Guilford College News in Brief
January 19, 2018
Campus Kwanzaa Celebration On Thursday, Jan. 11, the Friends Center and the Multicultural Education Department hosted a Kwanzaa celebration for Guilford students, faculty and staff. The event was open to people of all faiths and was intend- ed to teach attendees about the practice, purpo...
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. The event was planned in light of the many NFL players, coaches and executives taking a knee during...
A message from the incoming editor-in-chief
Beatriz Caldas, Managing Editor
May 16, 2017
Filed under Editorial Board, In Print, Opinion
Since my first semester at Guilford College, “comfort” has not been a part of my vocabulary. I was very shy as a first-year and afraid to speak my mind in classes or meetings, afraid to be judged by my accent or by the way I talked. I was proven wrong when the community opened its arms to my accent,...
James Shields steps up as interim MED head
Abe Kenmore, Opinion Editor
April 7, 2017
The Multicultural Education Department is getting an upgrade, even as it loses a director — the latest in a string of departures. In an email to the community on March 27, President Jane Fernandes announced that the MED director is now a part of the senior team. But that position has been vacated...
MED training educates on sexuality, gender
Sonia McLamb, Staff Writer
December 2, 2016
Filed under Features, In Print
Hoping to understand new ideas, eight people gathered for a three-hour Liberation Space Training to learn about LGBT issues and what their role as allies should be. The training was held in the Multicultural Resource Center on Friday, Nov. 11 and was facilitated by two members of the Multicultural...
ODI will create community conversations, more inclusivity
Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor
October 22, 2016
Filed under In Print, Opinion, Social Justice
To live up to its mission, Guilford College needs an Office of Diversity and Inclusion. For some members of the Guilford community, I’m sure it doesn’t feel awfully long ago that former President Kent Chabotar announced the Administrative and Program Services Assessment initiative. It took...
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Katrina Jackson ‘05, Vice President Black Alumni of Guilford College Advisory Board
April 22, 2016
Filed under Opinion
As students, we came to Guilford with dreams and high expectations. We each mark our own paths but we all have the same “end-game:” to walk off that stage holding that precious piece of paper which says we stayed the course and are ready to embark on our next great adventure. Our eyes on the prize,...
Anyone can slay on this show’s runway
Paige Nehls, Staff Writer
March 25, 2016
Filed under Features, Top Stories
“I can be a model,” said first-year Terry Daniels. “What’s holding me back? I can be fierce like them. I can be Tyra Banks.” Come April 8, Daniels will be doing what Tyra Banks built a career upon: strutting up and down a catwalk. Except in this fashion show, the fashion will not be the...
Who’s Black?: Community unites for discussion on blackness
Nicole Zelniker, Managing Editor
February 19, 2016
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Each seat was full in the Multicultural Education Center as students and faculty sat in a circle among four student panelists waiting to hear them answer one question. On Feb. 10, Blacks Unifying Society hosted one of many events for Black History Month, a panel on the question: “Who’s Black?” ...
