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FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Vol. 117 No. 16
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Student safety shuttle will operate on weekends
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S P ORTS
Track and Field
competes at Trine
Luis Pérez Lerchundi, 6
FEAT U RES
A GC alum’s journey
to American Idol
Frances Fonseca, 3
P ER SP EC T IVES
Reflections from
Hope for the Future
Dona Park, 7
The Student Safety Shuttle
will run every Friday and
Saturday night through the rest
of the semester. It is available to
any students who do not think that
they can get back home safely
from a party.
According to those closest to
the project, the goal of the shuttle
is to safely get students back to
campus and prevent things like
sexual assault.
Laura Miller, a sophomore
and treasurer of the Student
Senate, referenced the death of
a Goshen resident who froze
to death after passing out from
intoxication on his way home
in January as motivation for the
shuttle.
“We were concerned because
a lot of students walk home from
parties,” said Miller.
Sarah Hofkamp, a sophomore,
agrees that there is danger for
those who choose to drink while
at Goshen College.
“There is not a safe drinking
culture here. We think it’s a good
thing that Goshen is a dry campus,
but it has created some unintended
consequences because there aren’t
things in place to make it safe for
those who choose to drink. It’s on
the students to ensure each other’s
safety,” said Hofkamp.
“In regards to student alcohol
use, it seems Goshen College
has more often taken the route
of pretending [drinking] doesn’t
happen rather than provide
reasonable accommodations to
keep students safe. FIRSST saw
an opportunity to provide a service
to the student body that has the
Students Sarah Hofkamp, sophomore, David Jantz, sophomore, and Nat Dick, firstyear, sit in on the FIRSST meeting in the children’s library.
potential to prevent alcohol
related incidents,” commented
Claire Frederick, a sophomore
and coordinator for the safety
shuttle.
FIRSST,
or
Functional
Immediate Response Student
Safety Team, is the larger
initiative under which the safety
shuttle falls. FIRSST was created
by a group of people who wanted
to benefit the community, mainly
through bystander education on
what people can do to prevent
sexual assault.
According to Hofkamp
and Miller, most of the sexual
assault cases at parties happen
when people choose to stay the
night instead of going home or
Summer camps recruit GC students
MADDIE BIRKY
success. The service has had seven
calls over the past two weekends.
Students should call or text
the service if they are at a party
and don’t have a safe way to get
home, are alone with a friend who
is too drunk for them to assist
home, or are in an unsafe situation
and need to get out.
“It is also important to note
that the service is completely
confidential,” said Miller. “There
are no punitive measures taken
for consuming alcohol. We want
students to be respected.”
“And be respectful,” added
Hofkamp. “Use [the shuttle], but
don’t abuse it.”
Students can call or text the
safety shuttle at (574) 903-3383.
LEXA MAGNUSON
participating will have the
opportunity to win and acquire
tasty treats like Rise’n Roll
doughnuts and a variety of other
baked goods provided by CAC.
CAC has organized a
variety of games, obstacles and
new competitions for students
including a spread of inflatable
games in the gym. This year, the
bungee run and the obstacle course
will return once again as a feature
of the evening. Accompanying
these activities will be a jousting
activity, twister and a sticky wall.
Other activities will include
“yard games” like corn hole
and ladder golf. In the adjoining
classroom there will be a few more
toned-down competitions such as
Trivia or Bingo. All of the games
will differ widely in physical
exertion and offer some level of
fun for everyone attending.
Along with all of the games
that will be offered, CAC will be
handing out t-shirts as prizes for
selected activities. Besides the fun
games and inflatables, there will
be an assortment of snack food
provided by AVI available to all
attending students.
Nite at the RFC
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Looking
for
something
rewarding and fun to do this
summer? Then Camp Day is the
day for you. On Friday, February
6, Goshen College will be hosting
representatives from Mennonite
camps around the U.S. and
Canada to provide students with
information on how to apply for a
job. The representatives will have
information tables set up from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the first floor
connector by Java.
In the past, many GC
students have spent their summers
dedicating their time and energy to
helping children grow in their faith
through fun in the great outdoors.
Jill Steinmetz, a first-year, decided
to spend the summer before her
first year of college working on
staff at Camp Friedenswald in
Cassopolis, MI.
“Camp was a great experience
that taught me a lot about myself,
my faith and my place in this
world,” said Steinmetz. “It helped
when they accept rides home from
people they don’t know.
Drivers for the safety shuttle
are members of FIRSST and
are volunteers. According to
Frederick, drivers work in pairs
and follow a set of rules to ensure
their safety as well as the safety of
their passengers.
The vehicles used to shuttle
students are the volunteers’
own vehicles. Student senate is
currently funding the gas and
providing the cell phone where the
calls and texts are received. They
are working on getting t-shirts or
other kinds of insignias to identify
themselves to users.
So far, Hofkamp and Miller
feel that the shuttle has been a
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Maddie Birky, a sophomore, stands with her fellow camp
counselors from Camp Friedenswald over the summer.
me prepare for college by helping
my ability to make friends, build
compassion and work with
others.”
Lena Charles, a first-year,
worked at Amigo Centre for the
first time this past summer. She
said she felt more prepared for the
school year because camp “had
the college feel of being away
Photo by Emma
Koop Leichty
from home.”
When asked about her favorite
part of her camp experience,
Charles said, “There were a lot of
moments where the kids would
open up to me and I could help
them in some way, and that felt
really good.”
See CAMP, page 4
Photo by Sadie
Gustafson-Zook
This Friday, February 6, the
Campus Activities Council (CAC)
will be putting a new spin on
inflatable fun. Starting at 10:00
p.m. to midnight, the RecreationFitness Center will once again host
this semester’s Night At the RFC.
Like last year, this event
is free and open to all Goshen
students interested in attending,
and all students will have an equal
opportunity to participate and win
prizes for each event.
Many of the past activities
included an inflatable obstacle
course, a bungee run and sumo
wrestling, but this year’s main
event will include a series of
inflatable games. In previous
years, the night has included
three-on-three
tournaments,
walleyball, climbing walls and
other invigorating activities and
competitive challenges.
One event featured in past
Nights at the RFC that is being
brought back for this semester’s
event is the cakewalk. All students
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Students travel to Florida, attend conference
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
THIS WEEK
Friday, February 6
10:00 am
7:30 pm
10:00 pm
Saturday, February 7
7:30 pm
9:00 pm
Sunday, February 8
8:00 pm
College students from around the country gathered in Florida for the
Hope for the Future conference
RAMONA
WHITTAKER
Staff Writer
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Two weekends ago, Goshen
College’s Center for Intercultural
and International Education (CIIE)
arranged for several staff and
students to fly out to Fort Myers,
Florida in order to attend the
Hope for the Future Conference
organized by the Mennonite
Education Agency (MEA). The
conference lasted from January 23
to 25, and three students affiliated
with CIIE were selected to attend:
Malcolm Aquinini, sophomore
vice-president of the Black Student
Union, Dona Park, sophomore
Photo contributed by Dona Park
representative of the International
Student Club, and Samantha Peña,
junior representative of the Latino
Student Union. Accompanying
them were Gilberto Perez,
senior director of intercultural
development
&
educational
partnerships; DaVonne Kramer,
diverse
student
program
coordinator; and Rocio Diaz,
multicultural outreach community
liason, though other persons
affiliated with Goshen College
also attended, including college
president Jim Brenneman.
The MEA’s online description
of the conference called it “a
gathering for leaders of color and
Mennonite Church USA leaders to
work at finding adaptive solutions
for
culturally
appropriate
leadership development.” The
conference studied power and
categorized how it works in
different ways. For Aquinini,
however, the purpose was “to
get people of color in Mennonite
institutions together.” The students
enjoyed the experience and felt
that it had been a worthwhile use
of the weekend. Aquinini added,
“While it was good to familiarize
myself with relationships and
power, just being there and seeing
that there are . . . people of color
in the Mennonite institution doing
wonderful things really made
me reflect on how I could better
myself and my approach to social
justice.”
schedule despite the weather, I,
along with many other Goshen
college students, was surprised
to see the school remain open
on Monday. Not because I was
expecting the school to close the
minute GC caught wind of the
other closures, but I had expected
the school to cancel their classes
out of respect and consideration
for the commuting students and
staff who aren’t living on campus.
