Off-campus residency costs addressed: a response to Bill Born
Like many people who read last week’s Record, we were inquisitive about the generalizations made...
Writing the Goshen definition
What defines a college community? On Wednesday night, March 30, a mix of over one hundred Goshen...
A home with a history
When my family “moved in” to our fourth home in Clifton, Ill., what we really did was pitch...
Taking a Day of Silence
“Please understand my reasons for not speaking tomorrow. I will be participating in the Day of...
Whipping cream
Sometimes I tend to be too serious. I feel my experiences deeply, I feel others’ experiences...
My day without shoes
On Tuesday, April 5, I committed to going a full 24 hours barefoot to support the efforts of TOMS...
Learning to embrace awkwardness in China
I departed for China Study-Service Term for fall semester of my sophomore year. I left Goshen (after...
Cricket: The heartbeat of India
“It’s a six!!!!” The Indian Cricket team ended the suspense by hitting a six (six points...
Improvements needed in housing selection process
This perspective is meant to be a criticism of the housing decisions made by Resident Life this...
Host family recipes
Two large beets. One kilo of potatoes. Two small onions. A handful of mashed peanuts. Ground chili...
Nothing we’ve ever Sheen before
Midlife crises are typically not a funny, informative, or wildly public thing, but today, we have an...
I got served
I had been looking forward to my service assignment ever since I signed up for the Cambodia Study-...
Yumi Otsuka speaks out about the disaster in Japan and what she’s doing to help
Yumi Otsuka is a freshman nursing major from Tokyo. Japan was hit by an earthquake early Friday...
From afraid to confident: having the courage to be an advocate
When I was 15, I was outed as a lesbian to my parents by a girl I was dating at the time. While...
Library missing key ingredient: people
I read with interest Luke Zehr’s “Paradise Lost” in the February 24 issue of The Record....
