The Goshen College Winter One Acts will take the stage this weekend in the dual form of theater acts and film shorts—some new and some old. “Seldom is Heard” will appear in the Umble Center for the first time. The one act play, written by Mary Steelsmith, was runner-up for the 2012 Goshen Peace Play contest. The one act is directed by Nathan Vader, a senior, and the story follows the return of a wounded soldier from the war in Afghanistan to his wife and quiet home community in the Midwest. Vader hopes that the play’s themes will shed light...

By Emily Kraybill • February 13, 2013 • Arts

Jacob Landis-Eigsti, who graduated from Goshen College in spring 2011, will present 20 original comedies this Saturday at 10:00 p.m. in the Umble Center. The show will be completely free and is expected to last about 90 minutes. Landis-Eigsti has been working on films from a very young age. “I just loved the idea of creating something from an idea and sharing it with people; my friends and I remade Star Wars when I was nine," he said. That passion for films was apparent during his time at Goshen College, during which he accumulated many awards for his work on...

By Jair Hernandez • November 16, 2011 • News

This fall the communication department is launching FiveCore Media, the first video production unit at Goshen College to cater to both in-house and external clients. Kyle Hufford, a media professional and producer, has been hired as general manager of the venture and will oversee all video production projects. “The main goal of FiveCore Media is to provide students an environment where they can get professional video experience, working with real clients,” said Hufford. Unlike previous video production units at Goshen College, FiveCore Media will intentionally serve off-campus business clients in addition to producing videos for departments at the college. Early...

By Ariel Ropp • September 12, 2011 • News

Anna Deveare Smith will present the Keynote Address, “Glimpses of America in Change,” on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall. The address will be part of the Roy H. Umble Master Class and Yoder Public Affairs Lecture, which will be one event this year. The event is open to the public and free to all audiences. Smith is an actor and playwright best known for her works “Fires in the Mirror”and “Twilight: Los Angeles,” both produced in the early 1990s. In these dramas Smith documents her subjects’ ideas through a style in which she is the...

By Angie Troyer • September 7, 2011 • Arts

Jacob Landis-Eigsti, a junior, was groggily sifting through his e-mail inbox before his 8 a.m. class a few weeks ago when he stumbled upon an email from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). His music video “Beautiful,” the email said, had won second place in BEA's 2011 national competition—quite an achievement, considering that he was competing with about 1,000 other film students across the country. Another music video of Landis-Eigsti's took first place in the state competition last year, so at the urging of his broadcasting professor, Seth Conley, Landis-Eigsti submitted a video this year to the equivalent national competition—and promptly...

By Sarah Rich • February 24, 2011 • News

  Volunteers and students at Urban Faith Works, a small non-profit organization in Gary, IN, received quite the surprise when a ‘documentary’ film crew revealed the truth about their reason for filming there. The crew was actually part of the new ABC reality show Secret Millionaire. The premise of the show is that a millionaire goes undercover to various organizations that operate in underprivileged areas in the US. By the end of the week, according to the show’s website, the millionaire reveals their identity and donates “hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own money” to the organization. When the...

By Sara Alvarez • February 10, 2011 • Features

On October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school, killing and wounding 10 young girls. The nation was shocked by this act of incredible cruelty to a community who strives to separate themselves from the senseless violence of the modern world. This community, the Amish of Nickel Mines, Pa. went one step further in beliefs that many would already consider radical: they forgave the gunman. Not only in word; but in deed. They set up a fund for his widow and children. These events took place within the course of days. Goshen College Professor of History, Steve Nolt,...

By Jennifer Speight • April 1, 2010 • Features

The lights dimmed and the curtains opened as the Jamaican National Anthem began to blare through the theater in Umble. The culmination of almost a year’s worth of work by producer Doug Hallman and director Taylor Stansberry, “LifeSign,” the documentary on Deaf culture and opportunity in Jamaica exposed viewers to an entirely new format for a senior show as well as a new way to look at what it means to be a global citizen. The premier was a success, with 146 people, according to Doug Caskey, coming out to see the documentary, ranging from community members to ASL students,...

