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Dialogue promotes integrity, openness

Candice Dew, Multicultural Education Department intern, shares experiences during the Dialogue on Diversity and Incluson.

BY MEGHANA IRAGAVARAPU Features editor On Aug. 1, Guilford College held its first “Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion.”

As a three-part series, these dialogue serve to offer a safe space for students, faculty and staff to listen and communicate about power, privilege and oppression.

“The conversation … really began when the Black Lives Matter co-founders came on campus last fall and when the work that Integrity for Guilford did raised further awareness of racism at Guilford,” said Wess Daniels, William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center & Quaker Studies.

“There were various conversations that followed these initial events, taking place in larger and smaller settings, with students, staff, faculty and board members.”

This year, individuals hope to continue discussion through open forums meant to educate and allow members of the Guilford College community to voice their concerns and

share their experiences.

“The Dialogues on Diversity and Inclusion are an extension and continuation of the ongoing diversity and inclusion work on campus,” said Director of Multicultural Education Stephanie Chang in an email interview with The Guilfordian.

“The Dialogues on Diversity and Inclusion are also a way to recognize some of the racialized current events that happened this summer and are happening in society.”

As attendees entered Carnegie Room last Wednesday afternoon, they were seated around one of four tables with large white sheets of paper and markers in front of them. In small group discussions, students, staff and faculty shared experiences of times they were asked to hold multiple truths.

“I know for some it is a scary space to show up in,” said Daniels.

“These conversations have a high likelihood of getting uncomfortable. Others are frustrated with what they perceive to be as ‘just talk.’”

Small groups wrote down what they needed from others and from The College to engage in productive conversations

and action.

“I think it is also important that we are able to bring out (our) whole selves, we listen to one another and we can be complex,” said senior Najha Zigbi-Johnson.

“We can be contradictory at times, but it is part of our growth process in learning about one another.”

Organizers appreciated the willingness of students and faculty to speak openly.

“People showed up and tried, and I think that’s important,” said Daniels.

“We will not grow unless we build relationships and trust, and I don’t think we’ll grow if we cannot hear difficult things.”

Faculty and students recognized benefits of the open forum for conversation.

“Not every college presents this as an open forum for people to come together to share viewpoints because this is a scary topic for a lot of people,” said Associate Dean of Students Steven Mencarini.

“I am really impressed that Guilford is committed to these types of conversations, and hopefully, from these conversations, there can be movement both individually and as a community.”

After 30 minutes of table discussions, the four groups came together for a large group dialogue to brainstorm goals and ideas for this year.

“My expectations were to hear and enter into ‘where are we’ and ‘let’s get back into the difficult conversations’ from last year,” said Chang.

“We were reminded during the session that there are over 400 new students on campus and many new faculty and staff as well, so there is an element of ‘catching up’ for new folks.”

While students and staff want to build upon the progress from last year, organizers of the dialogues understand the varied levels of f luency in the struggle for racial equality and social justice.

“Not everyone is in the same place of understanding around what is going on with the struggle for racial equity and other critical matters of social justice in our society, so we need different entry points,” said Chang.

“We … need staff, faculty and administration to change practices, change language, make structural adjustments, drastically redirect and change policy where these things adversely affect students, staff and faculty who are marginalized by these practices.”

To give everyone a chance to enter into this discussion, two more dialogues will be held on Sept. 28 and Oct. 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the Carnegie Room.

“We cannot stop working towards a better, more just and diverse Guilford College,” said Daniels.

“We will use these dialogues as another opportunity to learn about and discuss the demands in both direct and indirect ways.”

POMCO creates safer campus community A few years ago, co-founder of the Peace of Mind Company Andrew “AJ” Leahy’s best friend was killed on a college campus. From that, Leahy realized there had to be a more effective way to protect college students.

“When we first started … we set out to build the next generation of safety devices,” said Leahy in an email interview with The Guilfordian. “Our goal since then has been to create a smarter, more effective way of protecting the people we love.”

Leahy’s company sells a device designed to ensure the safety of college students.

“People like that it’s a kind of mobile blue light,” said Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Todd Clark. “It can always be with you.”

The device is a small button that the user presses to call public safety. By connecting to the user’s smartphone though Bluetooth and by accessing its GPS, it gives public safety the user’s location, as well as any relevant information they choose to share, such as allergies.

