Duped by the Dining Hall
Written By: Karen O’Brien In 2016, Goucher’s on-campus dining options were named the Twentieth Best by The Princeton Review. This is a fact that the college loves to cite, talking about it on tours, websites, and pamphlets alike. When taking…
In Search of a More Ethical Snack: Goucher Should Divest from Harmful Food and Drink Vendors
Written By: Eva Schussel Goucher College is an institution that prides itself on ethical principles within a social justice framework. This is what we are told, and the reason that many of us chose to come here. At times, though,…
Goucher Reacts to the 2020 Presidential Election
By Jibril Howard ’22 Three days on from the 2020 Presidential Election and it’s only just now that the picture becomes clearer on who will be elected President of the United States. At the time of writing, the Democratic nominee,…
Spring Reopening: What to Think?
By Nicholas Enoch ’23 With less than four weeks left in the semester, speculations on what the Spring 2021 semester will look like and whether we will be coming back to campus is still up in the air, which is…
Comedy, Tragedy, and “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend”
By Madeline Tredway ’24 I don’t think there’s anything I could say about the 2020 pandemic that hasn’t been done to death. Loneliness, existential doom, constant fear, Animal Crossing — it’s all been reiterated over and over in so many…
Lebron James vs. Michael Jordan: Just Enjoy the Show
By Alex Dominguez ’24 With the Los Angeles Lakers blowing out the Miami Heat yet again in Game Two of the 2020 NBA Finals, it seems inevitable that Lebron James and company are going to win this year’s championship. With…
We Need to Rethink GSG Senate
If you’re a politically- or activist-minded first-year student arriving at Goucher, there aren’t very many obvious ways to get engaged. You barely know anybody beyond your immediate group of friends, you’re just starting to know a few professors, and the…
Letter from an Editor-in-Chief, September 2020
Welcome to week three of the most distanced semester of college any of us have ever experienced. Black lives matter. Black Goucher students’ lives matter. Black trans lives matter. That is the most important message I can share with you…
The Alternative to an Antiquated Response
By Sam Anderson ’21 In the years since 1918, Goucher College and the world have experienced many changes. The two most notable of which for the small, liberal arts college in Maryland were moving from a campus in the heart…
A Tale of Two Presidents: A Suggestion for the Fall Semester
By Sam Anderson ’21 Our former President, José Bowen, and current President, Kent Devereaux, have both made their way into the pages of major publications covering higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The differences between their published comments thus…
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