Of Birds and Words Pt. 3: A Call To Action
Let’s start with some facts: the college is cutting Wellness Center Peer Educators, is moving the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Excellence under a new Dean of “Belonging,” is cutting budgets across the board, is instituting a hiring freeze, is…
I Was Sold a Dream of Free Laundry
When I arrived in the fair land of Goucher, I embraced the beautiful idea of free laundry. We may have had crappy machines that made you feel stained (ever-broken, rarely fixed), but they didn’t even require a dime. It was…
Zimmer’s 1991 Of Birds and Words: A Modern Reexamination
I recently re-read Steve Zimmer (class of 1992)’s October 3rd 1991 piece; Of Birds and Words, for a different upcoming Quindecim article, but I also wanted to respond to the philosophical side of his piece. Below are some of my…
Of Birds and Words: A Modern Reexamination Part II:
If you have not already, please read part one of this op-ed. It outlines some of Steve Zimmer’s incredible 1991 piece and ideas that might apply to our current situation. This second part is focused on examples of where I…
Letter From The Editor: A Journalist’s Christmas Wish
Dear Reader, You may have noticed a distinct lack of papers filling the news racks around campus. You have a good eye! We didn’t put out a print edition this semester, due to a handful of reasons. The first being…
Goucher Rocky Horror: What to Know
Goucher’s annual production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do while waiting for next year’s show. For the uninitiated, Goucher’s version has a few expectations, surprises, and aspects of…
Goucher Student Leadership: Lost to Time?
A Response to Shawanda Ayers’ 2000 Quindecim Piece I was reading old Quindecims, as one does, and ran across Shawanda Ayers’ November 8th, 2000 piece titled “Does Goucher Have Adequate Student Leadership?” She answered that Goucher has student leadership problems…
In Da Club: Past and Present Goucher Organizations
Goucher, like most small colleges, centers the social community around clubs and student organizations. And also like a lot of colleges, this student life took a major toll during COVID-19, and requires active student leaders to maintain them. Goucher, especially,…
Why I Have a Dorm Cat (And You Should Too!)
There are only seventeen registered emotional support animals on this campus, and I believe that we need to get those numbers up. Why, you ask? Picture this, you come back to your room after a long day of classes, throw…
The Ghost of the Goucher Theater Program
Let’s face it, the arts at our liberal arts college are on its deathbed, and we might be the reason. Did you know that Goucher used to be the second most successful theater program in Maryland, but now in 2025,…
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