The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

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Letter from the Editor

This final edition marks our fifth publication of the semester and tenth of the year. It includes a wide variety of content, from news articles, to comics and photography, to sharp opinion pieces.  This edition is bittersweet for me. I’m…

What the 4% Tuition Increase Means for Goucher Students

A 4% tuition spike, $50 increase in the student activity fee, and a slew of changes to housing logistics and prices were announced in an email from President Kent Devereaux to undergraduate students on April 20 – in the middle…

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…

Gopher Hole Opening Pushed Back to Fall 2023

After several years of on and off repairs, the Gopher Hole, a room in the lower levels of Mary Fisher once used as an unofficial student hangout space, is nearly ready to reopen to student use.  According to their now-defunct…

Interview With the Author: Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization and Commitment in Southeast Asia

Julie Chernov Hawng, Associate Professor in the Political Science and International Relations departments, recently published her third book. She is known for researching how and why individuals join and leave Islamist extremist groups, and Chernov’s articles have been published in…

Athlete to Watch: Mark Martin

The Goucher track and field team started its outdoor season a few weeks before spring break, after a relatively successful indoor season through the winter. But Mark Martin ‘26 didn’t enter the picture immediately. The Gophers hosted a track meet…

Bathroom Break

Edition 5 Hoffberger First Floor: ★★★1/2  Dear reader, It has long since been customary for one to require some sort of reading material to accompany them on particularly long trips to the loo. In decades passed, the frequent choice of…

Goucher Learns the Science of Self Love with Heidi Green

On April 18 Goucher College welcomed Dr. Heidi Green to present her lecture about self-esteem and self-love: The Goucher Advocates for Emotional Wellness Presents Dr. Green’s The Science of Self-Love. It discusses topics of childhood confidence and how childhood experience…

Goucher Life as a Transfer Student

This Spring marks my first semester at Goucher College – I’m a transfer student who studied at Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) for two years. At CCBC, I worked hard in my courses and tried to find out what…

2019 to 2023: A Retrospective the Tumultuous Four Years at Goucher

What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, and How Goucher Students Have Banded Together Through It All. It has never been a more eventful time to be a Goucher College student. When the class of 2023 entered in late August 2019, no one…