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Community center renovation in the works

The dining hall, Founders lobby, and the bookstore have all been renovated in the last three years. Next on the list may be the Community Center’s game room, located on the right as you walk toward the North Apartments.

A plan to renovate the Community Center was presented at the Community Senate meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 26. According to Community Senate President Dana Hamdan, redesigning the game room will allow for more appropriate utilization of the lounge.

“We hope to revive this space into an actual community space,” said Hamdan. “It will be a lounge during the day where students can study, hang out, listen to music, and form friendships. At night, it will be possible to explore the many student and local talents that we have by allowing

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A rendering of the proposed renovation for the Community Center provided by Spectrum Design and Architects, shows the south wall. Central to the renovation is the addition of a concert space (center right, red walls) that will include thousands of dollars in audio equipment for student use.

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Quakers do not usually come across as angry people, but the Guilford mascot — commonly called “the Quaker man” — is an exception. With a menacing glare and an affronted stance, the Quaker man’s representation of Quakers has come into question, and the Quaker man could be looking at a major facelift in the next few years.

“What we want to do before we start designing a new mascot is to identify the traits of a Quaker,” said Coordinator of Sports Marketing Bryan Jones. “We want to properly identify what a Quaker should convey.”

Plans to update Guilford’s mascot are still in their early stages, but already staff members have organized to discuss the best possible approach to the Quaker man’s redesign.

“We need to be aware of how we portray ourselves to the greater community,” said Ty Buckner, associate vice president for communications and marketing. “The Quaker mascot touches on a lot of different things about how we market and

Jan. 12 marked the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti. The recovery process has been slow and met with several setbacks. However, organizations like Free the Kids are making a difference with the support of donations, which include those made by the Guilford College community.

A cholera outbreak, Hurricane Thomas, and flooding have hindered

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progress. A year later, much of the rubble and debris still lines the streets.

According to a Free the Kids pamphlet, “Haitians continue to live in a state of crises.” Free the Kids is a nonprofit organization co-founded by Guilford alumnus Jack Reynolds ’65.

Nearly one million people are still without adequate shelter, living in camps comprised of worn-out tarps, tents and old cardboard.

On Jan. 19, people filled the Moon Room of Dana Auditorium to celebrate the life and mourn the death of Mary Minor, who was a part of the Guilford community for over 30 years. Minor, known as “Puddin” to her family, died on Dec. 24, 2010, at the age of 62.

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Community Center redesign aims to create communal student space

students to play music, read poetry, and enjoy the college atmosphere.”

“The concept of the Community Center is a great idea,” said Kristin Charest-Fulks, hall director for the North and South Apartments. “Anything that will encourage students and community members to use the space will be a positive thing.”

Charest-Fulks sees remodeling the game room as a chance to revitalize a space that is not living up to its potential.

Though the game room once held actual games, the computers have been taken out and the television’s satellite access has expired. The game room also changed from being a student space to becoming a reserve-only space, which affects who can use it and for what types of events.

According to Hamdan, the game room was closed to students in fall 2009, due to issues with vandalism.

“Vandalism is no excuse to keep students out,” said Hamdan. “The space should be open now.”

Efforts made last semester to re-open the game room for students were unsuccessful, so Community Senate pursued the redesign

option. The major features of the redesign are a stage and sound equipment, effectively converting the lounge area into a concert area.

Adam Katzman, WQFS promotions manager, is wary about the utility of the new concert space.

“It sounds great for a practice space, but it isn’t like a real venue,” said Katzman. “The capacity is also minimal. I can see it working for an open mic, but it wouldn’t be sustainable as somewhere an organization can host a big-name artist.”

Charest-Fulks also foresees some difficulties with the redesign.

“Events such as the upcoming Superbowl Party could be hindered due to the lack of a TV,” said Charest-Fulks, a concern that was also brought up at Wednesday’s Senate meeting.

According to Hamdan, though the current plans for the room do not include a TV, one could easily be included to enhance the utility of the room.

“What will differentiate this space from any space is that it was brought by the students, sponsored by the students, and is for the students,” said Hamdan. “The ownership and responsibility of the student body is what will make this space a success.”

In the proposed Community Center redesign, the north wall facing the patio will be outfitted with an overhead door that will allow the concert space to expand out onto the patio.

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man has become subject of debate. According to Buckner, there are many ideas being discussed, even the possibil-ity of a Quaker woman.

“The fact that we’re Quakers, that’s not changing,” said Buckner. “That’s in the DNA of Guilford.”

Jones agrees.“We’re Quakers, period,” said Jones.

“You can’t go from Quakers to some-thing else. That’s what the school spirit thrives on.”

According to “Pride in the Past,” a book by Herb Appenzeller that chronicles Guilford College athletics up to 1987, the angry-looking Quaker design stirred up controversy shortly after it was created. The image was one of many Quaker designs commissioned by a high school student in 1968. Prior to the design, Guilford had used the Quaker Oats logo on the sleeves of their football jerseys.

The depiction of an angry Quaker, although embraced by

portray athletics, but it’s also about pride in the college; it’s important to both current and past students.”

The college community is part of the project as well. According to Buckner, there is an attachment to the current Quaker man design because of the strong history it has with Guilford, which means a confirmation of the redesign is still tentative. In order to create a new logo, the marketing team behind the project is collecting feedback from staff, students and alumni.

“We’re hoping for a wide response,” said Director of Marketing Communications Camilla Meek. “Next we plan to get opinions from student representatives.”

In addition to collecting feedback directly from Community Senate, surveys will collect opinions of stu-dents around campus. Even without a confirmation of the change, students are already discussing the possibilities for the future of the Quaker man.

“I don’t know if they should change it after he has been there for so long,” said sophomore Marshall Kennedy. “I wouldn’t mind if he was less angry, since a lot of people don’t see Quakers that way. I’d like to see him drawn better and maybe less muscular.”

Even whether the mascot figure will remain a Quaker

the athletic department at the time, roused dis-approval from the former President Grimsley

Hobbs, as well as a few professors. The design was expected to change shortly after 1987, and 24 years later, its future is in doubt once again.

“The mascot costume needs to be updated too,” said Jones. “To be honest, the way Nathan (the mascot costume) looks now is pretty scary with his look and his smirk. We

have to remember that our mascot is sup-posed to be a caricature of a Quaker, who is inherently pacifistic.”

Although the Quaker’s design may be in question, other school symbols will not be changed. Those working on the project assure that the Guilford tree and the ath-letic “G” mark are here to stay.

“We don’t need our mascot to look angry or to look competitive,” said

Jones. “I would be very sur-prised if people wanted an angry Quaker.”

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Current mascot fails to emphasize Quaker values

By Meg HoldenStaff Writer

After several months of false starts, delays and dead ends, planning for Serendipity 2011 is starting up again. Excitement and anticipation were palpable at the Serendipity Committee meeting on Jan. 19.

“I’m really pepped up about this,” said senior and Campus Activities Board presi-dent Justin Shreve. “I’m picturing every-thing Guilford has to offer, all condensed into one weekend.”

Shreve’s enthusiasm for the annual fes-tival — scheduled for Mar. 24-27 — was shared by senior Hannah Kennedy, CAB chair of the Serendipity Committee.

“This is an opportunity to brand our-selves,” said Kennedy. “Serendipity will be a sample of our talents and interests. We’ll be showing off who we are as Guilford students.”

