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Who are Bethel students voting for?
Ready set vote
Deciphering the 2024 presidential candidates’ policies
Cadie Logston practices a fight scene as the White Witch with cast member Leo Fay as Peter. The weapons used in the production were brought in by stage combat trainer Aaron Preusse. | Photo by Amy Holmberg
Combat and Christ: Bethel’s interpretation of a popular tale
Chris Moore stands in front of his students during his Foreign Relations class Friday Nov. 1. As Election Day approaches, Moore and his co-host Andy Bramsen want students to be equipped to have political conversations with those around them. "We created the podcast with the goal of modeling talking about politics civilly and not so divisively," Bramsen said.
“Election Shock Therapy” with Chris Moore
Graciela Pérez joins the Department of Languages and Cultures
Graciela Pérez joins the Department of Languages and Cultures
No Intro Needed
No Intro Needed
Bethel University students worship during chapel service, Wednesday Sept. 25, 2024. The “Come and See” Chapel series is a deep dive into the Gospel of John, beckoning students to experience the fullness of the Lord. “For the first time, at Bethel, the entire community is studying the Gospel of John. We’re doing the same thing, talking the same language, pursuing and asking to hear from God using the same content. It unifies our campus in a unique and neat way,” campus pastor, Nick Cocalis, said.
Worship on campus: A season of spiritual awakening
Cadets, Ashlyn Erickson and Paige Caouette, smile with fellow cadets after completing the Norwegian foot march. The training event included marching 19.2 miles with equipment strapped to their backs. The soldiers are glad the event is over, but ready for the next one. “It takes a lot sometimes or sometimes it can be easy,” Erickson said. | Photo submitted by Ashlyn Erickson.
The ROTC Experience
The Bethel University football team huddles up postgame and recites the Lord’s Prayer, a team tradition even in defeat. The Royals 2024 record now sits at 8-2 after falling 41-33 in the MIAC championship game to St.John’s University. “I was just proud of our guys battling, and came up short,” Bethel head coach Mike McElroy said. “And got to find ways to make plays and big stuff happen, and we made one less big play today than they did.”
Royals come up just short in Collegeville
Junior winger Tlyer Braccini carries the puck into the Stout defensive zone during the Royals 5-3 win over the University of Wisconsin-Stout Friday night at Bethel University Arena. Braccini accounted for three of the Royals five goals and tallied his first career hat trick in the win.
Braccini’s hat trick gives Royals their first win
Grace Solberg (37) subs out during Bethel's October 2 matchup against Macalester. She finished Tuesday night's playoff matchup with a career-high 22 kills.
Royals surge past Oles in MIAC quarterfinals
The Bethel men's soccer team applauds the many fans that showed up for the 2 p.m. kickoff Monday. Bethel lost its first ever home playoff game 5-2 versus the Carleton College Knights. | Photo by Teresa Brubaker, Bethel Athletics
Historic season comes to an end
Bethel University sophomore quarterback Cooper Drews fires a pass over the middle to receiver Micah Niewald. Drews finished Saturday's game with 422 passing yards, a career high, as well as Bethel's single-season passing touchdowns record.
The streak continues
The third option
Uh-oh, I voted for Kamala Harris
Confessions of a former college dropout
Would you believe me if I told you I’m lonely?
Guest column: Response to ‘Prism: A space to feel known’
Cooper Drews and Tyler Gustafson!
Cooper Drews and Tyler Gustafson!
No Intro Needed
No Intro Needed
Homecoming recap, ASMR and Aiden’s Roman Empire
Homecoming recap, ASMR and Aiden’s Roman Empire
Double Coverage Episode 2: Peyton Howie!
Double Coverage Episode 2: Peyton Howie!
Records, siblings and Cows
Records, siblings and Cows
Cooper Drews and Tyler Gustafson!
Cooper Drews and Tyler Gustafson!
No Intro Needed
No Intro Needed
Homecoming recap, ASMR and Aiden’s Roman Empire
Homecoming recap, ASMR and Aiden’s Roman Empire
Double Coverage Episode 2: Peyton Howie!
Double Coverage Episode 2: Peyton Howie!
Records, siblings and Cows
Records, siblings and Cows
TFTB: What's the most embarrassing thing you wore in middle school?
TFTB: What’s the most embarrassing thing you wore in middle school?
TFTB: Tell us about your first crush
TFTB: Tell us about your first crush
TFTB: What's something your mom doesn't know about you?
TFTB: What’s something your mom doesn’t know about you?
The Student News Site of Bethel University

The Clarion
The Student News Site of Bethel University

The Clarion
Soraya Keiser

Soraya Keiser, Editor-in-Chief

Soraya Keiser, 21, is a senior journalism and international relations major. When she has free time, Soraya enjoys hiking through old-growth forests, blasting “Nice For What” and destroying her friends in the Goodreads reading challenge. If you’re looking for a good time, hire her as your Milwaukee tour guide. 

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Junior Sarah Niehnaus reads one of her favorite books, “Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story” by Julie Rodgers in the library April 18.

Prism: A space to feel known

Soraya Keiser
May 14, 2024
Letter from the editor: Back and forth

Letter from the editor: Back and forth

Soraya Keiser
May 13, 2024
Having helped create the BTS lounge this year, senior Grace Johnson loves to spend time in the space hanging out with her fellow missional ministry and biblical and theological studies majors. “A really important part of ministry is having really close brothers and sisters in Christ to walk with you,” Johnson said. “So this space can be a place where those relationships are cultivated.”

Bethel’s not-so-secret student spaces

Soraya Keiser
April 3, 2024
Letter from the editor: Under social construction

Letter from the editor: Under social construction

Soraya Keiser
February 22, 2024

A scarred Holy Land

Soraya Keiser
December 4, 2023
Letter from the *managing editor

Letter from the *managing editor

Soraya Keiser
October 10, 2023
Samantha Wurm shows a tattoo she got in April in remembrance of her father who passed away Jan. 13. The scene depicts one of Wurm’s favorite memories with her father, Tony as they overlook Lake Superior’s North Shore in Grand Marais, MN in Sept. 2012.

Sitting with the silence

Soraya Keiser and Alyssa Malyon
October 10, 2023

Dear Lithuanian Diary

Soraya Keiser
September 14, 2023
Wide receiver Joey Kidder leaps to catch a ball during Saturday’s game. The pass was incomplete.

[Photo] Wartburg College vs. Bethel University

Taylor Hanson
September 11, 2023
Shaping political views with a liberal arts education

Shaping political views with a liberal arts education

Rachel Blood and Soraya Keiser
March 8, 2021
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