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The student news site of Guilford College

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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Feb. 5, 2023.

Historical context grounds rising speculation for answer on Chinese balloon

Roman Raies, Guest Writer February 17, 2023

News coverage has recently taken a decidedly shortsighted view of a Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down by a U.S. fighter plane over the coast of South Carolina.  Despite U.S. accusations...

Boycotting Beijing: How should we respond to China hosting the Olympics?

Miles Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer February 5, 2022

No international event is immune to controversy, and the Olympics are certainly no exception. The games have always had a reputation for high-profile hosting scandals, from the Russian anti-LGBT laws signed...

An entrance view in 31st Anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Hong Kong

China enforces criminal charges for defamation of military casualties

Nora Klink, Staff Writer April 1, 2021

China has instituted a new law that makes defamation of military deaths punishable with time in prison. Effective March 1, this law has already been used to arrest several journalists for their claims,...

Trump crossing out corona and replacing it with Chinese in briefing notes. Courtesy of cnn.com

Pleas from an Asian-American: we are not a virus

Habin Hwang, Staff Writer October 30, 2020

It’s been everywhere in 2020: plastered across the homepages of our social media, heavily quoted in digital news and boldly printed across the captions of our eight o’clock news for all to see. It’s...

China’s 2018 ban on forgein garbage has urged U.S. cities like Greensboro to quickly make changes in their recycling habits.

Guilford reacts to changes in recycling system

Annie Vo, Staff Writer December 3, 2019

In response to China’s ban on foreign garbage in 2018, cities all over the United States, including Greensboro, have been pressed to make belated changes to their recycling programs. These efforts are...

Air Force lands mysterious plane

Kiran Soma, World & Nation Editor November 18, 2019

The United States Air Force’s mysterious unmanned flight successfully landed on Oct. 27 after a record-breaking 780 days in orbit. The flight was the fifth mission as part of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle...

News in Brief

Kiran Soma, World & Nation Editor November 18, 2019

India Flights to and from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi were diverted on Nov. 3 as visibility became too poor due to extreme pollution. Air quality indexes reached “hazardous”...

Muppet Wikia

News in Brief

Roman Raies, World & Nation Editor February 22, 2019

Ukraine  Russian lawmakers voted on Feb. 19 to ban the use of smartphones or recording devices by the military after journalists used the digital traces of smart devices to expose state secrets. Pictures...

Muppet Wikia

News in Brief

Roman Raies, World and Nation Editor February 1, 2019

Australia Australia in the midst of one of its hottest summers on record. The heatwave has led to wild horses dying, 50 wildfires burning on the island of Tasmania and even snakes seeking refuge in...

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