Serendipity's 2011 tentative schedule of events reveals the eclectic interests of Guilford’s student body. Thursday evening will have dinner on the lawn and a movie, while Friday night features the return of hypnotist Robert Channing. Other events in the works for Friday include a black light dance party and a midnight break-fast.

Events planned for Saturday include a street fair with local vendors and carnival attractions. A day of music will culminate in the traditional concert, this year featur-ing a performance by The Cool Kids with opening band, Cloud 9.

Students were polled in the fall to deter-mine the headliner for Saturday’s perfor-mance. Director of Student Leadership and Engagement Erin Fox explained that though the rap artist Currency was ranked highest by the polls, the Serendipity Committee ended up selecting The Cool Kids for financial reasons.

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sent back a list of additional requests,” said Fox. “Acceding to these requests would have caused serious budget over-age, which could result in having to cancel other events. Currency would not negoti-ate, so we decided to move forward with the planning process.”

“Currency cursed at our negotiator,”

said Kennedy at the Committee meeting. “They were unprofessional, un-Guilford and unacceptable.”

According to Fox, The Cool Kids offered to play for less so that they could bring their own opener, Cloud 9.

“Financially, we couldn’t have asked for a better experience (with The Cool Kids),”

said Kennedy. “They have this really good vibe.”

“Guilford is a very giving community, and The Cool Kids reflect that,” said Fox. “I’m looking forward to working with them and to their performance.”

Although the concert is usually consid-ered the highlight of Serendipity, accord-

ing to Fox Serendipity extends beyond this one event. .

“Serendipity is the defin-ing event of spring, and to some extent, of Guilford,” said Fox. “As recently as few years ago, it was more of a music festival,” said Shreve. “We’re trying to move on from that.”

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The street fair and other events offer additional opportunities for students to participate in the Serendipity festivi-ties. The Serendipity Committee wants to encourage more student involvement in planned activities, with an emphasis on one of Guilford’s core values.

“Our primary motivation (with Serendipity) is community,” said Fox. “Not just building community with the events, but sustaining it by being respon-sible for ourselves and each other.”

“We want students to have fun and be safe,” agreed Steve Moran, assistant direc-tor of student leadership and engagement.

Kennedy spoke about collaborating with Campus Life and Public Safety to develop a campaign that would reach out to stu-dents to encourage healthy and appro-priate behavior. Senate president Dana Hamdan suggested especially reaching out to first-years who have never experienced Serendipity before.

“We want to encourage students to come out and enjoy the events, but we want everyone to be responsible,” said Hamdan.

The next two months will see a flurry of activity as Serendipity nears.

“It will take a lot of hard work to accom-plish our goals,” said Moran. “CAB and the Serendipity Committee have done a fabulous job so far, but there is still a lot to be done.”

Moran encourages involvement from community members outside of CAB and Senate. Shreve and Kennedy agree that participation from other student groups and individuals will be integral to this year’s Serendipity.

“We really want to have all of Guilford involved,” said Shreve. “Serendipity is a chance for us to focus on and celebrate our community.”

“This is a time for the campus to cel-ebrate who we are,” said Fox. “It’s a weekend when everyone stops to appreci-ate Guilford.”

Campus Activities Board President Justin Shreve, senior, speaks to students gathered in Founders on Jan. 19 for Serendipity Committee. Inspired by student input, this year's festival will include the bands The Cool Kids and Cloud 9, as well as a street fair and a range of other events.

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Calendar of Events

Tate Street Jazz Jam, Tate St. Coffee,

8 - 10 p.m.

Men's Spirituality Group meeting, Mul-ticultural Resource

Center, 8 - 9 p.m.

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Photo Club meeting, basement of Hege-Cox,

7:30 - 8 p.m.

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Sunday Brunch Jazz Jam,

Vintage 301, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

WQFS presents Murder Mark, DJ Pierre, and James Nasty at

Electrofunk Friday, Artistika Club, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Seated Buddhist Meditation, The Hut,

9 - 10 p.m.

"Dirty Dancing," Carousel Theatres, 10 a.m., 7:30 p.m.

First meeting of Political Activism through Art,

Founders Gallery, 3 - 4 p.m.

Bree' Shepard

Meg HoldenSkylar LarsenBurke Reed

Douglas Reyes-CeronTaylor ShieldsJack Sinclair

Johnathan Smith

Meg HoldenAngie JohnsonTerah KelleherElaine KelloggVictor Lopez Brandy MitchellDavid PferdekamperChris RoeJessie SilvarreyJulia SolheimHannah SwensonClaire Wardlaw

By the River's Edge

Expressions in Dance hosts a free dance workshop, Regan

Brown Gym Studio, 3 - 4:30 p.m.

Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville St.,

6 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Casual Curious, Mutant League, and Switchblade 85, all ages,

Legitimate Business, 9 p.m.

Snooki from "Jersey Shore" comes to Greensboro, Allure,

10 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Bargain Tuesday at Brassfield Cinema,

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By Abbey BrinkeyStaff Writer

Activists demand justice, challenge rise in Jaurez's femicides

Ni una muerta más. Ni una más. Not one more death. Not one more.

This chant can be heard throughout Mexico, protesting the increasing femicide — the murder of women. It was coined by poet and activist, Susana Chavez, a prominent member of Justice for Our Daughters, a group that challenges the murders and the lack of action from the Mexican authorities.

According to the Washington Post, the body of Chavez, 36, was found in the streets of Juarez, Mexico.

The suspects, three teenage boys, confessed they had been drinking and doing drugs when they murdered Chavez after an argument, reports The Washington Post. They suffocated her and cut off her hand to make it look like an execution relating to her protests. Authorities proclaimed Chavez’s murder unrelated to her protests.

For years, Chavez worked to make the city of Juarez safer for women. According to BBC News, she protested not only the numerous murders of women, but the alleged lack of effort authorities put into solving the cases. Since 1993, more than 300 women have been murdered in Juarez.

According to the New America Media, Chavez’s death came just a month after the murder of Marisela Escobedo. Escobedo was protesting her daughter, Rubi Escobedo’s murder and

the trial of the suspect, Sergio Barraza, who walked free. Rubi was found burned and dismembered in a trash bin in 2009 in Chihuahua, Mexico, a city just four hours from Juarez. Barraza is the suspect in Marisela’s murder as well, according to New American Media.

In a report from Free Speech Radio, it was noted that femicide was on the rise in Juarez in the 1990’s, however it eventually spread throughout Mexico, most notably to Chihuahua City.

The trial declaring Barraza — who was also Rubi’s ex-

boyfriend — not-guilty, illustrates the weakness in the legal systems in Juarez and the cities nearby. The Associated Press reports that in 2009, of the 2600 people murdered in Juarez, just 93 cases were filed and only 19 convictions were made.

“The lack of justice is what is causing the continued murders of women — and of men,” said Norma Ledezma, an activist with the group Justice for Our Daughters, to Free Speech Radio. “History is showing us that in Chihuahua, we continue to have a large number of unsolved murders of women every year.”

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Infant mortalIty decreases In areas of PakIstan, as a government program to train women in basic care-giving has proven successful. In a study by researchers at Aga Khan University, minimal training provided to young women in two health districts in Pakistan resulted in a 21 percent decrease in stillbirths and 15 per-cent decrease in newborn deaths than in other areas, reports The New York Times. “Birth kits” have been distributed, containing soap and clean razors to cut the umbilical cord, and training in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The study was published in The Lancet in January.

