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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

New year, new content & the same powerful message for all

New year, new content & the same powerful message for all

Lesly Vasquez, Staff Writer February 20, 2015

“You got to convince my vagina, seduce my vagina, engage my vagina’s trust. You can’t do that with a dry wad of f------ cotton,” said sophomore Nicole Zelniker in the monologue, “My Angry Vagina.” Directed...

Illegal logging in Peru and Brazil hurts indigenous communities and ecosystems

Illegal logging in Peru and Brazil hurts indigenous communities and ecosystems

Juliet Magoon, Staff Writer October 3, 2014

According to World Wildlife Fund International, nearly 80 percent of Peru and Brazil’s logging exports are obtained illegally. “Tala ilegal,” or illegal logging, disrupts indigenous culture by...

Warner speaks about memoir, surviving sexual assault

Warner speaks about memoir, surviving sexual assault

Molly Schneider, Staff Writer October 3, 2014

On Sept. 24, Guilford College students were given the inspiring opportunity to meet Ashley Warner, a North Carolina native, licensed clinical social worker and full-ime psychotherapist working and living...

Ex-NFL player accused of rape, pleads ‘not guilty’

Nicole Zelniker, Staff Writer February 28, 2014

Ex-NFL player accused of rape Darren Sharper pleads “not guilty” to rape charge Over the past 20 years, numerous athletes have been accused of a sexual assault crime, according to Pact5, a sexual...

UNC-Chapel Hill needs to stop blaming the victims

March 29, 2013

As someone born and raised in Chapel Hill, I found the recent news of UNC administration’s mishandling of sexual assault cases to be especially nauseating. Jezebel reported that former Assistant Dean...

News in Brief

Catherine Schurz, World and Nation Section Editor March 8, 2013

OHIO, USA Throughout February, Oberlin College discovered racial slurs displayed across campus, such as “n----- oven” graffiti in an elevator and “whites only” written above a water fountain....

Somali rape culture reveals crisis

Shelby Smith, Staff Writer February 15, 2013

Famine. Piracy. Drought. Chaos. Death. These are a few words that are associated with Somalia. Now, rape is an identifier that can be added to that list. Since the collapse of the Somali central...

Sexual assault rates rise in US jails, prisons and military according to new 2012 statistical analysis

Hannah Waller, Staff Writer February 15, 2013

Sexual violence against women in U.S. jails, prisons and the military has increased according to 2012 statistical reports. The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 requires an annual “comprehensive...

Use your own words to create knowledge

Haley Hawkins, Opinion Editor August 31, 2012

Words are just words — unless someone is listening. When a politician speaks, the nation listens. This was certainly the case for Missouri Representative and long-time Paul Ryan ally Todd Akin when...

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