What kind of message are
we, as an institution, sending by
expecting all commuting students
and staff to make it to campus for
class when the roads are not safe to
drive on? What do we value more?
A few fifty-minute class periods or
a student’s life? We are fortunate
enough to have a balanced mix of
commuting students and students
living on campus at Goshen
College, and this balance provides
classes with a nice mixture of
perspectives and opinions. But
we as an institution are liable for
all students attending classes and
cannot suggest that a five minute
walk from the apartments to
Newcomer Center is the same as
a twenty-minute drive down the
back roads of Elkhart.
State of emergency or no state
of emergency, travel advisory
or no travel advisory, it is the
responsibility of the school to
make sure that all students—not
just the students living on school
grounds—are safe. If cancelling
classes after a severe snowstorm
prevents dozens of commuting
students and staff members from
risking their safety and their lives
driving to campus, then it should
be something that is considered.
I understand that the school
has certain regulations about
what needs to happen in order
for school to cancel, but I firmly
believe that the safety of others is
more important to uphold than a
list of bullet points on a sheet of
paper. Especially when it comes to
the lives of individuals that make
this educational environment as
special and unique as it is.
You may tread lightly on the
cleared sidewalks and walkways
around campus, but when the next
serious snow storm comes our
way, please treat the value and the
safety of our commuting students
and staff members with the utmost
weight.
For the RECORD
Snow has overwhelmed
campus this week.
Fourteen inches of snow, to
be exact. Beginning on Saturday
night and coasting through the
entirety of Super Bowl Sunday,
the amount caused all schools
within the Goshen and Elkhart
counties to put their learning on
pause for the day. All schools
except for Goshen College, that
is.
Firstly, I’d like to extend
my appreciation and gratitude to
the snow crew from the Physical
Plant for working as hard as they
did in order to clear all sidewalks,
walkways and parking lots by
Tuesday. The amount of snow
didn’t make things easy for you,
so on behalf of everyone on
campus, thank you so much for
making the walk to class on a
cleared sidewalk possible. I’d
like to extend another thank you
out to the school’s custodial staff
as well. With more snow, there
are more slippery entry ways
and hallways. So, thank you for
thinking of us and considering our
safety when the weather makes
things challenging.
While I admire the college’s
persistence and desire to continue
onward with the normal class
Kayla Riportella, a junior,
is the editor-in-chief of the
Record. “For the Record” is a
weekly editorial.
Monday, February 9
10:00 am
Tuesday, February 10
Summer Camp
Recruitment Day,
First Floor Connector
Faculty Recital: Charles
Castleman,
Rieth Recital Hall
Night @ the RFC:
Inflatable Fun
55th Annual Concerto
Aria Concert,
Rieth Recital Hall
Hymn Sing,
First Floor Connector
Taize Worship,
NC 19
HLC update for staff
and administration,
AD 28
3:00 am
MSN Poster Presentation
and NCLEX Celebration,
College Mennonite
Church
7:30 pm
The Peking Acrobats,
Sauder Concert Hall
7:30 pm
Catholic Community
Apologetics Night,
NC 19
Wednesday, February 11
10:00 am
4:00 am
Convo: Black History
Month
Science Speaker,
SC 108
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One Goshen graduate’s Winter’s run to the farmer’s market
journey to American Idol RAMONA
WHITTAKER
Staff Writer
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Sammy Rosario beams at the American Idol judges
preceding his audition.
FRANCES FONSECA
Staff Writer
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Puerto Rico native and Goshen
College graduate Samuel Rosario,
now more commonly referred to
as Sammy Prince, has certainly
made moves since his graduation
in 2013. “I’ve been working really
hard!” said Rosario. “I moved to
San Francisco to pursue a master’s
degree in acting. I’ve had a small
appearance in an HBO series and
done some commercials.” The
broadcasting and theater doublemajor has certainly made it on
the big screen since he departed
Goshen.
Rosario has been chasing
his life-long dreams. When asked
at one what point he realized
he wanted to pursue acting as a
career, he answered, “Ever since
I can remember, it [has] lived in
me.” Rosario has been inspired
to pursue his dreams since he
was very young. “I have always
looked up to Raul Julia,” said
Rosario. “He was the first Puerto
Rican to win an Oscar—obviously
Ricky Martin as well. He’s done
it all: music, Broadway, movies
and television.” These artists
have worked their way up to be
successful in the music industry
and have paved a path for other
Latino artists like Rosario. “My
biggest influence, however, is my
mother Caroline Gonzalez; she
has supported my dreams from the
beginning. She has always told me
that if I want something, I should
go get it. No excuses.”
Though Rosario has
already worked hard to catch the
attention of the public with his
acting, a recent audition on the
television show “American Idol”
has put Rosario in the public eye.
“One of my friends heard me
sing in a small jazz concert and
encouraged me to audition for
American Idol. I never thought
I would actually do it.” Though
he did not think he was going to
audition, he did, and his audition
on the show has been watched on
Youtube by over 300,000 people.
Though Rosario did not advance
Photo contributed by
Sammy Rosario
in the competition, he is happy
that he had the opportunity to
be a part of the experience. “It’s
been amazing! They’ve always
treated me with a lot of love and
respect on the show. It’s a very
professional environment and I
was very blessed to be part of it.”
Even though “American
Idol” didn’t work out for Rosario,
he has not let that get in the way
of pursuing his dreams. “My
heart belongs both to music and
acting,” said Rosario. Now, he
plans to continue his career in
the arts. The amount of support
that Rosario has been receiving
since his audition for “American
Idol” has impacted him greatly.
“It feels incredibly amazing. I
honestly do not deserve all of this
love. I am so blessed and humbled
that people are taking the time to
write me and congratulate me. I
feel so blessed, and I thank God
every night for putting in my life
so many amazing friends from all
over the world!”
Rosario has been shining
light on not only Goshen College,
but the Latino community as
well. He was asked how it feels
to be receiving so much fame
and success and what that meant
to him as a Latino. He responded
“Oh, I don’t think I am famous.
But I am excited because, like
Gina Rodriguez said when she
accepted her Golden Globe award,
‘This [attention] is so much more
than myself, it represents a culture
that wants to see themselves as
heroes.’ If my successes and my
failures encourage and open doors
for many other Latinos fighting
for their dreams, then I’ve done
something right in this world and
all the glory be to God.”
Rosario offers some
advice for fellow students who
also dream of pursing a career in
the arts. “It’s a very hard career.
I will say that they should keep
going and knocking on doors no
matter what. The world is in need
of artists who aren’t afraid of being
themselves, who go out there and
don’t take no for an answer. Go
out there and knock them out with
your originality!”
Last Saturday, I was rudely
awakened by my alarm at the
unholy hour of Before Nine in
the Morning because I planned
on making an expedition to the
Farmer’s Market for the first time
this semester. I tend to wage war
on sleep deprivation (bane of the
college student!) on Saturdays,
and I am not one to wake easily
or soon. So if I am out of bed
before noon, rest assured that
whatever I find myself doing is
going to be worthwhile (or at least
interesting.)
It was a picture-perfect sort of
morning, with a conspicuous lack
of nasty gray slush, a bright blue
sky and plenty of sun. College
students (names withheld mostly
because it’d take a while to write
them down) piled into cars and
drove to the Mill Race Center,
where the Farmer’s Market is
held year-round. We followed the
signs, and after long search and a
duel of wits with another citizenfilled transport, we arrived and
all tromped into Rachel’s Bread.
Rachel’s is attached to the Mill
Race Center, and people were
walking through the door every
five minutes or so, bringing in gusts
of cold air, children in ridiculously
small coats, interesting jewelry
and business.
