A Gopher Field Hockey Recap
On Wednesday, October 8th, the field hockey team beat conference opponent Catholic University in a 2-0 game, the team’s first major win in 30 years against Catholic. “We felt amazing,” Camden West ‘27 recalled how Catholic entered Goucher’s home field…
Critters on Campus: Sookie Dorr
This is Sookie. Yes, she was named after the character from Gilmore Girls. She’s the sweetest bully you’ll ever meet, being joyfully disrespectful at every turn. Found in a tire as just a tiny kitten, she immediately captured the heart…
How To Argue With Your Partner
How to Argue with Your Partner? Adam scoffed at his wife Sofie, “Well, I’m listening, so you should feel heard.” Sofie yelled back, “You never listen, and that’s your problem…” These two are a match made in heaven; neither of…
A Broken Shooting Machine, and What That Means
Prospects of a new machine are uncertain.The shared shooting machine for Goucher’s basketball teams is broken, and it has been since theend of last season. Players say that last year, the machine was vital to their success as a program.A…
Goucher Eats: Beef Empanadas
Hola Goucher, and welcome to the first edition of Goucher Eats, where I go through budget friendly recipes found by sleuthing on the net or submitted by the Goucher Community! In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I made empanadas following…
Shelf Talk: Non-Fiction, A Queer Romeo & Juliet Retelling, and Manga
I was able to read some insightful, but fun books the past week or so. Here is what I read and recommend. A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Ilan Pappe is, as the title suggests, a short…
Poem: Gazebo
A little gazebo, Not too far from our home. It’s a place of our own, that no one else can know. The boards shift and creak beneath my weight. The sky lets loose a downpour of rain, And leaves on…
Shelf Talk: Short Stories, A Jane Austen Remix, & Literary Fiction
Despite the new year school starting, I have managed to pull myself out of a reading slump, and have picked up some good books over the course of the last two weeks. Here is what I have read and recommend. …
Goucher Student Leadership: Lost to Time?
A Response to Shawanda Ayers’ 2000 Quindecim Piece I was reading old Quindecims, as one does, and ran across Shawanda Ayers’ November 8th, 2000 piece titled “Does Goucher Have Adequate Student Leadership?” She answered that Goucher has student leadership problems…
Gopher Advice: A Completely Confidential Social Advice Column
Where does self-confidence come from in other people, and how can I work on developing it? Self-esteem is a struggle for me right now. – Self-Conscious in Sondheim Dear Self-Conscious, You are not alone in your struggle. In fact, I’ve…
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