and brutal reality, Jacob answers his done with everything in life. If you feel any of People tend to do rash and crazy things when Maybe in-between episodes grab some good hinder a peaceful spa day and lead to a whole and film, it is easy to forget there are real people nicely in a bow, but it does have a somewhat American language and any foreign language. son, David’s question on the smoke that comes these emotions, then you’ve come to the right they are sleep deprived, so maybe take a quick food and drink water to make sure your body lotta disaster. who smuggled secrets and stole information satisfying resolution while still being true to It’s a language of the heart, and I’m trying to out of the factory chimney: place. Yes, I know everyone has a different nap before making any big decisions. is well replenished. With the lack of breaks we for the sake of their country. The Courier is an history. learn it myself and to pass it on. I hope we all “Male chicks are discharged there.” definition of what “having a bad day” looks have had this semester, taking a mental health 6. Go out with friends excellent reminder of this, and a stark show of Structurally and technically speaking, The learn how to speak this language of love to each “What is discharged?” like. For example, a Cherokee Country Sheriff 2. Journal day is essential. COVID-19 has led us to not being able to the reality behind the romanticism we usually Courier is nearly flawless. Framing and music other, especially this year.” “That’s a difficult word. Male chicks don’t from Georgia described a “really bad day” as Journaling has been on the rise again lately meet our friends for months, and we understand see on screen. are placed hand-in-hand in a way that allows the Minari zooms in on the story of a young taste good. They can’t lay eggs and have no use. shooting multiple innocent people. But we’re and this is a great thing. When people think 4. Hug your pet or the nearest campus cat. how lonely that feels. Sometimes, all we need is Based on the true story of Greville Wynn, The audiences to understand where the characters Korean family that has immigrated to the So, you and I should try to be useful.” not here to talk about racial discrimination, about journaling, they imagine a child writing Not all of us have the privilege of having an a good laugh with our friends, whether that is in Courier follows an average businessman from are both physically and mentally without them Midwest. They are faltering on the edge of On the one hand, this short conversation we’re here to talk about you. You are having a a “dear diary” in their secret journal with a animal on campus. If you do have an animal our dorm or apartment room or going on a trip London during the Cold War as he is recruited even having to speak. Wide shots are utilized financial pressure and encountering cultural made me scared. On the other hand, I also felt bad day and you’d rather not. So, here’s a list of password lock, but it doesn’t have to be that on standby, you’re in luck, because your life (masked and socially-distanced from others, to carry secrets to and from a turncoat Russian with Oleg and Greville to give a sense of and religious differences. Jacob Lee, the the tenderness of the director. As a male, Chung seven things you can do in order to escape from way. That is, unless you want to of course. is about to get a little happier. It has been of course). Having fun and creating happy politician, Oleg Penkovsky. As the Cuban “aloneness,” isolating them and making them patriarchal leader in the house, upholds a dream is keenly aware of the inequality in our society. “having a bad day.” It’s your journal after all. Journaling is a scientifically proven that when we hug animals, memories with friends is a great way to feel Missile Crisis arises, both men are forced look smaller on screen helps the audience feel of cultivating a piece of land of his own in the Instead of loudly reprimanding, he chose a cruel great way to let out your pent-up emotions our bodies release “feel good” hormones of fresh and understand the importance of building to make difficult decisions and take terrible the weight on their shoulders. Closer shots on United States. His wife, Monica Lee, is the tenderness to express the cruelty of reality. without causing harm to others. You can truly oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin. If you ask relationships. Grab a couple friends and jump personal risks in order to stop a war and the objects and hands play into the secrecy of what image of a typical Asian mother who’s usually This movie is an outstanding production be yourself and try understanding what you any college student, you know these are things into a car for a spontaneous road trip. annihilation of both Russia and the United the main characters are attempting to carry out. overly cautious, family-centered, persevering, from A24. If you haven’t watched other films are feeling as you organize your thoughts we generally lack. Go and find your nearest States. Having certain actors placed physically above and pious. from this small, delicate, and thematic company, and the emotions you felt throughout the day. fuzzy critter and try to see if it will let you give 7. Take a walk To put it frankly, this story is beautiful in its other characters in certain scenes shows how This film not only portrays the difficulty I would strongly recommend other films from It’s scientifically proven that journaling can it a hug. I would advise that you refrain from Last, but not least, now that the weather is ugliness. Narratively, it is well-written and all of the events of this movie are happening of Asian immigrants being accepted in the them as well. A24 is almost notorious in for improve both your physical and psychological hugging squirrels though, because I hear they finally getting warmer and the sun is shining, quite poetic in the way it draws emotion from right under the noses of very powerful and neighborhoods, but also explores the differences thrillers with religious metaphors, which might wellbeing, and no one is going to look