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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

This map marks where cocoa is grown, which is primarily along the equator.

The Chocopocalypse may come sooner than we think

Rachel Henley, Staff Writer April 8, 2016

It is time to start stockpiling your Kit Kats and Hershey’s Kisses. The world is beginning to run low on chocolate. Due to factors including climate change, disease, aging farmers and aging cocoa...

Teen leads charge against climate change

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor December 4, 2015

After experiencing a disappointing defeat for climate justice, 13-year-old Hallie Turner has decided to keep fighting. “It’s an issue that I’m always going to continue trying to make a difference...

News in Brief

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor December 4, 2015

China Beijing is experiencing an “orange level” alert, meaning the amount of smog is so high that all major factories must be required to either shut down or reduce pollution. Over the past few...

News In Brief

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor November 13, 2015

Australia The Australian Conservation Foundation challenged an India-backed coal mine on Nov. 9, insisting the mine is a threat to the Great Barrier Reef. The project, which is  worth $11.6 billion,...

The cost of global climate change: dollars and natural disasters

June Park, Staff Writer October 23, 2015

$1.2 trillion this year. $369 trillion by the end of the next century. The price-tag on climate change is enormous. This May, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration reached a global record of 400...

Blue whale population on the rise, yet facing continued endangerment

Juliet Magoon, Staff Writer September 19, 2014

According to the research of Cole Monnohan and Trevor Branch, scientists at the University of Washington’s Branch Lab, California blue whales are at 97 percent of previous historic levels. Their research...

Wild & Scenic film festival makes water a fresh topic

Carson Risser, Staff Writer April 18, 2014

Imagine a country that isn’t divided by colonial scars, but instead divided by issues of water. Wild and Scenic Film Festival is part of a movement to raise awareness of local environmental issues, which...

Guilford sticks with sustainability, (again) placed in Princeton’s “Green Guide”

Olivia Neal, Staff Writer September 6, 2013

How often do you think about the future of the planet? Guilford, apparently, gives it a good thought. Environmentalism and sustainability are fundamental values here. The campus, staff and students...

Q&A with Daniel Grossman

Q&A with Daniel Grossman

Bryan Dooley, Senior Writer April 19, 2013

Q: From reading your biography on the internet, I notice you have a Ph.D. in Political Science as well as B.S. in Physics from MIT. How do such divergent academic interests inform your work today? A:...

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