The Quindecim

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The Problem of College Alcoholism

The general view today of college is a place of heavy drinking culture and partying all night. Many students now go to college to binge drink and party. These students and athletes are turned into a nameless face in a…

President Bowen Announces Departure

On October 19, the Goucher student body received an email from the chair of the Board of Trustees, Ruth Shapiro Lenrow, class of 1974. In the email, Lenrow informed the student body of President Bowen’s decision “that he will be…

Should Goucher Be Political?

The question of whether Goucher, or any other private university, should take political stances is especially pressing in this era of deep political division across the nation. Some clear parameters need to be established prior to opening up the question….

Hate Crime on Campus

On November 14 at 8:56 a.m., Javaunte Neumann, ‘20, posted a screenshot of a Snapchat he received from a friend to the Class of 2020 Facebook page. The Snapchat was captioned, “Cops knocked on my door. Someone wrote on the…

The Baltimore Intercollegiate Alliance: What Is It, Who Is It, and Why Should I Care?

The Baltimore Intercollegiate Alliance (BIA) is an organizing group created and run by Baltimore-area students at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Maddie Wolf, a senior at MICA, said that “the BIA is a coalition network of students who are…

2018 Baltimore NEDA Walk: Hope, Strength, Recovery

The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) is a “nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders.” NEDA’s vision is a world without eating disorders, and their mission is to support and serve as a “catalyst for…

The Quindecim Fall 2018- Spring 2019 Ad Rate Card

The Quindecim The Independent Student Newspaper of Goucher College ______________________________________________ Advertising Rate Card 2018-2019 Academic Year The Quindecim Goucher College 1021 Dulaney Valley Road Baltimore, Maryland 21204 Email: quin@mail.goucher.edu Hello: It is with great pleasure that we, The Quindecim, Goucher…

Fiction: A Brief Moment

Time tells tales that somewhere in its waves lies hidden a city that discovered the secret to perfection. In this city, there is no death and no illness, as the flaws of the flesh have no hold here. There is…

Bursting the Bubble: The Community-Based Learning Office

On the second floor of the Van Meter building, in a little space supplied with lots of food and coffee, Cass Freedland and Lindsay Johnson work together to run Goucher’s Community Based Learning (CBL) office. Santa Marie Wallace and Emily…