Student’s family fears statewide operation
Fernando Jiménez, Senior Photographer
April 20, 2018
On Monday, April 16, local immigrant rights group American Friends Service Committee/Siembra North Carolina held an assembly and press conference to stand in solidarity with sophomore Maria Peralta Porras, whose stepfather was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement this past week. An estimated...
Cesar Chavez banquet celebrates Farmworkers Awareness Week, labor
Yunah Kim, Staff Writer
April 6, 2018
“It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables and other foods that fill your tables with abundance, have nothing left for themselves,” read the quote from Cesar Chavez, a civil rights activist and labor leader who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association...
Article on LGBTQIA people faces backlash
Hannah Shoemaker, News Editor
March 16, 2018
In February, leading Malaysian daily newspaper Sinar Harian published a checklist on the characteristics of LGBTQIA individuals. The list described gay men as loving to wear tight, brand-name clothes and having facial hair. It depicted lesbians as hating men and loving to walk around hugging each...
Fernandes joins Presidents’ Alliance
Roman Raies, Staff Writer
February 9, 2018
On Dec. 12, 2017, Guilford College President Jane Fernandes joined over two dozen other college presidents from around the country to create the Presidents’ Alliance for Higher Education and Immigration. The Alliance was created to advocate for policies which protect immigrant, undocumented and...
Guilford College News in Brief
February 2, 2018
Katherine Calvin presents on “The Brit Abroad” Guilford College took a trip back in time on Wednesday, Jan. 24 when Visiting Lecturer in Art History Katherine Calvin gave a lecture entitled “The Brit Abroad: Travel in Portraiture and Landscape, 1750-1815.” Calvin’s presentation focused on the...
Soy un Líder empowers future college students
Abigail AbantoHollans, Staff Writer
November 17, 2017
The 11th annual Soy un Líder conference was held on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Guilford College. The event helped the international community, specifically high school students and their parents, learn about the college application process. The Soy un Líder conference was started...
“Pariah” represents LGBTQIA community
McKinley Keener, Staff Writer
October 27, 2017
“There’s something special about seeing somebody who’s a lot like you portrayed in a film,” said Rex Welton, founder of the LGBTQIA film society OUT at the Movies, in a phone interview. Having the same mindset as Welton, Guilford’s Multicultural Education Department hosted an Oct. 5 screening...
Guilford community, students do a great job at teaching social justice
Beatriz Caldas, Editor-in-Chief
September 8, 2017
I can definitely say that I am not the same Beatriz I was three years ago. From the moment I stepped on this campus, my opinions, thoughts and ideas have changed. Some of these changes were small, but impactful, and some were life changing. None of it would be possible or would have happened if it...
