Of Birds and Words Pt. 3: A Call To Action
Let’s start with some facts: the college is cutting Wellness Center Peer Educators, is moving the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Excellence under a new Dean of “Belonging,” is cutting budgets across the board, is instituting a hiring freeze, is…
Heartfelt Goodbye
Dear Quindecim readers, I hereby announce my resignation from the offices of the Quindecim Treasurer and the Goucher Radio Treasurer effective March 13th. I have been happy to serve the community in this function for the last semester and a…
I Was Sold a Dream of Free Laundry
When I arrived in the fair land of Goucher, I embraced the beautiful idea of free laundry. We may have had crappy machines that made you feel stained (ever-broken, rarely fixed), but they didn’t even require a dime. It was…
Zimmer’s 1991 Of Birds and Words: A Modern Reexamination
I recently re-read Steve Zimmer (class of 1992)’s October 3rd 1991 piece; Of Birds and Words, for a different upcoming Quindecim article, but I also wanted to respond to the philosophical side of his piece. Below are some of my…
24/7 Ath Hours, The Gopher Hole, and Third Spaces
Starting Sunday, November 16th, 2025, the Athenaeum (Ath) will be open with OneCard access 24 hours, 7 days a week. Students will have constant access to the seating areas, printers, and computer checkout on all four floors of the Ath….
In Da Club: Past and Present Goucher Organizations
Goucher, like most small colleges, centers the social community around clubs and student organizations. And also like a lot of colleges, this student life took a major toll during COVID-19, and requires active student leaders to maintain them. Goucher, especially,…
Playing the Mysterious Loins Disc Golf Course with the Maxes
Goucher is one of the only colleges on the East Coast to have a disc golf course. Despite this, few at Goucher have played, or even know the course exists. It was designed to have 9 main holes and a…
A Goucher Ice Cream Showdown!
We, as a community, need to reassess the serious issue of the best place to get ice cream on campus, as Taharka Bros. Ice Cream has entered the fray. Before we begin, I am limiting this to on campus ice…
Senator Salaries Slashed: A Response
I write the following opinion piece as a concerned student, not as a senator, as I cannot represent SGA on this matter. Facing the dire prospect of exhausting the Student Government Association (SGA) funds before 2026, the SGA enacted its…
Should Goucher Require a Course on Satire?
The Goucher community should seriously consider requiring every Goucher student and administrator to take a course on satire as an art form and type of societal/political commentary. In our modern, hyper-political, online, art filled, interconnected world, there is more than…
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