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

Nidal Hasan: The murderer, the terrorist or the martyr?

Robert Pacheco, Staff Writer September 6, 2013

On Aug. 28, Major Nidal Hasan received the death penalty for the shooting in Ft. Hood, Texas. Hasan killed 13 and injured 32 on Nov. 2009 when he opened fire on military personnel staging for deployment. Hasan’s...

Journalists abroad continue to face danger, tragedy

Journalists abroad continue to face danger, tragedy

Britney Murdock, Staff Writer May 10, 2013

They are held captive, beaten, tortured, threatened and faced to deal with drastic weather conditions. They must adjust to language barrier and are sometimes subject to death. For what crime? An attempt...

Hazing in Greek Life raises question: how far is too far?

Michael Caswell, Staff Writer May 10, 2013

“Fraternities are very imposing,” said Phi Lambda Pi member and UNC Chapel Hill Senior Will Hodgkins. “The whole experience of pledging is social mind f---.” Colleges and universities across...

Trust in media erodes as cases of mistaken reporting mount

Trust in media erodes as cases of mistaken reporting mount

Chloe Lindeman, Staff Writer May 10, 2013

The above tweet, posted on the Associated Press’ Twitter page on April 23, caused an immediate stir among readers. The AP Twitter account, which had been hacked, was corrected moments later with...

Earthquakes shake the world: four countries hit last week

Josh Barker, Staff Writer May 3, 2013

Researchers predict that an earthquake will hit the U.S. West Coast, affecting Northern California to British Columbia. The earthquake is projected to be so powerful that it will kill at least 10,000 and...

The US: An incarceration nation analysis

Kevin Engle, Staff Writer May 3, 2013

“With liberty and justice for all.” Never has a phrase been so universally understood yet so often misinterpreted. The U.S. was created on key morality-based concepts that have been lost to a...

Brief updates on tragedies domestic and abroad

Katy Andrews and Anthony Harrison, Staff Writers May 3, 2013

Boston terrorized by violence On April 15, the Boston Marathon 2013 was interrupted by two separate bombings at the finish line. The attacks, allegedly orchestrated by brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan...

Rape culture in India raises new outrage, old questions

Rishab Revankar, Staff Writer May 3, 2013

After their 5-year-old daughter had been missing for two days, a couple living in New Delhi, India, heard her cries in a neighboring apartment.  They broke down the locked doors and found their daughter...

News in Brief

Catherine Schurz, World and Nation Section Editor May 3, 2013

Amsterdam, netherlands For the first time in 120 years, the Netherlands has a king. In a formal ceremony at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Williem-Alexander was coronated by the former monarch, his...

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