We decided to order breakfast
before anything else and dumped
our coats onto chairs while we
carried several kinds of coffee,
some chocolate-filled croissants,
blintz with cherry sauce, figpecan cinnamon rolls and other
mouthwatering foodstuffs to the
Students Laura Miller and Maddie Gerig,
sophomores join Ramona Whittaker, a first-year
for lunch at Rachel’s Bread after their trip to the
farmer’s market.
table. The place was full and the
line for food stretched halfway
around the room, but people
seemed happy to be out of the
cold and the buzz of conversation
never died down. A woman in
Amish dress came in to refill her
coffee at the same time I did, and
she wished me a cheery “good
morning” before heading back to
her booth, which was stocked with
things like maple syrup, jams,
jellies and honey. The large floor
area was interesting and colorful.
There were aprons and raw-milk
cheese, enameled rings and knit
hats, and if I had been making
judgments on the best-smelling
booth, the Soapy Gnome with its
lavender-peppermint soap bars
would have won the prize.
I wandered around the
market, greedily soaking in the
green of fresh vegetables and
nearly burning the roof of my
mouth on a spicy salsa-like dip.
I was offered a mix of peanutbutter-and-banana trail food with
Photo by Naomi Gross
an interesting chewy texture that
was very good and then stopped
to look at some beautiful scarves
and jewelry. A friend bought one
of those scarves, immediately
put it on, and has been wearing it
since. There was a raised platform
in a corner with chairs on it where
musicians played, and the nearest
corner to that one was occupied
by ceramics which were both
useful and pleasing to the eyes.
The person running the booth,
a smiling potter with clay on his
hands, invited me in to look at an
assortment of glazed mugs, pots
and sculptures that made me wish
my mother were having a birthday
soon.
When I left the Farmer’s
Market, I looked around to watch
the crowd of smiling and laughing
human beings mill around in
warm, colorful coats and scarves
as they chattered and laughed with
the vendors, and I knew that this
was one thing that had definitely
been worth waking up for.
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February 5, 2015
Men’s chorus announce 2015 tour
CHELSEA RISSER
Contributing Writer
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The Goshen College men’s
chorus prepares for their
six-day tour to New Orleans
With spring break quickly
approaching, the Men’s Chorus
is preparing for their six-day tour
to New Orleans. On Saturday,
February 21st, the men will
board their bus and make a few
short stops in Indianapolis and
Mississippi
before
reaching
Nola, New Orleans, where they
will perform in various churches,
schools and also in a rest home.
The choir will arrive in New
Orleans on Monday and head back
to Goshen on Thursday. They will
arrive on campus on Friday just in
time for their concert on Sunday,
March 1st at 7:30 p.m.
Scott Hochstetler, associate
professor of music and the Men’s
Chorus director, is very excited
about the location and the theme
of the tour this year. The theme is
one of GC’s core values—ChristCenteredness.
“Nearly all of the songs
selected for the tour are sacred,”
Hochstetler said. The choir is
singing three arrangements by
Moses Hogan, a widely known
New Orleans composer who has
done countless arrangements of
spirituals. The mother of Etienne
Davis, a student at GC, had the
opportunity to sing with Hogan
while on a tour a number of years
ago, deepening the connection
between the GC Men’s Chorus
and Hogan’s pieces.
The Men’s Chorus tour
happens once every three years, so
many of the members of the choir
have not had the chance to go on
a choir tour until this spring break.
The last tour took place in Kansas
City and was an enjoyable trip for
all who went.
Jimmy
Bontrager,
a
sophomore member of the
Men’s Chorus, has never been
on a Goshen College choir tour
before but is excited to have the
opportunity to go this spring
break. Bontrager mentioned that
he loves performing with the
men’s choir and he said that “the
chance to perform and perfect
our repertoire multiple times in
different big cities on the way
down to Louisiana is going to
be a very thrilling and rewarding
experience.”
The New Orleans culture is a
major draw for many of the Men’s
February 3- Student
Senate Meeting: In Four
ALMA ROSA
CARILLO FLORES
Contributing Writer
[email protected]
Student senate talks about
SMRF, FIRRSST, and more at
the meeting Feb. 3.
1. SMRT
(Sexual
Misconduct Response Team) There was a meeting this past
Tuesday (February 3) with 5
members. Launa Rohrer will be
meeting with SMRT next week
while it is decided the place and
the time for a possible informative
convocation. Senate will be the
main sponsorship of the event.
2. FIRSST
(Functional
Immediate Response Student
Safety Team) - Student Senate
member Laura Miller wrote a
proposal; the rest of the members
will review the proposal and it will
be decided if is approved or not
on next week’s meeting. FIRSST
was approved by Student Senate
to become a club.
3. Administration Update –
President’s Council (PC) minutes
will be provided to Student
Senate from December. Sarah
Keating recommends that the
Junior Search Campaign with
Noel Levitz should be number
one priority, and feedback will
be requested from the consulting
group. The HLC draft chapters
will be reviewed along with
having a group discussion with
chapters 1, 2 and 5 of selfstudy. PC members received an
invitation to meet with Mennonite
Members of the Goshen College Men’s choir perform during last semester’s
Festival of Carols.
Chorus members with its unique
music and food. Martin Flowers,
a junior Men’s Chorus member,
noted that, “New Orleans is one
of those places that’s so rich
with culture, especially with Jazz
music, so I’m looking forward to
From CAMP, page 1
Maggie Weaver, a sophomore
who spent her summer working at
Camp Squeah in Canada, really
enjoyed Camp Day last year.
“I think that a lot of people
found camps they enjoyed and
pastors for lunch. Lastly, a student didn’t know about because you
complaint proposal was made have a wide variety of camps,”
to the administration and the said Weaver. “It can really hard
submitted draft is currently being to know what things are going
reviewed.
to be like, so talking with [the
4. Open Floor (individual representatives] is really helpful.”
senate member’s concerns) - According to Weaver, working at
Laura Miller mentioned that camp can be about more than just
it is important to question the the kids.
administration for the lack of
“[Camp] is another chance to
faculty of color. Student Senate explore and identify yourself in a
proposed to invite Euware different context,” said Weaver.
Osayande (MLK speaker) to have “I grew a lot in different ways by
an educational conversation, since being in an intentional community
this lack of diversity is believed space like camp.”
to be a systematic problem within
Working at a summer camp
our campus.
does not necessarily mean you’ll
Find more complete minutes be a counselor the entire time.
from our meeting at www. goshen. Sawyer Biddle, a first-year, was
edu/senate/home/minutes/
on the maintenance crew at
Next Student senate meeting Menno Haven Camp and Retreat
time: February 10 at 8pm in AD21 Center this past summer.
All of our meetings are
“Even though I wasn’t a
open to students and community counselor, I still got lots of time
members! Please join us any time! to interact with kids and of course
other
staff,”
said
Biddle. “Going to camp
this summer helped me
make the transition
to living away from
home and living in a
communal setting. I
also met several super
Attention GC students!
cool Goshen students
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friends with.”
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Besides the camps
when you show your student already mentioned,
Camp Camrec, Camp
I.D.
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Luz, Camp Mack,
Camp
Mennoscah,
S. Main Street
Crooked
Creek
Goshen.
Christian
Camp,
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Mountain
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Mennonite Camp and
Wilderness Wild will
be represented.
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spending my free time going to
as many local performances as I
can.”
Hochstetler is also looking
forward to experiencing the
culture and food of New Orleans,
although he is most excited to
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get away from the cold Indiana
weather. While in New Orleans,
the choir members will be staying
with host families and will have
some free time to be tourists,
relax, enjoy each other’s company
and explore the vibrant city.
BRIEFS
PEACE CORPS COMING TO
GC
Are you interested in the Peace
Corps? Would you be interested
in earning a master’s degree at
the same time? Heather Deering,
a representative from Michigan
Technological University, will be
on campus this Friday to recruit
for their Peace Corps Master’s
International Program. You can
meet with Ms. Deering in the
Leaf Raker from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. on February 6. For
more information, see the campus
communicator.
