The feminine experience is something that cannot be summed up in words, or confined to general concepts. The feminine experience is a human life lived, in all its different cultures, contexts and colors: an identity that is made by the individual who lives it. This is a subject that the Queen Singers of Goshen College, a group made up of BIPOC women singers, have discussed. How do they want to convey the feminine experience? It may be through songs of empowerment like Alicia Keys’ “Girl is Fire,” or through songs about heartbreak and vulnerability like Yebba’s “Evergreen.” In these interview...

By Ana Yoder • March 14, 2024 • Features

Isacc Hernandez is in his third year as an academic coach for the Academic Success Center. As a coach, he meets one-on-one with students at all different levels of their college career every day. He also juggles being a professor for Academic Success and Identity, Culture and Community and an administrative faculty member, as well as being part of the Hispanic Serving Institution committee. “At Goshen, you end up doing multiple things. I try to do most … opportunities, but sometimes when your plate is too full you have to say no,” he said. “I try to grow and connect...

By Isis Espinoza • March 14, 2024 • Features

“I’ve thought about dying, a few times.” As the monologue continued, it became harder and harder to breathe. That’s something really special about Goshen Monologues. Now, I’m a male, and I can’t say that I identify with — or fully understand — the feminine experience, and not all of the stories speak to me. And that’s OK! I am not the reason this is happening, and it’s not something made for me. But some of the stories, the emotions, the experiences that were expressed in Monologues on Sunday night really rang true to me — and are the reasons for...

By Daniel James • March 14, 2024 • Features

A mass email was sent out to many women on the Goshen College campus. They were asked to provide the best piece of advice they have received. Women of all ages, races and cultural backgrounds were asked the same question, but the common denominator was the same: sharing the feminine experience.                                                                                                                                       “In the journey of womanhood, I’ve discovered that change is inevitable and s—- happens. That’s right, SHIFT happens! Life presents challenges, but with each shift, we adapt and rise. Throughout our transformative journeys, my advice is to establish boundaries, identify your support system, embrace vulnerability, and navigate each...

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For three afternoons a week, for an hour and a half (and two hours on Mondays), I forget about everything else going on in my life and walk into the Music Center, pull out my black folder, and start my vocal warmups. I’ve sung in GC’s low voice choir, Vox Profundi, every year of my college career. Now, over my time at this school, I’ve been a part of a good number of clubs, groups and extracurriculars. Don’t get me wrong: I love, love, love my work with The Record; I talk constantly about how much joy I get from...

By Daniel James • February 15, 2024 • Features

With Brian Mast taking over the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra just days before the Concerto-Aria concert, students in the GCSO are experiencing a wide range of emotions after Richard Brunson’s firing. The Record interviewed six orchestra students (and Mast) and asked them the following questions. These are their answers. What was your reaction when you first heard about Brunson’s actions? “Initially it was numbness and then I felt very sad, a lot of grief … I felt for the students that were close to him, I felt for the professors, our whole music department, I felt for the community as...

By Record • February 15, 2024 • Features

Dear editors, As the Director of Interpersonal Violence Prevention, Education, and Advocacy at Goshen College, I find myself grappling with many thoughts and questions in light of the recent events involving Richard Brunson over the past week and a half. First, I commend Goshen College for its swift and thorough investigation, as well as its decisive action in response to the situation. I also affirm the institution’s commitment to reevaluating our systems to enhance our prevention and response capabilities moving forward, as stated in the email from HR on Monday. It is crucial, however, for Goshen College to recognize the...

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The education department on campus has been working to identify ways in which more people can get involved within the educational field.  Suzanne Ehst, director of secondary education and core director, commented on the switch from primarily offering the grad programs in-person to now switching to virtual.  Ehst said, “We have two post-graduate programs. One is the Transition to Teaching program for people who have a bachelor’s degree but no teaching license, and the other is the English Learners licensure addition program for teachers already licensed in one area who are coming back to add EL to their certification.” “This...

