*This is for all women, but more specifically for my fellow black girls at Goshen College. Dear...

By Alia Byrd • October 26, 2017

It was a cool afternoon at 8,000 feet in the Sacred Valley of Perú. I had just finished hiking more...

By Karina Palos • October 26, 2017

It was my mother who taught me to write. She would never call herself a writer, in the same way that...

By Lucia Nisly • October 12, 2017

This one goes out to all my beautiful chocolate sisters out there. Understand your worth and know...

By Achieng Agutu • October 12, 2017

Writing an article while on location during SST gives me a rare opportunity. I have the opportunity...

By Carter Mckay-Epp • October 5, 2017

The day my mother gave in and bought the two of us iPhones was surely the day part of her soul died...

By Olivia Copsey • October 5, 2017

Looking back through some of my old writing, I came across a poem I wrote around Valentine’s Day...

By Marris Opsahl • September 28, 2017

Other 12-year-old children would come home from school and run to their toys or snacks, and have...

By Jeanette Shampine • September 28, 2017

In a forgotten wedge of southeastern Europe, icy water slid towards the Adriatic in the evening glow...

By Rudi Mucaj • September 21, 2017 Jordan Shields • September 21, 2017

At the age of 9 and finishing up the fourth grade, I was already thinking about legacies. My...

By Siana Emery • September 21, 2017

Hi, guys! My name is Achieng Agutu. Achi, for short. I am a fashion lover, a storyteller, a fine...

By Achieng Agutu • September 14, 2017

People say words are the most powerful weapons you can wield. Words have the power to persuade,...

By Shanie Smith-Wright • September 14, 2017

Eliana Neufeld Basinger is a senior social work major for Bluffton, Ohio.  This past summer, I got...

By Eliana Neufeld Basinger • September 7, 2017

This past spring, I read The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, a beautiful...

By Erica Ewing • September 7, 2017

Last week was challenging for me. If you’re a regular reader of the Record, you might have seen my...

By Jordan Waidelich • April 13, 2017