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russIan PresIdent dmI-try medvedev swore to seek justIce for the 35 people

killed and 100 people injured in a suicide bombing in an airport in Moscow. Responsibility has yet to be claimed by any group, al-though Islamist Separatists from the North Caucasus region are suspected, according to The Tele-graph. A breakdown by security officials is being investigated, as

a tip gave the date and loca-tion for the bomb nearly a week

before its explosion. In addi-tion, the three sought-after

suspects were able to by-pass security and enter the airport, witness the explosion, and escape.

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an uneasy calm has been called for on al-banIan streets after pro-tests turned violent, leaving three dead, reports The New York Times. Tens of thousands have marched the streets in support of opposition leader Edi Rama of the S o -cialist Party. Although this was the first to turn violent, protests have been sporadic since a 2009 parliamentary election gave current Prime Minister Sali Berisha his second four-year term. The Socialist Party refuses to recognize the results of the elec-tion while poverty and instability plague the country.

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Protests sPread throughout lebanon, as blame for the country’s unstable political scene has been placed on Hezbollah. The Iranian-backed group is being accused of attempting to seize control of the country and undermine the young Unity Government, reports CNN. Protestors support former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his Future Movement while condemning former Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the Hezbollah mem-bers that quit their post in the Unity Government.

The judges on Rubi’s case have found themselves suspended with possible impeachment for allegedly ignoring evidence that could have convicted Barraza, The Canadian Press detailed. The judges defended themselves by stating that the information investigators had on Barraza was obtained illegally and therefore could not be used as evidence during the trial.

“The penal justice system in Chihuahua has collapsed, and now we can’t even demand justice for our dead because we can be killed for doing that,” said Gustavo de la Rosa, an official

with the state of Chihuahua’s Human Rights Office, in an interview with New American Media.

“The same killers that were loose 10 years ago could possibly be those who keep killing today,” said Ledezma. “Why? Because there’s no justice. And who’s responsible? Those who are supposed to ensure that justice is served —and haven’t. In other words, the authorities.”

According to Free Speech Radio, Chihuahua reported 446 cases — a record — of murdered women in 2010. Many women are raped

and beaten before facing death. These murders have put a considerable barrier on women’s lives.

“It keeps me from going out at night like I used to,” said Ledezma. “It keeps me from speaking openly with the local media like I used to. It limits me by making me sick with stress.”

Despite Chavez’s death and the dangers surrounding their lives, women continue to protest and chant her slogan.

Ni una muerta más. Ni una más. Not one more death. Not one more.

In a report from Free Speech Radio, it was noted that femicide was on the rise in Juarez in the 1990’s, however it eventually spread

throughout Mexico, most notably to Chihuahua City.

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Many Haitians still without homesTunisian president forced out as protests continue

According to the Guardian, the U.N. has projected that 650,000 Haitians will still be living in camps by the end of 2011.

Less than five percent of the rubble has been cleared. According to National Public Radio, this has prompted many residents to begin clearing the rubble themselves.

In addition, the Haitian govern-ment still faces problems due to the destruction of vital records, includ-ing land deeds and birth certificates. As a result, aid organizations are having a difficult time rebuilding houses because of land concerns.

Attempting to handle all these various issues at once has proven difficult for both the Haitian govern-ment and aid workers.

Alleged corruption in the presi-dential election has triggered riots. The return and arrest of exiled President Jean-Claude “Baby-doc” Duvalier and the possible return of ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have further added to the problems facing Haiti.

“Right now Haiti is in political upheaval,” said Reynolds. “So the country remains very unstable and safety is an issue.”

As such, aid relief organizations continue to do what they can to assist in Haiti’s rebuilding.

Free the Kids funds a children’s home called “Pwoje Espwa Sud,” which is Creole for project hope south — a facility that provides a home to over 600 children and a

General Vang Pao, a champion and beacon of hope among the Hmong people, died at the age of 81 on Jan. 6, 2011.

From the bloody jungles of Laos to his troubled exile in the America, Pao’s legacy suffered numerous ups and downs. And yet, his determination to improve the lives of the Hmong people was persistent, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation.

During the Vietnam War, Pao led the Hmong against the North Vietnamese in an effort to aid the United States. Moreover, he was a man who fought for the rights of the Hmong,

“The origins of Pao’s influence derives mainly from his strong leadership, a hope of the Hmong that one day Pao will free Laos from the communist rule, and a charismatic leader revered by many Hmong people,” said George Guo, associate professor of political science and east Asia studies, in an e-mail interview.

Pao was a complex leader. As illustrated by his contradic-tory status internationally, a hero to some and a villain to others, Pao was a man of duality.

Although revered as a freedom fighter, Pao was accused of ordering executions of political prisoners, working within the opium trade to finance his guerilla forces and even executing some of his followers, according to Guo in an interview.

After combatting the Japanese in World War II and the Viet Minh alongside the French in the First Indochina War, Pao’s military career came in line with American interests during the Vietnam War. In 1960, he led the Hmong in a bru-

tal campaign against the North Vietnamese after being secre-tively recruited by the CIA, according to Robert Duncan, assistant professor of political science.

Duncan added that Pao’s contribution to the war in Vietnam was significant, saying that hundreds of the Hmong, who were not fighting, would come to “cheer and support” him in his campaign in Laos during the war in Vietnam.

The North Vietnamese viewed the Hmong as less civi-

Angry protesters. Conflicting political interests. Unfolding turmoil in the streets of Tunis. Hope for freedom amongst the Tunisian people.

President Zine El Abedine Ben Ali was forced from his position after demonstrators showed increased anger towards Ben Ali’s policies.

“Tunisia reflects a growing sentiment of people who are living under a dictatorial form of government and want-ing to express themselves and decide their own destiny,” said Dr. Omar Ali, associate professor of African American and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Anxiety has built up amongst the people of Tunisia due to high unemployment, high food prices, economic hardships, and political repression all over the region, according to The New York Times.

There is a growing concern for the political unsteadiness that erupted quickly over the past week in Tunisia, and the effects that the conflicts might have on surrounding areas.

“When you see political instability, it makes the market vulnerable. When you have instability of that kind, you see fluctuation … we will see a little fluctuation until things stabilize,” said Ali.

Whether the riots will spread or not is yet to be seen. “Yes, they (the riots) are common to that region and, in

fact, common throughout the world,” said Ali. “At particu-lar times people act on their frustration and sometimes it takes violent form and sometimes it takes nonviolent form.”

According to MSNBC News, freedom of expression and economic gains are positive outcomes that could result from the riots. Already individuals have experienced more freedoms. For example, Tunisian journalists are able to write stories that are not being driven or influenced by the government.

“I don’t feel as though there could be a completely bal-anced central government immediately," said junior Lamia Elgouacem, a student from Africa, in an e-mail interview. "It will take years, maybe decades, maybe centuries.”

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lized, causing the Hmong to resent them. As a result, the CIA took interest, said Duncan, being in the CIA himself

“The American military were looking for help, and for friendly people in Southeast Asia to help us fight the Vietcong and Vietnamese,” said Duncan. “The Hmong were a good choice because they hated the Vietnamese.”

