April 18, 2025
Behind the scenes of graduation
The graduation ceremony is not just the culmination of years of hard work and dedication for...
Features • facilities • graduation • planning
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April 17, 2025
Puzzles 4/16
ACROSS
1. Streisand, in fanzines
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly _____ws.
6. “Don’t tell...
Funnies • connections • crosswords • funnies • puzzles
April 2, 2025
Puzzles 04/03
ACROSS
1 Winter neckwear
6 Chinese gambling mecca
7 Muse of poetry
8 Shower time
9 Mulligans
DOWN
1...
Funnies • connections • crosswords • funnies • puzzles
March 27, 2025
Acclaimed author visits GC
Sofia Samatar, associate professor of English at James Madison University and renowned author of “...
News • author visit • fantasy • nonfiction • presentation
March 27, 2025
Puzzles 3/27
ACROSS
1 Low voice
5 Jar tops
9 Knight clubs
14 Keister, in Leicester
15 Cleveland’s lake
16...
Funnies • connections • crossword • funnies • games • puzzles • strands
March 13, 2025
My time at GC
Throughout my grade-school years, I thought of college as a big deal because of the extreme academic...
Features • Campus Life • college life • for the record • lifestyle
March 13, 2025
Puzzles and answers 3/13
ACROSS
1. Beeper
6. Don’t be _ ___
7. Pancake topper
8. Arizona State’s city
9. Helpers:...
Funnies • connections • crosswords • funnies • puzzles
February 19, 2025
Puzzles and answers 02/20
ACROSS
1. Primitive weapon
6. _____ meenie miney mo
7. Won (2 down) contest
8. Jet similar to a...
February 12, 2025
Puzzles and answers 02/13
ACROSS
1. Go by
5. _____ Dossi; American contortionist from AGT
6. Sierra _____
7. French for &#...
February 6, 2025
Globe coverage is a slam dunk
There’s a lot more to broadcasting than just the voices you hear on the radio. Each broadcast is...
February 5, 2025
Puzzles and answers 02/06
ACROSS
1. Folk wisdom
5. Confident way to solve crosswords
7. Starbucks size
8. Artist’s...
Funnies • connections • crossword • funnies
January 23, 2025
Puzzles and answers 01/23/25
ACROSS
1. Jane Austen novel.
5. Get smart.
7. Type of belly button.
8. Have ___ for (be perceptive...
January 16, 2025
Finding family far from home
Of the 114 international students attending Goshen this fall, 11 stay with host families.
According...
January 15, 2025
Puzzles and answers 01/16/2025
ACROSS
1. Nothing more than.
5. “__ of many colors,” owned by Joseph.
7. Antlered animal.
8....
Funnies • connections • crosswords • puzzles
November 21, 2024
Which Thanksgiving dish are you?
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh...
November 20, 2024
Puzzle answers 11/21/2024
ACROSS
1 Heels
5 Broadway star McDonald.
6 Students at GC really need one.
7 Mild flavored...
November 14, 2024
Fight for the beard
Philipp Gollner and Brad Stoltzfus, mano a mano.
Stoltzfus started spinning his baseball bats with...
November 14, 2024
Globe TV goes live for the first time
The Globe hosted a live election recap special at 10 p.m. on election day. The show, broadcast on 91...
November 13, 2024
Puzzle answers 11/14/2024
Connections answers 11/14
ACROSS
1 Group of whales.
4 Tender spots.
6 Make amends.
7 Cornu-...
Funnies • connections • crossword • funnies • puzzles
October 30, 2024
Puzzle answers 10/31/2024
ACROSS
1 “(1-Across) or (1 Down)”, said by many children
6 Saoirse of “Lady Bird&#...
Funnies • connections • crosswords • funnies • puzzles
October 24, 2024
The Bearded Scholar
Students at Goshen College know Philipp Gollner as a regular old history professor. As a regular...
October 23, 2024
Crossword and answers 10/24/2024
Across
1- Sixth and seventh solfege scale degrees
5- Apache advocate who presented at...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • funnies
October 10, 2024
Nobody asked me…
In the words of the immortal sportswriter, Jimmy Cannon,
Nobody asked me, but how come a dog can run...