in your bite. Honestly, if you’re having a hard time it’s time for us to go outside again. Say no more the audience. However, the story itself is gritty, dangerous men. These tactics reminds viewers between men and women in marriage when explain Minari’s tragic tone. They’ve produced journal and fix it for grammar mistakes. It’s trying to find an animal to hug, you can always to seasonal depression and go take a walk to showing a dark, dangerous part of world history that Oleg and Greville could be caught at any looking towards their future as a family. excellent, but R-rated, works like Midsommar, really just you, the notebook, and your pen that ask your friends. They probably need one too. absorb much-needed Vitamin D. Leave your through the eyes of an average, everyday person moment. Overall, the filming of this movie is In Korean, “Minari” means an edible weed Saint Maud, and The Lighthouse are other will ever truly know what the journal says. If cluttered desk behind and go take a breath of who is drawn into a situation that is anything very artistically done and sets the script up to or herb. Speaking from my Asian background, recent niche movies that might whet your film you’re scared someone is going to find and read 5. Sit back and do some self-care fresh air. Maybe even take someone special but average. Both Oleg and Greville struggle to pack a hefty punch. people used to pluck edible weeds from the palate. 1. Sleep your journal, you can always hide it with your Take a day where you just focus on yourself. on the very famous Prairie Walk. Spring is figure out how far they are willing to go to help This movie is sad, but an excellent portrayal wilderness in the face of famine. Especially Minari is undeniably a silent but powerful Honestly, don’t we all need a little bit more dirty laundry. This is a fool-proof place to hide It can be a Saturday afternoon when you coming, so you know you’ll be seeing a lot of their countries while still managing the risks to of historical events. The characters feel very in the 1950s, Korea, China, and many Asian protest from Asian groups in the United States, sleep? It’s the golden question any college things—as long as you remember to take it out finally roll yourself out of bed at 2 pm. First people down on one knee. Put on your favorite their families if they are caught. Throughout real, helping break the disconnect moviegoers countries experienced political turbulence, declaring our existence in American history and student should ask themselves: “am I actually on laundry day. of all, congrats on getting yourself out of bed! tunes and follow the Sioux Center trail and just the movie, their familial stakes are continually sometimes feel between themselves and which caused most of the population to suffer posing questions about the American Dream on having a bad day or am I just lacking sleep?” That’s the first step to self-care. Go take a maybe you’ll meet a dog or two to pet. If you raised, and their personal needs are pitted even characters on the screen, particularly in spy from hunger. Because of this, people of those the big screen. It asks an intimidating question The University of Georgia’s Health Center 3. Take a mental health day. shower and maybe try some five-step Korean want to spice things up, just follow where the further against the needs of the many in a way movies. Although the ending hurt, it still had a nations learned how to survive by depending to its audience about language and culture: “Is reported that students only get an average of Just take a day where you focus on yourself. beauty routines to make your face feel 10 years harsh Iowa wind blows and see how far it’ll that makes the climax of the film carry intense note of lightness that felt realistic without being on the little gifts from nature. Nowadays, we English still the main spoken language in the 6-6.9 hours of sleep. That’s 1-2 hours less than As much as school and friends are important. younger. Get a sheet mask from Walmart and take you. Just make sure to bring a GPS so you emotional weight. This is why a quieter, less a completely unhappy ending. still sometimes pick the edible herbs as a way United States and how will that change in the what is recommended. When all of that sleep Sometimes you just need to take some time out truly feel your face being moisturized. Start can find your way back to Dordt. action-packed climax works so well in this of showing gratitude to nature and as part of next ten years?” debt adds up of course you’re going to wake up of your week and have some “me-time.” Kick recovering from the harsh winter weather our cultural heritage. This resonates well with feeling terrible. Sit back. Take a nap. Or even back in your pajamas and watch a couple of and get ready to look absolutely glowing for page 6 Feature Sports page 7 A comeback from cancer Cal Yordt—Guest Writer Simnacher recalls telling Baldwin, “You just head coach, Joel Penner, and his O-Line coach, Softball eyes halfway point in Baseball battles got to grind this out and fight through it. It isn’t Aaron Mingo, had high praise for him and what For every 1 in 250 men, testicular cancer is going to be easy, but me and the rest of the team he overcame. GPAC play Northwestern a reality that takes its toll on them. This statistic are going to have your back.” Both Penner and Mingo were worried at first Caleb Pollema— Staff Writer became all too personal for the Dordt University Baldwin was concerned with how his that Baldwin was trying to come back too soon Isabel Pheifer— Staff Writer football team this year as junior offensive teammates would think of him. but were pleasantly surprised at the progress he look to get the offense going after a tough first As the calendar turns to April and lineman Carter Baldwin was diagnosed with the “I wasn’t sure if I was going to be looked at made. game. Brooklyn Van Oort provided a spark for This past weekend, the Defenders set out to Horne pitched the first six innings, and struck temperatures continue to rise, the Dordt softball cancer this past summer. as weak by them, but that was definitely