“In a crisis, you don’t have to pull your phone out, unlock it, put the code in, find contact information for public safety, which you may not have where it’s easy to find if you even have it in your phone, and make a call,” said Clark. “That’s the advantage of this device.”

Guilford College has been in contact with POMCO since last year.

“Todd Clark came across it and brought it up to Community Senate to fund as part of their capital project,” said student ambassador for POMCO and senior Molly Anne Marcotte. “We held multiple Senate meetings about it, and held multiple focus groups on campus with key student leaders in campus safety.

“With the approval of the campus, we passed a subsidy deal in which Senate set aside enough of their rollover budget to pay for half of each student’s POM.” The device was given to all resident advisors, community directors and public safety officers for free, although some of the RA’s have already offered criticism.

“We didn’t want them,” said senior Jocelyn Foshay, who is an RA in Shore Hall. “A bunch of RA’s asked if we could opt to just not have them.”

A lot of these feelings come from the amount of money being spent and how they will be used by RA’s.

“I think it’s a good idea, but I really wish that money was going more into making it cheaper for students,” said senior Colin Nollet, an RA in the north apartments.

“When we get into emergency situations, it’s normally not our emergencies, so it doesn’t feel right that (we are the ones) getting them. I would understand if it was a thing that all students were getting them for free.”

According to Foshay, Senate spent approximately $20,000 on POM devices.

“When did we decide we were going to spend $20,000 on teenage life-alert?” said Foshay.

“I just want to know when we voted on them and when it was a community decision to spend all this money when the ceiling in Bryan is leaking.”

The reason the device has cost the school $20,000 is because the device itself is $40,

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but the school has subsidized the cost, making it only $20 for students.

“Its uses are applicable to any day of the week, from walking back from the library on a late school night to witnessing a crisis at a party on a Saturday,” said Marcotte. “If you divide the cost by the approximately 196 days of the year you spend on campus for fall and spring terms, you spend approximately 10 cents per day on a device that could service you, or a nearby peer, everyday.”

For many students, however, even that is not worth the cost.

“If I can, I’m always going to call P Safe first,” said Nollet. “I’m always going to get out my phone rather than pull out this device.”

Still, many students on campus feel safer with the POM. “The folks with which I have spoken express how innovative they find the device,” said Marcotte. “We will gather data this year on the most common scenarios in which students use the device, and measure its effectiveness against prior Public Safety response time and quality.”

POMCO also hopes to keep building a connection with Guilford.

“We’re really excited to work with Guilford,” said Leahy. “Everyone I’ve met I’ve been a fan of.”

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IT&S gets some upgrades in security, Wi-Fi

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Despite the many types of people who call Guilford College their own, everyone has a few things in common: following the core values, pursuit of knowledge and dependence on technology.

When students deal with wireless internet problems, new online learning systems or virtual security risks, the Information Technology & Services department continues to adapt and improve technology to make life easier for the Guilford community, while Hege Library works concurrently in more learning-focused uses for technology.

As far as technology goes, many different things are happening on campus. A recent and notable situation came up when when a crack appeared in the Guilford network’s safe haven.

“Bad stuff has been happening in email land,” reads a post in the Guilford Buzz by Information Technology & Services help desk team leader Ian Hulsey.

Phishing emails, which showed up in many email inboxes sourced from Guilford senders, have been students’ main tech complaint lately.

“If you get an email that says anything about your balance is due, financial aid stuff like that, nobody’s going to send an attachment,” said IT&S student employee and CCE computing technology & information systems major Donald Gillespie.

“If you get an email from anybody you don’t know that has an attachment, straight up delete it.”

Besides avoiding suspicious emails with attachments, students can reinforce their security in other ways to avoid allowing the breaches in the first place.

“Please use a unique and strong password with numbers, letters, capitalization and maybe even a special character or two,” said Jake Hudson, who is also a said IT&S student employee and CCE computing technology & information systems major. “Two-step verification is also great.”

A few buildings away from Bauman Hall, the library covers new ground in finding ways to have technology work for students rather than against them.

Within the Research and Educational Services department, staff members assist those on campus with learning and research technology, including the brand new learning management system at Guilford, Canvas.

Some on campus are unaware of the full extent of services available at the library. “(Students and faculty) know to come and find us when it comes to Canvas, because it’s new, and people are unsure about it,” said Tamika Davis, the digital pedagogy and scholarship technologist. “What we are working on is ensuring that people

Gregory Mello ’17 organizes his student email after receiving suspicious invoices containg unsafe attachments.

know what else we offer, like helping you with digital projects.”

