SPORTS 12 Which Goucher sports teams will make the playoffs? Michael Layer ber 31. They need Catholic est win percentage of .393 tober 31. Elizabethtown and ceding five in the process. Sports Editor to win both of their games since 2010 when they went Merchant Marines will need In the league, they won big against Susquehanna and Ju- 0-7 in the league and lost 14 to win their final games, and over Drew and Moravian, he Goucher women’s niata, something that is not of their 18 total games. This they likely will. Susquehanna but they lost big to Scranton soccer team had a out of the realm of possibil- year, however, Goucher was and Catholic play on Satur- and Catholic, conceding nine Tstrong start in the ity. Elizabethtown must ei- able to steal two league wins day, October 24 and need to goals in four days without Landmark Conference, go- ther win or tie against Drew against Scranton and Drew in tie. If either team wins, they scoring once. They are doing ing unbeaten in their first on Saturday, October 24, and October. In those two games, will qualify. Susquehanna well for themselves and sit in six games, the last of which Moravian and Drew must tie Goucher was outshot 61-10 and Catholic both play Ju- sixth place. In front of them was a convincing away-win on the final day, Saturday, and yet won both games 1-0. niata, the team at the bottom are Catholic and Elizabeth- against Moravian in their October 31. If all of these The Landmark Conference of the league, and will most town tied for first, both with first league game of the sea- results stand, Catholic will is dominated by Elizatbeth- likely win. Moravian can- 4-1 records. Juniata sits in son. Unfortunately, October be first, Elizabethtown or town, who has won all five of not win their last two games third with a 3-1 record and has not been too kind to the Scranton will finish second their games. In second place against Scranton and Drew. Scranton and Susquehanna women’s team. They have or third and Goucher will is Merchant Marines with ten If all these results stand, are tied for fourth with a 3-2 lost every league game since finish fourth. points. Scranton and Susque- Elizabethtown will finish record. their impressive start. The The Goucher men’s soccer hanna are tied third on eight first, Merchant Marines will If Goucher can snatch a win team shares sixth place in team has been through the points. Drew, Catholic, and likely finish second, Goucher over Juniata and over Susque- the league with Juniata and wringer. They got only two Moravian are tied fifth place will finish third and Susque- hanna, they will be in a good Susquehanna. wins in the first eight games on seven points and Goucher hanna will finish fourth. position. Goucher will need To qualify for the Land- of the season, including los- sits in eighth place with six The women’s field hockey Elizabethtown and Catholic mark Conference playoffs, ing both conference games points. team has the best record at to win their final two games. Goucher needs to finish in September to Moravian Although they penultimate Goucher with a win percent- They will also need seventh fourth in the standings. For and Merchant Marines. They in the standings, Goucher age of .692. They lost their place Moravian to beat fourth this to happen, Goucher also conceded eight goals can still finish in the top four. first game of the season at place Scranton on Sunday, needs to win against Juniata and scored none in their first Goucher needs to win their Neumann in a narrow 1-0 October 25. If these results at home on Saturday, Octo- two games of October. They last two games against Ju- contest, but they won the stand, Catholic will finish ber 24 and away at Susque- rarely had the same lineup for niata on Saturday, October following seven games, scor- first, Catholic second, Gouch- hanna on Saturday, Octo- each game and have the low- 24 and Susquehanna on Oc- ing 31 goals and only con- er third and Juniata fourth. MLB Playoffs update the Los Angeles Dodgers William Pitts in five games. However, the Staff Writer series will most likely be known for Dodgers second he matchups have baseman Chase Utley’s con- been set for both the troversial slide into Mets TAmerican League second baseman Ruben Te- and National League Cham- jada, which broke Tejada’s pionship Series, the penulti- leg and resulted in Utley’s mate step to baseball’s World two-game suspension. Series. In the ALCS, the To- In the ALCS, the Toronto ronto Blue Jays will take on Blue Jays ended an even