Goshen College News

• Volunteer effort (Goshen News)
  posted on September 22, 2011 at 03:53:16 am
  “Culture for Service” is the Goshen College motto. On Wednesday, it was also a plan of action. Around 180 Goshen College first-year students joined forces in the college’s 13th annual day of service to the community.
• Goshen college students take some time off for service (WNDU 16 South Bend)
  posted on September 21, 2011 at 08:42:05 pm
  Some parts of Michiana look a little brighter on Wednesday after Goshen College students took a day off from school for service.
• Students named to Goshen dean’s list (The Newton Kansan)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 06:38:31 pm
  Goshen College recently recognized 219 students, including four Newton area students, for excellence in academics, on the 2010-11 spring semester dean’s list.
• WLW Host Ignorant of Religion (Cincinnati CityBeat)
  posted on June 22, 2011 at 07:39:52 pm
  Racism and rants on talk shows at WLW (700 AM) are bred in the bone but morning host Doc Thompson raised the standard for anger and ignorance when he derided Goshen College’s decision to bar “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the college’s sports events. I could almost hear the spittle when he referred to Goshen’s “liberal arts” or “art professor” but what struck me most was his willful ignorance of ...
• Goshen anthem issue a case for freedom (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
  posted on June 21, 2011 at 02:08:42 pm
  Earlier this month, Goshen College #8220;banned #8221; #8220;The Star-Spangled Banner. #8221; Again.
• College changed Rick Stiffney's life (Goshen News)
  posted on June 19, 2011 at 03:04:39 pm
  Rick Stiffney, 60, came to Goshen to college 40 years ago and stayed. He has raised his family here, helped start a church and has served several years on the Goshen College board of directors. Stiffney grew up at nearby Albion and had a plan to attend the Air Force Academy or a small school for two years and transfer to Purdue to study engineering. He modeled his plan after an uncle whom he ...
• College criticized after ending national anthem (Local 12 Cincinnati)
  posted on June 13, 2011 at 02:39:57 pm
  GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Goshen College's decision to not play the national anthem before sporting events has drawn plenty of criticism despite being in line with the school's Mennonite beliefs. Goshen public relations director Richard Aguirre says the school has received hundreds of calls and emails about its decision to stop playing the national anthem. Aguirre told The Elkhart Truth that the ...
• College criticized for anthem act (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
  posted on June 13, 2011 at 02:05:12 pm
  GOSHEN #8212; Goshen College #8217;s decision to not play the national anthem before sporting events has drawn plenty of criticism despite being in line with the school #8217;s Mennonite beliefs.
• College faces its critics on its national anthem ban (The Indianapolis Star)
  posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:01:21 am
  Goshen Goshen College's decision not to play the national anthem before sporting events has drawn plenty of criticism despite being in line with the school's Mennonite beliefs.
• State roundup (The Indianapolis Star)
  posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:40:13 am
  College faces its critics on its national anthem ban Goshen Goshen College's decision not to play the national anthem before sporting events has drawn plenty of criticism despite being in line with the school's Mennonite beliefs.
• Goshen College criticized after ending national anthem (22 WSBT South Bend)
  posted on June 13, 2011 at 02:44:31 am
  GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Goshen College's decision to not play the national anthem before sporting events has drawn plenty of criticism despite being in line with the school's Mennonite beliefs.
• Munster grad believes Star-Spangled Banner should be played at Goshen College (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on June 11, 2011 at 01:13:33 am
  For more than 70 years, the Star-Spangled Banner has been weaved into the fabric of American sports.
• Mennonite school won’t play anthem (The Norman Transcript)
  posted on June 10, 2011 at 07:05:35 am
  GOSHEN, Ind. — After studying the issue for a year, Goshen College will no longer play the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at school-sponsored functions.
• Goshen College's Anthem Ban Causes Outrage to Some (Gather)
  posted on June 9, 2011 at 12:00:25 pm
  Goshen College's national anthem ban is causing an outrage among some people. Apparently, the Indiana Mennonite school felt that banning The Star-Spangled Banner from its sporting events was necessary . . .
• Goshen College not alone in not playing anthem (Goshen News)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:20:07 pm
  Goshen College isn’t the only school to refrain from playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at school-sponsored functions.   
• Goshen College won't play national anthem (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 07:10:16 am
  A small Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church has decided to stop playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at sporting events after some complained the song's images of war and the military undermined the school's pacifist message.