“MEET ME IN THE ART
GALLERY”
EVENT
THIS
FRIDAY!
Come in from the cold and
warm up with beautiful art and live
music by the Merriman Jazz Trio!
Be inspired by the Scholastic Art
Awards Exhibition, showcasing
the talent of the region’s awardwinning middle and high school
artists.
When: Friday, Feb. 6, 5:30
p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: South Bend
Museum of Art
Cost: Free tickets from the
GC Communications & Marketing
Office. Pick up your ticket from
Wyse Room 115.
SUBMIT TO RED CENTS
Red
Cents,
Goshen’s
literary arts journal, is seeking
submissions for this year’s edition.
Short fiction and non-fiction,
poetry and artwork of any medium
are all eligible for submission.
Submissions are welcome from
all students and faculty, regardless
of major or discipline. Submit by
February 14 to hjbrooks@goshen.
edu!
CORRECTIONS
In the Jan 29 issue of the
Record, the article “Music faculty
performs” was written by Jenae
Longenecker, not Chelsea Risser.
Along with this, the photo of the
1989 Aerobics Champions and the
photo of the first-place barbershop
quartet from Kick Off were both
taken by Comm-Mar, not Alex
Pletcher.
CLARIFICATION
In the Jan 29 issue, for the
article “SST requirements change
for GC transfer students”, the
changes in Core requirements for
transfer students explained do not
apply to all transfers. They apply
only to transfer students who
have earned an Associates degree
before transferring to Goshen
College.
INTRAMURAL SOCCER SIGN
UPS ARE NOW LIVE!
Deadline to enter is Feb. 25 at
noon! The season starts on March
5. We’ll feature a men’s league and
a women’s league. You may have
a maximum of 12 players and a
minimum of 6 to enter a league.
For both leagues no more than four
collegiate players (of any level) on
each team, which includes anyone
who has played JV or varsity
soccer this past fall or plans to
play next fall. Also included are
those who sat out due to an injury
or served as an assistant coach last
season. All roster players must
be currently enrolled students at
Goshen College or current faculty/
staff. All teams are encouraged
to wear color-coordinated shirts
during games. Register your team
at the following link: http://www.
goshen.edu/intramurals/indoorsoccer/
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Lancers hold off Maple Leafs
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BY THE
NUMBERS
Women's Basketball vs. Grace College
Saturday, Jan. 31 @ Goshen College
Record: 16-8, 7-5 conf.
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GOSHEN
72
GRACE
Men’s Basketball vs. Grace College
Saturday, Jan. 31 @ Goshen College
Record: 13-11, 6-6 conf.
Junior Liz Tecca dribbles around Lancer opponent during
the match on Saturday.
Photo contributed by Mandy Schlabach
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GOSHEN
73
GRACE
Men’s Basketball vs. Marian University
Tuesday, Feb. 3 @ Goshen College
Record: 13-12, 6-7 conf.
60
GOSHEN
68
MARIAN
Women’s Basketball vs. Marian University
Wednesay, Feb. 4 @ Goshen College
Record: 16-9, 7-6 conf.
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Junior Dominique Bolden, fends off two Grace defenders while
going up for a shot.
SETH WESMAN
Sports editor
[email protected]
On
Saturday
afternoon,
Goshen’s men’s and women’s
basketball team hosted a double
header against Grace College.
Both Maple Leaf teams had
defeated Grace earlier in the
season in exciting games, but the
visiting Lancers avenged those
disappointments with two exciting
wins of their own.
The Goshen women started
the day’s first game by jumping out
to a quick lead over Grace, scoring
within the first 30 seconds. The
Maple Leaf and the Lancers traded
early lead changes throughout the
first half until Grace got the lead
and held it for the final 3 minutes
of the half, taking a 33-29 lead into
the break. The second half was
more of the same as the two teams
battled back and forth. Several
times earlier in the half Grace
appeared to be pulling away, but
each time Goshen came roaring
back to make it a one or two
possession game. With less than
13 minutes remaining Goshen
trailed by 9 and was on the wrong
end of an 8-0 run before going on
a 13-2 run of their own to take a
53-51 lead with 8:40 left to play.
The final minutes of the game
were the same as the first minutes
of the game, as the teams each
looked to deal that final blow that
would knockout the other.
Grace took a 2 point lead
with 32 seconds remaining but
Goshen responded as junior Liz
Tecca hit a shot with 14 seconds
left to tie the game at 70. But the
Lancers had one last shot in them
and took the lead for good with 8
seconds on the clock. Goshen’s
final opportunity was squandered
on a turnover with 2 seconds left.
Despite outscoring Grace in the
2nd half, this time it was Goshen
who was had to endure a 2 point
defeat at home; the same way
the Maple Leafs had knocked off
Grace on the road earlier in the
season.
Goshen was led by Tecca
on offense with 16 points and a
team high 4 defensive rebounds.
Sophomore Sophia Sears and
first-year Keshia Ward added 13
points 7 rebounds and 12 points
6 rebounds respectively. Junior
Tyra Carver contributed 12 points
off the bench. Sears and Tecca
each recorded one of the team’s 2
blocks as well. Despite shooting
better from the field, Goshen had
17 less foul shot attempts and 13
fewer points off foul shots than
Grace. The Goshen women now
sit at 16-8 (7-5 conference) on
the season and played Marian
University in Indianapolis on
Wednesday night, and are at home
on Saturday against Huntington.
GOSHEN
76
MARIAN
Photo contributed by Mandy Schlabach
Goshen’s men looked to end
the double header with a win and
complete a season sweep of Grace,
but ultimately fell by a score of
73-63. Senior Stefon Luckey led
the Leafs with 15 points and 4
rebounds, while juniors Brandon
Demmings
and
Dominique
Bolden scored 8 points apiece.
Demmings also added a team high
7 rebounds for Goshen. Goshen
was hampered by only shooting
57% from the line and registering
just 5 second chance points the
entire game. Grace meanwhile
shot 50% from the field and 40%
from 3 point range, which was
enough to secure the victory.
After trailing for most of the
first half and entering the break
down 11, the Maple Leafs looked
to get things back under control
in the second half. Goshen spent
the early stages of the half trying
to chip away at the Lancers lead,
cutting it to a two possession
game at 61-57 with 3 ½ minutes
remaining. It was the closest the
Maple Leafs would get to the
victory as Grace closed the door
by outscoring Goshen 12-6 in the
final 3 minutes of play.
With the loss, the Maple
Leafs are dropped to 13-11(66 conference) for the year and
have now lost 2 in a row. They
played
Marian
University
at home on Tuesday night
and next play on Saturday at
Huntington University.
Scan to visit GoLeafs.net
for complete scores
and statistics.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Intramural Basketball Track team sets new records
Results
Race walkers compete
with new members
Mollie Nebel, a senior, leaps over a hurdle during the track
invitational at Trine University
LUIS PÉREZ
LERCHUNDI
Sports editor
[email protected]
Seniors Mitchell Brickson, Kolton Nay, and Brad
Sandlin compete at a home race walk meet last year.
The team travels to
Cedarville Invitational
MICHAEL WALKER
Staff Writer
michaelgw​@goshen.edu
This weekend, the race
walking
team
traveled
to
Cedarville, Ohio to compete in
the Cedarville College Invitational
meet – without their head coach,
Doug Yoder.
Walkers Brad
Sandlin (senior), Kolton Nay
(senior),
Mitchell
Brickson
(senior), Abby Dunn (junior), and
Kayla Gray (sophomore) traveled
alone to compete. New additions
to this year’s team are Justin King
(senior) and Nicholas Peebles
(sophomore). They are planning
on competing in the upcoming
home meet.
When asked about competing
without Coach Yoder, senior Brad
Sandlin commented, “His manly
mustache was missed, but we
managed ourselves quite nicely.
Our lack of collective facial hair
did not phase us in the least bit,
and most of us improved our times
from the previous meet.”
