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

UK strips 42 of citizenship

James Sharpe, Staff Writer April 18, 2014

Government takes action in attempts to address national security threats  Over the past decade, the United Kingdom has stripped 42 Britons of their citizenship. Twenty of the 42 citizenships have been...

Elections in Afghanistan cause for cautious optimism

Elections in Afghanistan cause for cautious optimism

Ian Penny, Staff Writer April 18, 2014

Fifty-eight. That is roughly the percentage of eligible voters who showed up to the polls across the nation of Afghanistan on April 5. “Despite Taliban threats to attack polling stations nationwide,...

News in Brief

Rishab Revankar, World and Nation Editor April 18, 2014

Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A. On Sunday, April 13, a shooter opened fire at two separate Jewish facilities in Kansas City and killed three people, The Kansas City Star reports. Overland Park Police promptly...

Mega iLL’s: pizza and pot make one-stop munchie spot

Chase Clausen, Staff Writer April 11, 2014

No need for imagination. Recently, a pizzeria by the name of Mega iLL’s opened in Vancouver, Canada. Mark Klokeid, bone marrow cancer survivor and co-owner of the restaurant, believes that his ability...

Mudslide devastates rural Washington community for second time in 8 years

Mudslide devastates rural Washington community for second time in 8 years

Emerson Santiago, Staff Writer April 11, 2014

One square mile of land buried under a heap of mud and debris. Thirteen missing. Thirty-three confirmed dead. “It is completely overwhelming,” said Barbara Tolbert, mayor of Arlington, Wash., in...

Military regime sentences 529 Egyptians to death: Convictions highlight the continued tension around Egypt’s New Government

Abe Kenmore, Staff Writer April 11, 2014

Sayyaf Gamal, 21, is on the run after being convicted of murder by a court in Minya, Egypt, 150 miles south of Cairo. Despite claiming that he was not part of the mob that killed a deputy police chief,...

Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 still missing

Aditya Garg, Staff Writer April 4, 2014

“It is very frustrating that in an age where we can always know our position via a smartphone, have satellites that can read license plate numbers and have a manned space station circling the earth,...

Oscar Pistorius awaits trial for murder

Jake Delahanty, Staff Writer April 4, 2014

“I respectfully believe the state has no basis for alleging that I wanted to take Reeva’s life,” Oscar Pistorius told the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on March 3, the first...

“Rape guide” puts Dartmouth student in danger

Nicole Zelniker, Staff Writer April 4, 2014

Thousands of Americans are enraged by an incident that occurred at Dartmouth College regarding an anonymous website and a “rape guide.” “My first reaction ... was disgust and dismay,” said Guilford...

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