While students should contact IT&S about password problems with Canvas, other questions, such as how to navigate within the system, should be directed to the Residential Education and Housing department. The campus can also keep an eye on the library for technology that will soon be available, such as the new Teaching, Learning and Research Collaboratory, or CoLab, which will be up and running soon.

Back at IT&S, the mechanics of the College’s tech are still at the forefront, being necessary for all the innovation elsewhere.

This year, GC-Secure is the main wireless network for student and faculty use, since it is, as the name suggests, the most secure.

Senate Update This week

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During the summer before a new school year, the student life offices revise and renew the student handbook. This last summer, the administration had made a couple of changes to the point system, added some policies and changed some policies. The point system was changed so that students can obtain 10 points throughout their four years at Guilford College, rather than having the points reset at the end of each academic year. This may seem unfair, but students can have their points taken off. If a student has points and does not have any violations for a semester, then 2 of those points will be taken off. As far as new policies, Guilford has added a bathroom policy and a naming policy.

The bathroom policy means that students should use the bathrooms that align with their gender identities. The naming policy means that Guilford’s records will be using preferred names over legal names.

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“(GC-WPA) is no longer being shown as an available network,” said Hulsey. “So if you have a device that was previously configured for WPA it will connect, but … it is being phased out gradually as a network, the reason being WPA-type encryption is obsolete.”

IT&S is also addressing internet speed, although no drastic changes will be made until funding is available. However, if students notice particular times of the day or spots on campus with slow Wi-Fi, they are welcome to share that information with the tech department.

For any other changes to the technological landscape on campus, students should look for news both online and off, but should be wary of the hyperlinks they choose to click.

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Laos President Barack Obama recently pledged $90 million to fund a joint U.S.-Laotian cleanup of unexploded ordnance and mines over the next three years. During the Vietnam War, the United States carried out over 580,000 bombing missions and dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance in Laos. Since 1974, according to the Laos National Regulatory Authority, there have been over 20,000 casualties from leftover explosives. Within the last decade, approximately 3,000 people were injured or killed. Unexploded ordnance contaminates 25 percent of Laotian villages.

China The International Union for Conservation of Nature removed the giant panda from its endangered list on Sept.

4. The giant panda, the national animal of China and a poster species for conservation efforts, downgraded to “vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, thanks in part to the Chinese government’s repopulation of bamboo forests. There are an estimated 2,000 pandas in the world. While the news is good, climate change could undo the progress made restoring the species’ natural habitats. The IUCN reclassified another species, the eastern gorilla, as “critically endangered.”

United Kingdom On Sept. 6, Black Lives Matter members in the United Kingdom shut down the runway at London City Airport.

According to the BBC, nine members staged a protest on the tarmac to “highlight the U.K.’s environmental impact on the lives of black people locally and globally.”

Incoming flights were diverted while the protesters were arrested. On Aug. 5, BLM activists blocked the M4 motorway leading into Heathrow International Airport.

The protest marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot and killed by an officer with the Metropolitan Police Service.

Activists champion prisoners’ rights 45 years after Attica riot THE ANNIVERSARY OF PRISON RIOTS IN 1971 WILL BRING NEW STRIKE

BY NICOLE ZELNIKER Editor-In-Chief On Sept. 9, 1971, inmates at Attica Prison in New York staged a riot to demand political rights and better living conditions. Four days later, the prison administration finally agreed to many of the demands, except amnesty from criminal prosecution concerning the takeover and the removal of the Attica superintendent. In the end 43 people died, 33 of them inmates.

On Sept. 9, 2016, prisoner rights will again take center stage.

“Prisoners from across the United States have just released this call to action for a nationally coordinated prisoner work stoppage against prison slavery,” reads the statement on the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee website.

“In one voice, rising from the cells of long term solitary confinement, echoed in the dormitories and cell blocks from Virginia to Oregon, we prisoners across the United States vow to finally end slavery in 2016.”

Although some are calling it a riot, the IWOC refers to the event as a strike.

The prisoners who organized the event come from all over the country, but many of them reside in Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama, where a riot broke out on March 11.

“Fires were set, people got control of two cubicles, bust windows,” said one prisoner on social media according to the San Francisco Bay View. “The riot team came, shot gas, locked down searched the dorms. Five have been shipped and two put in lock up.”