Conceivably, it would be
difficult competing without a
coach present, but according
to sophomore Kayla Gray, the
upperclassmen stepped up and
took on leadership roles. “Having
Doug not present at the meet was
mentally difficult for me, mainly
Photo contributed
by goleafs.net
because I am used to having a
source of encouragement at my
races. Since my family lives
really far away [in Maine],
Doug’s encouragement takes
their place. Honestly, not hearing
Doug yell at me to ‘use my arms
and push off my toes,’ definitely
hindered my race,” she explained.
“Thankfully my teammates,
who are all upperclassmen, were
extraordinarily
encouraging
and supportive,” she continued.
“Kolton, Brad, and Mitchell
were all cheering for Abby and
me throughout our race. Kolton
and Brad actually sacrificed their
warm-up time to take splits for
Abby and me.”
All competitors were quite
successful in their races. Brickson
finished first among male
collegiate competitors walking
the 3,000 meters (1.86 miles)
in 13:57.16. On the women’s
side, Dunn finished third overall
(second among college athletes)
with a time of 15:41.81. Nay
and Sandlin finished second and
third among college walkers,
with Nay (14:18.23) crossing the
line one-hundredth of a second
before his “bitter rival,” Sandlin
(14:18.24). Gray finished fourth
among collegiate women in
16:09.15. The whole tack team
looks forward to the Raven
Indoor Invitational that will take
place in Anderson, Indiana on
February 7th.
The Goshen College track
and field team had a strong
performance at the Don and Riley
Zimmer Indoor Classic. The event
was located at Angola, Ind. and
hosted by Trine University. This
event gave Goshen College some
good news as a school record fell
and a Maple Leaf athlete won her
event in her second career race.
At Trine, senior Mollie Nebel
set a new school record after
taking the third place overall
with 1:01.81 in the 400-meter
dash. Nebel improved the time
1.32 seconds of the mark that
she set last week at Findlay, Oh.
Nebel ran again in the women’s
60 meter-event hurdles and she
finished fourth in 10.07 seconds.
In the women’s 60-meter,
sophomore Melia Watkins and
senior Alia Munley clocked
in at 8.52 and 8.60 seconds
respectively, getting the sixth and
the eighth positions.
The first-year athletes also
made a mark in their second meet.
First-year runner Jill Steinmetz
won the 600-meter race after
finishing with a time of 1:44.27.
Another first-year, Lena Charles,
got the third and the fourth
position in triple jump and long
jump respectively.
The men’s success came from
the seniors Alejandro Rodriguez,
who took second in the 5000-meter
run; Moses Kaelo, who was fourth
in the mile; and Kyler Lehman,
who claimed the third place in
triple jump.
One of the men who
competed, sophomore Vinicius
Campos, talked about the meet
at Trine University. “The team
did really well in this meet,
given it’s only the second meet
of the season,” he said. “We
had some personal bests, which
is awesome.” Campos added,
“Particularly, I did not so bad, I
got a personal record in the 200m
Photo contributed by goleafs.net
race, but there’s always the feeling
that you can do better than that.”
Campos believes that preseason was really important for
the performance as he considers
it “the best we had in a couple of
years.” He said, “We introduced
new stuff, and we are seeing the
positive results right now. We
started new workouts and got
closer because a lot of people are
coming from last season, and it
creates more team unity.”
After getting one of his goals
in the second race, Campos wants
to have another personal record in
the 400m. For the team, he said
that they are working really hard
so they have high expectations
for this indoors season. “The
main goal is to place higher in
the Crossroads League and set the
stage for outdoors,” he said.
The Maple Leafs will be back
in competition on Saturday, Feb.
7, at the Raven Indoor Invitational
hosted by Anderson University.
Full Goshen results are at
GoLeafs.net.
UP NEXT
FOR THE LEAFS
and Women’s Track & Field
2/7 MenRaven
Indoor Invitational @ Anderson University
2/7 1:00 p.m. @ Goshen College
Men’s Basketball vs. Huntington University
2/7 3:00 p.m. @ Huntington University
Men’s Basketball vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene University
2/10 7:00 p.m. @ Goshen College
Women’s Basketball vs. Mt Vernon Nazarene University
2/11 7:00 p.m. @ Mount Vernon Nazarene
Women’s Basketball vs Huntington University
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Pe rs pe c ti ve s
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Reflections: Is there hope for the future?
DONA PARK
Staff Writer
[email protected]
With a rolling suitcase in
hand, I felt the warmth of the
sun’s rays kiss me on the cheeks.
Although I had never visited
Florida, I knew that this was it, far
away from the harsh winter winds
of Indiana. I, along with Goshen
faculty members and two other
students, found myself in Florida
from January 25 to 28. Malcolm
Stovall, a sophomore, Samantha
Peña, a senior, and I were the first
to represent student presence,
along with other students from
EMU and Hesston, at the fourth
Hope for the Future Conference.
This was a Mennonite diversity
conference, where Mennonite
leaders of different ethnicities
and races gathered to identify
and discuss problems of diversity
and discrimination within the
Mennonite community.
Initially, people were divided
into caucuses: white, people of
color and students. Later, the
participants of the conference were
divided into groups and walked
through case studies that reflected
our own experiences. Although I
was surprised at this intentional
division (namely, the division of
white and people of color), I later
recognized the benefit. Beyond
the conference, we live in a world
where people of minority have to
struggle to have their voices heard
in society where one culture is
dominant. Here at the conference,
space was created for minorities to
be comfortable and share painful
and enlightening experiences.
It was different, but a good
kind of different, to be surrounded
by people of color. Within the
community, I recognized that
minorities had gathered together
and there was so much power in
fellowship—we talked together,
sang together and ate together.
Here was a safe community where
my status as Korean Canadian
was recognized but not seen as a
representation of my whole being.
I was not a name off the diversity
checklist or a face to represent
the whole Korean community.
I do take pride in being Korean
Canadian, but here I was
appreciated for the experiences
surrounding my ethnicity and not
for just my ethnicity’s sake.
It made me pause to reflect.
Like the saying, “hindsight is
always the clearest,” I was never
aware of systemic racism that
has attacked my family and me.
Previously, I couldn’t point my
finger at the problem; when faced
with discrimination, I would
feel horrible and confused. For
instance, when other students
wrinkled their noses in disgust
after I had opened my lunch bag,
I remember telling my mom I
wanted “white people food.”
My Korean heritage was like a
disgusting aftertaste. My mom
was obviously upset, and I felt
terrible for making her upset. Still,
at that time, I didn’t understand
what was going on.
After the conference, I
discovered the language to
address and analyze these types of
situations. What is it about having
a dominant white culture that can
pressure a person of a minority to
assimilate? Why was it so wrong
Sophomores Malcolm Stovall and Dona Park stand with Samantha Pe ña, a
junior, at the Hope for the Future conference in Fort Myers, Florida.
to bring Korean food? Or, a more
direct question—why was it so
wrong to be Korean?
I continued to reflect during
and after the conference, and
remembered the Martin Luther
King Jr. Coffeehouse, the one
single day at Goshen College that
addresses racial discrimination.
You might recall that I read a poem
at the coffeehouse expressing my
frustration of racial discrimination.
I told the story of my family; while
writing, I realized that my parents
had to bear the majority of the
burden, as they are first generation
immigrants.
I was surprised at the stoic
and serious expressions of the
audience, especially when few
people came up to me and spoke
words of appreciation. I really
did, and still do, appreciate your
supportive words. However,
what use are words and thoughts
if they are not accompanied by
action? Even if your parents have
taught you to be respectful and
appreciative of different cultures,
how would I, a person who will
always be a minority, know?
Don’t be sorry for me or my
experiences; they are mine and
they make me strong.
Goshen College’s student
body (yes you) needs to take a
step forward in displaying active
hospitality to create space for
minorities. Saying “hello” while
trekking across the layers of snow
doesn’t cut it for me. Be the one
to initiate conversation and invite
others for food. Understand that
developing relationships will be
uncomfortable, but embrace the
uncomfortableness.
