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Through this pandemic and time of uncertainty, music has been a massive part of the journey. For the predecessor to this article, I wrote about how music could help influence my mood, and how I had the time to actually make playlists that coordinated to my various moods. Whether I wanted to scream my head […]

Written Chanler Twedt & Alex Loew Major League Baseball (MLB) is experiencing its first work stoppage since the 1994-95 players strike. Anyone who follows baseball or sports in general, may not know what a lockout is or why MLB has currently halted any kind of baseball-related activity. Anything found on the world wide web may […]

When people think about student-athletes some of the stereotypes are that we are not smart, have people do our homework for us, and/or that the rules do not apply to us. With that, some people can be on the dumber side, but being a student-athlete doesn’t give them that title. Some think that we have […]

DMACC Men’s and Women’s teams went 1-1 on Wednesday against Iowa Western Community College. The two teams competed in a double-header vs. the Reivers on their home floor. The DMACC Women’s team fell to the Reivers by a score of 82-64. The Bears were led by Magan Christopherson who finished with 24 points and seven […]

Chanler Twedt: Sports Analyst Hello my name is Chanler Twedt, I’m from Ankeny, Iowa, and I’m very excited about joining the Banner News group. A little bit about myself. This is my third year in journalism but this is my first year in the DMACC journalism program. I love watching and talking about sports. My […]

It’s not every day that the Boone campus gets a visit from two nationally known artists, in the same week.  On November 30th, Sten Joddi will be speaking on campus at 10 AM in the auditorium. Joddi is an award-winning rapper, tattoo artist and is an activist for indigenous representation. Joddi played Punkin Lusty on […]

If you have been on the DMACC Boone Campus the last couple of years, you have probably heard of DMACC golfer Joe Dean. If you have not heard the name, you may recognize Joe’s alias Thesanity. Banner News was able to interview Joe about his life as a growing artist, athlete, and student. To find […]

DMACC is developing a new branch of work-study, called the Student Ambassador program.  “When starting the Student Ambassador Program, we had many goals in mind for Boone Campus,” said Cameron Johnson, Head of the Student Ambassador Program.  The main goal of the program is to improve the student-to-student connection on the prospective students visit on […]

Over this past weekend, the DMACC women’s basketball team opened up their season participating in the Central College Classic in Columbus, Nebraska. The Lady Bears faced Southeast Community College on Friday where they came out with a 14-point win over the Storm. Magan Christopherson of Milford, Iowa, led the team with 26 points along with […]

The Region XI tournament was in full swing this past weekend in Fort Dodge. The Bears would first take on Southeastern Community College, with a chance to go to the championship round with a victory.  After a 3-0 victory, with all three sets resulting in a 25-22 win for the Bears, they would face rival […]