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March 27, 2025

Mennonites can dance: GC’s story of resistance

I live a short 58 minute drive from Payson High School, in Utah, where the movie Footloose was filmed. ...

Features • dances • Mennonite • Party • resistance

February 6, 2025

‘A remarkable Indiana woman’

Anita Stalter, a retired education professor and academic dean, unexpectedly died on Dec. 10, 2024. She was age 77. Stalter...

News • education • education department • professors

January 16, 2025

Love and learning: married students at GC

At Goshen College, it’s safe to say that the majority of the student population is single. Sorry if I called...

Features • connections • Love • students

October 31, 2024

Cancel culture is canceling our culture

Goshen College, I think we can all agree, is a left-leaning university on the political scale. You could say the...

Opinion • cancel culture • opinion

October 10, 2024

Letter to the Editor: The New ID Card Policy Isn’t That Bad

I’m a senior this year, and I’ve lived on campus with the original ID card policy for the last four...

Features • Campus Safety • Student Life

September 12, 2024

New tactics increase enrollment

As reported in The Record last week, this 2024 first-year class is the biggest since 2017, with 201 new students....

Features • admissions • prospective students

September 12, 2024

Student-Athletes weigh in on NAIA trans-athlete policy

“Only students whose biological sex* is female may participate in NAIA-sponsored female sports.” That was the decision that passed unanimously...

News • athletics • LGBTQ • politics

April 11, 2024

Dancing with two left feet

I’m not good at dancing. The only time I’ve danced in an organized way in front of others was during...

Features • Recreation in Goshen • Special Report

March 21, 2024

Too old to serve

The U.S. Constitution lays out the requirements that must be met to be eligible to run for public office, specifically...

Opinion • politics

February 22, 2024

Track team preps for nationals

There were team and individual success stories at the Crossroads League Indoor Track Championships on Feb. 16 and 17. Maple...

Sports • Indoor Track and Field • maple leaf athletics

November 30, 2023

Lederach joins the City Council as a caretaker of schools

As Phil Lederach, a longtime teacher and educational administrator, prepares to represent Goshen College and the rest of District 5...

Features • City of Goshen • special issue

September 28, 2023

Neutering Newcomer

After taking a laissez-faire approach to pets on campus for years, this past summer, Goshen College adopted a formal policy...

News • pets

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