lon- the Kansas City Royals. In ger playoff drought, mak- the NLCS, the Chicago Cubs ing the postseason for the will play the New York Mets. first time since 1993 by win- Chicago is seeking to ning the American League end the longest champion- East title. There, they de- ship drought in professional feated the Texas Rangers in sports and win their first a thrilling five-game series, World Series since 1908. Al- highlighted by a come-from- though they finished third in behind win in the fifth game, The women’s soccer team shares sixth place in the league with Juniata and Susquehanna. Photo by Taylor their own division, the Cubs’ when three Rangers errors Striar. talented young core of play- in the seventh inning led to ers overcame the Pirates in three Jays runs. the wild-card game and then The defending American upset the favored St. Louis League champion Kansas Cardinals, the team with the City Royals lost last year’s best record in baseball, three World Series in heartbreak- games to one in the Division ing fashion to the San Fran- Series. Theirs was the only cisco Giants in game seven. one of the four Division Se- This year, they won the AL ries played that did not go Central and fought past the the maximum five games. wild-card Houston Astros in The New York Mets won the ALDS in another classic the National League East ti- five-game series. Despite tle, entering the playoffs for trailing 6-2 with six outs to the first time in nine years. go in game four while down They caught fire in July after two games to one in the se- the acquisition of outfielder ries, the Royals miraculously Yoenis Cespedes from the fought back for five runs in Oakland Athletics a great ad- the top of the eighth inning dition to their already solid and held in to win, forcing pitching staff. In the Divi- a fifth game that they would sion Series, they overcame also go on to win. The women’s field hockey team has the best record at Goucher so far. Photo by Taylor Striar. The UINDECIM The Independent Student Newspaper of Goucher College Q [email protected] Vol. 103, Issue 4, October 23, 2015 In this Q Staff and faculty “go back to school” for race for faculty and staff would Student Engagement, secre- in a clear but not simplistic Rachel Brustein be a good way to address this. tarial offices and other areas manner. “I believe you can Co-Editor-in-Chief They asked various faculty of the college. communicate extremely dif- his semester, many members to teach from their “We [Al-Bulushi and ficult material in a way that is staff and faculty are discipline and then set up a DeCaroli] went to those peo- accessible,” DeCaroli added. Ttaking a seven week registration last semester. ple whose work and schol- “I don’t think we’ve been peer-taught course called People signed up. There are arship and teaching was in 100 percent successful in “What is Race?” Each Mon- about 70 people in the course, the area of race studies,” reaching our goal of bridg- day, the staff and faculty including faculty, staff from DeCaroli said. One aim of the ing faculty and staff, and gather in Merrick Hall for Dorsey Center, the Office of course is for faculty to teach bridging departments within a 90-minute class taught by faculty,” Professor of Soci- a different faculty member Halloween in Baltimore ology Jamie Mullaney said. each week. “We’ve gone back “We’re so deep in our dis- Page 5 to school on race,” said Kelly ciplines sometimes…that I Brown Douglas, Professor of think sometimes we are tak- Religion, who is both teach- ing foundational knowledge ing and participating in the for granted other people in course. the audience may not have.” The course was designed Each week, the participants by Yousuf Al-Bulushi, As- come as they are; there is no sistant Professor of Peace required reading or any prep Studies, and Steve DeCaroli, involved. The class starts out Associate Professor of Phi- as a lecture and then moves losophy. At a faculty meeting into discussion; there are op- last semester about race, one tional follow-up readings put The CDO’s person expressed the need online afterwards. to gain a better understand- “What is Race?” is being Etiquette Dinner ing of the academic theory tackled from the standpoint Page 6 behind race. After hearing of seven disciplines. Douglas this, DeCaroli and Al-Bulushi is teaching in the course on a thought setting up a course Associate Professor of Philosophy Steve DeCaroli speaking at a “What is Race?” class. Photo courtesy of the Goucher College website.