The conference did more than
just teach me a couple of words to
point out discrimination. It taught
me to redefine my identity—not
only as a Korean Canadian, but
as a person who bridges people
of different cultures. It made
me realize the importance of
relationships created through
active hospitality on both sides.
MALCOLM STOVALL
Contributing Writer
[email protected]
I attended the Hope for the
Future Conference, a gathering
for Mennonite people of color and
white “allies,” held January 23-25
in Ft. Myers, Florida. The objective
of the conference was to identify
different forms of power and how
it operates in institutions. I learned
from the conference is that power
as a concept and in practice is very
fluid. Power can be exercised in
many ways: sometimes it can be
blatant, and other times it can be
hidden or invisible.
I enjoyed working with
other voices of color within
the Mennonite world. I had
the privilege of talking and
engaging with people such as
Tony Brown, Erica Littlewolf
and Ewuare Osayande. Each
of those individuals named are
doing outstanding work within
the institutions and communities
they represent. They helped
me take a step back and reflect
about my own activism after
seeing how they undertake their
work in a complete and thorough
way. After all, they have more
experience when it comes to
dealing with forms of oppression
and empowering others.
This conference taught me
the concept of problematization,
which I was able to use to
analyze some of my own work
and action amidst the realities
and expectations of institutional
values and how that translates
to functioning life for everyday
humans.
Problematization is a process
that involves setting aside the or
accepted belief of a given situation
to analyze the larger context in
which that situation occurs. Rather
than evaluating the pros or cons
or assigning sound bites as our
society attempts to do, this process
draws back from the situation for
Photo contributed by Dona Park
re-evaluation and reflection. This
can lead to insight and a move
towards transformation of the
belief or situation.
In late November, I helped
organize a protest in Goshen in
the wake of the Ferguson, MO
grand jury declining to indict
police officer Darren Wilson in the
murder of Michael Brown. On the
cover of The Goshen News the next
day, the newspaper headline read,
“Peaceful Protest.” Only now do
I see the damage that was done
by the headline. Was it written
as a reassurance for its readers
that Goshen was not subject
to violence and looting while
Ferguson was burning? My initial
aim with the demonstration was
to be in solidarity with the people
of Ferguson and with AfricanAmerican people as a whole, due
to the sad truth that our issues
and perspectives simply are not
received or understood. Instead
I am shown as the antidote to a
minority of Ferguson protestors
who chose to loot, the very same
people I was attempting to reach
out to. Martin Luther King Jr. put
it best, “A riot is the language of
the unheard.”
Rather than attempt to hear
and report the perspectives of
these unheard voices, the media
chooses to deem people who
result to property destruction as
senseless looters, perpetuating a
dehumanization of black folks that
is as American as the 4th of July.
And I, a biracial 19-year-old who
identifies as African American,
am being held as a beacon to what
a proper protester looks like. I
must also consider the context
of where I am and with whom I
am associated: a predominantly
white, Mennonite institution
which affords me a platform that
conveys moral privilege over
people I consider to be my own
who experienced traumatizing
systemic inequality first hand.
The
Goshen
Police
Department wants to convene a
talk between them and we who
protested in November. The more
I have been in talks about this, the
more I see outside forces shaping
the structure of this conversation
for an agenda that seems out of
loop with the demonstrations. All
of a sudden my ideas and input for
the conversation are disregarded
and not taken very seriously by
those very same outside forces
that were not involved in the
demonstration. My suggestions
of inviting particular leaders of
color in the Mennonite institution
are grossly dismissed. All of a
sudden the interpretation of the
conversation is one that should be
held only within members of the
Goshen community, which does
not reflect on the Black Lives
Matter movement.
I wonder if those outside
forces would post mine or any
other protesters’ bail had we been
arrested for an issue that is being
ignored in the formation of these
talks. I’m also skeptical of the
GPD and their motives in wanting
to talk. Are they just trying to
cover themselves and shame
us for protesting institutional
violence towards blacks? What
is their objective, and who does it
benefit? As each day goes by, I am
feeling less inclined to participate
in these talks. After all, I’ve only
been in the Goshen community
the last year and a half and I have
many more pressing questions.
Will our city leaders
ever formally apologize and
acknowledge the ugly truths of
Goshen’s historic sun-down laws
that did not allow blacks to settle
in this city? A few weeks after
the November protest, someone
wrote a letter criticizing me
personally and other protestors for
participating in the demonstration.
I wrote back and offered to meet
with him, and now he is setting all
the parameters for the meeting. I
am skeptical of meeting with this
individual because I don’t want to
feed into his power complex as a
white man with the most say in a
negotiation. We will have to meet
under circumstances that will
support both of our comfort.
All of these are things I have
to weigh and spend a lot of time
considering. It is tough when your
image is used in direct opposition
with who you really stand with.
It is tough when your work and
the conversations you hope to
stimulate get rearranged by people
outside of the protest for reasons
that will reveal itself with time. I
have no doubt in my mind that all
of the protesters including myself
did a great job of giving this issue
a good platform in this community
but I’m caught in a pickle. I still
believe the demonstration was
collectively
an
empowering
experience and action shared
among all of the protesters. I
welcome all who protested and
any others interested to continue
work together with sensitivity
to how our message gets across.
Hopefully people outside of the
protest will be respectful and
mindful of our work when it
comes to organizing conversations
from here on out. With that being
said, I have come to a realization:
Maybe I should put more time
investing in the people with whom
I stand in solidarity with. The road
is long but I will endure. Let the
journey begin.
Pe rs pe c ti ve s
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Cr uz ando Fronter as: Humanity should sing as one voice
El Adiós Infinito poco SAM FOXVOG
the Record
Contributing Writer
ENRIQUE FONSECA
Contributing Writer
enrique.fonseca@yahoo,com
Enrique Fonseca, padre
de Frances Fonseca
refleja sobre la ida a la
universidad de ella
Con 35 años se piensa que
se ha vivido… A esa edad llegue
a este país. Soy cubano, nací en
un campo en Bahia Honda un
pueblo pequeño en el seno de
una familia numerosa. Con unos
padres protectores que nos criaron
con buenos principios y siempre
nos decían que en la unión esta la
fuerza.
La vida nos da y nos quita.
Algo que marco mi infancia es
el día que me toco salir del hogar
familiar, la necesidad personal, el
afán de crecer de trazar mi propio
camino.
No fue fácil el desarraigo,
la separación de mis padres,
hermanos, y el miedo a lo de
afuera…
Valió la pena, mi mejor
enseñanza fue entender el valor
real de la familia.
Forme mi nuevo hogar lejos
de el de mis padres. He logrado
mantener el equilibrio. Mi esposa
y yo hemos tratado de transmitirles
valores a nuestras hijas. Es difícil,
a veces lo que tratas de construir
dentro del hogar es posible que se
destruya con el terremoto que se
vive a diario afuera.
[email protected]
El 2013 me hizo revivir la
época que decidí salir de mi hogar
pero encarnando otro personaje.
Ahora comprendo la cara de
mi padre, su silencio, su abrazo
infinito. Mi hija mayor, levanto
el vuelo. Decidió estudiar lejos.
¿Qué hacer para evitarlo? ¿Qué
hacer para aceptarlo? ¿Qué
hacer para vivirlo? No tengo las
respuestas. Aquí esta el hueco, el
hueco infinito, el hueco que deja el
eterno cordón umbilical, no el que
se corta al nacer, el que perdura
toda la vida entre padres e hijos.
Es una mescla de felicidad,
dolor, y miedo.
¿Que hacer cuando dejas
de ser el escudo protector?
¡Prepararme!
Mi segunda hija ya alista sus
alas, pronto levantara el vuelo.
Ahora solo queda esperar
como un espectador silencioso,
que sus vuelos las lleven a lindos
lugares, que usen su fuerza y sus
valores para triunfar en la vida.
Y nosotros, mama y papa
estar ahí en nuestros sillones,
esperando listos para ayudarles
cuando nos necesiten.
The Cruzando Fronteras
section is interested in your
responses,
reactions,
and
reflections. To submit a story,
poem, or comment to the Record,
contact us at [email protected].
