The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

Month: March 2018

Events in Baltimore (March 2nd-March 16th)

KEY: *​ ​18+ ** ​21+ March 2 “Take Me Out!” 2000’s Indie Dance Party!* at Ottobar Tomason (record release), Sea Lilies (record release), Flying Faders, Yanni II at The Windup Space Pressing Strings, Skribe* at Metro Gallery Lost in Society,…

Fiction: A Brief Moment

Time tells tales that somewhere in its waves lies hidden a city that discovered the secret to perfection. In this city, there is no death and no illness, as the flaws of the flesh have no hold here. There is…

Poetry as Community

It is not so frequent an event that speakers are introduced as having created oceans. Oceans with “clear and clean water,” into which one can be submersed, “with no part left dry.” On Thursday, February 15th, poets Airea D. Matthews…

Poetry in Baltimore, Spring 2018

Poetry Events in Baltimore This Semester *for bios, below 3/4 Artivism Day 5pm, Impact Hub 3/8 ART Rising open mic, with featured performer TBA (Brought by Slammageddon Baltimore) 7:30pm, GLCCB, $5 3/29 Jenny Johnson* and francine j. Harris* 7pm, Batza…

A Brief Look at the History of Goucher’s Land

In 1885, Goucher College was founded in Northern Baltimore as the Women’s College of Baltimore. It then was renamed Goucher College in 1910 to honor the contributions of Dr. John Goucher and his wife Mary Fisher Goucher. As early as…

Goucher Model U.N. Attends Harvard Conference

Wake up! It’s 5:50 am and my alarm rings. My roommate just sleeps through it but I am on a mission. I shower, pack my suits and bowties, then head over to the Welsh kitchen. There I meet my team,…

Club Chat: Fashion Club

Goucher has a reputation for being a creative place, and for this installment of Club Chat, I talked to Elisabeth Wagner, ‘18, a co-president of Goucher’s fashion club. Q: What is your Club’s general purpose? A: [The purpose] is to…

A Sweet Treat

The Scoop on an Ice Cream Stall in Baltimore Where Six Alumae/i and Students Happen to Work The bustling upscale “food hall” R. House is home to a surprising subset of the Goucher community. Tucked into a corner of the…

Mice Infest Dorms

When Rachel Peters, ‘20, arrived back to her suite in Welsh Hall after winter break, she noticed a strange smell. She didn’t think much of it until she laid down in her bed, turned her head, and saw piles of…

First Baltimore Student Environmental Conference

On Saturday, February 25, the first annual Baltimore Student Environmental Conference was held at Loyola University. This conference brought together leaders from environmental clubs from Goucher College, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame of Maryland, and Loyola University Maryland. It was organized…