Goucher College
- Athletics

The Arts Are More Important

I can't complain. that is why I came here. NO FOOTBALL TEAM! If we got one, I might actually consider leaving, and that is a huge statement to make because I am absolutely in love with Goucher. I give it an A+ because I think sports have their appropriate place. you can participate in them if you want to but if you don't want to you don't have to. I don't share the frustration athletes do here because I am an avid supporter of the arts. Yes, I might show up to a game, but I won't enjoy it as much. I will go the opera, or a play, or a concert in the GoHo. That is why I came here, because that is what I enjoy. Anyone here for athletics knew what it would be like, we are not a big sports school. I don't condemn them or thinks sports are useless, I used to be an athlete myself. I think it's valuable, I know we need them on campus, I know I should probably support them more. Sports just aren't my thing. I'm here to be myself, be with the arts. I respect athletes. I wish they didn't seem so isolated from everyone else. My friends who are athletes I rarely see and I wish I saw them more. I think Goucher has a unique identity. I think we stay true to that in the way we see students go for what they love, there are just more students here who consider the Arts to be more important and that is OK

Sports?

As a D3 school, students are here for academics more than sports. Our teams are pretty average, there are a couple good ones but not very many people go to games, at least not on a regular basis.

Dance and Horsebackriding :)

Sports at Goucher are pretty terrible... Good for the people who want to concentrate on a tough major and still get to play their sport on a college level, but really sometimes I think that there should be a division 4 just for Goucher. The horseback riding team does very well in their competitive division however and our dance program is one of the top non-conservatory programs in the country. Sometimes students only go to sporting events to watch dance team perform at halftime. We don't even have a football team.