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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Controversy in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Josh Barker, Staff Writer February 8, 2013

A man hangs suspended in the dark; his face is bloodied, his lungs waterlogged, and heavy metal blares so that he cannot sleep. He is here because he is alleged to have financially aided the 9/11 bombers. This...

J-Term: what you might have missed

Anthony Harrison, Staff Writer February 8, 2013

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting December 14, 2012 On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. and gunned down 20 children and six adults with a semi-automatic...

California and China’s water severely polluted, now scarce

Haejin Song, Haejin Song, and Haejin Song December 7, 2012

Guilford students use water on a daily basis: to drink, take showers, wash vegetables. But how often do you worry about the quality of the water you use? The Seville community in California has always...

News in Brief

News in Brief

Catherine Schurz, World and Nation Section Editor December 7, 2012

France Studies show the sperm count in France has decreased by 32 percent over the past 17 years. Scientists theorize that this decline may lead to a dangerously low sperm count in French males and...

Conflict in the Middle East and ceasefire explained

Alex Lindberg, Staff Writer December 7, 2012

For the better part of a century, two sides have been fighting for land in the Middle East: Palestine and Israel. Recently, the violence between the two escalated for eight days, with airstrikes yielding...

Dangerous working conditions kill hundreds

Jordan Smith, Staff Writer December 7, 2012

Unsafe working conditions and meager wages seem like a distant U.S. memory of the 1900s, but in other parts of the world, these poor conditions remain a reality. In the global market, various regions...

King Peggy: female leader of Ghana

Emily Currie, Staff Writer December 7, 2012

Otuam is a coastal fishing village situated in Ghana, West Africa. In this village, everyone knows everyone. There is no high school, and teenagers who can’t afford secondary school travel to surrounding...

News in Brief

News in Brief

Catherine Schurz, World and Nation Editor November 30, 2012

  England and Wales, United Kingdom After two cases of harassment led to murder, the High Courts of England and Wales have created a law declaring stalking a criminal offense. The newly named...

Pope’s papers burgled, first Vatican criminal trial

Elias Blondeau, Staff Writer November 30, 2012

Julian Assange, founder of the controversial website WikiLeaks, has made a name for himself by exposing corruption in the government and corporations alike. Paolo Gabriele, personal butler to Pope Benedict...

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