Another prisoner complained of overcrowding. There are 2.3 million prisoners in the United States. Although the U.S. contains less than five percent of the world’s population, it houses 22 percent of its prisoners.

“I think it contributes greatly to having a certain level of habitation as a human being,” said Associate Professor of Justice & Policy Studies Will Pizio. “I mean, two people could probably live in (my office)

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Since 2003, the Sri Lankan government and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have spent millions of dollars combating malaria. On Sept.

6, the World Health Organization the nation free of the disease. “Sri Lanka’s achievement is truly remarkable,” said Poonam Khetrapal Singh,WHO regional director for Southeast Asia, to The Wall Street Journal. “In the mid20th century it was among the most malaria-affected countries, but now it is malaria-free.” Sri Lanka had over 200,000 malaria cases in 2000, a total which fell below 50,000 by 2002.

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Bodies lay on the ground as a result of the killing spree from the Attica Prison riots.

pretty comfortably. Ten, not so much.

“The room gets pretty small when stress rises. While it may not lead directly to a riot, I think there’s a series of stages people go through that progress (to them getting) more upset and more stressed.

That can lead to something.”

Pizio stresses that “something” often equates to individual acts of violence.

Part of this problem comes from for-profit prisons, which lose money unless all the beds are filled. Therefore, there is incentive to keep people in prison.

“Private prisons served an important role during a difficult period, but time has shown that they compare poorly to our own Bureau facilities,” said Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates in a memo to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Yates also said that private prisons do not save on costs and provide fewer restorative services.

Several strikes began on April 4 in Texas. After there were strikes and riots in several other states, the IWOC decided it was time to take action.

The issue of prisoners’ rights is close to home for many Guilfordians. Many students have lobbied for change, and some have even worked in prisons directly.

“I’ve trained (San Fransisco) area police officers,” said sophomore Patricia Martinez. “There was a big conference,

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and I was a panel speaker. I would read my story that I wrote for them and then I was available for Q&A. I’ve trained teachers in San Francisco. I trained youth groups.”

In spite of activist efforts and trainings, there are still harsh restrictions on prisoners.

“There are so many rules that they’re trying to establish,” said Martinez. “In California, there’s a bill that’s supposed to limit visitation for kids. It’s already hard for us to visit our parents.

“Overcrowded spaces got even more overcrowded because they had to bring the women over from one prison to the other. There aren’t that many women facilities, (and) you have to buy your pads and stuff, and that can be expensive.

If you don’t have a job, what are you going to use?”

This is what the IWOC hopes to call attention to: the conditions of most prisons in America.

“Step up, stand up and join us,” the statement from the IWOC website reads.

“Against prison slavery. For liberation of all.”

The riots will aim to raise awareness and gain more ground in the fight for prisoners’ rights.

“Slavery is still legal and very alive,” said Martinez. “It’s just in our prisons, and it’s not seen. And that’s a problem.”

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United States Aerospace engineer Roger Shawyer and chemical engineer Guido Fetta have separately developed propulsion systems they claim provide thrust without any propellant. The scientific community is skeptical. For these so-called “reactionless drives” to work, they must violate the law of conservation of momentum. If proven, the existence of such technology would revolutionize spaceflight. NASA’s Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory tested and wrote a paper on Shawyer’s EmDrive. Fetta, according to Popular Mechanics, plans to test his Cannae Drive in space next year.

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Huaycán, Peru (From Left to Right) Elijah Rogan-Kelly ’19 and Mia Masucci ’19 served as Teen Center Program volunteers this past summer.

Each week we will feature a picture from Guilfordians’ experiences abroad. Whether you have been or are currently abroad, we would love to see trip photos. Please email the photos to Fernando Jimenez at zamorajimenezlf@guilford.edu with information about the image and where and when you studied.

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Students challenge campaign, tactics

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Presidential General Election Recent Polling *

The primaries. The conventions. The sound bites.

This past summer was full of political action. Now that the tickets are set for the major parties, what is the current state of the presidential campaign?

According to first-year Chantea Neal, this election season is not quite focused on the issues.

“I feel like it’s more (about) personality,” said Neal.

For much of their lives, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been high profile figures. On the grandest political stage, however, both are pretty disliked.

During the last week of August, according to Gallup, Trump’s image among national adults was 61 percent unfavorable while Clinton’s image was 57 percent unfavorable.

At Guilford, the reasons behind the low approval ratings differ between the candidates.