• Goshen College benches The Star-Spangled Banner (Business Insider)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:38:16 am
  For fans gearing up to watch sporting events at Indiana’s Goshen College, they will no longer have to hear The Star-Spangled Banner.
• UPDATE: No more national anthem at pacifist Goshen College (22 WSBT South Bend)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 08:40:01 pm
  Goshen College has decided to stop playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at sporting events after starting to do so for the first time last year.
• Goshen College bans national anthem (FOX 59 Indianapolis)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 08:20:03 pm
  You will no longer hear the "Star Spangled Banner" before athletic events at Goshen College. School officials will find an alternative to honor the nation because the national anthem's message goes against the school's beliefs. You will no longer hear the "Star-Spangled Banner" before athletic events at Goshen College. School officials will find an alternative to honor the nation because the ...
• Goshen College Bans National Anthem At Sporting Events (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 04:49:25 pm
  The liberal arts school's board decided playing the Star-Spangled Banner conflicted with the school's "enduring peace tradition." read more
• Goshen College Bans National Anthem At Sporting Events (NPR)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 04:13:01 pm
  The liberal arts school's board decided playing the Star-Spangled Banner conflicted with the school's "enduring peace tradition."
• Goshen College scraps national anthem at sporting events (USA Today)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 02:24:00 pm
  A small, Mennonite college in Indiana will no longer play the national anthem at sporting events and will instead look for an alternative song ...
• National Anthem muted again on Goshen College campus (Goshen News)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:04:39 pm
  Goshen College will no longer play the National Anthem before sporting events after a year of doing so. The college announced Monday afternoon that its board of directors has asked President Jim Brenneman to find an alternative to playing the National Anthem.
• FROM THE SIDELINES: GHS-Penn Regional softball game a classic (Goshen News)
  posted on June 1, 2011 at 03:43:06 pm
  Now that was a softball game! Sure, the scoreboard didn’t tilt Goshen’s way in the end. But, it was a regional championship game precisely played by two talented high school girls teams. Penn won it, 1-0, on the Goshen College diamond because the Lady Kingsmen executed the simple fundamentals of the game to score in the sixth inning.
• SOFTBALL REGIONAL: Penn slides past Goshen (Goshen News)
  posted on June 1, 2011 at 03:28:09 am
  The chances were there, but this time the situations just didn’t work out for the Goshen Lady Redskins. The Penn Kingsmen manufactured a run and it was enough to end Goshen’s dream season with 1-0 decision in a Class 4A regional championship game Tuesday evening at Goshen College.
• Goshen College Upsets Students By Playing The Nation Anthem (The Huffington Post)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 08:30:00 pm
  GOSHEN, Ind. — A small Indiana college that began playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the first time at sporting events last year, upsetting some who believe the song with its images of war and the military undermines the school's pacifist message, plans to review next month whether to continue the practice.
• N. Ind. college to review playing national anthem (Washington Examiner)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 06:55:42 pm
  The Associated Press The Associated Press GOSHEN, Ind. A small Indiana college that began playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the first time at sporting events last year, upsetting some who believe the song with its images of war and the military undermines the school's pacifist message, plans to review next month whether to continue the practice. Goshen College's board of directors is set to ...
• N. Ind. college to review playing national anthem (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 06:43:01 pm
  Pacifist Goshen College in N. Ind. to reconsider playing national anthem before sports events
• Goshen College to review playing national anthem (FOX 28 South Bend)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 06:25:01 pm
  A small Indiana college that began playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the first time at sporting events last year plans to review next month whether to continue the practice.
• Goshen College to review playing national anthem (22 WSBT South Bend)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 05:12:27 pm
  GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Goshen College, which began playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the first time at sporting events last year, plans to review next month whether to continue the practice.
• Goshen College to review playing national anthem (WTHR Indianapolis)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 04:43:43 pm
  Some at the 1,000-student college with ties to the Mennonite Church were upset with the school's decision last year because of the song's lyrics contain references to using war and military might to defend the country.
• Concordia's Kline Chooses Goshen For Baseball (Indiana's NewsCenter)
  posted on May 26, 2011 at 04:08:19 am
  FORT WAYNE (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Concordia High School first baseman Ben Kline has signed to play college baseball at Goshen College.
• Goshen's Center for Cancer Care celebrates those who battle (and beat) cancer (Goshen News)
  posted on May 16, 2011 at 10:49:59 am
  It was a celebration of strength, courage and perseverance at the Goshen College Music Center Sunday afternoon with the kickoff of the seventh annual IU Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care True Celebration.