By Jennifer Speight • January 20, 2010 • Arts

Saturday Jan. 16 marks the culmination of a piece of art that began in the fall of 2008. “LifeSign,” a major collaborative work between various Goshen College students and alumni, is a documentary featuring the deaf community of Jamaica. The idea formed as five Goshen College students wrote a 50-page proposal to enter a competition for a peace and justice documentary, with a goal ofwinning the $5,000 grant. After a long period of waiting, the team got the green light in Jan. 2009 and geared up for months of planning the project. Various mishaps slowed the process down, including videographer...

By Andrea Kraybill • January 20, 2010 • Arts

For Topaz Adizes, the international filmmaker who will visit campus next Wednesday, making a documentary about the United States meant leaving North America entirely. Adizes’ new documentary, titled “Americana,” will be screened in AD 28 at 7:30pm on Wednesday Oct. 14 and will be followed by a Q & A session with the filmmaker. The documentary examines international perceptions of the U.S.A. while following the process of two high school graduates, Tim and Anthony, as they decide whether to enlist in the American military.  Shots of the students talking about their possible enlistment are interspersed with interviews conducted in Hiroshima,...

By Chase Snyder • October 7, 2009 • News

  This article was reported by Katelyn Yoder. Last year Goshen College sent four students to study for a semester in California at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center. Taylor Stansberry, a senior communication and theater double major, Doug Hallman, a senior communication major and theater double major, and Sarah Jensen and Dusty Diller, who both graduated in April, all enrolled at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center (LAFSC) last year. During the semester, they took classes and completed an internship with different companies based in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. While the students studied and worked in the...

By Admin • September 30, 2009 • Features

Rosario played the role of Omar, a drug dealer whose bad influence led the wealthy main characters’ children into a world of drugs. In his last scene, the show shut down the stores and stopped traffic at a shopping district to film him robbing a store with his friends. “We got out of the car and everybody was watching–the best part was when everybody cheered,” said Rosario. He does not let the fans get to his head, though, because although people do recognize him on the street, he made sure to point out that, “It’s not like they recognize me...

By Sara Alvarez • September 16, 2009 • Features

On Monday, the film “Handala” was screened at Goshen College. Adam Beach, the director, and Peder Wiegner, the executive producer, visited the college to introduce and answer any questions about the film or the current situation in Palestine. Wiegner graduated from Eastern University in 2008, with a concentration in political science, while Beach is currently a senior at Eastern with a focus on Middle Eastern studies, specifically Palestine. The film was an effort to bring two intrinsically different stories together to portray a paradox of tremendous hope and desolation. The screening was sponsored by both the P.A.X. club and the...

By David Wiegner • March 11, 2009 • Arts

Spring break 2009 kicks off tomorrow. Those of you stuck in wintry Goshen will no doubt be searching for activities to occupy your sudden burst of free time. Fortunately, we here at the arts page have a list of suggestions to help stave off boredom and make for a memorable break. What to watch According to most projections, “Slumdog Millionaire” will take home the best picture prize at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday. You can catch “Slumdog,” the movie that everybody’s talking about, right here in Goshen at the newly-expanded Linway Plaza Cinema. But “Slumdog” is no “Departed.”  This is...

By Ben Noll • February 18, 2009 • Arts

Goshen College students may recognize a face on the silver screen this spring. Isaac Smith, a senior, has a small role in “Sugar,” a movie about a man from the Dominican Republic who comes to the United States to play baseball. Smith plays Clubby, a clubhouse manager for the main character’s team. Before “Sugar,” Smith hadn’t acted much. In high school, he was part of some productions in small roles. “I was only listed as the cast, never as a major character,” Smith said. “I guess it didn’t matter.” He landed a spot in the credits of a Sony Pictures...

By Paul Boers • February 18, 2009 • Features