The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

Year: 2018

The Labyrinth: A Place of Peace for Stressed Out Students

When someone finds a spot that they consider a hidden gem, they might be compelled to tell everyone they know, but something usually holds them back and they may only share it with a few people. Most hidden gems are…

Epistle for the Man at Mary Fisher

you say “have a good lunch” I say “thank you” with my plates full of food-   your hand, however empty, waving to me as you round the corner to wash a dirty dish or two and restack the supply….

Restroom Review – Van Meter Basement

I really wanted to a review of a bathroom this week that was going to skew a bit more negative than usual. Change of pace and all that. After all, this column is for the secrets of the campus restrooms,…

Space Log Day 199

One more day until Day 200, which is crazy! It feels like we’ve been here for entire years, but it’s only been a few months. Jake and I have been trying to convince Mrs. S to let us throw a…

Covers

The walls start barren on both our sides, so we pin our laughter in place of posters. On both our sides something like a shadow hides in place of posters so we don’t see it drain her color. Something like…

An Interview with Katie Calabrese of Little Gunpowder

Little Gunpowder is a band fronted by Katie Calabrese, a senior at Goucher. The indie fuzz rock band — which consists of drummer Kieran Dollemore, bassist Sarah Dreyfus, and guitarist John Eng-Wong — is currently working on an album titled…

Book Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

“In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, a young man met a young woman in a classroom and did not speak to her.” With these words, Mohsin Hamid…

“Uplifting, and Existing, and Being”: A Look at Sitting Pretty

The current exhibit at Goucher College’s Rosenberg Gallery is titled Sitting Pretty and features art by painter, printmaker, and MICA professor LaToya M. Hobbs. The exhibit contains striking woodcut and monotype portraits that, according to Hobbs, aim to “show a…

The Fight Against Mining in Ecuador: Educate Yourself!

In July 2018, I traveled to Junín in the region of Intag, Ecuador to assist environmental studies professor Emily Billo in her research on resistance to resource extraction. As we walked through Junín’s Community Eco-Reserve to test the water for…

The Baltimore Intercollegiate Alliance: What Is It, Who Is It, and Why Should I Care?

The Baltimore Intercollegiate Alliance (BIA) is an organizing group created and run by Baltimore-area students at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Maddie Wolf, a senior at MICA, said that “the BIA is a coalition network of students who are…