Center for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching (CAST)
All students have complained about a professor or an assignment or a particularly bad incident in a classroom at least once in their lives. Maybe you’ve written these complaints in an end-of-course reflection or approached a professor directly about the…
The Psychology of Climate Change
In 2009, New York Times’ Dr. Paul Krugman compared climate scientists today to Cassandra of ancient Greek mythologies. Through a series of circumstances, Cassandra was gifted by the gods with the ability to prophesize the future, but was also cursed…
Garrison Keillor Visits Goucher
Erika DiPasquale, Associate Editor March 5th, 2017 On Monday, February 20th, Kraushaar Auditorium was filled to capacity for the sold out Garrison Keillor Event. The master storyteller was the first performer of “The Power of Storytelling” themed-semester event series, which…
Who Gets to Be a Jazz Musician?
Katie Van Note, Staff Writer March 5th, 2017 What does a stereotypical American jazz musician look like? This is the question Naomi Moon Siegel asked that prompted conversation in Jeffrey Chapell’s jazz ensemble class last Tuesday, February 21st. Siegel is…
Goucher EATS: An Ode to My “Vegan Soul”
Jessica Gude, Features Editor March 5th, 2017 “Wait, I thought you were a vegan.” This is a statement that usually comes as I’m reaching for a piece of chicken or halfway through a forkful of something with bacon. And despite…
Post-Study Abroad Poster Session
Erika DiPasquale, Associate Editor February 25th, 2017 During the common hour on Wednesday, February 15th, the 45+ students who studied abroad during the Fall 2016 semester took over the Hyman Forum for a poster session. The poster session is a brand…
“Picturing Frederick Douglass”: A lecture
Madeline St. John, News Editor February 15th, 2017 At a recent Black History Month event, Donald Trump stated, amidst other comments, “Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more,…
S.E.T.: Winter Carnival and G.I.G Planning
Katie Van Note, Staff Writer February 15th, 2017 The Student Engagement Team set the bar high for events on campus this past weekend, with their Winter Carnival. Formerly know as Programming Board, S.E.T. is a group of Goucher students and…
Faculty Insider: Eric Singer, International Relations Department
Olivia Baud, Staff Writer February 15th, 2017 In the course of gossip and discussion on the Goucher campus, one question in particular is sure to surface: Who is Eric Singer? Professor Singer is a familiar figure of authority to most political…
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