The sight of young children playing and running around campus is a familiar one, but not many know that the students in Goshen College’s Laboratory Kindergarten located in the College Church are part of a very unique educational program.  Since 1959 when the school was founded, children ages 4 to 6 from around the community have been learning through play.  Kathy Meyer Reimer, a professor of education and chair of GC’s education department, was involved when the school transitioned from a private kindergarten to a partnership with the public school system in 2008. Because the school is part of the...

By Claudia Mobley • January 28, 2022 • Features

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Goshen College hosted the first annual King Celebration “Voices in the Movement” arts competition. Separated into multiple artistic categories, including writing or spoken word, film, music, and visual art, Goshen College students and Elkhart County High School students were asked to demonstrate high artistry while addressing themes embedded in Dr. King’s vision.  Students were split into two tracks. The first, entitled “Descendants of Dr. King,” was a category created to highlight the experiences of students from the Black community. The second, entitled “Allies of Dr. King,” was for students outside of the Black community...

By Phil Witmer-Rich • January 20, 2022 • Arts

To make a little extra cash during the semester, I DoorDash from time to time around Goshen and Elkhart. For those who don’t know, DoorDash is a food delivery service where customers can use the app to order food from a variety of restaurants in the area. My job is to drive to the restaurant, pick up the food, and deliver it to the customer. Pretty straightforward.  Well, last week I got an order from a place that I hadn’t been to before: Potrillos Mexican Grill. I made my way to Potrillos, and, as I pulled into the parking lot,...

By Denver Beck • January 20, 2022 • Funnies

During the May 2022 term, the Goshen College Criminal and Restorative Justice Department will welcome back the Inside-Out Exchange Program.  The program was created as an educational tool to bring imprisoned students, referred to as “inside students,” and college students, or “outside students,” into a classroom-like environment. The goal is to study issues from crime to societal problems while learning from each other and creating strong relationships.  Inside-Out was brought into fruition in May 2014 by the late conflict studies professor Carolyn Schrock-Shenk. “After Carolyn’s death, I inherited some of her classes and projects; Inside-Out is one of them,” said...

By Jakyra Green • January 20, 2022 • Features

Students have likely noticed new furniture, flooring and study areas in Newcomer. The renovations that took place over winter break are meant to benefit more than just those who take classes in the building.  A joint effort between the Center for Community Engagement (CCE), the physical plant and a $90,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment, the project will help Newcomer serve as a hub for the community. The improvements to Newcomer are part of a larger project of improving the connection between Goshen College and the community.  Dr. Erika Buhring, executive director of the CCE, hopes that the renovated building...

By Caleb Shenk • January 20, 2022 • News

Greetings readers of the Goshen College Record! We have arrived. We know you have been waiting four long years for the funniest people on campus to be in the position to make you laugh every week. Well, wait no longer. We are your new Funnies editors for the spring semester: Leah Kauffman and Denver Beck. In an effort to share with you all our true selves, we figured, what better way than to be unnecessarily vulnerable and share our most embarrassing stories from the past few months? Enjoy 😉

By Leah Kauffman • January 20, 2022 • Funnies Denver Beck • January 20, 2022 • Funnies

A new proposal could bring an ice rink to the edge of Goshen College’s campus.  A project years in the making, the original idea for the multi-use pavilion and ice rink was announced by the City of Goshen in 2017. Its construction was set to start in 2020, but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the project stalled. Now, it has come back onto the city’s agenda in 2022, and the first issue to settle is where the rink will be located.  The original idea, and the city’s preference, is for the rink to be built downtown adjacent to the Millrace...

By Annika Alderfer Fisher • January 20, 2022 • News

“Ain’t gonna let nobody… isolation… denigration… injustice, turn me around. I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on a-talkin’, marchin’ up to freedom land!” sang the Voices of the Earth choir as they performed the iconic civil rights movement song “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” during the King Convocation on Monday.  In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy, the choir also sang two other selections: “Ndandihleli” and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” According to H. Roz Woll, assistant professor of music and director of Voices of the Earth, “Ndandihleli” is “an anti-apartheid song that was...

