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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

NSA spy scandal escalates from domestic dispute to international issue

Robert Pacheco, Staff Writer November 8, 2013

“The best spies no longer look like James Bond,” said Lucas Kempton ‘03, a social media advisor for Lincoln Financial Group. “Now they look more like Bill Gates and think like Steve Jobs.” In...

News in brief

Rishab Revankar, World & Nation Writer November 1, 2013

Washington D.C., USA Just weeks after President Barack Obama signed a bill to lift the government shutdown, a trio of troubles befell the Obama administration. Authorities are investigating allegations...

Solar suitcase saves women, children

Ty Gooch, Staff Writer November 1, 2013

What happens when a health clinic in a developing nation loses power? Hal Aronson, co-founder of We Care Solar, saw the consequences himself as his wife served at a clinic in Nigeria. “Women did...

Proposed policy calls for militarization of US-Mexico border, more fences

Nicole Barnard, Staff Writer November 1, 2013

Every day, 40 to 80 Mexican immigrants are brought to DeConcini Courthouse in Tucson, Ariz. to be deported. Under the threat of a felony charge, these people are offered a choice by the judge: “Plead...

Activist of the century uses pen, ink to make change

Activist of the century uses pen, ink to make change

Brent Eisenbarth, Staff Writer November 1, 2013

A flash of light engulfed the school bus when the Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai. Fired at point blank, the bullet ricocheted off a cupped portion of Malala’s skull. Malala was saved. But what could...

Climate change report receives mixed responses

Climate change report receives mixed responses

Olivia Neal, Staff Writer October 25, 2013

“It’s killing the bees, and if the bees die, we die,” said junior Hannah Schewel when asked to speak about climate change. Time recently reported that the mortality rate in honeybees has risen from...

Shutdown: Nation undecided

Aditya Garg, Staff Writer October 25, 2013

Shutdown. At midnight on Sept. 30, the U.S. government shut down. As the clock ticked down to the start of a new fiscal year, Congress was unable to resolve its differences and pass a new spending bill,...

Educating girls helps combat burgeoning sex trade

Valeria Sosa, Staff Writer October 25, 2013

At the tender age of eight, Meena Hasina was kidnapped and sold to a brothel. There, she was beaten with sticks and iron rods, threatened with swords, drugged and raped. With a broken spirit and her dreams...

News in brief

Rishab Revankar, World & Nation Editor October 25, 2013

Paris, France  On Oct. 22, an article in Le Monde, a French daily, accused the U.S. National Security Agency of spying on French diplomats in Washington and at the U.N. Le Monde claims that the U.S....

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