The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

Year: 2023

Fresh Start for Spring Sports

Avid sports fans may be feeling a void in their life right now. The period between the end of football with the Superbowl in early February, and the start of March Madness in late March can be rough. This void…

A Swimmer’s Reflection on the Culmination of Swim Season and Conference Championships

On February 17 marked the first out of three days conference champions. Let me tell you, the bus ride to Germantown, MD was the complete opposite on that Sunday February 19. The bus ride was emotionally wrecked, with swimming being…

Goucher Enrollment Slowly But Surely Recovers From Pandemic-Era Low Point

Like many other small liberal arts schools, Goucher has been suffering a notable decline in enrollment over the past few years. Much of this is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a significant decline in college enrollment overall, and…

How the 15-Year Campus Master Plan is Not Accessible (Opinion)

Leading up to Goucher’s 150th anniversary in 2035, the administration proposed a campus master plan to guide the college through the next 15 years. The plan is supposedly student-centered, accessible, and sustainable for future Gophers.  Our campus is working with…

Bathroom Break: Mary Fisher Dining

By “Little John” Flusher  Edition 2 Mary Fisher Main Floor: ★ ½ Dear reader, It has long since been customary for one to require some sort of reading material to accompany them on particularly long trips to the loo. In…

BCoPD Presence on Campus Will Cause Additional Harm to Students (Opinion)

Baltimore County Police (BCoPD) presence on campus has been one of the proposed solutions following the racist, anti-Black graffiti found in Heubeck Hall just before Winter break and the general rise in vandalism last semester. If implemented, this plan will…

Goucher Welcomes Maggie Millner’s Couplets

On February 22, Goucher College began the Spring semester’s Blue Reading Series with poet and lecturer, Maggie Millner. Millner is the author of the book Couplets, which includes a collection of couplet poems that express the development of sexuality. Her…

The Best and Worst Study Spots at Goucher and in the Towson-area

For better or worse, mid-term season is here. Below are my rankings of several nearby study spots to help you decide which ones to avoid, and which ones will make your late-night cram sessions as enjoyable as possible.  On-campus Athenaeum…

Drenched in Buzzwords, Goucher’s New Campus Master Plan Severely Lacks Substance (Opinion)

In the last week of January, as students, faculty, and staff prepared for the start of the Spring semester, Goucher released its new Campus Master Plan (CMP). The CMP is supposed to lay “a vision for the physical transformation of…