Enviromental Clubs Celebrate Spring; Kick Off Campaigns

Samuel Kessler
Staff Writer

Goucher College’s Earth Day and Earth Night celebrations were held Saturday, April 20. Students organized the celebrations. They were intended to raise awareness and fundraise for environmental clubs and their current campaigns.

Leila Hanna-Kohen ‘15 runs GEAR’s interactive paint balloon popping piece. (Photo: Romy Ackerberg)

Earth Day took place on the residential quad. Six clubs—Imagine More, the Agriculture Co-Op, GEAR, Goucher Outdoor Society, Yearbook Club, and Bollywood Club; two special interest houses—Peace House and Green House; and one outside vendor—a scarf-maker, attended and tabled the sparsely attended, but lively event. While the celebration was scheduled from one to five p.m., the festivities only began in earnest around two p.m.

Civic Works Celebrates 20 Years of Service in Baltimore City

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks at Civic Works’ 20th Anniersary celebration. (Photo courtesy of Bmore Photography)

Shay Kettner
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Civic Works, an Americorps program and Baltimore’s leading urban service corps, celebrated 20 years of service on April 24 with a lecture presented by environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. titled, “Civic Works & The Green Economy,” held in Goucher College’s Kraushaar Auditorium.

“We need to rationalize our economy so we reward people for doing good things for our environment,” said Kennedy, President of the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper. “An investment in our environment is not a diminishment in our countries wealth.”

What to Show for Two Years of Q: A Letter From Your Senior Co-Editors-in-Chief

Missy Ballinghoff
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Shay Kettner
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Thank you for picking up the last issue of The Q : the last issue of this academic year, and the last issue of our time as Co-Editors-in-Chief of this publication.

The Quindecim Office 2011. (Photo: Kaitlin Higgins)

Kristof: On Women’s Rights and Contributions

Kaitlin Higgins
Global Editor

As a storyteller—in his journalism as well as in his books—it would be unfitting if Nicholas Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, had not used this skill as he spoke in front of a full Kraushaar Auditorium on March 11. While he addressed the nature of his research and journalism and spoke to some of his

Kristof with Kaitlin Higgins ’13 signing books at the end of his lecture. (Photo: Romy Ackerberg.)

conflicts and criticisms during a question and answer session, the content of his lecture focused less on himself and more on the women and girls who have informed this work.

Celebrating Women’s History Month: A Community Affair and Goucher Tradition

Rachel Brustein
Staff Writer

Films, an open mic night in the GoHo, and guest speakers were all ways that Goucher celebrated Women’s History Month this year. Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Irline Francois said that “it is in the tradition of the college” to host these events during this time of year.