After 15 years of fighting, 17,000 Hmong soldiers— almost 10 percent of the Hmong population — died, accord-

ing to Pao , speaking at the Heritage Foundation think tank in 1987. This was provided by the BBC in an article covering his death.

Despite many years of fighting and many lives lost, the U.S. abandoned the Hmong after defeat in Vietnam.

“We left the Hmong high and dry,” said Duncan.After the war, Pao led tens of thousands of Hmong

into the United States in 1975, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation.

In America, he negotiated and advocated for the freedom of the people he fought for. He also founded the Lao Family Community Organization that provides social services and support throughout the nation.

Pao, however, was also a leader who did not escape con-troversy.

Despite being recruited, trained, and supported by the United States, Pao was charged by the U.S. for attempting to overthrow the Lao government. An article by Politico stated that the charges were dropping in 2009.

Though he was never found guilty, Pao’s reputation suf-fered.

In 2002, a town in Wisconsin decided not to name a park with his name after discovering his executions, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

Despite his political troubles, Pao’s influence on the Hmong people is unmistakable, as roughly 170,000 foreign-born Hmong were living in the United States by 2000, report-ed to a timeline of the Hmong by Lao Family Community.

Though considered a hero and leader to some, while a vil-lain and murderer to others, one cannot argue that General Vang Pao forever altered the course of his people’s history and will surely not soon be forgot.

In America, (Pao) negotiated and advocated for the freedom of the people he fought for. He also founded the Lao Family Community Organization that provides social services and support throughout the nation.

school that educates 2300. The school equips students with

critical thinking and vocational skills in addition to teaching read-ing and writing.

“We keep kids in their own cul-ture and teach them to become lead-ers,” said Reynolds.

Pwoje Espwa Sud has experi-enced an increase in the number of children and families seeking help since the earthquake.

“We rely solely on private donors and are pleased and blessed to have the support of Guilford College,”

said Reynolds. A portion of the Haiti funds Guilford raised last year went to Free the Kids, and many faculty and alumni contribute regularly.

Many aid workers feel that with continued support and time, Haiti will overcome the obstacles before it.

“The right leadership and engage-ment from the international com-munity are key to success,” said Roseann Dennery, an aid worker in Port-au-Prince, to CNN. “The Haitian people are resilient and have weathered many storms.”

there as students.“We got engaged spring of senior year in the middle of

graduation and all that, but we decided to have a year of grad school before getting married,” said Dobson. “We were hope-lessly practical, I guess.”

Throughout his life, Dobson has been interested in pro-gramming, and made what he calls “a bunch of crappy, half-finished games.” In 1996, a year before he finished graduate school and came to Guilford, he finished “Snood.”

“The ‘Snood’ thing has made me kind of a fourth-rate celebrity,” Dobson said. “People send me pictures and t-shirts to sign. It seems pretty crazy.”

That "Snood" thing is what’s on the Wikipedia page. The other stuff — the more interesting stuff — isn’t there, yet.

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Life before Guilford: What Dave Dobson's Wikipedia page won't tell you

Associate Professor of Geology Dave Dobson has his own Wikipedia page. The page talks mostly about his role as the creator of a few video games, most notably the popular puzzle game, “Snood.” However, some of the most interest-ing things about Dobson are not on Wikipedia.

Dobson was born in 1969, in Ames, Iowa. Though he trav-eled, he lived in Ames until college.

“Ames was a great place to grow up,” said Dobson. “There was enough stuff going on with the university to make it interesting, but it was safe and easy. It was pretty fun. Not a great place to visit as a tourist, though. Iowa was a great place to live, but no one came to see us.”

Both of Dobson’s parents were professors. When he was in fifth grade, they entered a professor

exchange program, and Dobson went to school in Ireland for a year.

Dobson enjoyed his experiences in Ireland, but he also dealt with some of the differences in teaching philosophies between Ireland and America.

“(The Irish) still used physical punishment for things,” Dobson said. “There was a rumor that they would never slap an American with a ruler, but I managed to prove that wrong in about a month. If you were in big trouble, they’d get out the meter stick.”

Once back in America, Dobson amused his friends with tales of castles and funny accents. Later on, his friends would amuse him instead.

“Some of my friends launched this campaign to vote for me for every office that came up (in high school),” said Dobson. “I actually did end up being president of senior class, which

was annoying because I wanted to go to chess club, but I had to go to meetings and figure out our class gift.”

Dobson was also “accidental homecoming king.”“There were about 300 people associated with the band

who voted for me, and my friends got all the underclass-men to vote for me,” Dobson said. “So it was like this total nerd rebellion. My poor parents had to go out on the football field at halftime. They thought they were safe from this; they thought they’d raised a nerd.”

After high school, Dobson went to Harvard, where he met his wife, Christina.

After realizing he did not want to study physics or medi-cine, Dobson found geology. He went to graduate school at the University of Michigan with his wife. They were married

Senior Nina Bollag and her dog, Julius, join fellow students and canines outside the Greenleaf for for some romping and relaxation.

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Dana Auditorium hosts world-renowned musicians

Anyone who has grown up with some connection to popular culture would instantly recognize Rossini’s rousing over-ture that began Greensboro Symphony Orchestra’s Jan. 22 performance held in Dana Auditorium.

The program, aptly named "Roman Holidays," was a performance of works by four classical composers, all of whom were strongly influenced by the Italian style.

“Hopefully it will do us some good to think of Italy in this cold winter weath-er,” said Aaron Allen, assistant professor of musicology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in a discussion held in Dana’s Moon Room before the show.

With true levity, the melodies evoked pas-sion and humor in equal measure.

“The music is fast-moving, fast-chang-ing, and incredibly light,” said Dmitry Sitkovetsky, the orchestra’s renowned con-ductor. Sitkovetsky turned to conducting after years as a highly accomplished concert violinist.

“I knew that if I had any talent for the

profession, I could make a bigger difference in more people’s lives as a conductor than a musician,” said Sitkovetsky.

The highlight of the evening was Yura Lee’s performance of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1. “The Paganini piece is really hard, outrageously hard,” said Professor of Music Tim Lindeman. “A normal violinist wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot-pole because it is so hard. But it isn’t hard for Yura Lee.”

Lindeman reviewed Lee when she first performed with GSO 12 years ago, at the

age of 13. “She is a magnificent musician,” said

Lindeman. “She’s one of those child prodi-gies you read about.”

Watching Lee perform is almost as thrill-ing as hearing the sounds she draws out of her 223-year-old violin, which also origi-nated in Italy. Her fingers traveled up and down the neck of the violin with hum-mingbird speed to play music that was at once poignant and crystalline. At times she rose on her toes, and in other moments bent deeply at the knees, lunging suddenly into

the music. When she paused to breathe, the violin rested on her shoulder like an exten-sion of her body as she wiped sweat from her hands onto her dress.

Lee was not the only musician heating up. “The many fast-paced pieces require phys-

ical endurance,” said Julianne Odahowski, a violinist for GSO. “It’s a real workout.”

The lively and joyful music invigorated the audience, many of whom came from off-campus for the event.

“It’s always an enjoyable experience play-ing in Dana,” said Odahowski. “It’s a beauti-ful hall with great acoustics, and the concerts are usually very well-attended.”

Heather Scott, a sophomore music major, ushered for the event.

“It’s great to have an excuse to get all dressed up,” said Scott. “It makes the music come alive to see it in the social atmosphere.”

