The Guilfordian

Buddy Project shines light on mental health

Julia Martins de Sa, Assistant Photo Editor • December 1, 2017

Editor’s Note: This article contains information about suicide and accounts of loss which may be triggering for some people.

Students of the Early College at Guilford host blood drive in honor of former student

Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor • November 17, 2017

Students at the Early College at Guilford College helped raise awareness about suicide prevention and mental health issues at a blood drive on campus. The drive was held in honor of a friend who died over...

Nine months after the death of Lennon Lacy, questions remain

Nicole Zelniker, Features Editor • May 1, 2015

Last summer, on Aug. 29, a woman found African-American high school senior Lennon Lacy hanged from a swing set in a predominantly white trailer park. It has been nine months, and it is still unclear...

Ariel Castro found guilty of 977 counts of rape, kidnapping, assault, commits suicide in prison

Nicole Barnard, Staff Writer • September 20, 2013

On Sept. 3, Ariel Castro hanged himself in his prison cell in Franklin County, Ohio, after being sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years. “This man couldn’t take, for even a month, a small...

Suicide at NASCAR race raises gun control concerns

Sydney Hawkins, Staff Writer • April 26, 2013

Gun control. Everyone has an opinion. Who should have guns? What models should be available? Are they allowed at NASCAR events? Forty-two-year-old Kirk Franklin of Saginaw, Texas, shot and killed himself...