not the “When Carter told me he was going under the Defenders with a two-run home run in the defend their home field against one of their out six but allowed four hits and two runs. Nick team finds themselves near the middle of their A few weeks before classes started at Dordt, case.” Baldwin said. “Once news was broken to the knife, the first thing that I thought about was top of the 3rd inning to give Dordt a 2-0 lead. biggest foes: the Northwestern Red Raiders. Yeager, a sophomore, pitched the remainder of GPAC conference schedule. Baldwin went to see a doctor for symptoms of the team, they were very supportive and at the how much I cared about him.” Penner said. “We This would be all the offense that the Over the course of two days, these two rivals the game, giving up three runs off the Porepp For the first week of April, the Defenders back pain, fatigue, nausea, and diarrhea. This end were able to crack jokes with me about it.” also joined in prayer that everything would go Defenders would need with senior Rachel were slated to play four total games. For each homerun. Dordt was not able to overcome had four games, all on the road. Dordt headed visit revealed a mass on his right testicle and Eventually, Baldwin was cleared to lift well, I knew this adversity would be a time that Evavold in the circle. Evavold would allow no one of them, the stands filled with a mixed the deficit the homerun prompted, handing to Northwestern for a doubleheader on Tuesday prompted a quick scheduling of surgery the next weights above ten pounds and worked his way his faith would grow.” runs on five hits through seven innings of work palette of reds and yellows. Northwestern another win. and followed with a doubleheader at Jamestown week on August 12 to remove the testicle and, up to football activities. He participated in rehab Much like Penner, Mingo wanted Baldwin with five strikeouts and three walks. The first game fell in the favor of the The last game of the weekend saw a on Wednesday. along with it, the cancer. multiple times throughout the week with limits to know that he was there to listen. He also With the split in the doubleheader, the Defenders. They were able to capitalize on a competition with Northwestern finishing on As Dordt headed to Orange City, they would Baldwin told only three groups of people to his lower body workouts. For Baldwin, this wanted Baldwin to dive into his faith during this play football again, or at least at the same level Defenders would have a quick turnaround as few Northwestern errors in the fourth inning, top once again. The Red Raiders were on top be up against a Red Raider team that entered about the surgery: his parents, best friend, and whole process of returning to the field was very time. he used to. they headed to Jamestown for a doubleheader on scoring four runs. John Emerson, sophomore from the very beginning, scoring two runs in the the series with a 17-7 record overall and a 4-2 the football coaching staff at Dordt. These tiring but all worth it to regain the normalcy he “I told him to use this time to put his trust “Sometimes cancer is death to an athletic Wednesday. The six-hour drive to Jamestown, outfielder and first baseman reached onan first inning. Dordt battled back, landing a run of record in conference play. people were his biggest supporters. His parents once lost. in God, and just control the ‘controllables’,” career.” Baldwin said. North Dakota, following a late night is tough error, followed by a single from junior infielder their own in the first after a Pullar double, who In the first game, Northwestern would get were there for him despite the four-hour distance He pulled inspiration from Eric Berry and Mingo said. Through it all, Mingo has been inspired by for any team. Logan Cline. Another error by the Red Raiders then advanced to third off an Emerson bunt, out to a quick 3-0 lead after two innings of play. that separated them for most of the time. They James Conner—NFL athletes who had and For most cancer survivors, their biggest how Baldwin has put trust in his teammates. “Personally, it is a tough turn around,” allowed one run to come in, followed by an out- and scored on a Cline single. In the second, The Defenders would respond with two runs in wanted to give him the space to handle things beat cancer of different types. But his biggest concerns are the likeliness of the cancer “Watching Carter lean on his teammates Kraemer said. “It was good to win game two of-control pitch to score another. Finally, senior Northwestern got two more runs after two hits the top of the 6th inning to cut the lead to one on his own, but still guide him through it. motivator was his grandpa, who fought cancer spreading or returning. At two months removed during this time was encouraging to see how against Northwestern. It had us going into infielder Aaaron Eshelman singled to bring and a wild pitch from freshman Michael Bruell. on a single by Hailey Heeringa and a pinch-hit On the day of surgery, only one his parents like crazy and beat it. from his surgery, Baldwin began experiencing the brotherhood really exists among the team,” the next day with a more positive mindset. a couple more runs in. On the mound, Dordt The next runs for both teams came in the fourth single by Erin Bredemus. were allowed in the room at a time, due to “My body felt like complete crap, and I was “PTSD symptoms”. Mingo said. Ultimately as softball players we need to have a junior Gyeongju Kim was able to hold down the inning, where Northwestern scored two more “It felt great to be able to come into the game COVID-19 protocols. always very tired.” Baldwin said. He started feeling the same symptoms Baldwin’s journey is far from over, he has short memory. You have to do with such a quick fort, striking out ten and walking only one. The and Dordt scored one. The sixth and seventh and help my team have a chance in the game,” With five days removed from the surgery, His coaches pushed him and made sure he that led to his diagnosis. They scared him. He more follow up appointments to come. But for turn around.” four-run fourth inning