Want to Ensure Goucher Maintains a Diverse, Quality Student Publication? Compensate Student Journalists.
After over 100 years in print, The Q didn’t publish any editions during the Spring of 2021, and had been printing sporadically in recent months leading up to that, with a very minimal digital presence. Virtual learning flipped every club…
Letter from the Editor
This final edition marks our fifth publication of the semester and tenth of the year. It includes a wide variety of content, from news articles, to comics and photography, to sharp opinion pieces. This edition is bittersweet for me. I’m…
What the 4% Tuition Increase Means for Goucher Students
A 4% tuition spike, $50 increase in the student activity fee, and a slew of changes to housing logistics and prices were announced in an email from President Kent Devereaux to undergraduate students on April 20 – in the middle…
GBSU’s Showcase Offers Electrifying Performances, Transcending Genres
Dozens of students descended upon Merrick Lecture Hall on Friday evening to witness the Goucher Black Student Union’s first annual Student Showcase, filling almost all of the room’s 228 seats. Pockets of family members, faculty, and staff also populated the…
How Commuters Fare at a School That Requires On-Campus Residency
Goucher’s undergraduate students are required to reside on-campus as residential living is pivotal to the close-knit community that the college aims to cultivate. The few exceptions made to this rule leaves a small, but significant group of undergraduates out of…
A Glimpse Into How Ramadan is Observed at Goucher
Just before the sun set last Friday, 10 students gathered in the ground floor Welsh common room and chatted with each other about their days. When the clock hit 7:36 PM, Maryam Ahmed, President of the Muslim Student Association (MSA)…
As Campus Safety Concerns Rise, Faculty Aim to Prioritize Student Input
The discovery of anti-Black graffiti in Heubeck-Gamble Residence Hall, and a general uptick in vandalism on campus, sparked deliberations from various stakeholders over how to improve safety at Goucher. One move that has drawn opposition from students is the administration’s…
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…
Why I Recommend a Non-Goucher Study Abroad Experience
Trying to plan a study abroad in the midst of a global pandemic was no easy task. The class of 2023 was away from Goucher for over a year, and by the time we came back in Fall of 2021,…
Students Hold Sit-in at Board of Trustees Lunch in Response to Proposed Police Presence
At least 80 students peacefully entered a closed-door Board of Trustees Lunch in the Mary Fisher Dining Hall on Friday to protest the administration’s proposal of bringing Baltimore County Police (BCoPD) to patrol the campus Loop. The sit-in comes after…
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