satire
April 11, 2024
Letter of rebellion and news satire
Last semester, I met with Duane Stoltzfus, The Record’s faculty adviser and Goshen College Legend, to discuss an important matter: allowing news satire (in the same vein as The Onion) on the funnies page. It has long been banned from The Record for reasons I both agree and disagree with. Nonetheless, I laid out arguments and wrote short, sample articles for Duane, and afterward he said that he and the rest of the communication department would get back to me with an answer. They said no. This also lost me a bet with Tyson Miller, The Record’s news editor and...