Adjusting to Goucher under Quarantine
By Nicholas Enoch ’24 Walking on Van Meter Highway and being told the stories of students walking into Mary Fisher Hall with large groups of friends at night and sitting outside the Big Lawn, it felt weird seeing an almost…
Letter from an Editor-in-Chief, September 2020
Welcome to week three of the most distanced semester of college any of us have ever experienced. Black lives matter. Black Goucher students’ lives matter. Black trans lives matter. That is the most important message I can share with you…
The Alternative to an Antiquated Response
By Sam Anderson ’21 In the years since 1918, Goucher College and the world have experienced many changes. The two most notable of which for the small, liberal arts college in Maryland were moving from a campus in the heart…
A Tale of Two Presidents: A Suggestion for the Fall Semester
By Sam Anderson ’21 Our former President, José Bowen, and current President, Kent Devereaux, have both made their way into the pages of major publications covering higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The differences between their published comments thus…
Abroad Students’ Experiences of Waiting, Watching, and Wondering
By Sam Anderson In my recent article for The Quindecim called, “Waiting, Watching, and Wondering: A Response to Kent’s Leadership in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” I wrote that I had heard my sentiments about the lack of decision making and thoroughness…
Waiting, Watching, and Wondering: A Response to Kent’s Leadership in the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Sam Anderson A few weeks ago in an article published to The Chronicle of Higher Education on April 16, 2020 entitled, “How College Leaders Are Planning for the Fall,” Kent Devereaux, President of Goucher College, was quoted speaking about…
Life in the Age of Coronavirus
By Monica Valdez Ramos COVID-19, a virus that changed my life rapidly. Hearing “coronavirus” on repeat whenever I open social media, when I wake up hearing my mom tell me the new cases that are in my state, from news…
A JERUSALEM ISRAELI’S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
When the Covid-19 virus first arrived in Jerusalem Israel two weeks ago, my workplace Mobileye Intel, a global safe-driving startup, cancelled work days and shut doors indefinitely. I celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim again in Jerusalem for the third straight year with my Israeli…
A Gopher in Musherib: Life under Quarantine in the Arab Gulf
Handshakes, hugs and sighs of relief filled the air outside the Intercontinental Katara, in Doha, Qatar. An unusually cool breeze had settled as the Rolex clock on the curbside chimed midnight alongside a row of the seven remaining brand new…
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