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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Feb. 5, 2023.

Historical context grounds rising speculation for answer on Chinese balloon

Roman Raies, Guest Writer February 17, 2023

News coverage has recently taken a decidedly shortsighted view of a Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down by a U.S. fighter plane over the coast of South Carolina.  Despite U.S. accusations...

Cards, chocolate and a little history for Valentines Day

Cards, chocolate and a little history for Valentine’s Day

February 11, 2023

Ah, Valentine's Day. Elementary school students exchange paper valentines in shoeboxes, middle-school students seek nervous crushes and college students complain about being single. But what is the origin...

Theres a dangerous tension baked into many police interactions, both for the officers and the individuals with whom they interact.

In traffic stops, fear comes first

Miles Kirkpatrick, Opinion Editor February 10, 2023

In the aftermath of almost every police murder where the victim didn’t act in perfect compliance with the often contradictory and high-pressure orders shouted at them, thousands of people emerge from...

Enough of enough is enough

Enough of ‘enough is enough’

February 3, 2023

The mass shooting that killed 12 people in Monterey Park was the impetus for the Guilfordian editorial board to choose gun violence as the subject for this staff editorial. Between then and the drafting...

While an eventful year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been one of the most significant developments.

The most memorable moments of 2022

Taylor Ferguson, Staff Writer January 27, 2023

2022 was a memorable year to be sure. So many different things happened, like any year, but there was a certain poignancy to 2022, perhaps the first “recovery” year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have...

The Guilfordian will debut the future of the publications multimedia direction on WQFS.

The Guilfordian’s multimedia debut

January 20, 2023

This just in … The Guilfordian is breaking into a new form of news with two new audio shows on the Guilford radio station, WQFS! One is going to be hosted by our managing editor, the enthusiastic, bright,...

The infamous Breezewood Pennslyvania from a different angle. Resembles much of Greensboro.

Commentary on a commute

Miles Kirkpatrick, Opinion Editor January 20, 2023

My commute to school is my favorite part of my day. It's a 10 to 20 minute near-straight shot from my house to campus. It passes through a good cross-section of Greensboro, from the residential area I...

A call to republish William and Ariel Durant’s ‘The Story of Civilization’

Roman Raies, Guest Writer January 20, 2023

The works of 20th-century Pulitzer historians Will and Ariel Durant offer much that more recently published books lack. The couple worked as co-authors on works which eschewed conventions of historiography...

Archdale Hall, Home of the History Department and Professor Chen’s office, along with others.

The end of the Edge

Alex Souvignier, Staff Writer January 20, 2023

For the past four years, Guilford College’s administration has been conducting an experiment involving every student and professor. At the advent of the fall semester in 2019, the academic calendar changed...

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