The Elkhart County council elected to deny health education for it’s marginalized communities when it voted not to apply for a CDC grant at the council meeting last Saturday.   The grant, offered by the national Center for Disease Control, would have provided $995,698 to train and deploy up to six new health workers to promote education about chronic diseases among local Latino, Black and Amish communities. Instead, council members chose to preserve what they saw as freedom from government overreach.    “I think the grant is a social justice issue,” said Gilberto Perez Jr. who attended the meeting where the decision...

By Sierra Ross Richer • September 16, 2021 • News

Goshen Arts and Events hosted the annual Arts on the Millrace this weekend on  Saturday.  Upon arrival at Powerhouse Park, live music led the way to the trail of artist booths.  Event coordinator and Goshen College alum Adriene Nesbitt founded the event in 2014 as a “way to get artists excited about living in Goshen.” Nesbitt works as the Director of Events at Eyedart Creative Studio located in Goshen.  Last year, the event was held solely online due to COVID-19.  Nesbitt expressed excitement about the return to normalcy: “We were happy to be back in person; art sells a lot...

By Mariela Esparza • September 16, 2021 • Arts

Dan Eash Scott, a sophomore history and social work double major, biked across the United States with his father and younger brother this summer. His grandpa rounded off the intergenerational crew by driving the support vehicle.   The trip was inspired by another experience that happened exactly 20 years ago, in 2001. After graduating from Goshen college, Eash Scott’s father biked across the United States with his friend to visit and attend a game at every MLB stadium. The idea of reviving the trip 20 years later was appealing to Eash Scott because he had always wanted to go on a...

By Madeline Bollinger • September 16, 2021 • Features

After a grueling 2020 season filled with adversity and COVID-19 interruptions, the Goshen College women’s volleyball team’s record stood at 0-15.  Fast forward a year later, and the team already has three wins under their belts with more than half the season left to play. Head coach Kourtney Crawford said, “I’m excited about the improvement that my team has made, from this season to last.” “It is a major turn around, but I’m not satisfied with just improving,” she said. During the off-season, Crawford focused heavily on recruiting kids that were just as passionate about the sport as she is....

By Graysen Cockerham • September 16, 2021 • Sports

The Goshen College Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) club is seeking to boost activity and membership this semester after a hiatus last year. The club is currently led by three students: Ainslee Zou, a senior biochemistry and music double major; Gretta Rempel, a junior biology major; and Lauren Murphy, a sophomore biology major.  Zou says that the mission of Women in STEM is “to promote growth in an inclusive, supportive and trusted environment for diverse and underrepresented voices in the [STEM] community.”  “Our main goal is inclusion,” Zou said. “So even though we are the ‘Women in...

By Augusta Nafziger • September 16, 2021 • Features

Residential students received an email about recent violations of GC’s dry campus rules from Residence Director Emily Hahn on Sept. 10. The email primarily focused on student’s alcohol consumption and stated that alcohol use “on campus and/or while underage is a violation of our community standards.” The message encouraged students to review the standards and think about the impact and consequences of their actions.    According to Hahn, the motivation behind the email was twofold. It was partially due to increased reports of alcohol consumption on campus.  “There were a lot of conversations,” she said, “a lot of people talking...

By Olivia Krall • September 16, 2021 • News

Performing arts series returns to Sauder concert hall The Goshen College Music Center is reintroducing the Performing Arts Series (PAS) in 2021 and 2022 to showcase nine eclectic performances. The PAS consists of new music artists and brings back fan favorites such as GC alum Carrie Newcomer and husband-and-wife duo Over the Rhine. “I love the performing art series … it is a great way to connect with the community, which is a big part of what the music center’s mission is,” says Brian Mast, executive director of the series and Goshen College’s Music Center. Many people from the community...

By Jakyra Green • September 16, 2021 • Arts

Goshen College is welcoming Endah Setyowati, a visiting global scholar from Duta Wacana Christian University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, to campus this year. Setyowati is the third professor from Duta Wacana Christian University to become a visiting global scholar at Goshen College.  “They asked me to apply for the position as an Indonesian professor at Goshen,” she said, “but I don’t know… I’m like, I’m not so young anymore! Why don’t you ask the younger professors?” Despite her initial hesitancy, Setyowati eventually applied for and received the position. She is now teaching two courses: Indonesian I, a language and culture class...

By Augusta Nafziger • September 16, 2021 • Features