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The Clarion

The Student News Site of Bethel University

The Clarion

The Student News Site of Bethel University

The Clarion

Letting the past lead me
Letting the past lead me
Anna Pearson
Walk-up song roulette
Bethel University freshman Nainoa Hayashi takes swings off the pitching machine during a Friday night practice in the SRC. When Hayashi tore his shoulder labrum his junior year, it put his chances of playing in college in doubt. “I couldn’t really do a lot of things to get recruited, because I didn’t have anything to show them,” Hayashi said. “I was just thinking, I might not even play baseball in college.”
Embracing the challenge
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Opinion
How to live with a kindergarten teacher
Taylor Hanson April 3, 2024

My best friend is an aspiring kindergarten teacher. And although I don’t live with her, between our sleepovers every weekend (this year and last) and the fact that I spend approximately 7.5 hours with...

Opinion
Billy Joel lied to me
Rachel Blood April 3, 2024

My little Nissan hatchback cruises down I-694, Billy Joel crooning through the speakers. “You’re so ambitious for a juvenile,” he says, and I agree. Then I wonder if I’m still considered a juvenile....

I grew up running around the farm with my brother. Six-year old me (right) and my eight-year old brother liked to put wheat in our mouths like “real” farmers.
Opinion
An a-maize-ing childhood
Aiden Penner April 3, 2024

March 16, 2020. COVID-19 had finally arrived in Minnesota, and Mountain Lake High School had its last day of the school year. That night, I sat at my kitchen table and cried. No, I wasn’t scared of the...

How to live with an athlete
Opinion
How to live with an athlete
Taylor Hanson February 23, 2024

I have lived with a basketball player for seven months and 22 days, and I’ve decided that makes me an expert. Here is my best free advice on how to successfully live with an athlete. Don’t schedule...

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