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calendar of events Presidents Day Fabulous Film Friday: “Black is ... Black Ain’t” @ King 128E 6–8 p.m.
Men’s rugby match vs. Wingate @ Haworth Field 1 p.m.
College Mtg for Worship w/ Christina Repoley ‘02 @ Moon Room, 1 p.m.
What the Hell?! Con @ Duke Hall and Dana Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.
Chris Killian performing @ The Comedy Zone 8 & 10 p.m.
“Romeo and Juliet” @ Taylor Theatre, UNCG 2 p.m.
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Baseball game vs. Me.-Presque Isle @ McBane Field, 2:30 p.m. $1 Taco Tuesday @ El Azteca 11 a.m.– 10 p.m.
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Robin McFarland: The Education & Persecution of Baha’i Youth in Iran @ Founders West Gallery 8:30–10 p.m.
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CAB Specialty Events: Magician @ Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium, 8 p.m.
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Pickup volleyball @ Alumni Gym, 7–10 p.m. 325th anniversary of the first formal Quaker protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa.
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Important notice from Residence Life: We intend to convert either English Hall or Shore Hall into a coed Honors Program residence hall beginning Fall 2013. See the article in this week’s online Guilfordian for a rationale and complete information. We welcome any questions or concerns after you’ve read the article. You can reach us at reslife@guilford.edu.
SoJo Spotlight
Gung-ho for guns: gun control and gun violence in North Carolina Aurora. Oak Creek. Newtown. Glocks and AR-15’s. 9mm’s and .223’s. These places and phrases were splattered over the news media throughout this past year. The rash of mass shootings in 2012 left over 140 people killed or wounded and led to a reappraisal of gun laws and legislation across the nation. In North Carolina, however, the conversation on gun BY ANTHONY control is taking a hardHARRISON line stance against Staff Writer progressive legislation. North Carolina already has
comparatively loose regulation of firearms. Citizens are required to possess a permit in order to purchase a handgun, but not a rifle or shotgun. Furthermore, no license or registration is required to own a firearm; background checks are not required to purchase rifles or shotguns; weapons regulated by the National Firearms Act, including automatic weapons, can be owned by civilians at the discretion of law enforcement; citizens are allowed to carry most firearms openly in public; and there are no restrictions on civilian ownership of military-style weapons. In 2009, there were 1,083 firearm-related deaths in North Carolina, accounting for 60 percent of violent deaths in the state. Sixty-one percent of them were suicides.
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