Lindeman recommends that everyone experience an orchestra performance at least once.

“I treat it like a sociological event,” Lindeman said. “It’s something that is important for a significant amount of peo-ple. If you have never been to a football game, you should go to one of those, too.”

“Mary meant so much to this community, and she obviously meant so much to so many other communities,” said Director of the Friends Center and Campus Ministry Coordinator Max Carter to a room overflowing with mem-bers of both Minor’s family and the Guilford community.

The service was held in the manner of Friends. Those present sat in silent reflection, but were welcome to stand up and share when they felt moved. Silence never lasted long, as many peo-ple had something to share about their relationship and experiences with Minor.

Minor was a Guilford employ-ee who held multiple positions during her time working for the college, and she brought a unique touch to everything she did.

“I had the great fortune of working down the hall from Mary,” said Disability Services Coordinator Kim Burke. “Every morning I would hear her sing-ing down the hall. One morning I asked her, ‘Mary, how do you manage to sing every morning like that?’ She hugged me and said, ‘Child, you can always find something to sing about.’”

Professional Tutor Doug Smith shared one of his memories of Minor.

He had been singing along with Al Green in his office, thinking he was alone in the library. He then heard Minor say, “Now that’s what I want to hear.” Smith ended his story by reflecting on what a

generous person Minor was.“I will carry her with me,”

Smith later told The Guilfordian.Others reflected on how Minor

approached her work life.“Mary brought a quality to our

office that cannot be replaced,” said Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean Adrienne Israel. “She brought kindness and a sense of humor to work. No matter how bad things got, she always looked on the bright side.”

Those in attendance great-ly enjoyed and appreciated the memorial service.

“It was a really special ser-vice for a very special lady,” said Executive Assistant to the President Joyce Eaton. “The com-bination of people from Guilford and (Minor’s) family was won-derful; she was obviously beloved by faculty, staff, and students. She was a dear lady whose spirit and legacy will be with Guilford for a long time."

The memorial service behind them, members of the Guilford community will continue to remember Minor and hold her close to their hearts.

“Everything that was said at the service was true,” said Professor of English Jim Hood. “She was a wonderful, kind, warm, giving, and prayerful person whose smile lit up your day. I was privileged to have known her.”

Minor is already missed, but people still rejoice in her life. The service was more laughs than tears, and more celebration than mourning.

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“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it,” said Mark Twain. Twain is no stranger to censorship, as his novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has caused controversy in the United States since the book’s first publication.

Delia Lloyd from Politicsdaily.com said the book has been the fourth-most banned book in the U.S. school system. While book banning in general is a frightening exercise of censorship, the latest publication — where offensive words such as “nigger” and “Injun” are being replaced with the slightly more politically correct “slave” and “Indian” — is arguably worse.

“It would be unthinkable to alter 'The Great Gatsby' because of how women are

portrayed,” said University of California at San Diego's The Guardian.

There is crime enough in changing an author’s work, but the latest change in diction is potentially counterproductive in dealing with America’s racial issues. According to Politics Daily, Auburn University Professor Alan Gribben will publish the newly censored version of "Huckleberry Finn" because he feels uncomfortable using the "N-word" while teaching the classic.

To that end, if you are not capable of dealing with this extremely anti-racist novel because of its uncomfortable wording, then let someone else teach it. Saying “nigger,” even in a classroom setting, isn’t meant to be easy or comfortable, but it is important not to ignore our history.

“You can’t change history to reflect our contemporary values,” said Director of Community Learning James Shields. “The whole idea of history is to know what happened before us. As the saying says, you need to know your history so that you don’t repeat it.”

Slavery was part of United States’ history before we were the U.S., but racism continued heavily after slavery was illegal and still continues today. Being silent about slavery and the racism

By Omar HamadStaff Writer

The recent appearance of Reserve Officer Training Corps recruiters at tables in Founders Hall has ignited a controversy that cuts to the heart of how Guilford College defines itself and its niche as the only Quaker-founded institution in the South.

Currently, students at Guilford who wish to undertake the ROTC program may do so for no academic credit at North Carolina A&T University. However, these recent events reveal that change might be in the air.

Throughout Guilford’s history, the ethics of Quakerism have played a large part in guiding the values we promote both in and outside of the classroom. The Peace Testimony, declaring the opposition of Friends to any sort of armed conflict, has made informed administrative decisions to disallow military presence or training programs on campus, since the founding of our school. This principle has held true of Guilford throughout every war America has been involved in since the Civil War.

The endurance of Guilford’s commitment to the Peace Testimony

has distinguished our uniqueness as a Quaker institution.

However, during the contentious period of American military involvement in Southeast Asia, many other liberal arts schools joined Guilford’s ranks in taking pro-peace and anti-recruitment stances, which ironically culminated in sometimes violent attacks on ROTC and military centers on campuses. The sense of mutual distrust between higher education and the military has lingered on ever since. The ROTC, which is largely viewed as an extension of the military, has not been exempt from this brewing antipathy.

During the Clinton administration, controversy ensued over campus ROTC programs through the enactment of the Solomon Amendment in 1996, which entitled the Department of Defense to cut funding from universities which barred ROTC presence and military recruitment. In spite of this, the majority of Ivy League schools have maintained their bans on recruitment and ROTC, which dated to the Vietnam protest era.

This raises a larger question about why liberal arts institutions, and Guilford in particular, should remain firm in opposing the presence of ROTC programs and military recruiters.

My gut reaction to the presence of ROTC on campus is instinctively a negative one. That's not only because of my background in a region that has been marred by unnecessary violence, but also my belief in general that military recruiters tend to lure in young people with promises of college loans and help with tuition.

Oftentimes, these promises tend to be

International food mart a shopping must

David PferdekamperStaff Writer

North Carolina is not known for her cities. Country images dominate concepts of the Tar Heel State. This image is similar to the image of the rest of the South: pretty, but not diverse.

But go to her cities, and North Carolina can surprise you with her diversity. Cities like Raleigh, Charlotte, and our own Greensboro contain a lot more international diversity than most people may realize.

However, I do not blame people for not realizing this — the diversity is there, but it's not that visible. Sometimes you have to seek it out. If you are still reading this, you are probably someone who wants to seek it out and experience it for all it is worth.

Then allow me to direct you to the Super G Mart on West Market St. This international food mart is the place to go for all those things you cannot find anywhere else. Here you can buy food from East Asia, India, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and more.

After walking through the building’s doors, American pop music and a colorful selection of fruits and vegetables greet you. Korean pears, dragon fruits, cheap pomegranates, and the biggest carrots you will ever see fill the front of the store. This is a good chance to spice up that salad with something new.

However, if you are a meat-eater, you might want to wander to the meat section, where you can find some more good deals. I saw packs of two rib eye steaks for about $5.

Of course, more squeamish people would do well to avoid the meats. You will find a lot of things that can easily turn an American stomach. They sell beef lips, cheek meat, tongue, heart, testicles, small intestines, and brains, just to name a few. Not to mention an array of pig organs, goat heads (you read that right), and, of course, tripe. This is the place for adventurous souls.

You can also find fresh fish at Super G. I usually avoid this section, but there are interesting things here too. Jellyfish and squid are two things you might want to try.

However, I tend to spend my money in a different section of the mart: the candy section. There is a vast assortment of sweets, mostly from East Asia.

