A community of respect: making peace with our stuff getting snatched
The first week of class is an exciting time. Old friends are reunited and new friendships are formed. It is...
Beyond the bubble
Last spring I had the opportunity to spend a semester participating in the Washington Community Scholars’ Center. This program gives...
Hair
It’s that strange stuff that grows out of your head that most people take for granted and a lot of...
Speaking from Experience…
A few years ago we heard that people of a more conservative political or theological persuasion felt uncomfortable or even...
Keeping my voice isn’t selling out
As I read Ben Jackson’s perspective in the Record last week, I heard conversations he and I have had before...
Remembering our ignorance
I was sitting in biology class last week learning about nitrogen cycles and the like when some odd academic alignment...
Break the silence
I think my favorite aspect of Goshen College is how safe it is. We don’t need to have a Black...
Take the risk of listening
Talking to people with differing opinions and attitudes toward life is difficult and sometimes just plain awkward. I know this...
Braving controversy
It is getting close to the time when they will delete my username, and start forwarding my letters back to...
Hands on capitalism
Capitalism is sometimes cited as the root of global problems today – poverty and its associated problems, along with the...
Are we servant complainers?
Goshen College students recognize that many things are wrong. People look out into the world and see all of the...
Boxing my imagination
As I sit down to begin completing my homework, my mind floods with ideas of things that I could be...
Change we can’t vote for
Allow me to begin by stating that I did not vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. Neither...
Speaking from Experience…
Amber and I moved into Yoder Hall during the later part of July so that I could prepare for my...
Diversity Circles build community
One of the main attractions of Goshen College for me was its international studies emphasis. I was originally so stoked...