By Isis Espinoza • February 15, 2024 • Features

For most of us, grief means reminiscing on the memory of a grandmother, a sibling or a pet, longing to bring something to life that cannot be brought back. We yearn for their presence to return to our lives. But how do you grieve for yourself — your very own essence? In my first years at Goshen College, I began to explore who I was, and I wanted to blossom into my new role as an adult.  During that time, I was secure in who I was and what I wanted for my life. Isis was certain she was destined...

By Isis Espinoza • February 1, 2024 • Features

Last fall, Billy Gene Easton, a member of the communication degree-completion program at Goshen College, undertook a PR project in the course Principles of Public Relations.  Easton focused his project on Importin’ Joe’s, an Ethiopian coffee importation business based in Mishawaka, Indiana.  After the initial assignment, Easton expanded his hypothetical marketing plan beyond the classroom.  He began interning at Importin’ Joe’s at the request of the owner and continued his course-based PR, servicing the company itself. Easton, raised in South Bend, has been invested in marketing for a while.  A musician himself, he worked with several other independent musical artists,...

By Ben Koop • February 1, 2024 • Features

H. Roz Woll has been an assistant professor of music at Goshen College for  three years.  Some of her duties include giving private voice lessons, directing Voices of the Earth, teaching a Music and Social Change class, and being faculty adviser for the Queen Singers.  Her involvement at GC has revolved around voice and performance, with an emphasis on social justice and change. Woll grew up in Chicago in Hyde Park, a diverse neighborhood which made her “more conscious of race than … a white person who grows up in a more typically …  white town,” she said.  “I’m a...

By Isis Espinoza • February 1, 2024 • Features

Dear editors, Thank you for publishing the opinion piece “An Honors Program Is Not What We Need Most” by Jakyra Green and Mariela Esparza. As the recently-appointed director of the new Honors Program, I was glad to see that the program is getting attention from thoughtful students who care about this college and about the education of all GC students. It should come as no surprise that my take on the program and its ability to serve our students is different than that expressed by Green and Esparza in the piece, but I want to be clear that I respect...

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People say that names carry an extraordinary amount of meaning. There’s some truth to that. To my friends, I go by Dan, but I grew up with my family calling me Daniel. To me, the two names are somewhat different: Daniel is deeper, more emotional, while Dan is fun and free-spirited. I don’t have a favorite; they just feel separate. But no matter what, everyone knows my last name as Eash-Scott — until now. This semester, I made a decision I’ve been wanting to make for a long time: I am now writing under the name Daniel James. I’ve replaced...

By Daniel James • January 25, 2024 • Features

Before Goshen College students started thinking about returning to school, student teachers were already in full swing in the classroom last fall. Suzanne Ehst, director of secondary education, alongside Kathy Meyer Reimer, director of elementary education, oversaw the process and structure of student teaching.  Ehst explained, “everyone gets oriented to the expectations, gathering all the information we need along the way, as well as running a few seminars that relate to what they are experiencing in the schools.”  In the first weeks, the student teachers are doing small tasks to support the classroom teachers such as introducing themselves or doing...

By Mariela Esparza • January 25, 2024 • Features

Last week, during the college’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, students and staff came together to celebrate and honor the contributions of local “sheroes.” The nominees have inspired change, uplifted the voices of others, and made space for future generations to do the same.  Nominated individuals include Kennedy Stewart, Arleth Martinez, Isis Espinoza, Jakyra Green, Mariela Esparza, Bongiwe Ncube, Fatima Zahara, Adela Hufford, Solidia Brown, H. Roz Woll, Cyneatha Millsaps, Regina Shands Stoltzfus, Robina Sommers, Rocio Diaz, Kathy Meyer Reimer, Aja Ellington and Emily Hahn.   Among the nominees stood the leaders of the Black Student Union, the first-place...

By Carmen Merino • January 25, 2024 • Features