I often get a product called "Hello Panda". This treat is a hard biscuit shell with chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry cream inside.

You can also find the famous Pocky here. Pocky are biscuit sticks coated in chocolate, and they are very popular. There are different flavors of Pocky, as well. Try it; you will not regret it.

If you are over 21, you can go to the back of the store and find different imported beers, mostly from Mexico. There is also sake and sweet plum wine.

Super G is a great place to find all these things and more. Not only that, but you can see a little bit of our city’s diversity, which unfortunately is not always very visible. So get some friends, head over, and try something you have never tried before. But don’t say I didn’t warn you about the goat heads.

ROTC at Guilford is out of line

Huck Finn censorship omits uncomfortable historywhich did not end with abolition does not acknowledge our history.

Though "Huckleberry Finn" is only one novel — one part of a movement against racism — the book’s place as a literary classic puts Twain’s work in a position to enlighten students if they are exposed to this novel in a constructive way, which means with the correct historical and literary context intact.

“We’re talking about a particular place in time where the word African American was not known, where the word 'negro' was rarely used,” said Shields, providing one example of appropriate context.

"Huckleberry Finn" makes people uncomfortable. The next step is to admit that acknowledging racism is the reason for this discomfort. Realize that the issue must still be spoken about.

“Although I can tell the same story in different words, I don’t think it would be as effective,” said Monesha Staton, Hege Library associate for technical services. Twain may not have intended for his novel to be addressing racism so many years later, but as Staton said, no one truly knows what he intended.

However, the fact remains that "Huckleberry Finn" is an important tool for in fight against racism, and thus should be left alone to do its job.

delusions that do not play out in reality. After all, the purpose of the military is to defend America and her interests from perceived threats abroad, not to be an alternative college experience with a twist of thrill and adventure.

Aside from this, part of the reason why I and so many other students have chosen Guilford College is the uniqueness of the Quaker values espoused here, manifested through programs unheard of at other schools such as Peace and Conflict Studies and Principled Problem Solving.

“Quakerism means leading a life and setting examples for others about finding ways to remove the occasion for war,” said Max Carter, director of the Friends Center and campus ministry coordinator. “Our adherence to teaching these values is what makes Guilford a valuable and marketable school compared to hundreds of other colleges.”

Most students entering ROTC programs in college do so because of a scholarship, which essentially binds them to active military service after graduation. Thus in times of war, it would seem that campus-funded ROTC programs would also be endorsing direct participation in the American war effort, a major violation of the Peace Testimony.

Despite some military participation by Quakers in the Civil War, to date no Quaker organization has ever challenged the Peace Testimony. Thus, it would seem incongruous for Guilford, acting on behalf of the Quaker and pacifist members of its community, to compromise its heritage as a means of being politically correct.

By Chassidy CrumpStaff Writer

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Study abroad offers lessons in Japanese and self-sufficiency Staff Editorial

By Laura DevunskyStaff Writer

I remember my arrival in Tokyo well — the excitement, the wonder, the painful twisting of my gut when I looked down at my ticket and realized I was already lost. I arrived at Narita International Airport, but my connecting flight to Osaka would be leaving from Haneda. With a meager 20 minutes to get to my next flight and no working knowledge of the Japanese transportation system, I was immediately thrown into my first foreign adventure.

Long story short, I made my way to my destination through a series of confusing phone calls while fumbling awkwardly with the Japanese language. Admittedly, the whole situation was a little scary, but I was impressed with how much I learned about being self-sufficient within my first few hours in a foreign country

Unlike other students who plan things ahead and pair up, when I applied to study abroad, I did so alone. I had hurled myself into this new environment, with no one to rely on but myself. Blindly navigating my way to Osaka from Tokyo was only the first

of several trials to come.The eight months I spent in Japan were

eight months of self-improvement and self-awakening. Japan changed my life and despite its incredible distance from my small town of Advance, N.C., I came to feel like I had a second home there.

I have trouble not feeling disappointed when I hear a fellow student is passing up a chance for studying abroad. Sure, there will be plenty of time to vacation in exotic places after college, but the opportunity to actually live and become immersed within a foreign country’s culture for an extended period of time rarely presents itself after the academic years.

There are a lot of benefits that come out of studying abroad. Personally, it helped me develop a greater sense of independence and global awareness. Of course, I learned some practical things too: how to budget, how to navigate subways, and how to speak Japanese at a conversational level.

New environments can be scary — even stressful — and I will not sugar coat it and say that there will be someone holding your hand throughout the process. There isn't.

I don’t intend to turn anybody from studying abroad by saying these things, but there are some big steps to take before you get to the fun part.

I think the most important part of studying abroad is the growing experience it will give you.

For me, these experiences ranged from meditating in an actual Buddhist meditation hall to being the only foreigner among a

group of non-English speaking Japanese friends.

Even the fact that I’m writing this can serve as testament to how studying abroad can impact a person’s life. While I’ve always had an interest in writing and journalism, it wasn’t until I joined the journalism club in Japan that I began to exercise my creativity. In doing so, I ended up placing third in the Swadesh Deroy Journalist’s Scholarship, and got a chance to fly back to Tokyo to meet with the members of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

My experiences in Japan ranged from wonderful to strange. One day I could be scouting out the view from Tokyo tower. One day I might find myself enjoying a picnic on the grounds of a nearby temple for the Japanese flower viewing festival. Another day I might be joining someone for a drink at Shinsaibashi’s “cat café,” a coffee shop where you pay by the hour to sit in a room full of felines.

I encourage everyone considering studying abroad to give it a try. I understand not everyone’s schedule can allow for it because the application process alone is a lot of work, but those that do choose to go will definitely benefit.

There are so many unforgettable experiences that can come out of living in a foreign country, and I imagine every country is a unique experience.

Just one word of warning: wherever you go, try not to fall in love with your country’s food. Finding octopus legs has been pretty hard ever since I’ve returned.

Defining 'sustainability' at Guilford

The headline reads, "Arizona shooting: 6 dead; including a nine-year-old girl."

The media these days is full of nothing but tragic stories where only sympathy can go out to the loved ones of the fallen. America is only hearing about horrific events such as the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona.

The media has grown attached to the youngest victim, Christina Taylor Green, a nine-year-old with big dreams of becoming a politician.

Such a young person with a big dream only brings hope towards a country that has dealt with economic troubles, unemployment, and war in the past few years. Hope towards a country that is looking for a bright spot to help everyone in these troubling times.

People now see through this tragic story that, although the current state of the country is dismal, the future generations have big dreams and the possibility of a bright future ahead of them. Compassionate children who want to help people will one day stand tall as the Speaker of the House, Senators, CEOs, or even in front of a classroom teaching the following generation.

By Elaine KelloggStaff Writer

The word “sustainability” is a major buzzword these days, particularly in light of global warming and other environmental issues such as the Gulf oil spill. For many of us, hearing the word “sustainable” makes our minds jump immediately to environmental issues alone.

Guilford has made significant strides in terms of environmental sustainability. At the beginning of last semester, Guilford completed one of the largest installations of solar panels on a college campus nationwide. Students, faculty, and staff alike have committed to saving energy, recycling, and composting.

This work is undeniably important, but the Guilford community has committed itself to much more. Rather than limiting sustainability efforts to solar panels and composting, Guilford has started to expand the very definition of sustainability.

