What’s Your Couch Pointed Towards?: Amazon Pilots

Addie Maxwell
Opinion Editor

Yes, we’re all excited about new episodes of Arrested Development streaming on Netflix May 26th, but while you’re waiting, why not check out another Amazon’s eight new original comedy pilots.  These eight episodes are currently free online.  Viewers get to vote for which shows they like the best, and the top contenders will be produced as entire series.

Smart Art: Yes, I Did Write That About You

Sara Torgerson
Arts Editor

Recently I’ve had a problem with my art. It’s the problem of anonymity. How can I make something that is clearly about another person without being so obvious? Is it creepy that half my art is centered on other people –lovers, friends, my fear of pregnant women?  Do I want people to know these truths? I do want to keep making art.

I guess we as artists take a risk when creating work. It is a form of vulnerability. Others are actually going to see how I feel about something. They might see that I am not over it or that I like something more then I let on. We divulge our secrets in our work. This deep personal self comes out on the canvas, or paper, or sculpture, or whatever and there is no way to prevent it. Unless you lie, but then what’s the point.

Popstar Kyary Brings Japan to NYC

Carly Susman
Staff Writer

I had never bought a VIP concert ticket and I had never missed class to see a concert, but I decided to do both those things just this once.  I am not condoning this seemingly reckless spending and academic irresponsibility because mostly, I had never felt like it was worthwhile to do either of those things… that is until I found out Japanese pop star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu was performing in New York City for the first time.  I will be the first of many to tell you that it was worth every penny.

Goodbye Goucher, It’s Been One Year

Sabrina Sarro
Staff Writer

My name is Sabrina Sarro and attending Goucher College has been the best decision I’ve made in my life.

Environmental Clubs Find Earth Day a Success

Jordan Javelet
Staff Writer

This year’s Earth Day/Night Festival at Goucher was a great success, which was to be expected considering how ecofriendly and environmentally conscious the student body is. I am continually impressed by the passion my peers demonstrate in their consistent efforts toward making our planet healthier by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Student mixes paint in preparation for scarf painting. (Photo: Romy Ackerberg)

So What If I’m Beautiful?

Kathryn Dehler
Contributor

You may have noticed post-its on your bathroom mirror, in the Pearlstone atrium, in the Athenaeum, proclaiming what seem to be affirmation messages along the lines of, “You are beautiful!” I found one taped to a bathroom mirror that read, “You have a perfectly symmetrical face.”

Notes from Senior Editors

Addie Maxwell
Opinion Editor

I’ve always thought its funny how I’m the opinion section editor. I always say I have no opinions on anything, except apparently drinking, because I’ve written about it several times. In high school I was voted Most Laid Back, I’m an uninformed optimist, so why the heck did they give me this gig?

Q baby with Q Barbie (Photo: The Quindecim)

What I quickly realized was that I didn’t have to write about the government or go on angry rants about the environment to run this section.  While these sorts of things are important and have found a place in my section, opinions can also be about our own, everyday lives.  During my tenure, this is the tone the opinion section has taken.  One of my favorite pieces I wrote was in those first issues.  I wrote about turning twenty-one, an experience all college students share.

I’d like to think that what I choose to write about connects with where the collective “us” is in our lives, that someone finishes my article, nods their head, and says “yeah man, that connects with me.”  I’ve been fortunate enough to, on a few occasions, have those people reach out to me.  The number of times I could probably count on one hand, but in a community that apparently “doesn’t read The Q,” it feels big.

As an editor, I’ve helped facilitate this experience for others.  My writers have had their articles shared in classes, and they’ve received emails from administrators wanting their help editing policies.  I am proud that my section has given students the voice they need and deserve.

As an athlete, this is the kind of work I want to be a part of.  This is why I sit in the office, writing what’s in my soul at four in the morning (it always feels far more profound at that hour).  Because, this matters to the people around me.  If I was writing a paper for class I would go to bed, but when the rush of the team effort, of your words in print, of the possibility of connecting with someone you don’t even know is out there, how can you not write?  It is immediate gratification at its most intellectual, and I hope I’ll be doing it for a long while.