Last week I read the
“Perspectives on Feminism” by
Sarah Hofkamp and Peter MeyerReimer. There were many points
from both Sarah and Peter’s
writing that I believe are true,
such as the problematic areas of
confusion of non-violence with
passivity, socialization of women
to be less assertive, the problems
misogyny creates for all people
(not just women) and the problem
of imposing socially constructed
notions of gender binary. Overall,
I agreed with Sarah’s writing
while in comparison from my
worldview, but many of the ideas
Peter expressed cannot be seen as
truly progressive once informed
by knowledge.
If our college is to be true to
its mission of “culture for service”
we must embrace what it means
to be a student in a fast-changing
world: to search hard and long for
connections and understanding
of relations between things,
ultimately searching for answers
that speak to the world’s problems
as a whole, this taking the
integration of many ideas. Thus,
this article is meant not as an
attack on Peter but a gift I want
to share. One of our greatest
resources is that “my thoughts are
not your thoughts” (Isaiah 55).
Speaking these things, I hope
to inspire others to take leadership
in world and to surpass the errors
and limits of past leaders.
Having said these things, I
will now address what I believe
are major problems of some
common mindsets around gender
on this campus as reflected in
Peter’s writing. Just naming these
problems can be a substantial part
of solutions. These problems are
an authoritarian ethos, options
in opposition to the forming of
campus collective male identity,
and last, the dismissal of the
legitimacy of social issues for
males in society.
In saying these things, I
believe that what is needed for
progress in gender issues is
ultimately a gender transition
movement, by which women’s
liberation movements, men’s
liberation
movements
and
LGBT movements would come
together. The men’s movement
definitely owes much to the
women’s
movement—male
gender liberation is dependent
on women’s gender liberation.
I believe that ultimately the
progress of these movements is
codependent.
One large issue on this
campus, which I believe is a
challenge to progressive thought,
is an authoritarian mindset as
described prophetically in Ericc
Fromm’s “Escape from Freedom.”
It is a mindset grounded in
insecurity from which a person
wants to escape free will by
surrendering their will to a
power such as group thought, an
authority or an ideology.
By this mindset also is
meanness toward people who
one believes are inferior to
them in some way. The lie of
the authoritarian mindset blocks
one from encountering truth
outside of what one believes, and
devalues the gift of an individual’s
voice. Certainly some people
have been very mistreated, and
understandingly do feel quite
insecure. We can be advocates
for them by encouraging them to
speak their voices.
However, regardless of who
the subject is, this authoritarian
ethos has very bad things to say
to them; things in their minds that
seek to justify violence towards
and disrespect of “weaker” people
and encourage conformity to
authorities. With men, this can
sometimes lead them to justify
sexual violence. To women, this
ethos might say that they are
morally superior to men—in many
Latino cultures where there is
machismo there is also the idea of
the “Earth Mother” wife who puts
up with her bad man, suffering his
abuse while morally nurturing him
(The New Male, Herb Goldberg).
Ultimately when the gender
liberation movements fight each
other, the Powers that Be win—
not the common people of any
particular group. Believing in
the importance of both men’s
and women’s gender liberation
I call myself an egalitarian. The
solution to the negativity of the
authoritarian ethos is the breaking
down of fear by unity and acts of
spontaneous creativity, love, truth
and courage of all peoples.
To continue reading, or to
view the full article, visit the
Record website at record.goshen.
edu.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Thoughts on the artistic canon Out-of-Context
Sophomore David Jantz reimagines
Michaelangelo’s “David,” more appropriately
dressed for a Goshen winter.
DAVID JANTZ
Funnies Editor
[email protected]
One of the first things that
pops up in my head when I think
Photo by Maria Jantz
about art is how influential male
genitalia has been throughout
history in shaping it. In
particular, I am referring to the
absolutely breathtaking display of
contemporary schlongs that some
inspirational young artists have
contributed throughout the year
to the decor of my ever-lovelier
living arrangements, the one and
only Kratz 4. Yes, dear readers,
even as my penis pen is writing
this fine article, I have only to look
over my left shoulder to observe
a tasteful tool gracing my mirror.
Incredibly, these up-andcoming artisans erect these
masterpieces completely without
charge! Indeed, even without the
slightest hint from any authority
figures or co-residents, painters
flock to K4 to make their voices
heard in the beautiful story that is
unfolding in this hallowed hall.
What’s more, these champions
of character seem to be content to
leave no signature or any other
indication of their identity to
take credit for their endeavors!
They must be so selfless that they
desire no recognition, but only to
penetrate the dullness of routine
to renew the sparkle and verve
in the lives of the viewers they
will never even meet. O me! O
life! That these saints are here in
this powerful play to contribute a
verse! *
I must also praise these dryerase artists for their perseverance.
The nature of the task is very
hard—due to the fragility of their
medium, it is easily destroyed (on
accident, I am sure). But despite
being shafted in this inconsiderate
manner, they suck it up, turning
the tragedy into a triumph by
continually adding new sketches
to make a rotating sequence of
beauty in what is becoming known
as “the sausage cycle.”
To me, the conclusion is clear.
I propose that we preserve Kratz 4
as a phallic museum so the labors
of our comrades do not disappear
into the shower drain of history.
However, if it becomes famous,
we do need to watch out—we
don’t want to get too cocky.
*Walt
Whitman
said
something similar to this, but he
was talking about ovaries.
Professor Quotes
Aliens have been in
Russia now for a couple
of decades.
-Paul Keim
Just give me some
C4 and get out of
the way.
-Long Tran
Photographically,
I like working with
butts.
-Randy Horst
This is where you
want to stab a
lawyer in the thigh
with a pencil.
-Dave Ostergen
Super Bowl XLIX for Dummies
LEAH LANDES
Contributing Writer
[email protected]
Sophomore Leah Landes makes up for a lack
of football terminology with an excellent
display of proper ball-handling.
Photo by Sadie
Gustafson-Zook
If you’re anything like me,
you typically don’t even bother
turning to the Funnies page until
you have dictionary.com pulled
up and at the ready, prepared for
whatever big word the Jantzes
have made up this time. Luckily
for you, this is the first time in
history this won’t be necessary. I
did some (30 seconds of) internet
research trying to find a fancy
football term I could casually drop,
but I came up with nothing, so
this article will be at a pleasantly
manageable fourth-grade reading
level.
As I’m sure you all remember
from my last wildly successful
Record article (and by you all, I
mean my mom), I spent the last
semester filling my brain with
important and applicable liberal
arts knowledge in Religion and
Sports. Thus, it only makes sense
that I would follow up my debut
with an article about the greatest
sporting event on earth: the Super
Bowl. The bowl above all bowls.
This year’s Super Bowl party
was held in Java, which makes
perfect sense because it’s the
connector with the highest couch
to TV ratio (2:0) and also has a
plethora of cold metal chairs and
a concrete floor. The epitome of
cozy. (Note: Fourth-graders are
reading at a much higher level
these days than they were in
2003. “Epitome” is a perfectly
appropriate vocabulary word).
Unfortunately, I can’t poke fun at
the venue too much since I stayed
for approximately 2 minutes to get
some pizza and then remembered
that I don’t like football or crowds
of people or coffee. I also realized
that I understand so little about
football that watching the game
wouldn’t actually add much to the
article. I seriously hope nothing
too funny happened during the
game that I missed out on. If it
did, pretend that I’m referencing
it right here:
Sports aside, I do love the
commercials during the Super
Bowl. They’re the American
Dream: a perfect blend of blatant
sexism and heart-warming car ads.
Being from St. Louis, I also live
for the Budweiser commercials,
which disregard women and cars
altogether and feature the unlikely
friendship of large horses and a
puppy. For those of you who don’t
know (which should be all of
you, Goshen being a dry campus
and all), Budweiser is what you
give your puppy when it’s really
late and you just want it to pass
out and go to sleep. I’m not sure
what would happen if you gave
Budweiser to a horse—I’ve never
tried it (not for lack of wanting,
just lack of funds).