“Donald Trump is a racist,” said Neal. “Hillary Clinton thinks she’ll win because of her name.”

For Trump, his antics are a double-edged sword.

His campaign has been dogged by prejudiced comments he has made about Mexican immigrants, Muslims and black people. But his comments grant him constant news and social media exposure.

At the beginning of September, according to Gallup, 80 percent of national adults had read, seen or heard something about Trump in the last two days.

First-year Nina Perez thinks Trump is not presidential material and should stick to the business world. But to her, Clinton is not much better.

“She lies,” said Perez.

Clinton’s negative image stems from her time as secretary of state.

On Sept. 2, the FBI released a summary of its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while being the nation’s top diplomat. Investigators sifted through nearly 45,000 emails that Clinton handed over, some which contained classified information.

The email scandal, along with her association with Democratic

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“I don’t trust Hillary Clinton,” said first-year James Steiner.

Some students expressed a desire for alternatives.

“I wish Bernie Sanders was on the ballot,” said Neal.

While Sen. Sanders bowed out of the race during the Democratic National Convention, there are other mainstream candidates who want to make a splash in November.

Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, former two-term governor of New Mexico, hopes to sway voters from both parties who are dissatisfied with the major candidates. In the past, Johnson has billed himself as socially liberal, fiscally conservative and anti-interventionist.

Green Party candidate Jill Stein is campaigning as a progressive alternative to Clinton and Trump. Stein’s platform focuses on domestic issues like renewable energy, education and social justice.

Stein and Johnson both face several hurdles between now and Election Day. One issue is name recognition. Few Guilford students know who they are, a statement which rings true around the nation.

A Gallup poll from July indicated 63 percent of Americans were unfamiliar who Gary Johnson was, while 68 percent were unfamiliar with Stein.

Another problem is ballot and debate access.

Neither party is on the ballot in all 50 states. Likewise, neither candidate is polling above 15 percent in national polls, the threshold to be allowed on the debate stage.

While in Austria this summer teaching German for the American Institute of Musical Studies, Professor of Foreign Languages Dave Limburg caught a sense of what the world thought about the U.S. presidential election.

He noticed the lack of intense election coverage in Europe but did hear what locals thought about Trump.

“They do see a danger in a candidate like Trump, who has become so popular and seems to be combining nationalism and some type of racial politics,” said Limburg. “Whenever there’s that combination and it seems to be popular, the alarm bells go off over there.”

Despite this, Limburg thinks Europeans see Trump’s election chances as slim. He heard someone compare Trump to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

According to the Pew Research Center, 85 percent of Europeans have no confidence in Trump’s foreign policy abilities.

Clinton, on the other hand, has 59 percent confidence when it comes to world affairs.

With November fast approaching, Guilford and the world will keep tabs on the presidential race.

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Though Donald Trump has been mum on higher education policy, his campaign co-chair and policy advisor Sam Clovis told Inside Higher Ed they are putting together a proposal where private banks, colleges and universities assume more risk associated with student loans while the federal government exits the student lending market. Furthermore, Clovis said a student’s major and career prospects should factor into the lending process. Trump has proposed defunding the Department of Education and opposes Common Core.

He feels that states should have a greater role in education policy.

In her campaign, Jill Stein has proposed the complete elimination of all student loan debt. Likening it to the bailout of the financial system during the Great Recession, she believes the Federal Reserve has the power to absolve student loan debt in a tax-free manner. Stein opposes Common Core, citing its emphasis on standardized testing and removing curriculum planning from teachers. In addition, she believes high-stakes testing works against students of color and poor students. Stein also opposes charter schools and the privatization of public schooling.

While Gary Johnson has said little about higher education in his campaign, he has suggested that guaranteed federal student loans are the reason college tuition prices are so high. He has proposed eliminating the Department of Education.

He opposes Common Core and other nationally coordinated education standards and requirements.

Instead, he believes education policy should be coordinated at the state-level. In the past, Johnson has supported school voucher programs and standardized testing.

He also proposed treating “K-12 education more like higher education,” where public schools would compete for tuition dollars.

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When it comes to higher education, Hillary Clinton has proposed a plan to allow students with family incomes below $125,000 a year to attend in-state four-year public institutions without paying tuition. The plan would be phased in over five years, but families making less than $85,000 a year would be immediately eligible. Clinton also proposed a three-month moratorium on federal student loan debt payments so that borrowers could refinance. She believes charter schools cannot substitute public ones, opposes tying teacher evaluations to test scores and supports more federal funding for poor and disabled students.