October 9, 2024
Puzzle answers 10/10/2024
Across
1. Meghan Trainor is all about it.
5. “Como __?”
7. Muse of Poetry.
8. Aired again.
9....
Funnies • connections • crossword • funnies
October 4, 2024
Phil and Amelia’s banned book list
In celebration of the American Library Association’s Banned Books week last week, we wanted to...
October 2, 2024
September 19, 2024
Who should perform at Kick-Off?
Yeehaw, it’s almost time for Kick-Off. As seniors who know everything, we’d like to humbly offer...
September 18, 2024
Puzzle answers 09/29/2024
ACROSS
1 Not a racecar.
5 Tic-tac-toe win.
6 The ___ Broker; finally an e-book.
8 ___ you ready to...
September 15, 2024
Meet your Funnies editors
Have you ever walked around campus and noticed two kinda tall, lanky people who don’t look super...
September 12, 2024
An exclusive TWINterview
Explain to our audience of singles why twins are superior.
Vaughn: Basically you have a built-in...
September 12, 2024
September 11, 2024
Phil’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Not uneven.
6 There is no; singular: There ___ __; plural.
7 Barbie minus a T.
8 Useful...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • funnies
September 4, 2024
Phil’s crossword
ACROSS
1. “I’m everywhere I’m so Julia,” or a naughty kid.
5. The first number that neither...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • funnies
April 11, 2024
2024 Maple Leaf Awards
For the fourth consecutive year, Record staff members from both fall and spring semesters voted on...
April 11, 2024
NAIA unanimously passes transgender policy
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Goshen College’s athletics association,...
April 4, 2024
Volleyball sweeps Bethel, bids for cup
Goshen College men’s volleyball went into the Easter weekend facing a two-game series against...
March 21, 2024
Goshen vies for Highway 20 Cup
Prior to the 2019-20 athletic season, Goshen College and Bethel University implemented the U.S....
March 14, 2024
Leafs baseball wins four straight
The Goshen College baseball team is riding a four-game winning streak, tallying three wins against...
February 15, 2024
Speedy start propels softball to series sweep
The Goshen College softball team started their season off strong, sweeping a doubleheader against...
February 1, 2024
Distance sets records amidst ‘track hack’
The Goshen College men’s and women’s track teams competed this past Friday at Grand Valley State...
Sports • Indoor Track and Field • men's track and field • women's track and field
February 1, 2024
Tennis begins spring season
The Goshen College men’s and women’s tennis teams kick off their spring season this weekend....
Sports • maple leaf athletics • men's tennis • women's tennis
January 25, 2024
GC preps for annual drag show
Goshen College will be hosting its third annual drag show on Saturday, Feb. 3 in Umble Center. The...
News • Advocates • campus events • LGBTQ
January 18, 2024
Women’s basketball fights but falls to Taylor
This past Saturday, women’s basketball lost to Taylor 79-72, falling to 8-10 overall, and 3-5 in...
January 18, 2024
Men’s basketball faces a difficult Crossroads
The Goshen men’s basketball team lost to Taylor 79-71 this past Saturday, falling to 0-17 this...
November 2, 2023
Coleman: Consistent campus character
Chad Coleman’s office is decked out. Star Wars and Game of Thrones Funko Pops. Dozens of stacked...
October 12, 2023
Homecoming convocation honors alumni
Last Friday, Goshen College faculty, alumni and current students met for a convocation that welcomed...
September 28, 2023
Radio students get real-world experience
Interviewing people who talk for four or more hours per day isn’t the most difficult task in the...
September 8, 2023
$21M Westlawn renovation begins
Editor’s note, published Sept. 14, 2023: After reviewing the article last week on the Westlawn...
News • frott • Leaf Raker • westlawn • westlawn dining
April 13, 2023
Year culminates with 125th commencement weekend
The weekend of April 29 will include numerous graduation related activities, culminating in the...
February 16, 2023
Library comes alive at night
When the last light in the Good Library is extinguished and the doors are locked, the books push...
February 2, 2023
CONNECT Transit Plan pushes for improvements
The CONNECT Transit Plan (CONNECT), a collaborative, 10-year plan for interurban transportation in...
