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Ainlay no stranger to Goshen: Union College president to address 2009 graduates

By Tyler Falk • Apr 8th, 2009 • Category: news

This year's commencement speaker, Stephen Ainlay, is no stranger to the area. He grew up in Goshen and received his bachelor's degree in sociology from Goshen College. Ainlay, president of Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) will address the 2009 graduating class of...

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Lights off: Saving energy one hour at a time

By Tyler Falk • Apr 1st, 2009 • Category: news

It was only an hour, but Goshen College joined 50 million people around the world on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. to raise awareness about global climate change and energy consumption by turning off unnecessary lights during Earth Hour, sponsored by World Wildlife...

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Cover your ears: New siren in place for tornado season

By Tyler Falk • Apr 1st, 2009 • Category: news

No, that's not a rock concert you'll hear pumping from Umble Center in the upcoming week. The 118 decibels of sound are from the college's new alert siren. "For a long time we've recognized we don't have a good line of sight to the city siren," said Glenn Gilbert,...

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CITL presents Goshen immigration research

By Tyler Falk • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: news

With a large number of local immigrants, it only seems fitting that Goshen College would be leading the way in research and studies on immigrants. On Thursday, the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning's Lynda Nyce and Jerrell Richer's International Economics...

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Poetry to slam campus on Friday

By Tyler Falk • Mar 18th, 2009 • Category: news

If you think poetry is too sophisticated and boring, think again. Students will compete in a poetry slam contest on Friday at 7 p.m. in Newcomer Center 17. While some poetry slams include works read by other people, all the poems that are read at this event will be...

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‘Songs from many cultures’ soar in Sauder

By Tyler Falk • Mar 18th, 2009 • Category: news

The Goshen College choirs brought together a wide variety of sounds in their concert "Earthtones: Songs from many cultures" on Saturday. It was the final concert of the year for the Goshen College Chorale, Women's World Music Choir, Chamber Choir and Men's Chorus and...

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Changing our red lining climate: McKibben moves the world to 350

By Tyler Falk • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

What's the big deal with the number 350? To Bill McKibben, an environmental activist and bestselling author, and anyone involved with the 350 organization, it means the world. Scientifically, 350 represents the "red line" for the amount of carbon dioxide (in parts per...

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A movement to fight climate change: environmental activist Bill McKibben to speak on campus

By Tyler Falk • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: news

For anyone losing trust in the current economic environment, Bill McKibben might be the right guy to listen to. McKibben will visit Goshen College on Mar. 11 to present his Yoder Public Affairs Lecture "The Most Important Number in the World: Building a Worldwide...

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Save lives on Friday at annual blood drive

By Tyler Falk • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: news

The American Red Cross wants your blood. And you'll have the chance to give it to them during a blood drive on Friday, March 6, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Union gym. Sign-ups to give blood are already underway and will continue the rest of the week outside the...

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Radio show goes hardcore for fourth year

By Tyler Falk • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: news

If you stay up late and listen to the radio from midnight-2 a.m. on Mondays, you might know the radio show "Two hours to kill." This will be the fourth straight year the hardcore and metal radio show is hosted by two Goshen College students on 91.1 the Globe. "We...

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President’s visit to Elkhart stimulates excitement

By Tyler Falk • Feb 11th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

After hours of waiting to see the President, one man shouted over the cheering crowd what everyone was thinking: "How're you gonna help us?" Barack Obama gave his first public address as president in a town hall meeting on Monday to approximately 2,000 people –...

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Students speak for peace: Gerig-Sickles takes top prize

By Tyler Falk • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: news

Six Goshen College students took center stage in the Umble Center on Tuesday night to address pertinent peace and justice issues during the annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. Analisa Gerig-Sickles, a senior elementary education major, won first place...

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Sustainable farm unsustainable for college budget

By Tyler Falk • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: news

In today's unstable economy, it's difficult to imagine anyone turning down a donation. However, Goshen College recently turned down a nine-acre farm with a house and barn that would have been donated from Heifer International, an organization that works toward building...

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Nurses to debate during annual mock-convention

By Tyler Falk • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: news

The 38th annual Nursing Mock Convention on Friday will bring Goshen College nursing students and faculty together to debate and vote on controversial issues in the nursing field. Topics include the legalization of marijuana for medical use, mandatory organ donation and...

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For the Record Jan. 29

By Tyler Falk • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: for the record

Some of my best memories from the Record have come on Thursday afternoons: sitting around a table in the Rott reading the paper, discussing articles and "perspectives" with friends and hanging around until the room is almost completely empty. We read about the what's...

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