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GC community collects stories from WWII veterans

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: news

Dan Coyne, a Goshen College alumnus, traveled to a convention in DC in August with 34 World War II veterans, including his father, Frank. This convention, recognizing Elkhart County WWII veterans, led Coyne to instigate an ongoing collection of the oral histories of...

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Haarer seeks breath of God through radio, poetry

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Carl Haarer, one of Boston’s top radio reporters, can play the guitar and piano, sing, write poetry and speak theology. He did all these things – and talked about journalism -- on Tuesday in his Umble Master Class keynote address. Haarer, who works for ...

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Ugandan Environmental Activist Addresses Students

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: news

Sara Kaweesa, a creation care advocate from Uganda, spoke to students on climate change in the Communicating Across Cultures class on Monday evening. She is from the A Rocha Uganda Initiative, touring the midwest with Reverend Tafue Lusama, who is speaking about the...

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Draft Resisters from ‘69 to Reunite at PAX Conference

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Draft resisters from the 1960s will congregate at Goshen College this weekend to discuss resistance and peacemaking in Saturday’s PAX sponsored conference entitled ‘Resistance: taking a stand against war, 1960s to today.” Draft resisters who were student leaders...

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Boston’s best: Carl Haarer, Radio Man

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: news

Carl Haarer, award-winning reporter and radio poet for WBZ in Boston, is this year’s featured Umble Master Class speaker. He will be on campus on Monday and Tuesday next week to speak in classes and deliver the keynote address. The keynote address, entitled “Breathe...

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Sexual assault and domestic abuse recognized on campus

By Laura Schlabach • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

T-shirts fluttered in the breeze in Schrock Plaza this week, created by victims and friends of those who have suffered from sexual assault or domestic abuse. Goshen College recognized sexual assault and domestic abuse this week through the clothesline project, the...

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Big weekend for Big Love

By Laura Schlabach • Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

When was the last time you attended a Greek wedding in a swimming pool involving fifty cousins? Big Love, written by Charles Mee and directed by Michelle Milne, opens this weekend: a fast-moving, contemporary show based on an ancient Greek play that includes themes of...

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GC community rallies behind 350

By Laura Schlabach • Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: news

Goshen College students and community members sorted trash, ate together, drummed, and marched to the Goshen courthouse despite wind and rain to show their support of international climate action last Saturday. Goshen was one of 5,245 places in 181 countries across the...

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GC prepares for Oct. 24, International Day of Climate Action

By Laura Schlabach • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Last spring, Bill McKibben, author and economist, personally challenged Goshen College students to take creative action on October 24th. In nine days, GC will answer this call and join communities all over the world in rallies and movements that take a stand against...

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Shifting power in Carmel

By Laura Schlabach • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: news

Eleven students traveled to Carmel, Ind. last Saturday to attend Powershift, a summit propelled by young people who are demanding action on climate and energy policies in 2009. The group spent all day Saturday at the event attending workshops and listening to...

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GC responds to off-campus house break-in: campus security heightened

By Laura Schlabach • Oct 7th, 2009 • Category: news

Goshen College is increasing campus security in light of an unidentified man who entered an off-campus house shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The incident is under investigation by the Goshen Police Department, which has not released a sketch or description of...

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Salter McNeil outlines cultural audit

By Laura Schlabach • Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: news

According to Brenda Salter McNeil, author and leader in the field of racial, ethnic and gender reconciliation, people are looking to hire a certain type of college graduate; the kind that can work in a changing demographic effectively and have tangible experiences that...

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Brenneman finalizes GC’s carbon neutrality plan

By Laura Schlabach • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Last week, President Jim Brenneman finalized Goshen College’s Climate Action Plan to reduce the campus’ carbon impact. He submitted it to the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), a college and university climate change...

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350.org meeting tonight: Be there

By Laura Schlabach • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: news

Brainstorming will begin tonight for Goshen’s action on Oct. 24th, the designated date for worldwide support of drastic global climate change measures that will be discussed in Copenhagen that day. Eco-pax, Pax, and International Student Club (I.S.C.) are partnering to...

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Students study Arabic, prep for Egypt S.S.T.

By Laura Schlabach • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

One year from now, 23 students will be spending their semester in Egypt. Right now, they are learning to read and speak the language of that country in Goshen College's first Arabic class taught by Paul Keim, professor of Bible, religion, and various languages. Goshen...

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