Examples of this creative expansion are everywhere. Last semester, Guilford hosted environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck, who built a sculpture entirely out of recycled material. This semester, Guilford will host another artist, Patrick Dougherty, who will create monumental “Stickwork” sculptures from locally sourced saplings. Both of these artists demonstrate the potential of art in sustainable initiatives.

The Guilford community has also started to investigate the meaning of sustainable community. Last semester, a group of students in the Center for Principled Problem Solving scholars program presented on the accessibility of Guilford’s campus, raising the question of whether or not everyone in our community has access to the same space. This semester, Guilford has a new head football coach, Chris Rusiewicz, who was hired in part for his ability to help the football team engage with the wider campus community and create a more cohesive atmosphere.

Guilford has also hosted a number of speakers this year, such as David Brooks, Majora Carter, and Bill Clinton. Each has touched on how sustainability relates to politics, food, the economy, and other diverse topics. Recently, Van Jones spoke to the Guilford community about the often unacknowledged link between environmental sustainability and social justice.

Other examples abound. The point is that the Guilford community has chosen to see sustainability not only as an ecological issue, but a social one too. Sustainability is a form of endurance. As we think about ways to create enduring communities and ecosystems; technological, critical and creative approaches all provide different angles from which we can examine the same problem.

During this theme year of sustainability, we have broken the restrictive definition of sustainability. This willingness to embrace different approaches and the ability to draw out connections between seemingly separate problems reflects not only our core values, but our teaching philosophy as well.

Ultimately, this approach will allow us to tackle the issue of sustainability in new ways, and it all begins with the definition of the word.

A nine-year-old's dream lives on Nonetheless, the coverage of this story is only slightly

warranted. Perhaps the story helps the parents deal with the loss of their

child. Maybe they are now able to see how, even though she may be gone, her ambition to become a politician lives on as it motivates others across the country, and possibly even the world, to go after their dreams.

Parents dream for their child to become well-educated and to succeed in their endeavors. To have a child’s life cut short takes away the parents' ability to see their influence and how the accomplishments of their child could have changed the world.

But as we have seen, the parents of Christina Green have let the media discuss her dreams and wishes of wanting to become a politician, which was the main reason she was at the event where Congresswoman Giffords was shot and others were also killed. The media is projecting her to the world as a sign: that

someone somewhere has a dream to change the world and that they will succeed.

Perhaps it isn’t today, and maybe it isn’t tomorrow, but there is always someone out there with a dream, and they will achieve it.

Christina’s dream was cut short by a terrible tragedy, and no one can change that now. However, what the media can do to help her family and loved ones is to spread the message of her dreams.

That’s what the media should be doing — showing the world motivational stories that encourage others to follow their dreams. Even if people read the stories from the media and go on without thinking about it, there is someone out there who will read the article and be touched enough to go after their dreams and make a difference.

A little girl shouldn’t have to die for people to remember to be hopeful.

Perhaps it isn’t today, and maybe it isn’t tomorrow, but there is always someone out there with a dream, and they will achieve it.

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January 28, 2011

Quakers edge undefeated Marlins to win 'Stache Day' game

Senior Tobi Akinsola’s career-high 26 points, hard-nosed team defense and the power and majesty of head coach Tom Palombo’s mustache led the Quakers (12-6, 6-3 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) to a marquee 64-61 win over previously unde-feated and number two in the nation Virginia Wesleyan on “Stache Day,” Saturday Jan. 22.

Akinsola also had five rebounds and went 10 for 12 from the foul line in 24 minutes of work.

Guilford’s next highest scorer, junior Gabriel Lowder, had nine points and four rebounds.

“It was just a battle the whole way,” Akinsola said. “(Virginia Wesleyan) were fighting. They had a will to win. They’re a second-half team. They were down in the first half. We had a little bit of a run at the end, so we were fortunate enough to win.”

Senior TC Anderson had kind words to say of Akinsola’s career day. Anderson chipped in 4 points, four rebounds and four steals. He also defended the final 3-pointer to secure the Quakers’ victory.

“(Akinsola) was unstoppable. Unstoppable,” Anderson said. “He played against one of the most athletic guys in the league. He held his own like he does every night.”

By Andrew Stewartstaff WritEr

This week we are on the brink of the top five teams with the 2001-2002 baseball team as number six on the countdown. The Quakers had a 12-4 Old Dominion Athletic Conference record, which still stands as the best conference record to date.

The team started off the season slow, losing three of their first six games. However, they turned it around going 9-3 in March. This streak brought the Quakers' record to 12-6.

Before the ODAC tournament, the baseball team was 6-1. They only had four conference losses, which netted them the third seed in the ODAC tournament. This brought their record to 20-9, and gave the team momentum.

By the end of April, the team already had surpassed the success of the previous year’s team. The 2000-2001, Quakers had only 15 total wins, combined with four conference wins and 12 losses.

In 2002, the team was led by Joe Dooley ’02, who

led Division III with 12 wins, which tied the school’s 26-year-old record. He had a 12-3 mark in addition to four saves and a 3.10 earned run average in 20 appear-ances. He owned a school record of 11 complete games on the mound including two shutouts and won the league’s Player of the Week Award for the week ending March 24.

Dooley did not do it alone. Steve Danis ’02, the Quakers’ starting center fielder,

hit a career-high of .368 with 51 runs, four homers, 30 stolen bases and 29 runs batted in. He ranked second in the league in steals, third in runs, and ninth in hits. Danis raised his school record stolen bases mark to 85 and set Guilford’s career hit mark with 194 and runs scored with 159 that year. His .346 career batting aver-age ranks fourth in school history and his 99 RBI are seventh all time.

A.J. McCauley ’04 broke Guilford’s season records for stolen bases (31), at-bats (187), and hits (70) while bat-ting .374 with 10 doubles and 35 RBI.

McCauley led the league in stolen bases and also was second in the ODAC in hits and seventh in runs. He

was the ODAC Player of the Week for the week end-ing March 10. His 45 steals in 75 games rank third on Guilford’s all time-list.

With all this success, Guilford ended its season with a 30 win season. This special season tied the school’s single season win record. This feat has not been reached since.

After the regular season, Guilford played in the ODAC tournament, in which the top six teams get to participate.

The Quakers finished in second place, falling to Bridgewater who had their number all year. The team then got snubbed for an NCAA Division III tournament berth, which ended their season.

Tying the school record of 30 wins and only having four conference losses is very impressive. Plus there was a lot of individual success as well — six members of the ’02 team placed on the All-ODAC baseball team.

Even though they did not make the NCAA tourna-ment, this baseball team has been the best Guilford baseball team of the past decade by far and deserves to be the number six team on the countdown.

Top 16 teams in Guilford history: 2001-2002 baseball team By Ryan Gordy

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Akinsola attributed handing the Marlins their first loss to the focus every member of the Quakers team has in each practice session.

“We try to do what we do in practice on the court on game day, so we carry that prepara-tion over to the games,” Akinsola said. “We battle in practice. We go at it.”

Junior Justin Stafford was a mustachioed force of nature defensively, and scored seven points with an assist and a block, sporting an homage to Palombo on his upper lip.

“I think we played tremendous team defense,” Palombo said.

“I thought we played together really well on the defensive end, and we minimized our mistakes on the offensive end," said Palombo. "We made some mistakes, but we were able to get the ball inside to Tobi, Brad (Monroe) and Justin Stafford. We were able to loosen it up on the perimeter outside.”

