The Clarion

Love is a stale candy heart. My cousin Porter is in second grade, and today, he asked a girl to be his Valentine. I’m 20-years-old, and the last time I got a Valentine’s from a boy was in sixth grade. The card was simple, straight to the point. It read: …

The 2023-24 season was a historic one for the Bethel University men’s hockey team, who finished the regular season with a 17-5-3 record good for a .733 winning percentage—the best in program history. The Royals appeared primed to win the MIAC for the first time since 2007, even defeating the …

On a wet and soggy field at the Ona Orth Athletic Complex in early November, the Bethel University men’s soccer team’s historic 2024 season came to a close. It was one that saw the Royals earn their most wins and conference wins since 2004 and host the first ever MIAC …

BLAINE, Minn. – The crowd at the National Sports Center watched for flying pucks, nets and bodies Friday, Feb. 21 as intensity built during the Bethel University Royals’ hard-fought 3-1 win against the St. Olaf College Oles in the first game of both teams’ final regular season series. Aside from …

Click. Bethel University student Noah Schmit turned off his TV in the middle of the first presidential debate. When the second debate aired he couldn’t bring himself to watch it. The theatrical nature and lack of policy description left the new voter disappointed in the 2024 election. “I’m definitely turned …

Alivia Wulff and Grace Christensen stood behind a table surrounded by boxes of fresh greens. Flurries of people came through the line: a young couple, a man wearing glasses fogged from the cold and a teen in Mario Bros. pajamas. Wulff and Christensen offered bags of grapes and boxes of …

As a long and lanky, gap-toothed kid, I thought very little about my appearance. My mom let me dress myself, so I wore whatever I wanted. The most trouble that got me into was being chased by a boy at the park because I was wearing my fleece Tigger the …

Cayla Paumen remembers coming to Bethel University as a freshman and leaving her dog, Gunner, behind. In the wake of her new life without Gunner’s presence, Paumen got involved with her campus’s mental support system, “Be Well.” She helped organize an event that brought the joy of dogs to campus: …

It’s a cool October afternoon, and the Bethel University Royals football team is playing Augsburg University in a MIAC Skyline division matchup. Auggie quarterback Ryan Harvey drops back to pass. He floats the ball over the middle, where Bethel linebacker Taylor Glynn tips it into the air. The ball appears …

I walked through the halls of Bethel University wearing blue shorts and a Bethel t-shirt. As I made my way through the school, I gave out fist bumps and high fives, acknowledging every familiar face that smiled at me. As a junior Missional Ministries major, I felt untouchable – this …

Junior commuter EJ Shannon’s hands burned as he tugged the rope with all his might. Sweat dripped down his face as he and the rest of the commuters tugged on the rope to the cadence of their coaches’ voices, chanting “Pull, pull, pull.” The commuter team had one thing in …

Senior Cadie Logston entered stage left. Her blue and white makeup glistened under the spotlight and her long fur cape dragged behind her as she walked to center stage. Logston stood there, towering over her minions, who awaited her next orders. Her voice echoed off the walls of Bethel University’s …

It was a warm, late summer day as junior Sophie Jacques moved into her North Village dorm at Bethel University Aug. 15, where she would be residing for the 2024-25 school year. As a student-athlete, she moved in two weeks before the academic year started for preseason volleyball practices. Jacques …

Sophomore Kayley Frenette heard the crowd roar as she chucked the ball with all her might. It left her hands and flew towards the lone Arden Village player on the other side of the court. If she hit him, North Village would win the annual homecoming dodgeball tournament for the …

Sophomore Kayley Frenette heard the crowd roar as she chucked the ball with all her might. It left her hands and flew towards the lone Arden Village player on the other side of the court. If she hit him, North Village would win the annual homecoming dodgeball tournament for the …

Volleyball broke Edgars Yarmolatiy’s ankle March 18, 2024. He was playing with friends at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Minneapolis when his bone snapped. That’s 791 driving miles from his Bethel directory address in Oklahoma and 5,129 miles from his home in Cherkasy, Ukraine. When doctors took a look at …

The Bethel University volleyball team opened MIAC conference play Wednesday night by defeating the St. Olaf College Oles in a five-set game – the team’s first five-set this season. After the very first point of the game, St. Olaf suffered its first injury of the night, rendering starting senior and …

A look at how to approach Election Day as informed and compassionate students.

July 15, 2024, Grace Solberg entered the Training HAUS – Flagship facility in Eagan, Minnesota, expecting to get cleared for a return to volleyball. She was excited to get back to the sport she’s played for 13 years – from fourth grade to now. 10 months prior – September 1, …

Senior Cadie Logston entered stage left. Her blue and white makeup glistened under the spotlight and her long fur cape dragged behind her as she walked to center stage. Logston stood there, towering over her minions, who awaited her next orders. Her voice echoed off the walls of Bethel University’s …

The Bethel University women’s soccer team came up short of victory in its home game against Macalester College Tuesday, after its one goal lead was diminished, resulting in a 1-1 tie. For the past 30 years, the Royals have a record of 6-20-3 against the Scots. That gap evened out …

Commuter captains EJ Shannon and Hailey Gregg stood inside The Underground doors. At 8:30 p.m., the commuters gathered for one final practice before the 9 p.m. performance. The back-to-back homecoming champions wanted the trophy again. They could feel the targets on their backs. “I love it,” Shannon said. “We’re gonna …

The room went silent except for the faint whispers of students crying out to God. The chairs creaked as students slowly bowed to their knees. The piano started to play. The guitar strummed in. Slowly, students stood to worship the Lord. Welcome Week kicked off the 2024 school year with …

The Robertson Center Gym melted into a mixture of squeaking sneakers, laughs and bluegrass fiddles as Japanese intercultural students do-si-doed across the polished court. While the speakers blared Bobby Osbourne’s “Old Joe Clark,” a cowboy-hat-clad square dance instructor yelled out moves he’d taught just minutes ago. “Wagon!” Everybody found a …

Bethel University students dressed in an array of colors flooded through the doors of the Robertson Center Gym last night for the kickoff of Bethel’s Homecoming events. Flags waved above them as the gymnasium echoed with screams, cheers and claps of students who had anticipated this moment for days. Cheer …

Editor’s note: This story mentions an eating disorder. Danielle Buckenmeyer turned to her desk neighbor Jonah at the prompt of their seventh-grade teacher. It was a Monday, and they were told to share what they did over the weekend. “I went to church yesterday,” Jonah said. A simple statement, but …

[Editor’s note: The headline has been changed for clarity] Six NCAA Division III national championship flags pointed northeast as the orange streamers above each field goal post at Perkins Stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin fluttered in the 13-mile-per-hour wind Saturday. The Bethel University Royals made the nearly five-hour drive to take …

Upperclassmen have four different housing options: live off campus with their parents, live off campus with friends or live on campus in North Village or suite-style housing. Matthew Berezowski is a junior business major who lives in a house in Roseville. Berezowski makes the seven-minute commute to campus every day, …

Joshua Hahn played piano in a room of seven people. Coming and going when they wished, Bethel University students got a taste of one-on-one worship with the Lord. Students listened while they sat praying with their eyes closed, singing their own song or reading their Bibles. This was the start …

As Logan Moe goes from patient to patient in his clinicals, he encounters a lot of strange stuff. A lumbar drain: Yellowish-orange cerebrospinal fluid gets drained from the back to relieve the patient of pressure in the brain. And yet, Moe can’t help feeling awe and fascination in them. “I …