Goucher's first deer hunt in nearly 20 years is over and officials estimate the herd has been thinned by about a third. A total of 62 deer were killed in the hunt, which took place during winter break. School administrators who favor the hunt say the campus is still overpopulated.
Goucher's students, faculty and staff will have to look for a new way to get around Baltimore using public transportation beginning next week. The Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) announced earlier this week that the number 11 bus will no longer be stopping on campus.
Vandalism is on a heightened, steady pace this year and some students are calling on their peers to make it stop. A club on campus, called "Bridging the Gap," hosted a forum on February 4. Both the president and the dean of students were there. Notably missing: about 97 percent of the student body.
Having trouble watching YouTube at night? You're not alone. There has been a recent, significant slowdown in connections to streaming video and audio using Goucher's internet. The reason? An adjustment made by Goucher's computing services. They want to stabilize internet connection speeds, which means viewing web videos will take longer now.
The Quindecim has been granted regular access to information about sexual misconduct and violations of the Code of Conduct and the Academic Honor Code. The Q has also been granted access to information about rulings and sanctions given as a result of these violations.
This winter, Laura Amy Schlitz '77, received the prestigious Newbery Medal for her book "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village." The book is her fourth published work. She has lived in the Baltimore area her whole life, and is a self-avowed hobbit.
To its long list of environmental initiatives, Goucher has added another this semester. The bookstore is now selling reusable bags. Students and staff have long been concerned with raising awareness - constructing green buildings, environmental general education requirements, solar-powered lights, and eating local are just a few causes that have been espoused.
This semester, the radio station is beginning a pilot program for international radio shows. Two juniors, Michael Karelis and Melissa Weiss, will be doing radio segments from overseas. Richard Simon '08 put the program together. Simon was the director of programming for two and a half years but has an overseeing role this spring.
A newly chartered club will give students at Goucher an insight into studying abroad without them having to leave campus. Atlas, a new publication, will publish students' stories about their time spent abroad. Emily Dobkin 08', Atlas's creator and editor, hopes to create a collective scrapbook of students' travels that will showcase poetry, short stories, photography and various mementos collected by Goucher students while abroad.
The gopher is a familiar sight around campus - he adorns bumper stickers, laundry bags, t-shirts and most of the contents of Goucher's bookstore. But the mammal he is loosely based on is a stranger to Towson, as in the rest of the state. Its relative, the groundhog, is the one native to Maryland.
The Student Government Association (SGA) is one step closer to codifying students' rights. In last week's legislature meeting, a rough draft was presented to students. It is just over a page long and includes rights to a free press, equal protection and academic freedom.
Rebecca Knickmeyer '00 never planned to be on "Jeopardy." But, she ended up as the Jan. 15 champion, winning $20,001. She said that she was nervous when the cameras started rolling, but had it under control as she built up her winnings. Her favorite question came when she was asked to identity a state flag.
The Obama campaign is taking the country, especially young voters, by storm. But some are still questioning whether the United States is ready for an African-American in the White House. Last week, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, one of the leading scholars of African American history in the nation and founder of "Black Power Studies," spoke at Buckner Hall in a lecture addressing that very question.