by the Defenders proved innings saw both the Defenders and the Red Bredemus, a junior infielder, said. “It’s super Baldwin returned to campus to attend practice. conditioned in order to whip him back into the used the counselling sessions provided by the now, his focus is to become the all-conference The first game against the Jimmies would to be too much for the Raiders to come back Raiders score, but the Red Raiders were able encouraging to come back into the dugout and Still recuperating, he acted as an extra coach. shape he needed to be in. He recalled just how university to help work through them. Baldwin player he was before cancer sidelined him. prove to be a tough one for the Defenders. from, as Dordt picked up the 4-1 win. to come out on top. Northwestern walked away my team to be so cheerful and motivated by my Off the field, his best friend and junior offensive fast the four weeks went by that it took for him also worried about how his diagnosis would Before he does that though, he hopes to help the Jamestown would rule the Defenders with The Defenders did not have as much success with an 8-5 decision. hit.” lineman Bryce Simnacher was his shoulder to to be back in shoulder pads, and how he felt affect his future—such as having kids. He was Defenders in their first-ever playoff berth this mercy in five innings and take the win by a final in the second game. They managed six hits but There is still hope for the rest of the season, lean on. He was always there for him. like his peers respected him for that. Both his also concerned about if he would ever be able to weekend. of 12-2. Dordt would give up twelve runs on they were not able to score. The Red Raiders according to the team, despite their losing It felt great to be able thirteen hits and struggled to get much going totaled seven hits, which they were able to streak. offensively. capitalize on with one run in the fourth, one “We have had a lot of close games this year to come into the game Headed into the second game, the Defenders in the seventh, and two more in the ninth. The that came down to one or two plays, and this offense would get going early with a two- Defenders were handed a 0-4 loss. weekend was no different,” Cline said. “A Dordt v. Northwestern: food The Christian athlete and help my team have Hoping to repeat the outcome of the first few bounces just didn’t go our way, and that’s Cal Yordt – Guest Writer run first inning. The Jimmies would respond game on Friday, the Defenders went into just how baseball goes. I think we are close to a chance in the game,” with one run in the bottom of the 1st and 2nd Saturday with confidence. They got on top turning a corner, and we just need to build off This weekend, the Dordt University football believers may engage in some “extracurriculars” innings to tie the game at two headed into the edition early, with a single by senior infielder Austin and learn from this weekend for the rest of this team will square off against Grand View in their after the whistle, Christian players find strength -Erin Bredemus third inning. The back-and-forth scoring would continue for the rest of the game. Pullar, followed by a single by Emerson and year’s season.” Yage Wang—Staff Writer first ever postseason appearance in program in playing between the whistles. With a one-run lead headed into the bottom a walk by Cline. Chase Edwards, senior first The Defenders will get on the road and head history. Their road to this milestone playoff “Winning isn’t everything. But if you win Despite the two runs scored by Dordt in the of the fourth inning, the Defenders would allow basemen, then singled to score Pullar. The to Sioux City to face Briar Cliff in double- On a cloudy yet refreshing early spring berth was paved by the “Defender Way”. you naturally have a bigger platform to spread top half of the inning, the Red Raiders would four runs that gave the Jimmies an 8-5 lead. game was close all the way until the top of the header action on April 16. day in Sioux Center, Dordt freshman William In the mid-August heat of summer, Dordt your message, and over the past couple years, add an insurance run in the bottom of the 6th Dordt could not muster enough offense the rest ninth, when Mason Porepp of Northwestern Ver Mulm navigated his blue Ford out of town University Football Head Coach Joel Penner that’s what has happened at Dordt.” Aaron inning to push the score to 4-2. of the game and would fall by a final of 8-6. hit a three-run homerun. Dordt senior Logan and towards Orange City. With his friends, he gathered his team on the football field. Mingo, the offensive coordinator said. The Defenders would not be able to muster The loss would drop the Defenders to eighth marched into Northwestern College’s cafeteria They convened in the outdoor setting due to Mingo also referenced 2 Timothy 1:7 as a any offense in the top of the 7th inning and place in conference play with a 4-6 record in the to scout out other Midwest flavors. When they COVID-19 guidelines. But even in the open scripture passage that defines the Christian would fall in game one. GPAC and a 15-17 record overall. first arrived in the parking lot, Lisa Liu, a senior space, Penner needed no microphone. He spoke athlete well: “For the power of God does not Dordt pitcher, sophomore Abby Kraemer, Dordt will return home with a doubleheader at Northwestern, received them with a warm with a booming purpose about the “Defender make us timid, but gives power, love and self- Dordt football selected for would record the loss in the game after allowing starting at 4pm on April 16 against the Hastings welcome and served as their guide for the rest Way”. discipline.” four runs on six hits. Kraemer posted seven Broncos. The Defenders will continue the home of their culinary experience. “I once heard a coach at a Christian college The strength of the Christian athlete reaches strikeouts and four walks. stand on at 1and 4pm on April 17 with two NAIA playoffs To get to the cafeteria, Northwestern say that he will not recruit Christian football beyond the playing field. From the locker Entering the second game, Dordt