Of the 114 international students attending Goshen this fall, 11 stay with host families. According to Dan Koop Liechty, international student adviser, Goshen College has moved away from host families in the last few years. Koop Liechty noted, “generally speaking, students who are now living off campus with families are related to them or had a relationship prior to arrival.” This was true in the case of sisters Senper and Shalom Solomon. The sisters’ father and Paul Shetler, son of Jan Bender Shetler, former director of global education, had a connection. Through their familial relationship with Bender Shetler and her...

By Phil Witmer-Rich • January 16, 2025 • Features

At Goshen College, it’s safe to say that the majority of the student population is single. Sorry if I called you out. Following that group is a smaller portion of students who are in relationships. And even smaller than that, are the students who are married. Maria Petit Arias is a senior psychology major, and transferred to GC when she was engaged. She is Latin American, and she said her culture and upbringing were very different when compared to most people who grew up in the states. In her family, she was expected to stay home until she got married....

By Alyssa McDonald • January 16, 2025 • Features

When Suzanne Ehst, associate academic dean, was writing her dissertation, she encountered documentation of some of the anxieties and implications of the pencil replacing the standard quill and ink:   “There were certain writers who were so scared that [the pencil] was going to change the quality of writing,” Ehst said. “[It] was going to change the rhythms of writing — it was going to make our writing dumber when we didn’t have those natural pauses to dip our quill and ink.” As artificial intelligence becomes more prominent and accessible academics are wrestling with these new tools — determining what is...

By Mackenzie P. Miller • January 16, 2025 • Features

A night full of questions, love and the “five dollar ball.” These are some photos taken over the last two Wednesday layout nights.   Reflections from some of the members of the Editorial Board on this semester of The Record “It’s about community: whether that’s sharing stories with Goshen or spending time with the amazing people in the newsroom.” -Kate Bodiker, news editor “It’s about growth and learning, a shared camaraderie and lots of Love — but mostly the late-night spicy potato soft tacos.” -Charlie Aldrich, executive co-editor “It’s about a commitment to grow a beloved campus staple with an...

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Goshen College’s fall play “She Kills Monsters” was performed the last two weekends by a cast determined to bring the story to life. The presence of American Sign Language interpreters on Sunday Nov. 10 was also a part of the efforts to ensure that deaf and hard of hearing individuals could enjoy the performance just as much as their hearing peers.  “Every play in GC had ASL interpreting which I think is very unique to GC, but it shouldn’t be. More actors should be able to work with interpreting,” said Fatima Zahara, senior theater and music major who played Agnes...

By Ana Alves Machado • November 24, 2024 • Features

The night begins as the big gates open in front of the bar. Then out come the IDs in the crowd of over 200 people, all dressed their finest and eager to have their hands stamped so the good times can begin.  Standing at the front of this line with stamp in hand, 5 feet 11 inches tall and dressed all in black, is Goshen College student, Aaron Yeakey, the wedding bouncer. Yeakey has a trained eye for spotting a fake ID. On this night he sends everyone through and then sits back to watch the festivities. He’s not hired...

By Josiah Miller • November 22, 2024 • Features

The morning sun shines through the windows onto the Kratz 1 lounge. One by one, five men — each donning either blue jeans or khakis, long sleeve button ups or polos with crewnecks, and some with a thermos in hand — maneuver chairs around to form a circle. A table sits in the center where a yellow National Geographic magazine lays folded open.  The conversation starter is one that Vic Stoltzfus, former president of Goshen College and father of the current President, Becky Stoltzfus, reads off. “[Frank Lloyd] Wright’s behaviors line up with a more deeply entrenched mental health diagnosis:...

By Charlie Aldrich • November 14, 2024 • Features

Silas Immanuel can write a script, set up lighting, shoot a scene, edit the sound, layer in captions, produce a documentary and fill an auditorium. He can also keep the balance sheet, tracking income, expenses and, hopefully, rising assets. Immanuel is a 23-year-old senior film production and accounting double major from New Delhi, India. He works at ITS Media and FiveCore Media and helps lead the International Student Club. Immanuel has  worked on various video productions over the past few years, most notably his award-winning documentary “Goshen: A Sundown Town’s Transformation,” which won first place for Best Documentary from Collegiate...

