Perspectives
March 23, 2019
A not-so-private eye
I have never had Snapchat. Let’s check the list here: never added something to my Story, never shared a hilarious personal video, never even downloaded the app. As for crazy filters on my face? The last time I used those were when I was FaceTiming my roommates over the summer. This might seem strange to the other people in my generation. Most of my friends in high school and college have at least some experience with the app. According to a 2018 study, 186 million people use Snapchat every day. Even though Snapchat’s popularity has skyrocketed ever since its release...
January 17, 2019
Moving Forward by Stepping Back
To be blunt, taking a semester off halfway through your undergraduate degree is weird. Between second and third year is where things are supposed to really get difficult. But instead of focusing on my junior project like so many of my classmates were, I went home. My two years at college had been spent jumping from purpose to purpose, major to major. I didn’t have time to think about whether I would stay interested in my latest major, so I didn’t. It was easier to keep changing majors and chasing the high that comes with thinking that this time I...
February 3, 2010
“Different Shades, Same People” –GC from an African-American Perspective
During convocation on Wednesday, three Goshen College graduates and one current student shared their experiences at Goshen from an African-American perspective. Diversity at Goshen isn’t a new topic, but it isn't every day that the student body hears it from the African-American perspective. Nate West Jr., a current Goshen senior opened the chapel. Coming from the city of Canton, Ohio West said that when surrounded by the Mennonites and Amish buggies, he experienced cultured shock. “I didn’t even know what a Mennonite was before I was at Goshen!” The beginning of West’s Goshen experience was hard. He mentioned that students...
February 4, 2009
From Iraq to Goshen: a student veteran’s story
For Wayne Short, a first-year, the war in Iraq is more than a news topic or campaign issue. He served two tours of duty in the war. Short is a 24-year-old business and accounting double major with a Bible and religion minor. He lives locally in LaGrange County. When he graduated high school, Short was looking for a change. “I didn’t want to go to school anymore,” he said. Short passed up a full-ride basketball and football scholarship to Northwestern University to join the army. He enlisted when he was 18. Short went to basic training at Fort Knox, Texas...