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Black Lindy Matters

Katie Van Note, Staff Writer February 25th, 2017 “There is something going on in our culture today; it’s being lost.” This is what Breai Mason-Campbell said in a recent phone conversation. Breai is an African American activist in Baltimore, MD who…

Post-Study Abroad Poster Session

Erika DiPasquale, Associate Editor February 25th, 2017 During the common hour on Wednesday, February 15th, the 45+ students who studied abroad during the Fall 2016 semester took over the Hyman Forum for a poster session. The poster session is a brand…

Goucher’s Response to Men’s Lax Photo

Michael Layer, Sports Editor February 25th, 2017 In the first issue of this semester, the professors in the Center for Geographies of Justice and Cultures published an open letter addressed to President Jose Bowen. The letter urged Goucher College to take…

Goucher Professors Discuss the Evironmental Protection Agency

Madeline St. John, News Editor February 25th, 2017 When the EPA came into existence in 1970, during Nixon’s administration, it was backed by relatively strong bipartisan support for environmental regulation, likely due to politicians recognizing and responding to real, visible environmental…

Campus Construction Update

Erika DiPasquale, Associate Editor February 25th, 2017 On Friday, February 17th, Linda Barone, the FMS project manager, and the Whiting-Turner Construction Team co-hosted a community update on the campus construction plan. Despite free pizza, attendance was extremely low. This was the…

Oscar Predictions

Teegan Macleod, Staff Writer February 25th, 2017 This year’s Oscars boasts a great deal of talent.  It has been a few years since I’ve had so many favorites and many have been nominated for multiple awards. However, at the end of…

Goucher Style: Haley Rice

Annie Schwartz, Arts & Entertainment Editor February 25th, 2017 Who: Haley Rice, Senior, Socialogy Major Annie Schwartz: Describe your style. Haley Rice: I like to wear mostly black and neutral colors with a small pop of red (or sometimes burgundy). I…

Book Review: The Memory Book

Erika DiPasquale, Associate Editor February 25th, 2017 Lara Avery’s The Memory Book is the next The Fault in Our Stars and the Young Adult equivalent of Still Alice. Upon being diagnosed with Niemann-Pick Type C, a genetic degenerative disease that causes…

School Choice & Betsy DeVos

Drew Phillips, Staff Writer February 25th, 2017 The phenomenon we have been witnessing over the course of the last several months surrounding the U.S. Department of Education and newly appointed Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, has been an enlightening microcosm of…

Argentina, Abroad, and American-ness: A Reflection

Madeline St. John, News Editor February 15th, 2017 I never thought more about what it means to “be American” than I did while abroad this past semester. American. What identity, what history, what stories are bottled up in this word? We…