Saturday, May 25, 2013

Archives for the ‘features’ Category

Cruising through the work day

Author: laurenes • Apr 18th, 2013 • Category: features, lead
Cruising through the work day By Lauren Stoltzfus, Features Editor Colleen Geier has swum with the dolphins, and she’s gotten paid for it. Geier is neither a dolphin trainer nor a marine biologist, but she is certified as an American Sign Language interpreter. One of the places she’s worked...

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Showalter to publish childhood memoir

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 18th, 2013 • Category: features
Showalter to publish childhood memoir By Annabeth Tucker, Contributing Writer Shirley Showalter, former president of Goshen College, is preparing to publish her memoir, “Blush: A Mennonite Girl Meets a Glittering World.” The book is scheduled for release in September. The writing of the memoir...

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Restaurant review: Los Primos

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 10th, 2013 • Category: features
Restaurant review: Los Primos Headline option: At Los Primos, food is easy on both wallet and stomach -bk By Mia Engle, Contributing Writer Most everyone would agree that for college students, the price of the food matters as much as the taste. How fortunate, then, that a restaurant in Goshen...

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Glenn Gilbert: Technology meets sustainability

Author: Becca Kraybill • Apr 10th, 2013 • Category: features, lead
Glenn Gilbert: Technology meets sustainability By Kelley Scholfield, Contributing Writer Not a minute passes for Glenn Gilbert without the static overtone of a hand radio, the buzz of a cell phone or the chime of incoming mail on his tablet. “This is the latest and greatest,” Gilbert said of his Samsung Galaxy...

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Album review: The Stray Birds

Author: Becca Kraybill • Apr 3rd, 2013 • Category: features
Album review: The Stray Birds By Becca Kraybill, Features Editor The Stray Birds, an Americana trio from Lancaster County, Pa., combine old-time and folk styles in their eponymous debut album. Noteworthy is the album’s recent recognition on NPR’s “Top 10 Folk & Americana Bands of the...

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International spotlight: Joel Pepala

Author: Becca Kraybill • Apr 3rd, 2013 • Category: features
International spotlight: Joel Pepala By Ezra O'Michael, Contributing Writer Joel Pepala is a junior mathematics major from Zambia. What inspired you to come to the U.S. and study at Goshen College? The opportunity of a better education, the challenge of adapting to a new culture and the...

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GC tutors lend helping hands to local kids

Author: laurenes • Mar 20th, 2013 • Category: features, lead
GC tutors lend helping hands to local kids By Elizabeth Derstine, Contributing Writer Wednesdays are the slower day for the Tutor and Mentors Community Club,  a club that meets twice a week in NC17, where Goshen College students offer homework assistance to students of Goshen Middle School. On a typical...

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From the convent to the halls of Goshen College

Author: Ariel Ropp • Mar 20th, 2013 • Category: features
From the convent to the halls of Goshen College By Sara Albaba, Contributing Writer Sophie Metzger, assistant director of diverse student support at Goshen College, never imagined living and working in the city of Goshen. In fact, her first time in Goshen was entirely accidental. It was the Thanksgiving of 2008...

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Students to release Pinchpenny books

Author: laurenes • Mar 13th, 2013 • Category: features
Students to release Pinchpenny books by Lauren Stoltzfus, Features Editor Not many people can say they published a book by the time they graduate from college, but four Goshen College seniors will soon be able to. Rikki Entrekin, Abby Hertzler, Mary Roth and Nathan Vader, all senior English writing...

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Chapel is fun or a drag, depending on who you ask

Author: Ariel Ropp • Mar 13th, 2013 • Category: features, lead
Chapel is fun or a drag, depending on who you ask By Drea Mast, Contributing Writer Aaron Stiffney is no stranger to idea of the "swipe and run." “I went to chapel, and in my head I was thinking ‘I’m going to swipe and run,’” confessed Stiffney, a sophomore. “Then I met up with my friends and they said I...

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Seniors prepare for Pan-American bike trip

Author: Becca Kraybill • Mar 7th, 2013 • Category: features
Seniors prepare for Pan-American bike trip By Becca Kraybill, Features Editor Ask Abe Stucky, Levi Smucker and Michael Miller what they’re doing after college. Their answer won’t follow the average student’s post-graduation plan: They’re biking from Paraguay to Goshen. The men plan to attend the...

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International Spot: Prashansa Dickson

Author: laurenes • Mar 7th, 2013 • Category: features
International Spot: Prashansa Dickson By Ezra Ocubamichael, Contributing Writer Prashansa Dickson is a first year psychology and sociology double major from India. Here, she reflects on how she ended up studying at Goshen College and her culture. How did you end up studying at GC? I was introduced to...

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International spotlight: Alejandro Davalos

Author: Becca Kraybill • Feb 21st, 2013 • Category: features
International spotlight: Alejandro Davalos By Ezra O'Michael, Contributing Writer Alejandro Davalos is a senior business major from Peru, the third largest country in South America. Peru has a large indigenous population and contains the famous Incan ruins of Macchu Picchu. What inspired you to come...

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Radical Journey takes students to Africa

Author: Ariel Ropp • Feb 21st, 2013 • Category: features
Radical Journey takes students to Africa By Lassane Ouedraogo, Contributing Writer Joanna Epp, a first-year environmental science major from Newton, Kan., and Hannah Sauder, a first-year art and education major from Lititz, Pa., took a gap year after they graduated from high school to serve in South Africa as...

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Love stories from GC faculty and students

Author: laurenes • Feb 13th, 2013 • Category: features
Love stories from GC faculty and students By Lauren Stoltzfus and Becca Kraybill, Features Editors Richard Aguirre and Judy Weaver When Richard Aguirre and Judy Weaver met, neither knew they would both end up working at Goshen College. In 1981, the fall after Judy graduated from Goshen College, she began...

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