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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

When visitors arrive at the line to enter the first of Spookywoods’ 15 haunted areas, they find themselves at “Club Spooky.” Here, a DJ hypes up the crowd with loud music while scare actors creep through the shadows.

Spookywoods amps up the scares for its 39th season

Darren Brumbach, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

The fog slowly drifts towards you and your friends as you hear a bell ringing in the distance. Suddenly, a tall creature reaches toward your face and drapes its long fingers over your shoulder. All you...

Starring: Dice Jordan, Joshua Wilson, Amanda Brier, Debbie Aaron, Jonathan Vega, Hannah Roten, Maryn Leonard, Elijah Collins, and Heidi McIver (an Guilford alumni guest star)

Guilford College Theatre Studies presents ‘Burial at Thebes’

Guilford College Theatre Studies October 27, 2023

Guilford College Theatre Studies presents "Burial at Thebes," a modern retelling of Sophocles' Antigone," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26-28 and Nov. 2-4 in Sternberger Auditorium, located in Founders Hall.  The 75-minute...

What would Halloween be without signature animated specials that take viewers for spooky rides far beyond the pumpkin patch.

Must-watch animated Halloween specials

Taylor Ferguson, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

With Halloween upon us, it only makes sense to take in a rewatch of your favorite spooky show or movie. Halloween, like animation, is ignorantly assumed to be something only children can participate in....

President Biden hosts Senate majority leader Schumer, Senate minority leader McConnell, Speaker McCarthy, and Leader Jeffries in the Oval Office to discuss the need to ensure America does not default on its debt on May 16.

Veteran politicians: A legacy of leadership or a relic of the past?

Joshua Tromba, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

Over the years, politicians have remained in office until they were unable to continue working. Politicians like President Biden and Mitch McConnell have recently been brought into question on whether...

The North Carolina State Legislature has passed Senate Bill 49, a law that could fundamentally change the way schools treat LGBTQ+ students through numerous new regulations on how issues relating to gender and sexuality are handled by teachers and administrators.

Should you be worried about SB49?

Grady Tarleton, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

The NC state legislature recently overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto on the “Parents Bill of Rights,” NC Senate Bill 49. This controversial bill severely restricts the rights of LGBTQ+ students,...

Photographs of people killed in the 1973 Chilean coup. This exibit is from the Fundación Salvador Allende in 1990.

The other 9/11: Remembering 1973’s Chilean coup

Grady Tarleton, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

Last month, for the 22nd year in a row, the world mourned the deaths of the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But there was another event marked by the date, one that, though...

Patrick McHenry, a Republican representative from North Carolina, has been appointed as interim Speaker of the House while a replacement for Rep. Kevin McCarthy is decided on.

Who is Patrick McHenry?

Grady Tarleton, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

On October 3rd, Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker of the House in a historic vote, the first ever instance of a person being removed from that position. A replacement, Representative Mike Johnson...

Guilford Colleges responsibility to combat racism in sports

Guilford College’s responsibility to combat racism in sports

October 27, 2023

On Sept. 26, a women’s soccer game between Guilford College and Virginia State University was marred by alleged racist, hateful conduct from Guilford fans and athletes, and directed towards Black players...

Indigenous peoples in North America face a history of genocide, erasure and negative stereotypical portrayals in the media. Many indigenous Americans have called for increased recognition of historical violence, such as through the recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day.

Indigenous People’s Day recognized for a third year

Darren Brumbach, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

North America was colonized hundreds of years ago, and yet it took until 2021 for the Indigenous peoples who have always lived here to receive federal recognition in the form of a day. Additionally, it’s...

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