Gravel, mirror, sycamore, light, frivolous and marigold.   Those were the words writers had to include in their submission to this year’s Broadside poetry contest.   The winning poem by Olivia Martin, a junior math major, combined the words to create a scene based in Shenandoah National Park.  “I really like to hike, and I really hate capitalists,” Martin said. “So I decided to write a poem about the frustration I felt when people go and destroy something so pristine and undeveloped to make more money. I wanted to write a poem about what would happen if people stopped doing that.” The...

By Sarah Miller • March 25, 2022 • Features

The students have spoken, and the cooks are responding.  Jeremy Corson, resident director of AVI, Dan Morris, the executive chef, and Denise Cook, executive sous chef, have all been working towards a more inclusive menu at Westlawn Dining Hall and the Leaf Raker.  Over the past school year, Corson said he has received feedback from a handful of students and faculty concerning the lack of options for people who are vegan or have other dietary restrictions.  The culinary team has been working to ensure everyone has an option at Westlawn and the Leaf Raker.  Corson posted in the campus communicator...

By Gabriella Klopfenstein • March 25, 2022 • Features

Many have heard of the Miami tribe, an indigenous group that originally lived in what is now Northern Indiana. But “Miami” is the name they were given by the Europeans. The name they use for themselves is “Myaamia.” “Every story has more than one side,” said Diana Hunter, a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma who spoke at Goshen College on Tuesday evening. “You’ve heard the American story all of your lives, but hopefully you [hear] a little of our story today.”  Hunter serves as a historic preservation officer for her tribe and was invited to speak at GC...

By Sierra Ross Richer • March 25, 2022 • News

Do you crave attention? Do your peers consider you “cringe?” Are you self-conscious about your appearance and/or mannerisms? Do you wish to fit in with the elusive “popular crowd?” Fear no more; you’re not alone. For many GC students, the answer to these questions is a resounding yes. I’m here to help.  Just follow these “tips and tricks,” you’ll be well on your way to becoming a member of the famed “it” circle in no time! 1. Talk really loudly. The first step in achieving and maintaining popularity is becoming well-known. Got something to say? Make sure everyone hears it....

By Phil Witmer-Rich • March 17, 2022 • Funnies

Forty-nine percent of Goshen College students are commuters. For local students, living off-campus can help relieve the financial burden of being a college student. Being a commuter, however, comes with unique challenges. In order to help students manage those challenges, Courtney Ropp, coordinator of diversity, equity and inclusion, created a commuter student support group which will have its first meeting this Friday. The support group isn’t the first system set up to support commuter students. The Commuter Student Association (CSA) is an established group that is advised by Luna Maria Campos, administrative assistant for student life. The CSA regularly schedules...

By Phil Witmer-Rich • February 25, 2022 • News

Tennis is normally a fall sport, but this spring, the men’s and women’s teams will have an additional mini season.   The teams planned to have their first competition last Friday, Feb. 18 against Roosevelt University, but unforeseen circumstances forced Roosevelt to cancel the match.   Two matches remain on the schedule for the men’s team and one for the women’s team.   The men will compete against Olivet Nazarene University at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at home, while the women will wait to kick off their season with a double header against Bethel University in April.   The players have been...

By Meaghan Godzisz • February 25, 2022 • Sports

Goshen College women’s and men’s indoor track and field teams competed in the Crossroads League Championships this past Friday and Saturday. The women’s team tied for seventh and the men’s team placed ninth, with numerous records and standards set along the way. “I felt energized and excited about the weekend,” said Rustin Nyce, head coach for the teams. “Each athlete stepped up with a season best, lifetime best, school record, and/or a national standard.” The women’s 4 x 800-meter relay, composed of Annika Alderfer Fisher, Naomi Ross Richer, Mia Wellington and Summer Cooper started Friday’s meet off strong, setting a school...

By Phil Witmer-Rich • February 25, 2022 • Sports

Sauder Concert Hall was filled with ambient noise, increasing gradually as more and more people flowed into the room. It was time for the 62nd annual Concerto-Aria Competition. Through this competition, music students are given the opportunity to prepare an instrumental concerto or a sung aria — pieces written specifically to be accompanied by an orchestra. Students are adjudicated by an outside panel of judges, who chose four winners to perform with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra (GCSO), currently directed by Brian Mast, music center executive director. This year’s winners included Augusta Nafziger, a junior writing and music major; Hannah...

