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CDO Student Profile: Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum

STUDENT PROFILE: Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum CDO: We’re talking to Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum, class of 2020. Brett, let’s start out on a serious note. What two animals would be combined to become you? Brett: Bear Cub and Caterpillar CDO: And what’s your major?…

Staying In-Style With Aubin

Who: Aubin Niragira, ’20, from Jersey City, NY Q: What are you wearing today, Aubin? A: I’m wearing this sweater that’s not thick enough. And then these pants are from my dad, from like the 90s. It’s a little bit…

The Roots of Change: Students Learn to Mobilize

About four weeks ago, on Tuesday, September 5th, the Trump administration announced that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (also known as DACA). The program granted work permits and deferrals from deportation, renewable every two years,…

Campus Construction, Honest Opinions

While Goucher promises new innovation and advancements for Goucher’s future student population, its current students are the ones dealing with the transition. Currently eighty percent of the college’s residents are affected by the campus’ progress, with nuisances such as excessive…

The Office of Accessibility Services (OAS)

Goucher’s Office of Accessibility Services (OAS) opened its doors four months ago, and its director Arnelle Hanley has been busy at work ever since. The purpose of OAS is to provide a space for students who are seeking accommodations “to…

Stories of Immigration

Note: This article was written at the end of last semester. It remains relevant, however, especially in light of Trump’s recent attack on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Two recent Goucher graduates, Sabrina Jimenez, ‘17, and Fernando Parra…

Fresh Check Day: a New Goucher Tradition

  On September 22,  from 2-6pm in the Athenaeum Forum, Goucher College is having its very first Fresh Check Day. The event will be a resource and activities fair dedicated to improving mental health through raising awareness of the mental…

Smoke-Free Initiative Builds Steam, Encounters Roadblocks

  In October of 2016, President Jose Bowen and “Senior Leadership Team” announced an initiative for Goucher to become 100% smokefree in order to uphold “a bold history of innovation.” The administration made this decision in late November as a…

Goucher Style: Nashalia Ferrara

Annie Schwartz, Arts & Entertainment Editor Who: Nashalia Ferrara, Senior, Communications Major AS: Nashalia, the first time we met in Zurawick’s COM 242 class you were wearing these really cool booties that had zippers on the edges. Do you still…

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…