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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Daniel Bowen ’18, MaKayla A. McLaurin ’18 and Charles Bookheimer ’18 prepare for a League of
Legends match as preparation for the League of Legends World Championship

As eSports expand, more join online community

Maksym Kosachevskyy, News Editor October 28, 2016

Metagaming, multiplayer online battle arena, away from keyboard, massively multiplayer online role playing game, original poster, good game, experience point, nerf, random number generator and Twitch....

The men’s soccer team shows support for breast cancer awareness by wearing pink jerseys in games throughout the month of October.

Athletes show colors for breast cancer survivors

Daequan Fitzgerald and Justin Perdue October 28, 2016

According to BreastCancer.org, over 246,000 women are expected to be diagnosed with some form of breast cancer in the United States in 2016. It is also estimated that one in eight women will develop invasive...

Golf legend, hero Arnold Palmer passes away

Justin Perdue and Reese Setzer October 26, 2016

In sports, there are many superstars, legends and heroes. In golf, there was the king: Arnold Palmer. Palmer was one of the most important and special people in golf history. While he is not the greatest...

Paralympic athletes achieve incredible feats in Rio games

Paralympic athletes achieve incredible feats in Rio games

Maksym Kosachevskyy, News Editor September 22, 2016

On Sept. 15, Algerian middle-distance runner Abdellatif Baka finished the T13 1500m race of the Paralympics in 3:48.29 seconds. The visually impaired athlete not only secured gold for his country but,...

Athletes kneel down to protest against injustice

Athletes kneel down to protest against injustice

Daequan Fitzgerald, Staff Writer September 22, 2016

It is not uncommon for professional athletes to take stands against social issues, specifically racial inequality. Women’s National Basketball Association stars wore Black Lives Matters t-shirts during...

Summer sports highlights

Reese Setzer, Sports Editor September 22, 2016

There were many sports story-lines throughout the 2016 summer that The Guilfordian was not able to cover. These stories ranged over the spectrum of sports, from remarkable championship moments to the...

Men’s cross country off to a running start

Men’s cross country off to a running start

Daequan Fitzgerald, Staff Writer September 21, 2016

The men’s cross country team returns this fall determined and hungry but, unfortunately, small in numbers. “If one or two of us can’t go (to a meet), we don’t get a team score,” said senior...

Sommer Fanney ’18 placed 36th during the ODAC Preview meet in 2016. // Photo courtesy of Guilford Athletics.

Small team proves they could win big

Nicole Zelniker, Editor-in-Chief September 21, 2016

Six meets. Six women. One team. Already, the women’s cross country team has started off their season at a full sprint. “We’re excited about being back together and training,” said junior...

Sports games continue to evolve for 2017

Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor September 16, 2016

In 2009, John Madden retired from an illustrious career as color commentator. Football fans, however, continue to utter his name as if nothing has changed. Ahead of the new season, “Madden NFL 17”...

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