would games against Doane. Connor Van Hulzen— Staff Writer students must cross Highway 10 to reach the players because they are soft.” Penner said. room to how one uses their platform in the south side of campus. When Ver Mulm and his “COME PLAY DORDT! Come get hit by Josh community, the Christian athlete understands On April 17, for the first time since the In only his third season as head coach in friends lined up to pay their lunches, one of Mrazek or JoJo, then watch us kneel after the their obligation to help others. While others inception of the program in 2007, the Dordt 2018, Penner led the Defenders to their first- Liu’s acquaintances at the cash register paid for game and join in prayer together!” may turn a blind eye to the world, the Christian University Defender football team will ever above .500 season, with the team finishing their meals. For Penner, there is no correlation between athlete receives the strength from God to engage Contributed Photo Cross country crosses the participate in the NAIA playoffs. 7-3 overall. “I have extra meals to spare, and it just weakness and playing in Christ’s light. in the hard, cultural conversations because they After receiving an at-large bid from Following another successful season in 2019 passed Easter so, happy Easter,” Liu’s friend “Our ‘why’ is to honor our creator. Their know the positive effect of this dialogue. the environment also affected these students’ the NAIA playoff selection committee, the where the team finished 7-4 while continuing said. ‘why’ is to see how much they light up a big This past summer, the football team finish line at nationals evaluation. Many have noted that Dordt’s 13-seeded Dordt Defenders will face off against to exhibit a promising future, the Defenders While there, Ver Mulm and his friends hunk of metal.” Penner said. “We as a team wanted to address what it meant to love others Mikaela Van Soelen— Staff Writer Commons has narrow windows for students the 2-seeded Grand View Vikings in Des continued their record success in the ensuing learned the fundamental differences between know that to honor God in the game of football Christianly. This need came in the middle of to see the scenery outside, while Northwestern Moines, Iowa on Saturday. season. Northwestern’s meal system and Dordt’s. At is to play it the way he intended. To us, that racial tensions in America surrounding the In the midst of a busy track season, a number College’s cafeteria boasts of landing windows “Covid definitely affected the national After finishing the season ranked no. 18 in In 2020, the Defenders finished the regular Northwestern, students typically receive 19 means to compete fiercely and work as hard as Black Lives Matter movement. of long-distanced athletes put aside their track that contain the overall view of the streets and meet,” coach Nate Wolf said. “In some ways the NAIA coaches’ poll, Dordt was eligible for season with an 8-2 record with its only losses meals per week and can swipe multiple meals we can. If we do those things, then that hunk of As a whole, the team wanted to fill this spikes for the weekend and traded them for campus. it helped, it gave some of the younger runners an at-large bid for the NAIA playoffs. As only coming from traditional powerhouses of the at one time. metal will take care of itself.” cultural moment with the strength of love and cross country shoes. Due to the pandemic the “Overall, I think Northwestern’s cafeteria an opportunity to gain more training. In other the first-place finisher from each conference GPAC. The first loss came by eight in a closely “It’s really good that you can buy your There are four pillars that make up the how such strength can save others from anger NAIA National Championships Cross Country is pretty good. I really like the layout and ways, it hindered athletes that were prepared to receives an automatic bid, the Defenders joined contested game to a Northwestern team that friends meals and dine with them at the same Defender football program: honor God, build that turns to violence. They dove into their faith Meet at Seminole Valley in Cedar Rapids, was decorations of the cafeteria,” Alan Wang, a compete in November, but were injured come the Red Raiders of Northwestern as two GPAC would finish the season ranked sixth overall in time,” Liu said. men, compete fiercely, and have kingdom as fellow believers. Through their reflection and pushed from the fall semester to April 9. Dordt freshman, said. “They have a lot of April.” teams selected for the playoffs. the NAIA. The second came after a last-second Ver Mulm and friends moved onto the dining impact. The first of these is the most important discussion, they put together a video titled “Into The long-awaited country meet began at windows, therefore the lighting in the building These athletes have shown incredible The long road to playoffs began with the comeback fell short against Morningside, the hall where they found selections aplenty: stir- and Dordt does it unlike any other program, the Fire” that discussed how Christians should 10:30am starting with the women’s race. The is pleasing and comfortable.” discipline in their training since this fall. There hiring of Head Coach Joel Penner—who had first-ranked defending NAIA Champions. fry, a pizza counter, a salad bar, burrito bowls, according to the team. Other schools may say interact and engage with discussions on race. men followed at 11:30am. The men’s team Ver Mulm and his friends left with are few people who can keep up the endurance previously served as the Malone University The quest to reach the playoffs included and a dessert table. The food is usually scooped a prayer at the beginning of practice and then Through football, Dordt and the Defender ended 8th overall, and the women landed in appreciation for Dordt dining as well as a few and mileage these men and women were offensive coordinator—before the 2016 season. several unforeseen stops along the way. An into bowls and plates and made ready-to-go in forget about honoring God in the rest of their Way provide an avenue for students to express 