Much like the event reports
in Religion and Sports, I’ve now
spent more time writing this article
than I spent actually watching the
Super Bowl. I can only hope Paul
Keim can’t tell.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Peking Acrobats add diversity to Performing Arts Series
KOLTON NAY
Contributing Writer
[email protected]
This Tuesday, February 10,
the Sauder Concert Hall will
welcome a very different group
than its usual performing artists:
The Peking Acrobats.
The Peking Acrobats are a
Chinese acrobatics group that
began in 1986 and has travelled
the world performing daring
stunts and aerial maneuvers.
They specialize in trick-cycling,
contortion,
tumbling
and
performing stunts upon large
stacks of chairs.
“The Performing Arts Series
tends to be just music,” said Brian
Mast, music center managing
director and the arts presenter
running point for this show, “but
we like the idea of expanding it to
be more diverse in the artists that
we bring.”
Other shows in this year’s
Performing Arts Series include
Conspirare, the Turtle Island
Quartet,
the
Indigo
Girls
and various other musical
performances. Aside from the
Peking Acrobats, the only other
non-musical show will be the
return of Garrison Keillor as a
“bonus concert” this May.
To prepare for the arrival of
the Peking Acrobats, Sauder’s
stage floor will be covered in
masonite, and the Music Center
was also asked to provide 10 red
bricks for the performance.
“They might be doing some
kind of kung fu act, splitting the
bricks,” suggested Mast. “We’re
not going to be able to do some acts
because we don’t have suspended
lines in Sauder, so they’ll have to
adapt their show some.”
Despite the adapted show,
Mast is excited for people to see
some of the most notorious acts.
“They’re going to be 20 feet in
the air just stacking chairs under
them. I’m really excited,” said
Mast.
When asked how the idea
to invite the Peking Acrobats
came to him, Mast said the idea
was actually pitched to him in
a New York conference for the
Association of Performing Arts
“I looked up a few of their stunts,
and I really hope they perform the
one where they jump through five
rings. It’s amazing they can jump
so high with such accuracy!”
The
general
Goshen
population seems to be equally
excited. After only one day of
ticket sales, which started on
August 4, the show was sold
out into the choral terrace. As of
today, there are only a few seats
left in the choral terrace to reserve.
According to Mast, many
people will donate their tickets
back to the Music Center if they
can’t make it because of the
weather, so late-comers would
have a decent chance of getting
a ticket at the door. Tickets for
seating in the choral terrace are
only $15, and the show starts at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
Concerto-Aria contest
celebrates musical talent
ANNIE AGUTU
Contributing Writer
[email protected]
seniors Jorge Abreyu Toyens
and Seth Yoder, juniors Miranda
Earnhart, Sadie Gustafson-Zook,
Blake Shetler and Paul Zehr, and
sophomore Joshua Bungart.
“The students don’t win
any prizes, but they get a chance
to perform at the concert,” said
George-Miller. In addition to
the honor of being chosen, the
students get the opportunity to
perform with the Goshen College
Symphony Orchestra.
“I’m playing the first
movement of Beethoven’s 5th
concerto,” says Yoder. He started
learning this piece almost three
years ago and is honored to be
able to perform a work by such a
renowned composer.
This concert is very important
to Goshen College as it allows
us to spread the gift of music
to the greater community. The
organizers are looking forward to
a great evening filled with amazing
varieties of music, ranging from
piano and violin pieces to vocal
selections.
The concert will begin at
7:30 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall.
Tickets and more information can
be found online at www.goshen.
edu/tickets, or you can call (574)
535-7566 for more ticket details.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $7
for seniors and students. Faculty/
staff and Goshen College students
can get in free if they use a valid
college ID.
Natalie Hubby is a junior with a history Photo contributed by Natalie Hubby
major and art minor.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
marks the 55th annual Concerto
Aria.
The Concerto Aria is a concert
that showcases the musical talent
that we have here on the Goshen
College campus. There are
auditions each year in the fall,
where students prepare a piece to
perform in front of music faculty.
The faculty members then make a
decision based on the quality and
complexity of the performance.
“The selection process can be
very tedious,” said Dustin GeorgeMiller, the Music Center office
coordinator. Students spend a long
time preparing for the Concerto
Aria auditions.
Although the auditioning
process can be scary, Seth Yoder,
senior performer in the upcoming
Concerto Aria concert, was more
than satisfied with his audition.
“The audition itself felt great.
While auditioning, I experienced
that flow,” Yoder said.
Lon Sherer, a professor and
conductor for the GC orchestra,
introduced the concert to Goshen
College. There have been 55
concerts held since—including
this weekend’s upcoming concert.
This year there are seven
winners performing in the concert:
Hubby explained. “I went to
the Natural History Museum in
London this Christmas and some
of the exhibits were beautifully
done and very interactive. I think
that exhibits need to be designed
well and attractively in order to
draw attention and thus complete
their purpose.”
The intentionality of exhibits
may seem rigid to some, but Hubby
maintains that there is freedom of
expression and true creativeness
that comes with designing
exhibits. By meeting form with
functionality, Hubby’s art takes on
a whole new dimension by serving
a specific and interactive purpose.
“My personal art embodies
a lot of organic shapes because
I am one of those people who
can’t draw a straight line,”
Hubby said. “Watercolor is my
Concerto-Aria 2015 finalists will perform on Photo contributed by Com-Mar
Saturday, February 7th, in Sauder Hall.
The Peking Acrobats will perform in Sauder
Hall this Tuesday, February 10th.
Photo contributed by
Comm/Mar
Artist’s Corner: Natalie Hubby
HAYLEY MANN
Staff Writer
[email protected]
When people take in art at a
museum or a show, the accolades
go to the artist behind the painting
or drawing or sculpture. Not
often does the viewer think about
the design of the exhibit—how
someone intentionally planned
the flow and displayed the art
within the exhibit. This design,
however, is art—art in function
and interaction.
Natalie Hubby, a junior,
has found a way to combine two
of her passions to form art that
is intensely unique and highly
personal. As a history major and
art minor, Hubby has always
loved museums, but realized that
she was attracted to them for more
than just the content.
“I have always enjoyed
going to museums and looking at
exhibits,” Hubby said. “So after
taking a couple design classes
in high school and at Goshen
College, I have started to see
myself creating exhibits for either
history or art museums.”
This idea of art within art
intrigues Hubby, who appreciates
the way an exhibit can make
the art within it that much more
meaningful and accessible.
“The art I do is something that
is created with a purpose other than
to be looked at and appreciated. It
is an aspect of education,” Hubby
said. “It is something that I can
create that will benefit the public.”
By having such a unique
perspective on what constitutes
art, Hubby has had to learn from
experience and observation, often
outside of Goshen College.
“My inspiration comes from
looking at well put-together
exhibits and figuring out what is
good and bad about their design,”
Presenters (APAP).
“We didn’t just sit down
and look for a Chinese acrobat
group,” said Mast. At the APAP
conference, arts presenters like
Mast can find anything from “a
guy playing a tin can, to a full
Broadway show.” This time, Mast
turned down both of those options
for the Peking Acrobats.
“One of the reasons [we
chose Peking Acrobats] is that
they have live musicians playing
traditional Chinese instruments
on stage with the acrobats,” said
Mast as to why they fit more with
the Music Center’s vision.
Justin Plank, a senior biology
and accounting major, is also
excited to attend this event.
“This group caught my eye
because it’s different from what’s
normally in Sauder,” said Plank.
favorite medium because it is so
unpredictable.”
Hubby has designed two
exhibits thus far: one for Goshen’s
Maple Scholars program and the
other for a public history class
titled Women of the Mennonite
World Conference. Hubby uses
Illustrator and Adobe software to
create her exhibits.
Hubby’s passion gives her
a clear direction after college,
generally a rarity for artists.
“I am hoping to go to
graduate school after Goshen
College for public history, which
is the field that connects with
museum curating and archival
work,” Hubby said. “I have a deep
love for art and a love for history,
and so I found a way to put them
together.”
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