The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Instructors teach outdoors in Chicago, Illinois, on Jan. 21, 2021, protesting the intended upcoming return to in-person learning.

Chicago teachers locked in tense conflict over reopening plans

Maira Vandiver, Staff Writer February 4, 2021

While students at Guilford anxiously await a return to in-person classes, teachers in Chicago are poised on the brink of strike while resisting a return to in-person instruction. Following a vote on...

Newly elected President Joe Biden signs an executive order on Jan. 25, 2021.

Biden dives into work during his first week

Juliana Hubbard, Staff Writer February 4, 2021

After his inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20, President Joe Biden wasted no time getting to work, signing 17 executive orders on his first day, many of which will directly impact our community. According...

Giuliani sued for defamation

Nolan Ross, Staff Writer February 4, 2021

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and personal lawyer for Donald Trump, is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems, maker of electronic voting hardware and software, for defamation. After a...

“People Gather during a Protest against the Jailing of Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny at the Statue of Alexander Pushkin in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday.”

Protests over Russian censorship snowball into arrests

Renata Diaz, Staff Writer February 4, 2021

Jan. 23, 2021. To many, this was just a regular Saturday. However, for protesters in Russia, Jan. 23 was anything but ordinary.  On that Saturday, over 20,000 Russians banded together to protest the...

Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, greets guests at the zoo where he lives in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The world’s loneliest elephant

Freddie Stultz, Staff Writer December 11, 2020

Kaavan is an elephant that was born in Sri Lanka; in 1985, he was given to a run-down zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan. He has been in Pakistan since he was a year old, but recently many social activists have...

Biden announces all-female communications team

Habin Hwang, Staff Writer December 10, 2020

One positive ray of news for feminists around the country has pierced through the tumultuous clouds surrounding the weeks of Thanksgiving and the end of the semester for many college students. On Sunday,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin rumored to resign as Russian President after more than eight years

Taron Lilly, Staff Writer November 19, 2020

After spending over eight years in public office and in other positions of power for over twenty, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is rumored to have plans to resign.  Putin’s leadership...

Evo Morales, center, is greeted by supporters as he returns to Bolivia.

Bolivia missed you, Evo Morales

Sophie Gray, Staff Writer November 19, 2020

Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Indigenous president and one of Latin America’s most prominent leftists, recently made a dramatic return to Bolivia after being in exile for a year. Morales was not clear...

What will the new COVID-19 vaccine mean? Perspectives from a public health coordinator

Avi Kumar, Staff Writer November 19, 2020

Eight months since the novel coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, an announcement has been made that indicates an end might be somewhat in sight. On Monday, Nov. 9, pharmaceutical company Pfizer...

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