GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Video of police Tasering a persistent questioner of Sen. John Kerry became an Internet and TV sensation Tuesday, generating fierce debate about free speech and the motives of the college student involved - a known prankster who often posts practical jokes online.
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not like Kanye West needed an ego boost, but here it comes: His "Graduation" album trounced 50 Cent's "Curtis" in the much-hyped rap sales showdown with nearly 1 million copies sold the first week, the best debut of the year for the struggling music industry.
Emotions high, facts low: SGA's first students-only meeting fails to add much to list of accomplishments as packed room empties out by end of meeting
Co-ed bathrooms are a fact of life; students hardly bat an eye at them anymore. It is a part of life in on-campus living. This year brings a new, but similar policy. Now men and women can live together -- in gender neutral housing. The idea had been on the minds of both students and administrators for a while.
Community Living Coordinator: It's a fancy title you have probably heard thrown around from time to time. You may have even eaten across from one or you may live in a building with another. Yet, you may not know who they are or even why they are here at Goucher.
Richard Simon, '08, is a dedicated golf fan. He's also a dedicated topical blogger. Put the two together, and you get TheGolfWatch.com, "a blog dedicated to the latest in golf news." Simon is part of one of the evolving trends in our information age: new media, a growing movement in mass media that focuses on channeling current news and information to audiences via web-based media such as blogs.
SYDNEY -- As much as I appreciate the political rhetoric used by Senator Obama that there is only "one" America, I find it to be a rather irrelevant concept in reality. Not a black America and a white America, not a gay America and a straight America -- you get the idea.
I wholly applaud the growing trend of study abroad programs across colleges and universities nationwide. As borders of nationalism blur and the fabric of our international community becomes ever more intertwined, we are compelled to act as the global citizens we all are.
On Tuesday night September 11, the Ram's Head was transformed into the fantastical fairy-world that is Feist. Rogue Wave opened the concert in the cool and colloquial indie fashion that one would expect at such a concert. The men on stage seemed calmed and consumed by their music rather than actively attempting to perform.
It's been four years since Bush's declaration on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln. The deaths of 3,700 American troops and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis since have served as testimony to the quicksand into which we're continuing to chuck innocent lives and billions upon billions of tax dollars.
Last year, Dean of Students Gail Edmonds and Director of Community Living Scott Eckhardt came to SGA legislature to hear out and promptly ignore student opinions on imposing standardized fines for alcohol violations. As you might guess, the legislature was not thrilled with the idea, and they sent a barrage of questions at Edmonds and Eckhardt.
By: Sarah Nathan Last spring, I watched my brother spending endless nights studying for his upcoming SAT. Additionally, my parents spent $1,300 on an intense study course preparing him for this four hour test which would potentially determine which colleges will send him acceptance letters a few months from now.
It was formed to align schools that were more similar to another in academics -- yet with that step came other costs.
Men's soccer out-scored Gallaudet and Penn St.-Berks 17-1 en route to winning the Goucher College Soccer Classic. They did not fare so well at the Messiah College Soccer Classic, losing to Grove City and Cortland with only an overall -3 goal difference. They have since split their last two games, and now stand 3-3.
It is dividing some faculty. It is causing others to say they fear for their jobs. The 8-page document is revealing deep-seated concerns about how much power the Board of Trustees has. The new document, called the "Policy on Faculty Employment," codifies the rules by which faculty may be given both tenure and pink slips.
I've been thinking a lot about sluts lately. It all started when, out of my love for creative procrastination I decided to click on a one of those distracting popup dating ads. As I searched around the personal page, mocking the hilarity of people's profiles, I noticed that the site had a link to personality tests.
"Fourth Comings" is the fourth novel of Megan McCafferty's Jessica Darling series. We meet Jessica right after she graduates from Columbia University. She had intended to take a road trip, one final chance to experience the world responsibility-free, with her best friend Hope.
The alarm clock blared at me on August 23rd and as soon as my hand could find the infernal off switch the spy music cued up in my head. The spy music wasn't the first sign of psychosis, but rather the building excitement of moving into college. I admit that maybe I was the over prepared geek, but because of a my choice to sign my summer away to being a camp counselor in isolating Mazomanie, WI I had two days at home before flying to Goucher which put everything in a bit of time crunch and left a lot of time to hype up move in day in my mind.
As the Goucher College Athletic Department begins this upcoming athletic year in the recently formed Landmark Conference, nine of the college's 15 intercollegiate teams welcome changes in staff. The Gophers kicked off to a strong start with the Men's Soccer team earning a record of 3-2, losing only to Grove City by a score of 2-3 and to the Northeast Region's #5 ranked SUNY Cortland 3-5.