By Gavin Johnson • November 14, 2024 • Features

Last fall semester, Anastasia deFerbrache, senior education major, was talking with one of her roommates, Miranda Pfahler, a senior social work major, about Geek Off, an annual event at the college library where students showcase their talents through the creation of unique projects. As a joke, Pfahler suggested deFerbrache build the Goshen College campus on Minecraft for the competition. This casual conversation would later spark a much larger idea.  When deFerbrache mentioned the Minecraft idea to her dad, Jason deFerbrache, he immediately ran with the concept. Jason deFerbrache was already a fan of the game, playing casually over the years,...

By Ana Alves Machado • November 14, 2024 • Features

I would like to take the time to respond to Kevin Liddell’s article in last week’s Record. My initial response is to want to minimize the negative feelings that the article may have caused other athletes, coaches and people on campus to feel. Except, what Kevin said is true. And I want the members of our team to know I support them and how they feel.   It is true that the track and cross country teams consistently perform at the national level. To date, there have been 26 national championships between cross country, indoor and outdoor track. Goshen College...

By Rustin Nyce • November 3, 2024 • Features

On Tuesday night, Kamala Harris delivered a speech at Ellipse Park, south of the White House, the same space where Donald Trump spoke before the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the capitol. Taking place one week before election day, organizers expected the rally to draw over 50,000 attendees.  As the night progressed, the sounds of music, pro-Palestine protests and city police corralling spectators cut through the noise. Delgadillo, a communication major, captured the crowds as they snaked up and down Constitution Avenue. He approached taking these photos with “an outsider’s perspective, I felt like an observer,” he said. “I just...

By Adrian Delgadillo • October 31, 2024 • Features

As election day approaches, stress levels can rise, especially for college students who may be experiencing this for the first time. The uncertainty of what lies ahead and the constant worry about the future can lead to heightened anxiety. Religious groups and leaders at Goshen College play a crucial role by fostering a sense of community and encouraging mindfulness. They help students manage stress and focus on the present, reminding us that we are not alone in facing these challenges. “One of the most effective ways I’ve found to manage stress, during election season, or really anytime, is to get...

By Ana Alves Machado • October 31, 2024 • Features

In a world where streaks are often tallied in Snapchat, Goshen College’s 27-year-old  head athletic trainer, Jaelyn Rufenacht, opted for a healthier sequence: running at least one mile every day for 1,000 consecutive days. In 2020, Rufenacht graduated from GC as a softball student-athlete with a degree in exercise science. The following year, she enrolled at the University of Indianapolis to pursue a master’s degree in athletic training. While in graduate school, she had to take a fitness test. So, on May 1, 2021, Rufenacht decided to run one mile a day for 30 days, enabling her to get in...

By Igor Sapucaia • October 31, 2024 • Features

Growing up in Santa Barbara, California, Richard Aguirre was no stranger to heavy political conversation. Bearing witness to many different local political movements and watching historically important figures on T.V., he was always aware and invested in the current affairs that came with the “turbulent” nature of the 1960s. Events such as the coverage and protests of Vietnam, listening to Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches, the civil rights protests, watching the women’s movement unfold and the environmental movement, which, according to Aguirre, started with the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969.  Because of this, Aguirre understood the importance of both...

By Charlie Aldrich • October 31, 2024 • Features

On the Goshen College campus, there are quite a few podcasts: the Goshen College podcast, which is centered around GC’s convos and chapels, the “Just Plain Wrong” podcast, which focuses on religious fictional works, and a few more to boot. However, another podcast on campus launched not too long ago. The Maple Mile podcast, which has been in talks for awhile, has finally broken into the scene. The Maple Mile is a podcast managed by Max Estep, a first-year engineering physics major. Its co-hosts are Jesse Bontrager, a first-year exercise science major, and Isaiah Beiter, a junior social work major. ...

By Cheyenne Flanagan • October 24, 2024 • Features