The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

Month: February 2024

NCAA Wants To Make More Opportunities for Athletes… but Not ALL Athletes

Vivian Huddleston ‘27 This January, 2,861 member representatives from the 1,118 members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (or, NCAA) met in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss growing concerns, trends, and possibilities in intercollegiate athletics. Though the convention is one dedicated…

Athlete to Watch: Alyssa Boykin

Tess Seibert ‘25 Alyssa Boykin (she/her) from Fort Washington, MD, is a senior biology major, minoring in dance with a concentration in dance science. She is president of the Dancers of Color Coalition (DOCC) and is on the 1021 Hip…

Exhibition Review: “Conversations”

By Jamie Nguyen ’25 “Dialogue” and “conversation” has been, is, and very much will be, defining words that we would see in our world today; more so in the world that we are currently inhabiting, with increasing polarization and a…

Getting to Know Towson! On the Border Mexican Grill and Cantina 

On The Border Mexican Cantina and Grill may first come off as your standard college town restaurant, complete with a sports bar and cheap drinks. However, do not be fooled into thinking there’s a lack of quality here. This is…

Playoffs Bound: Men’s Basketball Makes It to Playoffs

Featured Image: PC: Goucher Athletics For the first time in a long time, the Goucher Men’s Basketball team set a program record of seven landmark conference wins. The team also destroyed Elizabethtown in a very close but breathtaking win.  If…

Community-Centered

By Jimy Kuhn ’27 On Friday, February 16th, Goucher College hosted the 18th Annual Jewel Robinson Dinner in the Athenaeum. I happened to be meandering around just before the start of the event looking for something to do so I…

WHAT WE KNOW: How Different Groups are Responding to Escalations in the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Part 2)

Featured Image: Flyers in the Mary Fisher lobby. PC: Mich Rouse ’24 By Cal Brown ’24 & Mich Rouse ’24 To read Part 1 of this What We Know series, please click here. On February 14th, 2024, an unknown group…

WILD WEST BATTLES

Comic: Wild West Battles by Sam Rose ’26

Visual Storytelling: Campus Response to Escalations in the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Part 4)

This is Part 4. To read Part 3 of this developing photo essay series, click here. To read What We Know: How Different Groups are Responding to Escalations in the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Part 2), click here. To see photos without…

Photo Gallery: Black Student Stance

The Black Student Stance happened on Friday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m.. For more context on this photo series, please read here.