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Accessability on campus needs improvement many large campuses.

Here at Guilford, though, the longest distance someone has to go for classes is from the Frank Family Science Center to Dana Auditorium, still a relatively short distance.

Though taking that trek in just 15 minutes is difficult for some students with mobility issues, much less distance between classes is the norm.

There is still work to do. An example of what is currently preventing accessibility on the Guilford campus is the lack of elevator access for a number of buildings. Archdale Hall, which houses many instructor offices, lacks an elevator, limiting students with mobility issues from meeting with instructors on the second floor without making a prior appointment. Dorm halls also lack elevators, which is even more limiting.

“I feel like the social aspect of campus is very limited to me,” said Kate Mitchell, a senior living in Mary Hobbs Hall who uses an electric wheelchair. “In all the dorms, I can only go to the first floor.”

In buildings that do have elevators, there are still issues with no easy solution.

“The elevators need to be

Staff Editorial Sexual assault: more transparency needed In the face of a culture that ignores sexual assault, the entire campus needs to rise up.

Students need to take a stand not just against unfair judicial policies but also in their interactions with each other. Talking about sexual assault does not have to be scary. Attitudes about consent come into practice every time relationships or hookups come up in conversations with friends, and we can find ways to practice consent in everyday ways.

People don’t just need to learn how to avoid being raped, they also need to learn what rape is and why it is wrong, so they don’t become perpetrators. This is important in the consent education on campus and also in the way students talk to each other.

Bystander intervention at parties is an important aspect of producing a safe college environment. Every student has a responsibility to learn how to be an active bystander, as situations that might lead to sexual assault can occur when least expected.

Students should prevent parties from going overboard so that people can make safe decisions, although parties are no excuse for hurting someone. Guilford College does provide bystander trainings that can help students learn to be active bystanders.

Judicial processes need to prioritize the experiences of the survivors. The very fact that no offenders have been expelled from Guilford speaks to the way that survivors are treated in judicial processes on campus.

For such a serious topic, transparency in the way that the College handles it will make a difference for everyone involved.

Also, members of marginalized groups such as students of color, women and LGBTQA students should be offered more support, as they face a higher chance of being sexually assaulted.

Sexual assaults do not just occur in the stories that make the news, and those stories should propel us to do something about the sexual assault that happens all around us. .

Students looking for support or more information can contact Wellness Education Coordinator Kristie Wyatt in the Multicultural Education Department or the student club Sexual Assault Awareness, Support & Advocacy. Their work continues to be integral for changes in the ways that sexual assault is handled on campus.

We on The Guilfordian will hold ourselves and the campus community accountable for how we address sexual assault, and we implore the rest of the College to do the same.

Reflecting Guilford College's core Quaker values, the topics and content of Staff Editorials are chosen through consensus of all 13 editors and one faculty adviser of The Guilfordian’s Editorial Board.

bigger in my opinion,” said junior Hannah Hughes who uses a mobility scooter that barely fits into the elevator in Duke Hall. “There needs to be more room.”

At the end of the day, renovating elevators and installing them in buildings that don’t have them is a financial issue.

Although more and better elevators would undeniably be a good thing, it’s hard for a small college to gather the necessary funds.

So instead of focusing on an issue that they can’t afford, the Disability Resources Department is putting money into automating more doors on campus.

“That’s really our big project right now: working with facilities, working on getting door openers on the buildings,” said Melissa Daniel, director of the Learning Commons. “It’s difficult because each one is so expensive.”

In the end, the most important endeavor might center on making sure that the wider Guilford community knows that accessibility is a serious issue, both on campus and in the rest of the world. Guilford is certainly lacking these kinds

of conversations.

“People just don’t really think about (accessibility issues),” said junior Logan Wilson. “Guilford is receptive to it, I believe, but sometimes they have to be prompted.”

If we as a community are

prompted, and continue to prompt each other to be aware of accessibility, we can continue to do a great deal to help improve the Guilford campus for all students.

“It’s really a community initiative,” said Daniel. “I know

my responsibility as a community member is to help.”

When asked what that help means, Daniel offered this advice: “Call attention to things that are not accessible, and help be part of fixing it.”

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MCLAMB Though Staff Writer there is still much work to be done, Guilford is currently doing a lot to make itself an accessible campus.

