The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

Scott Carpenter

What the post-Goucher world taught me about my dad’s old advice

When I was a student at Goucher, my dad would encourage me to try to learn a “hard skill” before I graduated. The workplace was a practical beast, he cautioned, and I needed a way to make myself stand out….

Why I’ve Become More Conservative Since Leaving Goucher – An Alum’s Perspective

Nobody asked out loud how best to save the world. We didn’t have to. I was sitting in class in Van Meter in 2011 or 2012 when a discussion on socioeconomic decline in Baltimore took a philosophical turn. At a…