January 19, 2023
Light is shed on Goshen’s ‘sundown’ past in new documentary
This past Saturday, “Goshen: A Sundown Town’s Transformation” premiered at Umble Center.
The...
January 19, 2023
King convocation highlights women, musicians of color
Goshen College hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day convocation this past Monday at 10 a.m....
December 8, 2022
Goshen graduate puts Queer theory and Mennonite literature in conversation
Parts of this article have been edited for clarity.
Daniel Shank Cruz’s Twitter biography is...
December 1, 2022
Downtown Goshen dazzles with winter decorations
Christmas season is fast approaching, and downtown Goshen is decked out with winter-themed...
November 10, 2022
Yoder-Culp provides comfort amidst grief
On the south side of Goshen,Yoder-Culp Funeral Home is quiet.
Death passes through its rooms every...
November 3, 2022
Confessions of a washed-up pumpkin thief
Westlawn Dining Hall hosted a competition throughout the month of October in which students were...
November 3, 2022
‘Voices Together’: A celebration of music and art
A group of 100 or so people convened in the College Mennonite Church-Chapel this past Sunday for a...
October 28, 2022
Malcolm Gladwell explores Mennonite history in podcast
Duane Stoltzfus, chair of the communication department, received an email on Feb. 7 with the subject...
Features • Malcolm Gladwell • Minnesota starvation Experiment • podcast
October 13, 2022
Woodstock School brings world together
Located in the foothills of the Himalayas in Mussoorie, India, Woodstock School lays claim to one of...
October 7, 2022
Corn cobs and samosas: The Goshen experience
Dan Eash-Scott raised his arms in victory.
Four entire cobs of corn in 90 seconds made him...
September 30, 2022
Community comes first at Michiana Relief Sale
The Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale was held this past weekend at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds...
September 15, 2022
A night at the gas station: Goshen’s secret community hub
There’s always miscellaneous beeping at a gas station. There’s the beep of the scanner, with its...
Features • betsy • feature • gas station
September 8, 2022
GC cross-country runs for the Apache
A black pickup truck pulled up to the group’s first campsite, signifying the arrival of elected...
Features • apache • arizona • men's cross country • oak flat • women's cross country
April 14, 2022
Kauffman revitalizes GC yearbook
For years, Leah Kauffman, a senior graphic design major, has wished that Goshen College had a...
March 31, 2022
Goshen Printmakers Guild: Home to a vanishing art form
The Goshen Printmakers Guild can be hard to find on a first visit. Tucked in an alleyway between the...
March 25, 2022
Outdoor art on campus: Worth a second look
Art is abundant at Goshen College. Galleries are located in Good Library, the music center and the...
March 17, 2022
The Ps and Qs of being pretty, popular and polished
Do you crave attention? Do your peers consider you “cringe?” Are you self-conscious about your...
March 17, 2022
Vox Profundi serenades the East Coast
Over spring break, Vox Profundi, Goshen’s low-voice choir, performed at churches and schools...
February 25, 2022
Commuter student support group to begin meeting
Forty-nine percent of Goshen College students are commuters. For local students, living off-campus...
February 25, 2022
Goshen athletes break records at Crossroads League Championships
Goshen College women’s and men’s indoor track and field teams competed in the Crossroads League...
Sports • men's track and field • track and field • women's track and field
February 25, 2022
Review: Students astound at 62nd Concerto-Aria
Sauder Concert Hall was filled with ambient noise, increasing gradually as more and more people...
February 17, 2022
Online shopping increases waste
With online ordering options becoming easier to use and the pandemic making many people wary of...
February 11, 2022
From non-athlete to record-setter in a year
Breaking school records isn’t on most students’ weekend agendas, but for Samuel Stoner-Eby, it...
January 28, 2022
Goshen students shine in Kennedy Center theater festival
Three Goshen College students participated in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Region III...
January 28, 2022
Futsal scores community goals
From Adidas cleats to Vans slip-ons, all shoes are welcome on the futsal turf. All players are...
January 20, 2022
‘Voices in the Movement’ contest awards student artists
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Goshen College hosted the first annual King Celebration “...
January 20, 2022
Counting eggs and logging hours at Miller Poultry
Spanning from Dec. 13 to Jan. 7, the Miller Poultry internship provided five Goshen students with...