Guilford is a small campus.

Though many people without disabilities don’t think about this, the size of the college actually makes it ideal for students with mobility issues.

The amount of time it takes to get from one building to another differs from person to person, and for many people with mobility issues, it can take considerably longer compared to others. When a person’s classes are back-to-back, this can become a problem on

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Humans guilty in case for climate justice Imagine you’re a plaintiff in a courtroom. You’re seeking damages in a civil case from It’s fitting that humans control the governments and run the companies. We tend to a person or a group of people for eroding your oceanfront property, harming your lung forget there are people behind the veil of these organizations. capacity or killing your crops.

Moreover, humans are the ones actually using fossil fuels every day, whether they know The tool they used to do it: carbon dioxide. You’re suing the perpetrator who caused it or not. climate change.

There are some obvious examples like tailpipe exhaust, then there are less obvious examples Who in your mind would be the defendant sitting at the other table? such as the methane that was released to get that ground beef burger to your plate or the Who is ultimately responsible for climate change? coal burned to charge your smartphone.

These are pretty philosophical questions.

Humanity can’t shed its responsibility on this one. No one today can claim they’ve led You could blame the countries emitting the most carbon dioxide into a carbon-neutral lifestyle. our atmosphere. Data from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment We have all played a part, no matter how big or small. But maybe a court settlement can Agency implicates China as the greatest culprit, followed by the United be reached.

States, the European Union, India and Russia.

In a 2015 article titled “Reaching Peak Emissions,” Robert B. Jackson, professor of earth In 2014, China released 10.5 million kilotons of carbon dioxide from system science at Stanford University, alongside six other researchers showed that fossil fuel fossil fuel use and industrial processes, a stunning 29.6 percent of all world growth and consumption had slowed down in recent years. Furthermore, the team projected emissions. The next largest world carbon dioxide emissions would conBY IAN PENNY emitter, the U.S., contributed tinue to decline in 2015.

World & another 5.3 million kilotons.

We don’t know if we’ve reached a high-water Nation Editor And that’s just one year. mark in carbon emissions, something the According to the World Reauthors of the article made clear. But humans sources Institute, the U.S. and the EU accounted are changing their ways. for 52 percent of carbon dioxide emissions between In preparation for the G20 summit, groups 1850 and 2011. China is in a distant third, having of people from the U.S. and China, the largest only contributed 11 percent. national carbon emitters, formally ratified the It’d make for a hefty payout, but you likely Paris Agreement on Sept. 3. The agreement couldn’t prove national governments played a aims to limit global temperature increases via large part in the creation of emissions. reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

You might have a stronger case against corporate Alternative energy sources are also making Ian Penny, world & nation editor emitters though. “Carbon majors,” companies in progress. the petroleum, coal and cement industries, account A short-term outlook published by the for a considerable amount of carbon dioxide and Energy Information Administration in August methane in the air. forecasts the non-hydropower renewable energy In 2014, Richard Heede, cofounder and director of the Climate Accountability Institute, supply for electricity and heat in the U.S. will grow 12.9 percent in 2016. The EIA predicts published a peer-reviewed article in the scientific journal Climate Change. He found that 90 9.6 percent growth in 2017. carbon majors accounted for 63 percent of greenhouse gas emissions between 1751 and 2010.

Renewable energy is also catching on outside of the U.S. According to the EIA, non-hyThe largest corporate carbon contributors on the list include Chevron, Exxon Mobile, droelectric energy sources accounted for 9.5 percent of the world’s electrical capacity in Saudi Aramco, BP and Gazprom.

2013, up from 6 percent in 2010.

You could argue that these corporations have acted willfully negligent in recent years.

Humans plan to use less carbon-emitting products in the future, but we should expand They knowingly create products that put compounds into the air and heat up the planet. our operations.

But in our civil court, they’ll get off on a technicality. Corporations always have good It’s not just about scaling up renewable energy sources like solar and wind or about lawyers. reimagining cleaner, safer nuclear power. For humanity to own up to changing the climate, Carbon majors created the products, sure, but they didn’t use them. we have to stop using fossil fuels altogether.

Who’s left to blame? Nations don’t create emissions themselves. Corporations don’t In fact, we should find ways to restore atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to pre-industrial physically release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. levels.

That leaves one group responsible for climate change: humans.

Such restitution would be just in the eyes of the court.

“ We have all played a part, no matter how big

or small. But maybe a court settlement can be reached.