13th. takeaways from their experience. maintaining, which shows their love for the “Back when I was first hired, I asked early season game against GPAC opponent order to avoid a rush hour. time together. In contrast, Dordt reminds their their faith. The women’s team included: Taylor “I think Commons does a really good job sport and support for their teammates. every player on the team for their hopes and Jamestown was cancelled over a COVID-19 “Northwestern’s dining hall’s first players to play hard as they can because God “Even though I went to a Christian high Anema, Jessica Kampman, Eden Winslow, providing a variety of tasty food for Dordt’s After seeing such high performances at dreams for the program in the near or distant outbreak in the Jimmies’ program, and the impression was eye-blowing since their settings intended the game of football to be well-fought. school, Dordt helped me realize that God is in Anika Homan, Brenna Tolkamp, Margaret students, teachers, and faculties,” Wang said. track indoor conference and nationals, it is future.” Penner said, “I took 12 or 13 of the Defenders continued through an unusual are utterly different than the Dordt Commons,” The biggest misconception about the everything we do in life, and for some people Myskowski, and Mary Kate Postma. The men’s “Some advice that I can give to Commons is understandable to see how the athletes might most common goals, and that list became our spring regular game season. After its record Ver Mulm said. “But once we speak about the Christian football player, referenced by Penner sports are their life,” said Ethan Thomas, a team included: Davis Tebben, Eric Steiger, to make sure that the fruit and vegetables in the have struggled in the quick transition to cross- rock wall. One of those goals was to go to the and experience the past few seasons, Dordt food, I believe Dordt’s food is much better than in his speech, is that they are softer than non- sophomore wideout. Jacob Vander Plaats, Nic Veldhorst, Franklin salad bar are fresh. Besides that, I know a lot country training. Similar to other sports taking playoffs. Another was to win a playoff game.” is primed and ready to make a splash on the Northwestern’s. believers. According to the Defender Way, this The Christian athlete is not soft, not even Reinders, Joe Anderson and Thaniel Schroeder. of people complain that the meat in Commons place on campus this year, the athletes faced In the football locker room, there is a wall national stage. Ver Mulm was warned by a high school is not true. With football, Christian men can close. They know a different kind of strength, a “It might not have been the performance we is too dry, which is definitely something that some interesting adjustments in training due to that lists each of those goals. When one is “Grand View is a very talented team.” friend not to try the stir-fry. release their toughness on the field in a way that strength in the Lord. wanted this year,” Steiger said, “but it brough needs to be improved.” the pandemic. completed, a rock is placed on a shelf near a Penner said, “They’re probably the most “But I can’t resist the temptation of Stir-fry, is not detrimental to society. And, while non- us together as a team and made us hungrier for For the future of improvements in the “We had to adjust from the comfort of climate description of the goal—an ode to 1 Samuel 7. physically talented team we’ve seen on film this so I decided to try it.” Ver Mulm said. “After a a fantastic season next year.” Commons, senior students also have some controlled indoor tracks to the rainy, windy, “Samuel built a monument of rocks after a year. It’ll take our best, but that’s what we’re few tastes of the stir-fry, I regret trying it. The Some performance highlights included Joe suggestions. and muddy courses of cross country,” Steiger victory,” Penner said, “and then he called it an going to give them.” noodles were uncooked, and the sauce was not Anderson at 49th, Nic Veldhorst at 61st, and “I think accessibility and flexibility in time said. “Coach Wolf orchestrated the transition ‘ebenezer’, or, ‘The Lord has helped us.’ Our On April 11, Penner stood in the B.J. Haan good as I would expect them to be.” Jacob Vander Plaats at 66th from the men’s is a big thing.” Dareen Christabel, a senior, through specific workouts to mimic the race rock shelf wall acts in the same way to remind and held up a rock in celebration of Dordt’s first In comparison to Northwestern, Dordt team. The women’s team had an incredible race said. “I think it would be good to be able to immediately after the end of indoor season.” us that our Lord has helped us all along our playoff qualification. He will bring another with Dining provides students with freedom in by Jessica Kampman, finishing 31st overall, access food any time that we want. Right now, Although some of the athletes were way.” the team as they travel to play Grand View in selecting the ingredients they desire. For earning her All-American Honors. Anika the Commons is open only for a brief period of looking forward to some more encouraging Penner took over a program that had just hopes of lifting it in Des Moines on Saturday to example, students have the option to choose the Homan at 54th and Eden Winslow at 70th and time,” performances, they left feeling blessed with completed five straight 2-9 seasons. He led a signify Dordt’s first ever playoff victory. vegetables and sauces they prefer. the rest of the pack followed close behind, the chance to compete and thankful for strong swift turnaround, improving to a 5-6 record in In addition to the flavor of the cuisines, nearly all finishing in sub 20:00. teammates that continued to root for them. his first year at the helm. Contributed Photo page 8 The Back Page Dordt community responds to Title IX cont.

