Adjusting to Goucher under Quarantine
By Nicholas Enoch ’24 Walking on Van Meter Highway and being told the stories of students walking into Mary Fisher Hall with large groups of friends at night and sitting outside the Big Lawn, it felt weird seeing an almost…
We Need to Rethink GSG Senate
If you’re a politically- or activist-minded first-year student arriving at Goucher, there aren’t very many obvious ways to get engaged. You barely know anybody beyond your immediate group of friends, you’re just starting to know a few professors, and the…
Letter from an Editor-in-Chief, September 2020
Welcome to week three of the most distanced semester of college any of us have ever experienced. Black lives matter. Black Goucher students’ lives matter. Black trans lives matter. That is the most important message I can share with you…
The Alternative to an Antiquated Response
By Sam Anderson ’21 In the years since 1918, Goucher College and the world have experienced many changes. The two most notable of which for the small, liberal arts college in Maryland were moving from a campus in the heart…
A Tale of Two Presidents: A Suggestion for the Fall Semester
By Sam Anderson ’21 Our former President, José Bowen, and current President, Kent Devereaux, have both made their way into the pages of major publications covering higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The differences between their published comments thus…
The Place of Student Voices and Data in Decision Making at Goucher
By Cecile Adrian ’20 Decision making power at Goucher is concentrated in the upper levels of the administration. Decisions which are ultimately made by the board and upper level staff are informed by qualitative information given committees as well as…
Abroad Students’ Experiences of Waiting, Watching, and Wondering
By Sam Anderson In my recent article for The Quindecim called, “Waiting, Watching, and Wondering: A Response to Kent’s Leadership in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” I wrote that I had heard my sentiments about the lack of decision making and thoroughness…
Waiting, Watching, and Wondering: A Response to Kent’s Leadership in the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Sam Anderson A few weeks ago in an article published to The Chronicle of Higher Education on April 16, 2020 entitled, “How College Leaders Are Planning for the Fall,” Kent Devereaux, President of Goucher College, was quoted speaking about…
Life in the Age of Coronavirus
By Monica Valdez Ramos COVID-19, a virus that changed my life rapidly. Hearing “coronavirus” on repeat whenever I open social media, when I wake up hearing my mom tell me the new cases that are in my state, from news…
Why the Current Higher Education System is Flawed
By Edward Jancuk Recent generations are facing rising costs of attending college, an increase in job market competition, and more dilemmas facing our society that require new perspectives. The purpose of going to college has been muddled with the need…
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