By Phil Witmer-Rich • February 25, 2022 • Arts

Greta Lapp Klassen won first place in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday with her speech “Humanizing Our World, One Walkway at a Time.” Her speech focused on the car-centric nature of American society and the struggles of people who do not own a vehicle.  One of the three judges, Janna Hunter-Bowman, an associate professor of peace studies and Christian social ethics at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, highlighted a line from Lapp Klassen’s speech: “If you aren’t driving a car in 2022, you are not a fully participatory member of our capitalist society.”  Hunter-Bowman said she and...

By Annika Alderfer Fisher • February 25, 2022 • News

Cathy Stoner became Goshen College’s campus pastor in September. Since then, she’s proved to be anything but your average pastor.  Stoner loves bike rides, dumpster diving and funk music. She also enjoys running with her dog and fixing bikes.  Stoner uses her runs and bike rides as opportunities to scavenge thrown-away items, like the red boots she wore to speak in chapel one Wednesday last semester.  One of Stoner’s most treasured “found items” is a bicycle she saved from the side of the road.  “I watched it rusting away over the course of 15 or 20 years in someone’s yard,”...

By Denisse Aguilar • February 25, 2022 • Features

As a decade-long vegetarian, I have always been a scavenger when it comes to lunch rooms. I will always have a way to eat, no matter what may be served that day.  Meatloaf day in the cafeteria? Well, I got apples and pears. Bam. Fruit salad.  And, although I am a first-year, I think I know some pretty awesome Rott Recipes. So, here I am sharing my findings so you don’t have to go hungry.   Egg Sandwich – 1 good scoop of Rott Scrambled Eggs – Two slices of bread (toasted) – Cheddar cheese – Mayonnaise So, I know...

By Fatima Rhana • February 25, 2022 • Funnies

A controversial education reform bill titled “Education Matters,” HB 1134, passed out of the Indiana Senate Education Committee on Wednesday and is set to advance to the full Senate for debate next week. HB 1134 has gained the support of Joanna King (R-49), a representative from Goshen College’s district, who has already voted in favor of the bill. Indiana Sen. Linda Rogers (R-11), who represents some of Elkhart County, is the bill’s lead sponsor in the senate alongside co-sponsor State Sen. Blake Doriot (R-12), representing GC’s district.  If passed, the bill will prohibit Indiana teachers from teaching lessons that suggest...

By Jakyra Green • February 25, 2022 • News

ACROSS 1. Schools often have a spring one and a fall one 6. Word that means rainforest in both English and Spanish 7. TV show that is on its final season 8. Common allergy 9. Davidson of “SNL” DOWN 1. Teacher’s degree for short 2. Pass again on the track 3. Singer Goulding 4. Turn away, as one’s gaze 5. “Runaway” rapper West   Answer key below:                                                

By Caleb Shenk • February 25, 2022 • Funnies

Suppose you’re a bright-eyed senior in high school just itching to arrive at GC to start the magical journey that is college here in The Maple City. But, alas, you must make one of the most important decisions of your entire life: which residence hall to live in.  Well fret no longer! As two GC seniors, we have put together a comprehensive argument to which residence hall is the best option. As a high school student, I had heard the stories, the legends, the legacies. Friends and relatives all had tales of when they had passed through the iconic dormitory....

By Leah Kauffman • February 25, 2022 • Funnies Denver Beck • February 25, 2022 • Funnies

The Goshen College theater department began its spring season on Feb. 16 with two plays written and presented by seniors majoring in the field: “An Ode to Blackness” by Gloria Bontrager-Thomas and “Behind the Curtain” by Tobias Garcia.  These shows started off as projects that theater majors are required to present by the end of their senior year.  “They can be originally written stories or an adaptation of a stage play,” said Fatima Rhana, an actor in Bontrager-Thomas’s play. “You can choose whether to direct or act in it, just as long as you put your idea onto the stage...

By Jocsan Barahona Rosales • February 25, 2022 • Arts