Appreciating parents’ sacrifices
It took me three years and 5,176 miles to realize the magnitude of my parents’ sacrifice for me and my brother...
Finding my place at the table: Young women and the church
What does it mean to be a woman in the church? I have clear memories from growing up of sitting around...
Global Citizen of the Week – Ly Phuong Nguyen
Nguyen was born in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. She visited the United States as a senior in high school...
Reality bites off-campus
As a senior with over 112 credits, I have the privilege of living off-campus. After two years in the dorms...
Fed-up with text messagers’ assumptions
So a few Saturdays ago I was sitting in a Menard’s parking lot. With four violins. And a lot of...
Global Citizen of the Week: Madi Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso
Born in the Ivory Coast, Madi Ouedraogo spent his childhood years in a family of three brothers and four sisters....
Community respect brings understanding
There are many signs that it is Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness Week on our campus: the Clothesline Project in Schrock...
Discovering myself in the desert
It is difficult to put into words the experiences I had in Tucson, AZ during my year of service there....
Global Citizen of the Week – Moises Ramirez
Global Citizen of the Week: Moises Ramirez from The Dominican Republic Moises Ramirez comes from a Mennonite family of six....
Inclusive Discourse Lacking
I attended the September 26 morning convocation entitled “To Drink or Not to Drink.” Many students’ viewpoints were read by...
No shirt, no shoes, no difference
Last year I felt stagnant—in relationships, in my studies, and with God. To spur some sort of change in my life,...
Global Citizen of the Week: Kat and Liz Berg, Canada
Kat and Liz Berg were born and raised in Langley, a town 35 minutes outside of Vancouver, Canada. Kat is...
Against all odds: My journey with a brain hemorrhage
On Oct. 27, 2008, I was admitted to the hospital for a spontaneous severe brain hemorrhage in the right frontal hemisphere,...
Global Student of the Week: Jing Jin, China
Jing Jin, a senior environmental science and biochemistry double major, hails from the city of Hefei, the capital of Anhui...
Trying to make sense of beauty
“What makes music beautiful?” my grandfather asked after I finished playing Schumann’s Traumerei from the collection Kinderszenen Op 15. I...
