Julia Gillard talks experiences as a woman in politics at Bryan Series
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
November 28, 2018
Filed under News, Top Stories, Web Exclusive
For the third installment of the 2018-2019 season of the Bryan Series, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard came to speak with the Guilford and Greensboro community. Gillard was elected to prime minister in 2010 and became the first female to ever hold that position. “She...
Guilford College students excited for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bryan Series event
Amber Dubois, Staff Writer
October 29, 2018
Filed under News, Web Exclusive
NBA legend, NY Times best-selling author, and activist are just a few things that describe the second Bryan Series speaker of the academic year. The 7-foot-2-inch NBA all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke at the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Speakers for the Bryan Series are...
NBA legend Abdul-Jabbar visits Guilford
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
October 26, 2018
Filed under In Print, News, Top Stories
For the second event of the 2018 season of the Guilford College Bryan Series, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked about both his basketball career and post-NBA life. The event was held at the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Abdul-Jabbar is a former Hall of Fame college and professional basketball...
Speakers get personal in Bryan Series Q&A
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
October 5, 2018
In addition to the main Bryan Series event, speakers David Axelrod and Karl Rove spoke to students in a Q&A format. Guilford hoped the two would create positive political dialogue. According to the Guilford website on the Bryan Series, “(Axelrod and Rove) bring more than keen insiders’ perspectives;...
Rove, Axelrod kickstart Bryan Series
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
October 5, 2018
Filed under In Print, News, Top Stories
“We seek to find ways for people who disagree or have very different views to stay in the room together and try and find some commonality” said Jane Fernandes, president of Guilford College. “These are two men have been working on that, and hopefully they will show us how to do it.” The aforementioned...
Axelrod, Rove to debut 2018 Bryan Series
Finn Williamson, Assistant Web Editor
September 7, 2018
Filed under In Print, News, Top Stories
Editor's Note: The Bryan Series event has been postponed until October 1 because of Hurricane Florence. Kicking off the Guilford College Bryan Series will be the duo of David Axelrod and Karl Rove. The event will be held on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum. Both speakers are successf...
Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton closes Bryan series
Yunah Kim, Staff Writer
April 13, 2018
Filed under In Print, News, Top Stories
“And I always say, if I had been waiting for the idea of ‘Humans of New York,’ I never would have started ‘Humans of New York,’” said founder of blog, “Humans of New York” and one of Time Magazine’s “30 Under 30 People Changing The World,” Brandon Stanton. “You cannot wait for...
Guilford releases the lineup for the 2018-2019 Bryan Series event
Finn Williamson, Senior Writer
March 16, 2018
The 2018-19 Bryan Series will feature a number of well-known politicians, athletes and doctors, beginning with a two-person lecture from Karl Rove and David Axelrod, former high-level advisors from both sides of the political aisle. Rove was the senior advisor and deputy chief of staff for former President Ge...
Reza Aslan discusses religion, storytelling at Bryan Series
Lana Heltzel, Staff Writer
February 2, 2018
Filed under In Print, News, Top Stories
“When you’re an immigrant, ‘I want to be a writer’ is not something you tell your parents who basically gave up everything to come here,” said Reza Aslan, author and religious studies scholar, to a laughing audience. “I told my mom what I wanted to do with my life was write, and she said,...
