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 earlier,...
Birding is worth the ‘fashion hit’
Certain persons in our household have been known to second guess the sartorial decision to appear in public wearing a...
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 working...
Egypt perspective: Elspeth
Those of you who know me well know that I have a disturbingly keen imagination. Therefore, as I was...
MIP Perspective: Matthew Helmuth
This summer found me in an unexpected place – the center of Allentown, Penn., working with a tiny Mennonite church...
Dealing with dissonance
I recently attended the first women’s home volleyball game of the new school year. In my eagerness to see our...
The Egyptian Maple Leaf: Rachel Friesen
Ahlan wa-Sahlan from Cairo, Egypt! We have arrived safely, and I’m writing today from our language school overlooking the Hada’iq...
A letter of thanks–Bryce Bow
I wanted to take some time to write and say, well, “goodbye” to all of you (for now). I have...
Ode to Awkward People
It might be expected of us to write about certain subject matter regarding graduation, leaving Goshen behind, moving on to...
Enjoying the Twinkie’s at Goshen
“You can’t spend all your time worrying about where your next Twinkie is going to come from, so follow rule...
Letter to the Editor–Gus Hawkins
To Whom it May Concern, As a fellow Hoosier and loyal American, it disturbed me greatly to learn of the...
Senate Top Ten
Since everybody likes a short and sweet top 10 list, we’ve compiled one of our own. We know you already...
A perspective on the anthem–Kathy Meyer Reimer
(from the March 24 2010 chapel, “Perspectives on the anthem.” Good morning. I would like to begin this morning by...
Civil discourse redux–Joe Liechty
(from the March 24 2010 chapel, “Perspectives on the anthem.” Civil Discourse Redux Joseph Liechty At Goshen College, we talk...