By Julia (Hyeyin) Jun • January 20, 2022 • Arts

A few of you may know my friend, Matt Granitz. He graduated from Goshen last year, and one day this past fall semester, he came back to Goshen.  A group of friends and I were going to meet him for dinner, though I wasn’t sure where we would be eating. GBCo is a fairly common place for us, so I simply assumed that that would be the meeting place.  After sitting in the parking lot for a minute waiting for everyone else, I got a text from my good friend Chino, informing me that we were eating at Oasis, and...

By Leah Kauffman • January 20, 2022 • Funnies

The Goshen College men’s volleyball team started their season off strong, defeating Trine University at Indiana Tech last Friday, after a season-opening sweep over Hiram College at home the previous Saturday. They continued their winning streak on Tuesday, beating both Trinity Christian and Olivet Nazarene.  “I’m pleased with how they’ve played the past four matches,” said Lauren Ford, the new men’s volleyball head coach, who was hired this past summer. “We’ve worked so hard on a lot of things and I see a lot of it translating onto the court in tiny ways.” On Friday night, the Goshen College team...

By Sadie Brenneman • January 20, 2022 • Sports

In the fall of 2020, Brooke Lemmon, professor of education and director of special education, launched an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) social group.  The group, which meets for an hour once a week, has grown to consist of six regularly attending members, including three first-year students and three sophomores.  Participants do not require a formal diagnosis: “Anyone who believes they have an ASD is welcome regardless of diagnosis.” Lemmon said. “We will focus on topics and strategies specific to people with ASD like social communication, restrictive, repetitive patterns of behavior, and sensory needs.”  Lemmon’s Ph.D. research explores “high impact ableism...

By Mariela Esparza • January 20, 2022 • Features

Spanning from Dec. 13 to Jan. 7, the Miller Poultry internship provided five Goshen students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the day-to-day operations of a large, family-owned poultry company. “I was in the room where they cut off the heads,” said Caleb Shenk, a sophomore accounting major who took part in the internship. “There were the chickens coming down the line, and they had their heads. Then they went through this machine, and they did not have their heads. It was very bloody.”  Miller Poultry’s four-week internship was not for the faint of heart. Following the submission of...

By Phil Witmer-Rich • January 20, 2022 • Features

This weekend, the 18th annual Christmas concert, “A Festival of Carols,” (FOC) will be held in-person at Goshen College in Sauder Concert Hall. The featured ensembles are the GC Choirs — Voices of the Earth, Vox Profundi and Chamber Choir — the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra (GCSO), GCSO Brass and the GC Community School of the Arts Shout for Joy children’s choir. Brian Mast, executive director of the Music Center and conductor of the GCSO, noted the significance of the return of live music: “This tradition is an important part of our offering to the community, and it just didn’t...

By Mariela Esparza • December 2, 2021 • Arts

On Nov. 23, while most students were heading home for Thanksgiving break, the Goshen College women’s basketball team traveled to Upland, Indiana, for a conference match-up with Taylor University — and they came out victorious.  The team knew they needed to slow down the Trojans’ transition offense, defend the perimeter with purpose and rebound the ball to eliminate second chance opportunities, but head coach Stephanie Miller placed the biggest emphasis on “traveling well.” In a shortened school week with holiday break looming, it’s easy to lose focus in anticipation of the holidays, but the Leafs were able to get the...

By Gabe Kermode • December 2, 2021 • Sports

At this point in my life, I have survived a total of 33 college finals. Yes, I went back and counted. As such, I feel qualified to advise our readership on how you, too, can survive the finals season.   Tip #1: Get started early. I realize that this article will be published too late to help many of you. The truly exceptional students have been studying for weeks now, so you have some catching up to do. I suggest attempting to cram those weeks of studying into this weekend, or, if you’re feeling really brave, the night before your...

By Eli Reimer • December 2, 2021 • Funnies