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Archives for the ‘perspectives’ Category

A Sermon for Children, Advice for my Friendship

Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
A Sermon for Children, Advice for my Friendship
Friendship is one of the greatest gifts in life--the unspeakable connection that exists between you and someone who truly understands you, can empathize with your struggles and can make you laugh during the most depressing times. We value these people. We...

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A Climate of Change

Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
A Climate of Change
In Kazakhstan they are climbing a mountain.  In Kenya they are planting trees.   In Mongolia they are cleaning up garbage.  In Somalia they are organizing a solar cookout.  In Goshen they are marching to city hall. These five events mark the International...

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Conceptualizing God

Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Conceptualizing God
As a kid, I often thought of myself as an eternal optimist. My childhood was bright and sunny with lollipops and daisies and all that fun stuff. It’s hard for me to remember ever feeling depressed. For me, God had always been a part of my life, and I rarely felt...

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Real Life Tales from my Guatemalan Summer

Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Real Life Tales from my Guatemalan Summer
Naturally, the 4th of July is not celebrated down in Guatemala as it is not their independence day, but I made the best of the day anyway. I went for a fifty minute run that took me through the Guatemalan city streets and all the way through the University of San...

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“The Rage” Maybe Not Such A Bad Name After All

By Michael Neumann • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
“The Rage” Maybe Not Such A Bad Name After All
50 percent Ice-Berry Blue, 40 percent Mountain Dew, 10 percent ice, and 100 percent delicious. This is the ideal recipe for ”Ice-Berry Dew,” one of the most excellent beverages to ever enter my tummy.  If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, then...

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Standardized Testing and “Failing” Schools

Oct 7th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Standardized Testing and “Failing” Schools
As a PJCS minor taking Mediation, I had the opportunity last Friday to observe Carolyn Schrock-Shenk , my professor for that class, on the job. Carolyn is working with the staff of Chandler Elementary School , which is part of the Goshen Public School System, and...

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Good School, Bad School: A Family Legacy

Oct 7th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Good School, Bad School: A Family Legacy
Of all the stories my father told me and my siblings around the dinner table, the most captivating ones, by far, were his tales about the time he spent at Bad School. Bad School was a place where doing homework was punished, pulling hair was rewarded, and beating...

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From Rott to Rage

Oct 7th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
From Rott to Rage
There's nothing quite like sitting at the "Rott" as early morning light creeps in through those big bay windows, minutes before the afternoon luncheon rush.  As I sit there, soaking in my surroundings, my eyes float upward from burgundy walls to mulberry rafters,...

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A Day at Dutch Wonderland

Oct 7th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
A Day at Dutch Wonderland
I believe that every child should visit an amusement park. I’m not talking about a week-long trip to Disney World or Cedar Point, but rather a fun-filled afternoon at an amusement park designed specifically for kids. While growing up, I lived smack dab in the...

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Beyond the Bubble: Tillie Yoder

Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Beyond the Bubble: Tillie Yoder
by Tillie Yoder I am the product of an art-absorbed family, so when my brother and I got the chance to spend three months of this past summer traveling around Spain, Italy and France, I was naturally very excited about the prospect of seeing what Europe had to offer....

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Speaking from Experience: Tamara Shantz

Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Speaking from Experience: Tamara Shantz
by Tamara Shantz I have to admit that I am thankful that Celebrate Service Day (CSD) is over. As I finish up my work on this event for another year, I continue to reflect upon the helpful feedback I got from a number of RAs. From their perspective, it seems that...

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Kill Joy

Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Kill Joy
by April Muro I rode my bike to Goshen College this morning wondering what perspective I  should write  for the Record. By the time I arrived on campus, I had run through the lists of my personal struggles and political hot topics. It was at that moment that I...

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Not a devil…off stage

By Emily Taylor • Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Not a devil…off stage
I’d like to consider myself a nice guy.  That isn’t to say I’m a radical do-gooder, but I’ve racked up a few karma points in my time.  Regardless of how good of a person I attempt to be, however, I always seem to end up in some of the same parts on...

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Beyond the Bubble: A northern Ireland understanding

By Annalisa Harder • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: perspectives
Beyond the Bubble: A northern Ireland understanding
I spent this past summer in Northern Ireland with groups of primary-school-aged kids, slogging up mountain rivers, singing about a crazy juice-drinking moose, and expelling invasive zombies from the YMCA where I was volunteering. Aside from giving kids a really fun...

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My thoughts on Goshen

By Annalisa Harder • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: perspectives
My thoughts on Goshen
Before arriving at Goshen, I had several ideas about what college life was going to be like.  I envisioned myself with lots of free time, sleeping in late every day, going to activities all the time, and not having too much homework.  I was kind of wrong. Not only...

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