cont. from pg 1 Rynders and her friend group are supportive of the lawsuit, although, she acknowledged they . . . “The American tradition has allowed feel in the minority at Dordt. religious organizations to educate people A group of students at Dordt, who chose and then to enter society,” Dordt University to remain anonymous, are unsure of what the President Erik Hoekstra said. “This lawsuit plaintiffs hope to get out of the lawsuit. contends that this is no longer in the interest of “Dordt won’t change their beliefs for money, the American people.” so tuition is just going to go up,” said a student This lawsuit comes on the heels of a recent from the group. administration change and an executive order The anonymous students claim to have released by President Joe Biden on March 8. never encountered staunch negativity or hateful speech towards the LGBTQ community on The order, which also denounces any form of political nationalism. Contributed Photo discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation campus. There are people who disagree with Lauren Hoekstra, one of the plaintiffs in Dordt, to his knowledge, no students have been and gender identity, set in motion a review homosexuality, the students note, but they have the case and a junior at Dordt, has primarily dismissed from the college for dating behaviors from the Secretary of Education of schools or never heard any professors say “gays are going received positive feedback on campus since related to homosexuality. institutes that receive federal funding. to hell” or any negative comments directly becoming a part of the lawsuit. She has been Bonestroo and Lauren Hoekstra both have “The Secretary of Education shall consider pointed towards students. asked questions, which she noted are “really stated experiencing homophobic activity on suspending, revising, or rescinding… those In Rynders’ opinion, the plaintiffs have the good” and “really lovely.” The pain and hurt campus from students as well as professors. agency actions that are inconsistent with the right to make their voices heard, especially if Hoekstra has felt throughout her years at Dordt Roth was quick to acknowledge there certainly policy set forth in section 1 of this order as soon they don’t feel valued by the institution they are because of her identification as queer, along have been hurtful words and wrongful actions. as practicable and as appropriate and consistent attending. with her desire to protect others, has led her to He wondered, though, if the professors saying with applicable law,” the executive order read. “You can be Christian and sue,” Rynders becoming part of the lawsuit. gay students were ‘going to hell’ was a direct In particular, the lawsuit filed against the said. “God has given me a gift of speaking out quote. This reference appeared in Exhibit N Department of Education targets the religious She agrees with Paul’s sentiments from against wrong,” Lauren Hoekstra said. of the lawsuit in which Hoekstra details her exemption to Title IX that has allowed I Corinthians 6 where he calls Christians to She continued to express her love of Dordt experience as an LGBTQ student at Dordt, “… institutions like Dordt to discriminate on the resolve conflict amongst themselves. However, and the friends she has made throughout her professors have taught that people who practice basis of sex or gender. in Rynders opinion, it would be difficult and time on campus. For her, transferring never homosexuality will burn in hell.” “Here, what the religious exemption to Title unproductive to discuss the issues internally at seemed like an option due to the difficulty of “Students say awful things to one another. IX is doing is, it really targets people based this point. applications and the uncertainty of how credits Not everyone is grown up and that should be on sex, which includes sexual orientation and Roth does not feel the lawsuit is justified. would carry over. Because of this, Hoekstra dealt with,” Roth said. “But that doesn’t change gender identity for inferior treatment,” Paul While he promotes Christians engaging with decided to instead try and make Dordt a better the commitment to the moral factor.” Southwick, the director of REAP, said in an law—similar to how Paul appeals to Caesar place. In Roth’s eyes, while Dordt hasn’t hidden article by NBC News. in Acts 25—he sees lawsuits as a way to hold “I love Dordt, but it is painful to exist,” its character, it should be clearer on its spiritual Southwick and many others involved in the those accountable who are hating individuals. Hoekstra said, “It’s like an abusive household convictions. He explained, specifically in the prosecution point towards an older court case “This [suing] looks different to different where there is still love for the parents, so work context of sexuality, the focus of Christian for support. In 1983, Bob Jones University people,” Roth said. is done to make it better.” morality is on the desires of marriage—not the v. United States established that Bob Jones One of the motivating factors for Lauren Avery Bonestroo, a senior theater major hatred of LGBTQ persons. University (and other potential universities), Hoekstra through the lawsuit process has at Dordt and another plaintiff in the lawsuit The lawsuit—or one like it—will most that prohibited interracial dating and marriage been to use her voice in order to protect future identifies as genderfluid and bisexual. They likely take a couple years to process. According based on fundamentalist Christian beliefs, LGBTQ students who pass through Dordt’s believed they would be expelled or placed into to Roth, it is an issue that will eventually be would lose their tax-exemption for racial campus. Hoekstra explained she has a friend conversion therapy if they openly shared their resolved at the Supreme Court level. discrimination. who discovered her sexuality this year. This desire to legally change their name or have a “These cases will provoke the question of “Not all burdens on religion are friend grew up in the broader Sioux County relationship with a woman, according to REAP. how the courts look at the First Amendment,” unconstitutional,” the court said in response to community and has wondered if she will be safe “The campus climate at Dordt is not safe Roth said. the decision. were she to come out. This individual, Hoekstra or supportive for queer and trans students,” Roth, along