Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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FAC While international conflicts rage and have profound effects on some Goshen College students, the cam- pus is also the arena for its own battles. A feeling of separation from the real world accompanies college life. Students may write let- ters to Congressman John Hiler or read Newsweek coverage of Philip- pine elections, but they expend most of their energy within the GC microcosm: completing or not com- pleting assignments, writing to Re- cord editors to challenge adminis- trative policies, participating in sports and working in the cafeteria to earn tuition money. GC's 1088 students ffall enroll- mentj come from the United States, Canada and 25 other coun- tries. Though GC is a Mennonite college, one-third of its students are .fff 31' 46, WP X 1 ' -.1 not of Mennonite background. The college is a church school, founded to educate Mennonites within their tradition. Yet it is also a liberal arts school, this implies learning from other viewpoints and developing critical thinking, themes echoed in GC,s emphasis on international education. Besides addressing tensions arising from differing interpretations of higher education, the college faces prob- lems of a post-Baby-Boom finan- cial squeeze and the inevitable sparks created by over a thousand people living and working in seven- teen buildings. Though this year may not have been more conflict-ridden than most, the 1983-84 Maple Leaf chooses to present conflict both as a dividing force and as a necessary, energizing one which works to bond the people who make up GC. 13

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VS Faces iclockwise from upper lefty: Kathy Strang, Delane Miller, Rodney Brubaker, Su- san K. Graber, Thom Croyle, Paul Mark, Anne Moser, Nabil Oudeh, Caroline Opondo, Rob Yoder.

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lAbovej Sunlight filters into Dave Gleysteen's Westlawn 2nd room. Opposite page: Catching the holiday spirit, Jeanine Cender Qleftl dresses the Westlawn 3rd Christmas tree with lights. Clockwise from left, Nita Gerig, Lori Yoder, Melissa Yoder and Mary Beth Miller ftopl re- lax on Miller 4th. Ron Arends, Kevin Long and Melissa Yoder Qbottoml bare winter-white skin at a Feb. l0 toga party on Yoder 2nd.