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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Guilford students petition to change name of Duke Hall

Mads Bradley, Staff Writer October 15, 2020

Duke Memorial Hall is a staple building on campus, housing the Political Science, Foreign Language and Mathematics departments. However, in the past weeks, there have been growing concerns about Duke’s...

Shields and Summers sing African-American spirituals before introducing Bordewich.

Author Fergus Bordewich discusses history of the Underground Railroad

Navya Belavadi, News Editor November 18, 2019

In partnership with the North Carolina Friends Historical Society and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, author Fergus Bordewich spoke in Dana Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. The...

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Guilford College News in Brief

Yunah Kim, News Editor March 15, 2019

Falzone presents Senior Thesis under Guilford History Department The History department invited Guilford students, staff and faculty members to attend senior Jacob Falzone’s honors thesis presentation...

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Yunah Kim, News Editor February 15, 2019

Lunch with the Provost discusses changes and strategies On Monday, Feb. 11, Guilford students joined Provost Frank Boyd in the Atrium of Founders Hall for lunch and conversation in the cafeteria. The...

Guilford College Underground Railroad Tour

Community tours Underground Railroad

Ethan Santana, Staff Writer October 5, 2018

As the moon lights up the night sky above, John Dimrey, the first fugitive slave of Guilford County to follow the Underground Railroad, moves swiftly through the forest, silent as a mouse, on his quest...

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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....

Underground Railroad tour teaches local history

Underground Railroad tour teaches local history

Nicole Zelniker, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2016

Hundreds of years ago, enslaved Africans and their descendants made their way to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses throughout the country that lead to Canada and states...

Underground Railroad left mark on campus

Renne Dehart, Staff Writer November 15, 2013

Sam was a slave in Guilford County nearly 200 years ago. His master, Osborne, was so brutal that even other slaveholders took sympathy on Sam. He decided it was time to run away, and with the help of Quakers...

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