Saturday, May 25, 2013

Archives for the ‘perspectives’ Category

Crossing borders

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 18th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
Crossing borders I still recall the irony I felt on the flight to Texas, leaving my hometown of 30,000 for a city of three million. I grew up in a middle-class part of town, but was on my way to live and serve in a low-income area of an unfamiliar city. Never before had I been to San...

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Discovering humanity’s connection

Author: katef • Apr 18th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
Discovering humanity’s connection So, I guess when people go on Study-Service Term to a foreign country they’re supposed to have some sort of revelation about the truth of the world, or diversity, or something like that. I mean, really, you spend three months living with host families, trying to...

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International student spotlight: Jon Kaasa

Author: Becca Kraybill • Apr 18th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
International student spotlight: Jon Kaasa By Ezra O'Michael, Contributing Writer Jon Kaasa is a first-year physics and math major from Norway who plays tennis at Goshen College. Tell us a little bit about your background. As a kid I never enjoyed skiing, ice skating or winter sports in general, which...

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For the Record, 4/18/13

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 17th, 2013 • Category: for the record, perspectives
I will be a Goshen College graduate in less than two weeks. Woah. I know it’s a cliche, but it feels like just yesterday I was arriving at Goshen College as a nervous first-year student eager to embark on the four year journey that is college. And now here I am,...

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For the Record, 4/11

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 10th, 2013 • Category: for the record, perspectives
Goshen is home to some fascinating people. I came to this conclusion as I read through "Goshen Portraits 4," a delightful new collection of personality profiles written by Goshen College students. This book--the fourth of its kind--offers windows into the lives of 11...

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American gun laws don’t keep us safe

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 10th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
American gun laws don’t keep us safe I am from Burkina Faso, West Africa. I had never thought about studying in the United States, but thanks to the Fulbright scholarship, I am two months away from graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in TESOL (Teaching English as Second Language) and a minor in...

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An argument for co-ed housing

Author: andrewshenk • Apr 10th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
An argument for co-ed housing I’m willing to bet that at least three quarters of the student body at Goshen College have members of the opposite gender whom they consider friends. Just friends, with no romantic feelings for each other at all, or even any possibility of Goshen dating. Personally,...

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Sporting an Army jacket with a twist

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 10th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
Sporting an Army jacket with a twist There is nothing I love more than a trendy statement. This upcycled, DIY jacket just so happens to be one of mine. I found this wonderful Army jacket in downtown Goshen at the Gift of Gab for $15. A few months ago, I had my heart set on buying an Army jacket. The Army...

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Helping Hands in Peru?

Author: Ariel Ropp • Apr 3rd, 2013 • Category: perspectives
Helping Hands in Peru? American Sign Language is rapidly spreading to mainstream American culture. Millions of Americans watch the ABC Family television series “Switched at Birth,” most of whose characters use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. The number of people learning ASL has...

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For The Record 4/4/13

Author: lamiller • Apr 3rd, 2013 • Category: for the record, perspectives
It’s that time of the semester again. In the flurry of assignments, tests, presentations and essays, I can’t decide which word describes this part of the year better: busy, frantic or ludicrous. And yet, there’s always time for distractions. Last week, just...

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This Cambodian Life

Author: katef • Apr 3rd, 2013 • Category: perspectives
This Cambodian Life By Brett Conrad I have had really good, really bad and really weird experiences here in Phnom Penh. That is a pretty elementary way of saying it. But, the point gets across. My good days are full of experiences like roller disco rinks and a random Cambodian baby being...

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Marriage equality movement fails to empower

Author: katef • Apr 3rd, 2013 • Category: perspectives
Marriage equality movement fails to empower In the the wake of Tuesday's legislative dialogue on same-sex marriage, Becca Yoder expresses her concern that the marriage equality movement lacks queer inclusion. I begin this article with acknowledgement that I am the writer and formulator of these words, but I am...

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“Amish Mafia” is fake and disrespectful

Author: katef • Mar 20th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
“Amish Mafia” is fake and disrespectful A man dressed in plain black pants, a button-up shirt and a dark jacket raises a metal baseball bat over his head and smashes it into an overturned buggy. A man in similar dress slashes the tire of a parked car, while a third sets fire to a large pile of corn and branches...

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For the Record, 3/21/13

Author: Ariel Ropp • Mar 20th, 2013 • Category: for the record, perspectives
The best way to get me to attend a lecture is to talk about food. For those who don't know me well, I really, really like food. It was pure interest--not a class requirement--that drew me to Simran Sethi's lecture on food, faith and the environment on Tuesday...

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Living the Khmer language

Author: katef • Mar 20th, 2013 • Category: perspectives
Living the Khmer language I live in a wooden, stilted house with a family of four in a small seaside village of Cham Muslims, a Cambodian ethnic and religious minority. Less than a 20-minute bike ride away is the city of Kep, a tourist hot-spot that includes beaches, islands and crab. An Estonian...

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