with other Dordt students and However, the direct comparison between stated, is surrounded by friends and parents Bonestroo said in a statement on REAP’s faculty, believe the university should maintain racial ethics and sexual ethics creates further who are homophobic, and with Dordt being a website. its long-held spiritual convictions on marriage discussion. primarily conservative campus, this friend feels “To my knowledge, Dordt never has and sexuality. Others on campus believe the “Sexual ethics and marriage have historically unable to express herself. provided, nor recommended conversion university should be willing to change in some been rooted in the Christian church,” Roth said. “Jesus wouldn’t vote for religious therapy—including what is sometimes termed way. While the church has historically held more exemptions,” Lauren Hoekstra said. “It is not ‘reparative’ therapy for any of our students, nor “I think, whether or not you agree on consistent views on marriage based upon the Christ-like to treat LGBTQ folks differently.” would we anticipate doing so in the future,” homosexuality, the handbook could be updated Bible, the views of racial prejudice, according “Hopefully there is a viable third way where President Erik Hoekstra said. to be more supportive,” Ellie Rynders, a junior to Roth, have historically come from more both sides agree and are allowed to live” Roth In President Hoekstra’s time serving at secondary education and history major, said. secular sources such as Social Darwinism or said. “But I don’t know what that looks like.” Dordt removes mask mandate cont. cont. from pg 1 . . . have come around. But there wasn’t a campus have reported receiving a COVID-19 evenings and on weekends. For freshman, the more nuanced decision could have come from public conversation. There was an email.” vaccination. This number is three times lower end of the mandate could mean seeing their the cabinet—one that required masks in some Hawley is unaware of any faculty who were than the 70 percent of students required classmates’ faces for the first time. places and some that did not. included in the cabinet’s decision. for Northwestern College to lift their mask “I can now more readily identify freshman With the exception of already-present NAIA “There’s no way to have faculty involved in mandate. and people I do not generally see, which is a guidelines on sporting events, the cabinet all the decisions.” Hawley said. “But it seems Hoekstra admits the mode and style of benefit” Kendal Zylstra, interim president for “never really thought through” a more selective like with something like this that is going to communication “may have caught some Dordt University Student Government said. “I approach to the changes. affect every single classroom on campus, that off guard” and says he acknowledges the believe the removal of masks has allowed for a “I just wish it could be simpler for seems like a no-brainer.” frustrations of the faculty, who were given more inviting campus community.” everybody.” Hawley said. “This [mask- In addition to grievances with the advanced notice of the change that week. With the lessened restrictions on campus, wearing] is healthy for people. And yes, it’s communication, others were frustrated with the “I don’t take that lightly.” Hoekstra said. Zylstra does not always wear a mask but keeps annoying. But we do all sorts of things for other timing of the changes, given they were enacted For him, though, the lower risk of COVID-19 one on hand for situations where another person people that are annoying.” with five weeks of the semester left. transmission on campus made lifting the mask may feel more comfortable with him masking. Rynders feels similarly. “I don’t know why we couldn’t just make it mandate an effective exercise in community. “Like most, following guidelines has never “It really just comes down to loving your through to the end.” Hawley said. “One of the aims of a Dordt education is been an enjoyment for me, but I’ve strived to neighbor.” Hawley also pointed out the Easter weekend figuring out how to live in a world of complexity follow them to best protect those who are at that preceded the first “mask-less Monday” and live Christianly.” Hoekstra said. “The world risk.” Zylstra said. where a large population of the student body is a messy place, and these things have to get Zylstra is supportive of the decision made by left the Dordt community and traveled to navigated. With the availability of vaccinations the cabinet. their respective home communities across the and the low case counts locally, this seemed a “I’ve been grateful to everyone on campus Midwest—the same type of CDC-discouraged prudent decision.” for realizing that masking was an act of travel that increases the likelihood of COVID-19 The cabinet did not feel particularly pushed community which enabled us to have a good cases on campus. by any group on campus to remove the mask year. It was not too much to give to put a simple Others in the meeting mentioned the guidelines, although there were students, staff, piece of fabric over your face.” Hoekstra said. university-held vaccine clinic taking place two and faculty who had asked whether the mandate “But I do think they impede relationships days after the changes went into effect. From the needed to remain until the end of the semester. between people.” moment of injection, it takes two weeks for the Hoekstra did clarify there was “absolutely no Rynders wants to be the voice for students Johnson and Johnson vaccine to become fully donor pressure” on the decision. who feel otherwise. protective. For the 218 students who attended Hoekstra also noted student weariness “It’s not worth taking the risk in harming the the clinic, this day comes over two weeks into towards the pandemic and how some were student body.” Rynders said. “I think there is a the lessened restrictions. “voting with their feet” by wearing masks lot of damage [done] to the Dordt community.” In total, 23 percent of students living on below the nose or not at all, especially in the Rynders and others do not understand why a