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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Steven Salaita’s visit stirs controversy

Steven Salaita’s visit stirs controversy

Brianna Parker, Staff Writer February 13, 2015

“Universities need academic freedom to function at their best,” said Steven Salaita in his lecture on Feb. 3, at Guilford College. “They just do.” The lecture, originally scheduled to take place...

Two-state solution seems unlikely, Israel offers new plan

Two-state solution seems unlikely, Israel offers new plan

Reese Setzer, Staff Writer November 21, 2014

Increasingly, people are questioning the feasibility of the two-state solution between the Israelis and Palestinians.  “Israel has already claimed about 60 percent of the occupied West Bank,” said...

Open Hillel conference inspires national change

Nicole Zelniker & Sara Minsky, Senior Writer & Photo Editor October 24, 2014

Hundreds of students flocked to Harvard University for over 50 speakers, dozens of conversations and one life-changing weekend. Together, students from schools all over the country organized the first...

University professor’s tenure revoked over anti-Israel tweets

Landon Fried, Staff Writer September 26, 2014

Steven Salaita’s Twitter posts cost him his job. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offered him a tenured professorship in 2013 but revoked the offer on Aug. 1 before school started this...

The conflict in the Gaza Strip will have no winners

The conflict in the Gaza Strip will have no winners

Landon Fried, Staff Writers September 5, 2014

Year after year, we hear the same story. Israelis and Palestinians start fighting. After losing lives, money and resources, the two sides eventually stop. Then they repeat the process. In the Gaza...

Panelists from different fields share views on Gaza war

Panelists from different fields share views on Gaza war

Alexandra Haridopolos, Diversity and Social Justice Coordinator September 5, 2014

  Joseph M. Bryan Auditorium was nearly full by 5:50 p.m. Thursday night, Aug. 28as Guilford students, faculty, staff and Greensboro community members gathered to listen to five panelists speak about...

Should Israel ban use of ‘Nazi’?

Rebecca Dou, Staff Writer February 7, 2014

Does anybody have the right to restrict what we say? At first glance, many Americans would say no. As a country founded on the principles of freedom of speech, we naturally try to protect our rights as...

Obama visits Israel and speaks of peace in the Middle East

Christianna Van Dalsen, Staff Writer April 5, 2013

During the 2012 election, Hussein Ibish of the American Task Force on Palestine described the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as “an issue (that has) fallen off the map of U.S. foreign policy attention.” Recently...

J-Term: what you might have missed

Anthony Harrison, Staff Writer February 8, 2013

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting December 14, 2012 On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. and gunned down 20 children and six adults with a semi-automatic...

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