Mallory Moench ’14 On two hands, you can count the number of racial minorities on Gordon’s faculty. With no hands, you can count the number among Gordon’s top leaders. The reality is that, in spite of growing diversity among the student body, for the 2012-2013 school year, there were only seven people of color on [...]
Jack Hanke ’15 As Gordon anticipates another large incoming class, campus housing is undergoing a miniature revolution, one that sees more students squeezing into smaller spaces. Last fall saw an increase in forced triples, a double occupant room with three people which the admin- istration calls “modified triples.” Next, Tavilla and Bromley will see a [...]
Angie Sykeny ’14 Nine student members of Gor- don’s American Chemical Soci- ety Chapter returned from the 245th biannual ACS National Meeting and Exposition with two prestigious awards, placing them in the top 24 chapters in the country. The conference was held April 7-11 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The ACS has over 163,000 mem- bers [...]
Mary Hierholzer ’16 Internet memes and photos par- ody Canadian peace and lack of rebellion. A photo of one person with a sign saying, “I am a little upset” is labeled “the biggest pro- test in Canadian history.” To Native Canadians, however, peace and conflict is no laughing matter. A cultural genocide that started over [...]
Mary Hierholzer ’16 When students return for the Fall semester, Jenks will not just be for classes and studying. In- stead, they will be able to grab a snack or sit for conversation. Although not every detail has been finalized, and Bistro 255 is well underway in planning. Who: The project is headed by Physi- [...]
Faith Gerdes ’15 When Cay Anderson Hanley ’88 began searching for colleges as a high school student, she was intrigued by Gordon’s wilderness program. “I felt a strong pull, that Gor- don could be a match for me,” she said. “I had been touched by God through creation early on in my faith and I [...]
Jessica Rabe ’15 GLOBAL France Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage tend to be the most secular and godless ones, be- cause there are no compelling secular arguments for keeping marriage a heterosexual institution and so even more liberal Christians tend to be the last ones on the bandwagon,” Hanke said. “I do not believe permitting gays and [...]
By Eleanora Sparling and Hayley Pomeroy ’14 The warm pavement and the yellow heat—the sun catches the laughing faces of girls with flowers in their hair. People sit cross-legged on patterned blankets in the grass, swaying to rhythms, nodding to beats. We’re in the middle of festival season, readers, and although we missed James Blake [...]
Aaron Gehr ’13 It’s the year 2077. The earth is nearly uninhab- itable after humans fought off an alien invasion by nuclear means. The humans may have won, but they destroyed the earth in the process. The planet is full of radioactive zones and suffers from a complete terrain shift due to the destruction of [...]
Will Martin ’15 On May 10, Gordon College Film Society will host its 4th An- nual Spring Student Showcase at CinemaSalem. Professor of Com- munication Arts Toddy Burton, who began the tradition when she started working at Gordon in 2009, is running the bi-annu- al event for its fourth year, with help from Production Facilities [...]