Recapping the weekend, peace by peace
We are a small school and one of the downsides to that is people know other people’s business. Until this...
“Cambodians have wonderful sense of humors”
“If You Pay 10 dollors ,you can eat pork belly and drink endlessly until when you say ‘STOP!’” Welcome to...
America by rail: Appreciating the space between two homes
When it comes time to go home for Christmas vacation, the normal routine for many college students may be to...
Experiencing symbolic protesting
I was not sure at first what to think of attending a protest. I am not your typical protest participant....
Behind the wheel on SST
If you’re reading this you probably know a lot about the hardships and struggles people experience on SST, either from...
Experiencing symbolic protest
I was not sure what to think at first of the idea of attending a protest. I was not your...
Learning to pray the Buddhist way
So far, I have been privileged to have many new experiences with Buddhist traditions and prayers while on Cambodia SST....
Finding sustainability in unexpected places
By Lydia Yoder This past fall, I participated in the Sustainability Semester in Residence (SSR) at Merry Lea, a new...
I am not black, I am not white. I am coffee with two cups of cream.
My mom told me once about a theory she heard about skin colors. She heard that all skin was coffee,...
Saying yes to the unknown
Sara Klassen is a junior interdisciplinary major. She is currently in Cambodia on SST. After one bus, two planes, three...
International Spotlight: Kajungu Mturi
Kajungu Samson Mturi comes from the east African nation of Tanzania, known for some of Africa’s most popular tourist hot...
Fetishizing human bodies, relationships
Hayley Brooks is a sophomore English Writing major. Over the course of the break, I managed to spend nearly all...
Christmas in Vietnam
Are you feeling stressed out lately? There is only one more week to get through. Try hard! But here’s something...
Consumerism: The addiction that keeps on giving
I wrote these words a few days after returning from Peru SST last summer, traces of reverse culture shock all...
Maple Leafs in Morocco: Austin Sprunger
By the time this gets published I’ll be back in Goshen, expounding upon the wondrous comforts of the western toilet,...