Guilford names interim president after President Jane Fernandes steps down
Jenni Camhi and Pierson Kye, Editor-in-Chief and News Editor
August 18, 2020
As the 2020-21 academic year begins, Guilford College students and faculty alike are entering a new semester with several recent changes in administration. One of the first changes that came to light, the resignation of Guilford President Jane Fernandes, was announced on June 26. Fernandes said she plans to ...
Coronavirus forces change for three-week courses
Reagan Bednar and Navya Belavadi, Staff Writer and News Editor
May 24, 2020
With Guilford finding itself in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, closing its campus and offering online-only classes, many three-week session classes didn’t go according to original plans. Some professors were forced to make drastic alterations in lesson plans or in some cases, cancel them all ...
Comedian Ben Turin examines the Guatemalan Coup of 1954
Ramya Krishna, Web Editor
April 7, 2020
On January 16, in the Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium, historical comedian Ben Turin presented “1954,” a comedic examination of whether the United States is living in a post-truth era. Turin began by discussing the Guatemalan coup of 1954, which was driven by American banana industries and yet, occu...
Author Heide Castañeda presents narrative on mixed families living along the border
Laura Quiceno, Staff Writer
April 7, 2020
Guilford College is a campus with a wide range of students that come from different backgrounds and the diversity is very notorious. Many of the students are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which “gives young undocumented immigrants protection from deportation and...
OSLE director candidate visits campus
Akeba Bebley-Calvin, Staff Writer
April 7, 2020
The resignation of Tim Johnson has left some Guilford College students in a place of uncertainty and distrust for administrators. Since Johnson left, student activities have been at a standstill. Several events that students have been looking forward to were either canceled or postponed. Steve ...
News in Brief
Navya Belavadi, News Editor
April 7, 2020
Economics professor Bob Williams presents conference paper At the Allied Social Science Association Conference which took place in San Diego on Jan 3, Professor of Economics Bob Williams presented a paper titled, “The Reparations Bill: Adding Late Charges and Securing a Funding Source.” Williams...
Education project aims to build brighter future for refugee children
Finn Conte, Staff Writer
January 6, 2020
On May 12, 2018, a fire swept through apartment G in the Summit-Cone complex, located at the busy intersection of Cone Boulevard and Summit Avenue in Greensboro. Tragically, Emmanuel and Furaha Mugabo, who came to Greensboro as refugees originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, lost their five...
OSLE Director Tim Johnson resigns
Ramya Krishna, Web Editor
December 20, 2019
On Dec. 2, Guilford Dean of Students Steve Mencarini sent an email to Guilford’s student body announcing the resignation of the Director of the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement (OSLE) Tim Johnson following “three years of dedicated service.” The resignation occurred over Thanksg...
