Rove, Axelrod kickstart Bryan Series
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
October 5, 2018
“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...
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...
Dabbing should be a universal right
Aarushi Ahuja, World & Nation Editor
January 26, 2018
After watching the seventh K-pop performance include a dab in its choreography back in August, I was sick and tired of the fad. Comments like, “this is so late!” and, “when will this go away?” spammed the YouTube comments under each video. At that point, I couldn’t agree more with these...
Taylor Swift should only speak out if she contributes
Julia Martins de Sa, Assistant Photo Editor
November 17, 2017
Snake. Victim. Trouble. Taylor Swift. For many people who follow the lives of celebrities and Hollywood drama, all of these words are synonymous. Taylor Swift is often in the limelight, either for what she wore to that award show or this movie premiere. Maybe it’s for the last song she wrote to...
Trump sustains attacks targeting political opponents through Twitter, lacks leadership
Nathan Park, Julia Martins De Sa, and Jayraj Jonnalagadda
September 29, 2017
Unprofessional. Irresponsible. Reckless. These are among the plethora of unsavory adjectives that come to mind when thinking of Donald Trump’s most recent Twitter scandal. On Sept. 13, Trump retweeted a tweet of an edited GIF of Trump swinging a golf ball into Hillary Clinton’s back, causing her...
Artist’s work offers insight into black history
Sylvia Wang, Contributing Writer
February 24, 2017
For the past month, Michaela Pilar Brown’s artwork, ranging from a massive installation of found objects to deeply personal staged photographs of herself, has been on display in the Guilford College Art Gallery located in Hege Library. Her exhibition, entitled “Burying Seeds,” focuses on the...
Trump, Clinton fight for North Carolina at rallies
Nicole Zelniker, Editor-in-Chief
November 4, 2016
In the last two presidential elections, North Carolina has chosen a presidential candidate by a margin of less than 3 percent. This is why, for the past few weeks, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have been holding rallies in the state. “Every...
President Barack Obama speaks at UNC Chapel Hill
Beatriz Caldas, Managing Editor
November 2, 2016
The sky was Tar Heel blue all day Wednesday, Nov. 2, to receive the President of the United States at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. President Barack Obama came once again to North Carolina before Election Day to help promote Hillary Clinton and to remind the public that people can...
GOP attacked in NC, Dems start fundraiser
October 28, 2016
The Orange County Republican Party headquarters on Oct. 15 was firebombed, with the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” painted on the side of the building. There were no deaths or injuries. This was deemed an act of domestic terrorism by Mike Pence, the vice presidential candidate for...
