The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

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BCoPD Presence on Campus Will Cause Additional Harm to Students (Opinion)

Baltimore County Police (BCoPD) presence on campus has been one of the proposed solutions following the racist, anti-Black graffiti found in Heubeck Hall just before Winter break and the general rise in vandalism last semester. If implemented, this plan will…

Goucher Welcomes Maggie Millner’s Couplets

On February 22, Goucher College began the Spring semester’s Blue Reading Series with poet and lecturer, Maggie Millner. Millner is the author of the book Couplets, which includes a collection of couplet poems that express the development of sexuality. Her…

Who Is Goucher?

Who Is Goucher? highlights individuals who make up our small, tight-knit community and sheds light on the role they play. Readers of The Quindecim nominated faculty, staff, and students they wanted to see featured in this edition, and staff contributor Sam Rose picked…

Drenched in Buzzwords, Goucher’s New Campus Master Plan Severely Lacks Substance (Opinion)

In the last week of January, as students, faculty, and staff prepared for the start of the Spring semester, Goucher released its new Campus Master Plan (CMP). The CMP is supposed to lay “a vision for the physical transformation of…

First-Year Food Tips

As a first year student, I know how difficult it is to regulate your diet and eating habits when you get to college – it’s a huge change. Throughout the time that I’ve been here, I’ve picked up some food…

Athlete to Watch: Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw

Close followers of The Q will remember that Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw was featured as an athlete to watch last fall. Since then, the cross country team has joined in with the rest of the track team to compete in the indoor…

What Q staffers are doing to get through finals

We asked our staff to tell us how they are coping during such a busy time. Here’s what they had to say! Amita: Cleaning my room to destress, watching some of my favorite Christmas movies (The Polar Express, Love Actually,…

Letter From the Editor

The end of the semester is upon us, and so is the culminating edition of The Q for the fall. I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on our work so far this year. Our name, Quindecim, is Latin…

We Should be Using Zoom to Our Advantage (Opinion) 

Thanksgiving break posts a tricky question for students who live on campus: when should we head home?  It lasts from Wednesday through Sunday the week of Thanksgiving, which feels more like a long weekend than a break. On the Monday…

New Old Faces in the Athletic Department

This fall sees the return of two legendary coaches from Goucher history with Kyle Hannan coming back as head men’s lacrosse coach, and John Caslin returning as the senior distance running and cross country coach.  Hannan was at Goucher for…