Whipping cream
Sometimes I tend to be too serious. I feel my experiences deeply, I feel others’ experiences deeply, I ponder deep...
My day without shoes
On Tuesday, April 5, I committed to going a full 24 hours barefoot to support the efforts of TOMS Shoes...
Learning to embrace awkwardness in China
I departed for China Study-Service Term for fall semester of my sophomore year. I left Goshen (after doing all of...
Cricket: The heartbeat of India
“It’s a six!!!!” The Indian Cricket team ended the suspense by hitting a six (six points to the total score)...
Improvements needed in housing selection process
This perspective is meant to be a criticism of the housing decisions made by Resident Life this year, not an attack...
Host family recipes
Two large beets. One kilo of potatoes. Two small onions. A handful of mashed peanuts. Ground chili pepper. A bit...
Nothing we’ve ever Sheen before
Midlife crises are typically not a funny, informative, or wildly public thing, but today, we have an example that is...
I got served
I had been looking forward to my service assignment ever since I signed up for the Cambodia Study-Service Term (S.S.T.)...
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 morning, March 11,...
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...
Library missing key ingredient: people
I read with interest Luke Zehr’s “Paradise Lost” in the February 24 issue of The Record. Please know that the...
A call for student senators
As the academic year comes to an end, the student senate cabinet is wrapping up various agendas. One of which...
The power of a scapegoat
This week we were confronted with some confusing and albeit shocking news. News reports flashed: “Goshen College student fabricates rape”...
How I wandered into the Promised Land
“Not all who wander are lost.” This is a phrase I heard growing up, but never had fully understood. It...
Religious Polarization in Egypt
Egypt, as you might have noticed, has some serious problems that make life there hard – poverty, corruption, you name...
