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Author Archive

Underpass open after months of construction, years of planning

Author: sarahs29 • Nov 15th, 2012 • Category: lead, news
Underpass open after months of construction, years of planning By Kate Stoltzfus Features Editor A crowd of about 20 spectators gathered last Friday to watch President Jim Brenneman cut through a thick purple ribbon. The break of the ribbon, snipped with giant scissors to the cheers of onlookers, marked the official opening...

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What’s fun about fun-sized?

Author: sarahs29 • Nov 8th, 2012 • Category: funnies
What’s fun about fun-sized? By Kate Stoltzfus Goshen Commons Contributing Writer I have a confession to make. I am somewhat of a candy-holic. I will gladly skip healthier meals in favor of one more Almond Joy or a handful of peanut M&M’s. Naturally, Halloween remains one of my...

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Student Senate hopes to bring louder voice to campus

Author: sarahs29 • Oct 18th, 2012 • Category: features
Student Senate hopes to bring louder voice to campus Kate Stoltzfus Features Editor It is solely the women of Goshen College who owe thanks to the force responsible for supplying their bathrooms with feminine products. But if the group behind the gift has anything to say about it, soon all of campus will have...

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Goshen Commons makes its Internet debut

Author: sarahs29 • Sep 27th, 2012 • Category: lead, news
Goshen Commons makes its Internet debut Photo by Isaac Fast By Kate Stoltzfus Features Editor GOSHEN – Last Thursday, amidst the small fanfare of one aqua-colored banner, a table of chips and homemade salsa and a gathered crowd of 20, a website went live for the first time. Goshen Commons was...

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Summer around the world

Author: sarahs29 • Sep 12th, 2012 • Category: features
Four students--one SSTer, one Maple Scholar, one camp counselor and one Ministry Inquiry program participant--share their warm weather experiences. "This summer I had the pleasure of leaving the flat farmland of Indiana behind in favor of the much more dramatic Colorado...

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Employees tested for healthy living habits

Author: sarahs29 • Apr 11th, 2012 • Category: news
Employees tested for healthy living habits As part of Goshen College's new wellness plan, employees are undergoing health testing this week. The testing, conducted Tuesday through Friday this week in Newcomer, measures employees' body mass index, blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and tobacco/nicotine use in hopes...

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Students share work at annual research symposium

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 28th, 2012 • Category: lead, news
Students share work at annual research symposium This Saturday marks the 14th annual Goshen College Student Research Symposium, a day in which both students and staff come together to engage in a range of speeches on various topics. The day will consist of two sessions, one from 12:45 to 3 p.m. and the other from...

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Domestic SST program undergoes major revisions

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 28th, 2012 • Category: news
Domestic SST program undergoes major revisions Starting in fall 2012, Goshen College students who choose not to take an international Study Service Term or a study-abroad equivalent will be required to do the domestic SST: Latino Studies program instead. Incoming students and current first-years will no longer have...

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For the Record 3/22: For the love of GC

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 21st, 2012 • Category: for the record, perspectives
For the record, I love Goshen College. I wasn't always so sure. I was sort of forced into coming here. I say "sort of" because, while I did make the final call, I experienced a significant amount of unintended pressure. My parents, my aunts and uncles, my grandparents...

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Bowling over the competition: Prospectives visit campus

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 21st, 2012 • Category: news
Bowling over the competition: Prospectives visit campus This past Saturday, Goshen College welcomed 36 prospective students to campus for the annual Take Another Look weekend. Activities began on Saturday morning, when students met with faculty in their intended majors. Other activities included attending the ISC...

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Happy Dance begins with a bite

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 15th, 2012 • Category: features
Happy Dance begins with a bite Michael Potuck knows from experience that if you want a Happy Dance cupcake, you'd better act fast. His wife, Margaret, is the owner of Happy Dance Cupcakes and employs Michael as her taste-tester. It comes in handy that Michael works at Chamberlin Elementary; the...

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Financial report boasts new figures

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 15th, 2012 • Category: news
Financial report boasts new figures Jim Histand, vice president of finance, announced the tuition rates for the 2012-13 school year to students in an email on February 15, which showed a slight increase from the 2011-12 school year. Although Histand notes that these increases are similar to most years, they...

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Online summer courses now offered

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 15th, 2012 • Category: lead, news
Online summer courses now offered When May term draws to a close, students will have the option of keeping their books open. Beginning in late May, Goshen College will begin to offer its first summer online courses. The summer semester will be divided into two 7-week terms. Students will be able to...

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Goshen College joins PRSSA

Author: sarahs29 • Mar 15th, 2012 • Category: news
Goshen College joins PRSSA Last Thursday, Goshen College received confirmation of chapter recognition by the Public Relations Student Society of America, a leading voice in the nation’s PR industry. Several public relations majors have been diligently working this semester to start a new PR...

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Train underpass to be built in a day

Author: sarahs29 • Feb 23rd, 2012 • Category: news
By next school year, waiting for a slow train will no longer be an excuse to be late for class. The plan to build an underpass tunnel beneath the train tracks, which run through the middle of the Goshen College campus, has been 30 years in the making and will finally begin...

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