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

Letter to the editor Goshen College has made a very poor decision. The inauguration of an official Goshen College beer aka Broken Shield over Homecoming Weekend sends conflicting messages to the student body and campus community as a whole. I have no problem with alcohol at GC alumni functions, but naming a beer as the official drink of GC is essentially giving the students on campus the college’s blessing to make alcohol a part of their college experience.  Yes, students party, and that will always be the case. Some would say that’s part of the college experience. But we forget...

By Ann Minter Fetters • October 24, 2024 • Features

In some ways, Deana Baker, a new associate professor of biology, never left Goshen College, although she has studied and researched all around the world.  Baker is a 1986 graduate of GC, earning a bachelor’s degree in biology. She also studied as an undergraduate at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia in order to explore and see the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains.   Baker earned master’s degrees in both science education and pharmacy and a doctorate in health and human performance.  After graduating as a first-generation student, Baker started her professional career teaching junior high science in Plymouth, Indiana. “I always...

By Ana Alves Machado • October 24, 2024 • Features

As we pass the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, we are witnessing the predictable horror that unfolds when the arithmetic of revenge – “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” – is taken as an exponential license to crush and exterminate.  The Hamas attack killed 1,200 people and 254 people were taken hostage from Israel. As of today, 70 of the hostages are known or believed to be dead, and 101 are still in captivity. More than 40,000 Gazans have been killed in the retaliatory attacks by Israel, Gaza’s infrastructure has...

By Rebecca Stoltzfus • October 10, 2024 • Features

I’m a senior this year, and I’ve lived on campus with the original ID card policy for the last four years. I’ve also worked as a resident assistant for three of those years, and I’m happy with the new ID card policy.    During my time as an RA on Yoder 1, all throughout the day, people would cut through the floor to get across campus. To me, my floor felt more like a glorified hallway than an actual residential space. This led to a number of really awkward and uncomfortable situations.  When I would take a shower, I would walk...

By Alyssa McDonald • October 10, 2024 • Features

The Record has been under the management of students at Goshen College for 112 years. Over the course of that time, The Record has enjoyed contributions from thousands of students and many faculty members.  The newspaper has also been led by faculty advisors each year. This homecoming weekend, current Record advisor Anna Groff organized an event that saw the return of 26 Record executive editors from eight decades. Each editor, as well as previous advisors, was given the chance to share a little bit about what The Record has meant to them.  One of the first points brought up that...

By Kate Bodiker • October 10, 2024 • Features

 “Music with United Sound” is a new 16-week, three-credit course in collaboration with Elkhart High School, and allows Goshen College students to learn a string instrument alongside high school students with disabilities. The course is a part of the nationwide United Sound Program. Within the college, the program is run by Hillary Harder, Community School of the Arts director and GC chapter leader, alongside Tracy Weirich, special education teacher and Elkhart High School chapter leader. It offers high school students a college-level experience. United Sound said, “Our mission is to remove barriers and foster social change through music.” In the...

By Liam Shaw • October 10, 2024 • Features