When Suzanne Ehst, associate academic dean, was writing her dissertation, she encountered documentation of some of the anxieties and implications of the pencil replacing the standard quill and ink:   “There were certain writers who were so scared that [the pencil] was going to change the quality of writing,” Ehst said. “[It] was going to change the rhythms of writing — it was going to make our writing dumber when we didn’t have those natural pauses to dip our quill and ink.” As artificial intelligence becomes more prominent and accessible academics are wrestling with these new tools — determining what is...

By Mackenzie P. Miller • January 16, 2025 • Features

There’s a possibility that we’ll look back on this article someday and it won’t be so foreign. In 30 years, we might all be controlled by intelligent technology, naively created by our misguided confidence in human cleverness. Perhaps, the human race will be nothing more than a blip in our universe, a species that single-handedly orchestrated its own demise… BUT! Whew! That hasn’t happened yet. Let’s forget about it for now. Thank goodness artificial intelligence is still funny! So now I give to you, ChatGPT’s newest project: a Goshen College funnies article. May it please entertain us for many years...

By Naomi Klassen • November 2, 2023 • Funnies