Mircoslacking: the key to balancing the good and the bad
You know the feeling, everyone does. You’ve been chugging on that paper for something like three hours, no end in...
A shallow understanding
Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. are remembered for refusing to accept that they were lesser because of...
Dear Fellow White People of GC
Dear Fellow White People of GC, “The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we...
Way more than a sport
I thought I knew baseball. From participating in the sport for 17 years, from the family trips to the Philadelphia...
Peru SST program leaves lasting impact
Goshen College’s Study-Service Term (SST) is a unique part of this institution; unlike most study abroad programs, SST is rooted...
The gray area
I sat down at the doctor’s office and the receptionist handed me a sheet of paper. She needed general information...
NoThanks-NoGiving Day
Hope you all had a wonderful Takes-giving, a happy Genocide Day, a great NoThanks-NoGiving Day. A nice day of pretending...
Curly, curvy, conscious
As Destiny’s Child said, “I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly cause my body’s too bootylicious for you, babe.”...
Strength from above
When I arrived at Goshen College, one of the things that I wanted to change was my understanding of spirituality....
Three steps to authentic self-confidence
Con•fi•dence noun ∙ The feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust. ∙ ...
99 problems; being single isn’t one
Listen [sassy handclap]. I’m not here for the fact that the universe thinks it knows me well enough to shove...
iTunes for the Soul
In 2007, Lauren Slone was the coolest high schooler to ever walk the halls of Goshen High School. And she...
A black girl’s guide to self-care
*This is for all women, but more specifically for my fellow black girls at Goshen College. Dear Black Girl, After...
Taking a risk
It was a cool afternoon at 8,000 feet in the Sacred Valley of Perú. I had just finished hiking more...
Lessons from a typewriter
It was my mother who taught me to write. She would never call herself a writer, in the same way...
