A breath of British Columbia
I miss creation. This summer, I had the opportunity to experience nature unfolding. I spent it...
Experiencing shopping in Egypt
In Cairo, one cannot walk down most streets without noting densely packed areas of various shops....
Experiencing the Chilean earthquake first-hand
It’s 3:30 a.m. and our dog Bruno has started to bark very loudly. After taking a second or two to...
Riding in a ‘women’s car’
Elizabeth King is a sophomore student writing from Goshen College’s first Study-Service Term...
Take a look, recognize your local landscape
This summer I spent ten incredible weeks studying at the Au Sable Environmental Institute alongside...
Online perspective: Open letter from Nekeisha Alexis-Baker
An open letter to Goshen College in its time of discernment In spring 2010, I was part of a group...
If I Only Had a Brain
As a young child I was afraid of the Goosebumps book series. I’m probably still scared of them. As...
English and social work, empowerment with words
When I tell someone I am an English and social work double major, I often receive bewildered...
Egypt SST: Andrea Kraybill Reflects on the Good and Bad Things
Haga helwa wa haga wahesh. Good things and bad things. That’s the one phrase I know how...
Five items of business from David Zwier
Dear Goshenites, As people on the street continually tell us as we walk past, “Welcome in Egypt...
“Do you not like your bike, or what?!”
Every fall I watch as a lot of really nice bikes arrive on campus, and then as the weeks progress...
Lessons learned from a psychosocial moratorium
I entered my freshman year in Goshen College in a position I never imagined I’d be in. Five months...
Birding is worth the ‘fashion hit’
Certain persons in our household have been known to second guess the sartorial decision to appear in...
A brief and epic encounter with Steve Carrell
In a Home Depot parking lot in mid-town Los Angeles, my friends and I are about to be mobbed...
The delicious challenge of campfire cookouts
While most of the student body was working this summer simply to pay for the coming semester, I was...
