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The annual Latinx Banquet took place on thurs. Sept. 26, 2017 in the Carnegie room at Hege library. During the opening speech Irving Zavaleta Jimenez ‘08 quoted Cesar Chavez, “This fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people” which left an impact on the attendees of the banquet. The event was filled with music, food, information about the Latinx culture and ongoing conversations around DACA. // Photo by Fernando Jiménez/The Guilfordian

HUG honors Latinx Heritage Month, talks DACA

Fernando Jiménez, Managing Editor October 6, 2017

“Right now, many communities of color are suffering, and the Latinx community is no exception,” said Irving Zavaleta Jimenez ’08 during his welcoming speech. “This banquet could not come any sooner....

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Guilford College News in Brief

October 6, 2017

NFL Controversy Campus Discussion On Thursday, Sept. 28, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Brothers Doing Positive hosted a campus dialogue centered around the recent NFL controversy....

Anna Bell presented her book, “Ornament,” on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Afterward, Bell signs and inscribes the books she sold.//Photo by Eric Xu /The Guilfordian

Guilford alum reads from first book of poems

Finn Williamson, Staff Writer October 6, 2017

On Thursday, Sept. 28, students, teachers and community members gathered in the Carnegie Room of Hege Library, all excited to hear Guilford alumna Anna Lena Phillips Bell speak. Since attending Guilford,...

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Mellon Grant paves the way to digital scholarship

Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor September 29, 2017

From digitally mapping the Silk Road to attending conferences about digital scholarship, Guilford College faculty and students have been developing their digital literacy for three years. In the spring...

Assistant Professor of Art Antoine Williams and MiKayla Jones ‘19 dance at the Art on the Quad event on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 20, 2017. Williams and Jones have shoe covers on their feet to decorate the large canvas with chalk as they dance. // Photo by Abigail Bekele/The Guilfordian

Antoine Williams collaborates with Renzo Ortega to create art exhibit for community

Tanetta Kelley, Staff Writer September 22, 2017

“Looking at the world from (the perspective of) a black, heterosexual, southern-raised male is the inspiration for these pieces,” said Antoine Williams about the pieces in his new collaborative art...

Staff Editorial: News literacy is indispensable

Staff Editorial: News literacy is indispensable

September 15, 2017

As a campus focused on social justice, we want to work to change the world. We want to make a world that is more accepting, more free, more just. We cannot, however, simply make a difference without information....

The American Friends Service Committee has an exhibit in Hege Library, titled Waging Peace: 100 Years of Action, is open through November 5, 2017. Photo courtesy the American Friends Service Committee

Art exhibit showcases work of the AFSC

Kathleen Herbst, Opinion Editor September 15, 2017

Since 1917, the American Friends Service Committee has been working to encourage peace through activism, awareness and community support. Guilford College is currently displaying the interactive exhibit...

Mylène Dressler, Associate Professor of English, and fellow Associate Professor Diya Abdo had to change their planned three-week, study-abroad course to a class they titled Writing in Real Time // Photo by Maia Dery.

Professor Mylène Dressler will celebrate release of her new novel with students and community

Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor September 8, 2017

Six years ago, Associate Professor of English Mylène Dressler was traveling along the Pacific Coast Highway in California when she came up with the idea for her new novel, “The Last To See Me,” which...

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Campus power outage

Nicole Zelniker, Editor-In-Chief May 5, 2017

Whether playing pool in Milner or doing homework in the new apartments, on-campus residents from the theme houses to the old apartments experienced a shock when the power went out on campus on April 23. “Immediately,...

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