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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

News in Brief: November 14, 2014

Abe Kenmore, World & Nation Editor November 14, 2014

Moscow, Russia: The Russian capital was shrouded in noxious fumes Monday, and the government has encouraged some residents to stay indoors, according to the BBC. The gas, which smells like rotten eggs,...

Blackwater employees convicted, company thrives

Blackwater employees convicted, company thrives

Nicole Zelniker, Senior Writer November 7, 2014

Fourteen dead. Seventeen to 20 wounded. Five on trial. On Sept. 16, 2007, contractors for the private company Blackwater opened fire in Nisour  Iraq, killing both civilians and U.S.-Iraq relations. “My...

North Carolina compensates victims of eugenic sterilization

North Carolina compensates victims of eugenic sterilization

Lily Lou, Staff Writer November 7, 2014

Elaine Riddick was raped at age 13.  After giving birth to her son at age 14, in 1968, she was sterilized without her consent. She was only one of 7,600 people forcibly sterilized by the Eugenics Board...

US and other countries unite to respond to ISIS

Amol Garg, Staff Writer November 7, 2014

“If the Islamic State (is) to be characterized, it would be as a revolutionary (or radical) insurgent actor,” said Yale Professor of Political Science & Director, Program on Order, Conflict and...

Revelation that US found WMDs in Iraq sparks new controversy

Landon Fried, Staff Writer October 31, 2014

In a bombshell report published in The New York Times, journalist C.J. Chivers revealed that the United States found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. After over a decade of political arguments concerning...

UN passes deforestation agreement

Nicole Zelniker, Senior Writer October 31, 2014

In 16 years, most of our first-years will have been born in 2012, our seniors will be the class of 2030 and the United Nations agreement to end deforestation will finally take effect. At the U.N. Climate...

Expenses, violence and abuse rise on Rikers Island

Expenses, violence and abuse rise on Rikers Island

Emma Rumpl, Staff Writer October 31, 2014

Rikers Island prison, New York City. Despite boasting a smaller inmate and guard population than in 2007, the frequency of prison violence and the costs spent on the prison have gone up. According to...

Mayor Abarca flees town after massacre of students

Amol, Garg October 31, 2014

Six people killed.  Forty-three people missing. Twenty-five students wounded. Twenty-two police officers arrested. Mayor José Luis Abarca on the run. This was the outcome of the recent Mexican shooting...

Open Hillel conference inspires national change

Nicole Zelniker & Sara Minksy, Senior Writer & Photo Editor October 24, 2014

Hundreds of students flocked to Harvard University for over 50 speakers, dozens of conversations and one life-changing weekend. Together, students from schools all over the country organized the first...

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