Have Faith: A Reflection
For Sebastian. Take care, pal, you’ll be missed. Life is fragile and fleeting. Most of us are aware of this, but I’m not sure if we really understand it. I had a bit of a wakeup call recently, when I…
Evictions in Baltimore City: Why We Should Care
As a student at Goucher College, living in a county outside of Baltimore city proper, I want to take the time to address a very important issue that affects residents of the city and should be of concern to students…
America’s Math Problem
Last Friday, the U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget deal in the early hours of the morning, which was subsequently signed by President Donald Trump. The budget will increase federal spending by close to $300 billion over the course of…
How to Infuse Your Life with Creativity
Day after day, you perform your quotidian tasks mindlessly, without reason or inquiry. While you walk the same paths to get to that same place to see the same people to learn the same things, you continually daydream about more…
Hey, Let’s Cut A Critical Resource From Our Schools!
Currently, our country’s education system is under attack due to a troubling trend: the neglect of art programs in schools. Serious budget cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts are resulting in many public schools struggling to maintain their…
An Alternative Solution
It probably had something to do with all the ideological softballs thrown his way during his speaking event at our school a few weeks ago, but by the end of the night, Charles Blow’s comfort with a friendly audience steered…
Reviews of Helen Glazer’s Walking in Antarctica
What is the exhibit? Kyoko Kinoshita Goucher College is holding an exhibition entitled “Walking in Antarctica” by Helen Glazer in Rosenberg Gallery, from October 18th to December 18th. Helen Glazer makes photographs and photo-based sculptures based on complex natural forms,…
What They Should Teach Us in High School
You often find many students in high school and college saying “When are we going to use this stuff in real life?”. The Pythagorean theorem is not going to help with me in life and I cannot name a time…
Birth Control in Puerto Rico: The Pill’s Dark History
Although the pill allows American women to feel more in control of their body, many do not realize the dark history behind this method of birth control. In 1956, a researcher from Massachusetts named Gregory Pincus conducted the first experiment…
When Friends are Abroad
Studying abroad, on either and ICA or a semester, is a quintessential part of the Goucher experience, but what happens when all your friends are studying abroad for a semester and you’re not? This happened to me this semester, and…
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