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Facebook: The writing on the wall?

By Marlys Weaver • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: features, lead

Since Mark Zuckerburg and three friends began the thefacebook.com for Harvard University Feb. 1, 2004, this social networking site has grown into an international sensation. Not even 6 six years old, Facebook has grown from an informational host to an eruption of...

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Stressed? You aren’t the only one

By Marlys Weaver • Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: features

Anna Pasquarello had hoped to go home for midterm break, relax and let her mind rest a little, but that’s not what happened. Pasquarello spent her break on campus, trying to work at her on-campus job as much as possible to fix her car, finish up her book to be...

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Hour Afters, coffeehouses yet to come

By Marlys Weaver • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: features

Every year the Campus Activities Council (CAC) hosts several events that highlight student talent and help students bond campus-wide, but this fall, many students have been discussing how there have been fewer of their favorite events, Hour Afters. Some students even...

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Skipping school to be with cows

By Marlys Weaver • Oct 7th, 2009 • Category: features

Most students at Goshen College have some hobby or interest that very few others know much about. For several past and present students, including myself, that interest is for an animal: the dairy cow. Maybe surprising for some, it's also a reason to take off some days...

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Trolley yourself across towns

By Marlys Weaver • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: features

Goshen College students have a reputation of being avid bikers. But what happens when biking isn't possible? What if it’s raining, or you need to transport bags of groceries? What do you do if you don’t have a car? The Elkhart-Goshen Interurban Trolley is one...

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Puerto Rican telenovela actor a student at GC

By Marlys Weaver • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: features

By Sara Alvarez The shopping district has been closed, the street is blocked, and screaming fans are crowded around roadblocks. This scene is common for movie stars and famous musicians, but not one that most Goshen College students have experienced. Most, that is,...

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Maple Scholars study pigeons, cholesterol, women’s co-ops and more

By Marlys Weaver • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: features

By Joshua Delp For many students, the fall signifies a return to academics and college life. To many, it feels as though they never left. To some, however, this sentiment is more reality than witticism. This summer seventeen Goshen students spent eight weeks here...

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New Food in a New Rott

By Marlys Weaver • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: features

For the first week of classes, students' mealtime discussions often centered on opinions about the new food service, AVI Fresh, and all the changes it brought. While many students like the new changes, some do not. There are a variety of reasons for each...

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Students experiment with new theatrical forms and spaces

By Marlys Weaver • Apr 15th, 2009 • Category: arts

Marlys E. Weaver Contributing Writer As several senior recitals are slated to take place on the Umble Center stage and in Rieth Recital Hall over the coming days, a few students are utilizing a new performance space on campus. Yost room in Umble Center is...

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Local families fed at Elkhart Mall

By Marlys Weaver • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: news

Nearly one hundred Goshen College students, faculty and alumni joined some two hundred other volunteers to pass out food to feed around 5,000 families for a week. The event, held in the Concord Mall parking lot, was one stop on Feed the Children's Americans Feeding...

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Gouin nurtures theatrical side of Goshen

By Marlys Weaver • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: features

Laura Gouin has acted in a movie with Mel Gibson and is one of very few Goshen residents to be listed on the Internet Movie Database, but before she ever walked on a stage, she was tripping over everything. “The only reason actually I’m in theater is because...

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Three convos for a King

By Marlys Weaver • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: news

The day before Barack Obama’s inauguration, programs at Goshen College celebrated the impact of Martin Luther King Jr. and the continuation of his work on the national and local level. This year’s activities emphasized the history and contemporary issues of civil...

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Salatin highlights sustainable food in Goshen lecture

By Marlys Weaver • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: news

A rebel is coming to Goshen. Joel Salatin is an alternative farmer attempting to create a completely sustainable farm. Salatin also finds time to author several books about his intense operation and lectures around the country. His most recent novel, "Everything I...

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