![Portrait of Riley Friesner](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Globe_Friesner_Riley-scaled.jpg)
Perfection is an Illusion
I became obsessed with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” from the moment I hit play. It was a too-hot...
![Portrait of Abe Medellin](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/abeJACE.jpg)
The 1,000-song Challenge
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of “Outliers,” says that to be a master at something you need 10,...
![Chelsea Foster in the chapel](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/chelseaJUAN.jpg)
Finding faith through relationships
I didn’t come from a very strong faith background. Even though I went to church occasionally, I...
![Portrait of Anna Keller](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Anna.jpg)
Being Present With Pain, Normalizing Pleasure, and Mastering the Art of Resilience
Palms resting against the surface of a gentle stream, dancing, embracing a loved one, a home cooked...
![Olivia Clemens](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OliviaClemens_PhotobyOliviaCopsey.jpg)
Valentine’s Day is for all kinds of love—not just romantic.
I love love. I love all types of love. One time in high school, my best friend and I laid out all of...
![Portrait of Zack Begly](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ZackBegley_contributedTheGlobe-copy-scaled.jpg)
Living in the middle
It hit me like an anvil being dropped from 15 stories above. I was told I wasn’t black enough...
![Portrait of Emma Eitzen](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/EmmaEitzen_contributed.jpg)
Are Mennonite institutions really practicing diversity?
Going to a Mennonite school today is not like it was 50 years ago, when nearly everyone at a...
![Portrait of Olivia Copsey](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Olivia.jpg)
Thoughts about the Gillette razor commercial
On Jan. 13, Gillette published a commercial that included references to movements like #MeToo and...
![Portrait of Rudi Mucaj](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screenshot_2019-01-26-14-48-36.png)
Dead Souls
What is the spring from whence our sorrows flow? A foreigner hurts from trying to fit in and...
![Portrait of Nathan Pauls](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NathanPauls2mb-copy.jpg)
The Untold Potential of High School Friendships
Not worth your time. Once you enter college, your high school friends will have no more...
The Rotten Tomatoes problem
I want you to think about the last time you wanted to know what other people thought of a movie you...
![Portrait of Olivia Smucker](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OliviaSmucker2mb.jpg)
Adopting a new way to love
Out of the three of us children, I’m the only one my parents didn’t handpick. From the moment...
![Portrait of Yazan Meqbil](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/YazanHeadshot_ChelseaRisser.jpg)
Radical hospitality: when two continents do what a village cannot
Radical: a word usually associated with the right wing, extremist groups, or a term associated with...
![Portrait of Elijah Lora](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2MB_ElijahLora_AutumnProudfoot.jpg)
3 ways to identify a ‘snowflake’
Trigger warning: opinions Snowflake: “a small, feathery ice crystal, displaying delicate sixfold...
![Dramatic portrait of Christi Sessa](https://record.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/7MB_ChristiSessa_Contributed.jpg)
From a Focus on Anger to a Focus on Love
I know The Record has seen a lot of my face in recent weeks. Sorry about that. I’ve been busy....
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