Sophomore Josh Pittman went 1-8 from the 3-point arc for 3 points, and had four assists, four rebounds and a steal.

“Josh didn’t have his best game today,” Palombo said. “He’s had some monster big games for us. He moved the ball around, didn’t turn it over and played good ‘D.’”

The Marlins were down by three points with less than 10 seconds to go. Tre’ Ford, who made three shots from beyond the arc in the game, was able to get the 3-pointer off over TC Anderson. However, it bounced harmlessly off the front of the rim.

“The way we play defense, people are going to be able to shoot threes on us,” Palombo said.

“They just won’t be able to get the rebound and they’ll have a hand in their face," said Palombo. "TC played really good defense on the last play. He got a piece of that shot."

“It was a huge win to beat a team that has been undefeated all year long and ranked number two in the country,” Palombo con-cluded. “But like I just told our guys, we still get to play on Wednesday. Wednesday’s game has equal value.”

Travis Tracy , sophomore, looks for a pass during the men's basketball home

game against Virginia Wesleyan on Jan. 22.

Senior Toby Akinsola propels through Virginia Wesleyan opponents. Akinsola

scored a career-high 26 points in the game.

Photos by Douglas R

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Winning score of the Quakers' Jan. 22 meet with Emory & Henry. This win makes the first victory of the year for the Quakers and puts their record at 1-4, 1-3 ODAC.

83-39Of January, the Guilford spring sports season kicks off with the Liberty Open Track meet in Lynchburg, Va. Both the men's and women's track & field teams will compete at this meet.

28-29thLosses for #2 nation-ally ranked Virgina Wesleyan College's men's bas-ketball team. Guilford defeated the Marlins on Jan. 22 by the score of 64-61.

26.6Points per game averaged by BYU senior guard Jimmer Fredette. This total leads the nation and has helped the Cougars to a #9 national ranking.

I didn’t really get into watching the Olympics until 2008, the summer when Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming, breaking the record for the total number of gold medals won by an athlete at a single Olympics.

My family and I stayed up every night that summer cheering for the swimmers, gymnasts, even the synchro-nized divers.

Of course there were the contro-versies. The Chinese female gymnasts looked young, considering the age requirements, and shortly after the Olympics, the infamous photo of Phelps with a bong surfaced.

The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics already has its fair share of controversy even though the games have yet to start. When the Olympics released its logo during a New Year’s Eve ceremony, it wasn’t long before the Brazilian media claimed plagiarism.

The new logo bore resemblance to the logo of the Telluride Foundation, a Colorado based charity.

The Telluride Foundation has not yet commented on the matter.

The Olympic logo shows blue, green, and yellow people merged in a sphere. It flows three-dimensionally through a blending of the legs.

The Telluride Foundation’s logo is two-dimensional and contains red, blue, green, and yellow people dancing in a vaguely heart-shaped circle.

Is this similarity in fact plagiarism? Fred Gelli, director of Tatil, the com-pany hired to design the logo, doesn’t think so. He says they are similar, but it’s not plagiarism. He denies ever hav-ing seen the Telluride Foundation logo before.

I agree with him.It isn’t plagiarism in my opinion. If

you look at the two logos side by side, they are similar; however, it is also clear that the two could have very possibly come from two different sources inde-pendent of each other.

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The ladies of Guilford’s swimming team lined up behind the starting blocks, waiting for their turn to practice their starts.

Coached by Steve Kaczmarek and Assistant Coach Emily Lapinski, the Jan. 22 meet saw Guilford swimming against home team Hollins University and Emory and Henry College at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference match.

The Quakers trounced Emory and Henry by 47 points with a final score of 75-28, giv-ing Guilford an important win. At the end of the conference meet, Hollins, who hosted, outscored both its competitors for the over-all win, beating Guilford 81-39 and Emory and Henry 100-18.

Many members of Guilford’s swim team placed in the top three in different events. Those who placed first, second, or third in each event included first-year Kendra Medina, who placed second at the 100-meter backstroke, second at the 200-meter backstroke, and first in the 400-meter free-style relay.

Sophomore Becca Dozier placed second in the 200-meter freestyle, third in the 500-meter freestyle, and 1st in the 400-meter freestyle relay.

Junior Kelcey Johnson came in third place in the 100-meter breaststroke and third in the 200-meter breaststroke.

Junior Rebecca Bacon came in second in the 100-meter butterfly, third in the 200-meter butterfly, and second in the 200-meter individual medley.

Senior Daphne Murphy came in third in

the 50-meter freestyle, first in the 500-meter freestyle, and first in the 400-meter freestyle relay. Senior Kim Abbott placed third in the 200-meter backstroke and first in the 400-meter freestyle relay.

Guilford placed first in the 400-meter relay race. The relay incorporates four dif-ferent strokes, one for each girl and includes the freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke.

“Taking what we learned in practice and seeing it applied in the meet … that’s what’s important, said Kaczmarek. "Gabi (sopho-more Gabrielle Lahovitch) improved her time from 1:37 to 1:26 (in the 100-meter free-style), and that’s what it’s all about."

Swimming is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races.

“Everyone cheers for everybody as a team for the individual,” said Kaczmarek.

“They were all really friendly and wel-coming," said sophomore Paula Skandis, who joined the team in October. "The team captains, Daphne Murphy and Sara Waitsman, were really encouraging, and the 7:30 a.m. practice wakes you up and gets you ready for the day."

One of the main issues that plagued the swimming team is membership.

“In the first meeting of the season, we had fifteen to sixteen girls committed," Kaczmarek said. "Now we’re down to elev-en or twelve. To those girls who say they can’t join because of schoolwork, that’s not an issue. We understand. Studies come first, sports second.”

Guilford’s swim team has one more meet left at Greensboro College on Jan 29 before the ODAC Championships on the second weekend of February.

“I’ve been doing this for four years," Lapinski said. "It’s about watching the indi-vidual improvements, seeing them improve in the strokes and time."

“For me, it’s not about winning; it’s about them enjoying it,” Kaczmarek said.

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And if you look at the Telluride Foundation logo, it bears more resem-blance to Henri Matisse’s painting “The Dance” than the Olympic logo.

The more I look at the two logos, the more I am sure that it is not pla-giarism.

The Olympics logo is bright, fluid, and gives the effect of space. On the other hand, the Telluride Foundation logo is flat and dull.

Maybe I’m just saying this because I like the Olympic logo so much bet-ter, but there’s no way that it was plagiarized.

If it isn’t plagiarism, then why would there be this controversy? It isn’t hard to find the reason. The fact is, the Olympics is a very big deal.

A smaller organization does not have to worry as much. For exam-ple, the 2004 Brazilian Carnaval logo was an exact replica of the Telluride Foundation logo. A few colors were switched — not even changed — switched.

But we don’t hear about that, since it isn’t the Olympics. Everyone loves to take advantage of the Olympics’ limelight because it is a sure way of getting attention.

Eventually the plagiarism claims are going to calm down, and the 2016 Olympics will continue as usual. What’s the Olympics without a little controversy?

"Taking what we learned in practice and seeing it applied in the meet ... that's what's important."

Steve Kaczmarek, head coach women's swimming

WOMEN’S SWIM TEAM RACES TO VICTORY AGAINST EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE

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