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Pipeline could hurt Sioux, 10 million others On Sept. 3, Energy Transfer Partners took a more firm hand with the security.

“We’ve been trying to do our jobs for days now,” Mike McCreary, the driver of one of the bulldozers that has been operating on and off for 5 days now, told The Guilfordian.

“It’s just a job to us. I don’t think these people see that.

It’s just frustrating. There are better ways to be heard than to stand around screaming.”

What McCreary doesn’t understand is that this is their land and their clean water, not to mention that the Mississippi River provides fresh water to 10 million Americans.

If the pipeline were to leak or break, both the Standing Rock Reservation and the Fort Berthold Reservation would experience loss of life.

The federal government administered a temporary

restraining order until Sept. 9 that halted some of the Dakota Access Pipeline construction while the judge made a decision about an injunction.

In a strong sense, the people won, but only for now. Eyes, ears and hearts are still open.

“Water is life,” said Eagleman. “We will protect our water, and you should too. We need to raise awareness because our people have been through enough. Fighting for clean water should not occupy three months of our 12.”

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It is wrong for companies to take advantage of the Sioux people, and we should do what we can to help.

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Starting with just a few dozen, thousands of people have now been collectively gathering to halt the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in protests that have been violently opposed by private security.

After the Keystone XL pipeline proposal was shut down, another oil company, Energy Transfer Partners, found somewhere new to drill. Unfortunately, the newly-proposed pipeline is supposed to carry crude oil from the Bakken Region of North Dakota through South Dakota, Iowa and into Illinois. The route crosses the Mississippi River twice, once one mile upriver from The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

BY MORGAN Tribe members have opposed the DOLAK Dakota Access Pipeline to keep their Staff Writer drinking water safe and prevent destruction of sacred sites.

“They’re not thinking about us,” Wiyaka Eagleman told Amy Goodman of Democracy Now in an unpublished interview from a conference last June. “They’ve never thought about us. My family relies on that water source, and the pipeline has the ability to pollute the only clean water we have access to. Where will my little sister play?”

Eagleman and four other Lakota tribe members attended on scholarship as panel members to discuss the current injustices still present within the way that the government handles relations with Native Americans.

In March, protests held a consistent 15 to 35 person attendance. It was not until last month that Standing Rock Reservation began receiving tremendous support from the larger community. There are now over 3,000 people staging protests intended to be peaceful to stop the construction of the pipeline.

Private security guards have been hired, some with security dogs and pepper spray. Six people had been bitten and at least thirty pepper-sprayed as of Sept. 5, spokesman for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe Steve Sitting Bear told CBS. Despite the large crowd and persistence of the people, the construction has not been officially halted. According to a press conference that was held two weeks ago, the police received reports of pipe bombs, shooting and violent protests. The pipe bombs were mistaken with their peace pipes.

“Load them up, send the smoke to our ancestors, that’s what we do to pray,” said Eagleman. “They are now portraying us as violent.”

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MTV Video Music Awards impresses viewers

BY PRAVEENA SOMASUNDARAM Staff Writer

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On Aug. 28, 6.5 million people tuned in to watch performances and celebrity soliloquies during the MTV Video Music Awards.

The star-studded event attracted everyone from fashion critics to enthusiastic fans alike. The night was filled with excitement for the anticipated performances.

Rihanna performed a variety of songs ranging from her classics to those inf luenced by reggae music.

“It was pretty colorful and exciting, as well as atypical,” said first-year Haya Mujali. “Her outfits and dances definitely stood out the most.”

Following suit, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj all brought stunning performances to the VMA stage. “(Beyoncé) took her performance beyond what’s expected in an awards show presentation,” said Theatre Studies professor Chad Phillips. “It was five songs that were meticulously done.”

Along with awards, VMA fashion choices give celebrities the opportunity to express their creativity.

Celebrities varied greatly in terms of style, with singer Alessia Cara wearing a casual ensemble with jeans, while model Ashley Graham opted for a full-length dress.

“I really like to see the dresses,” said junior Belen Rouba. “Some of them are so extravagant and there’s always a broad range of them.”

Over time, the VMAs have transitioned from being a conventional awards show to a night known for celebrity controversy. Moments like Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift in 2009 and Miley Cyrus’s shocking performance in 2013 have been the topic of conversation for long after those shows aired.

The MTV network has definitely noticed this.

At this year’s show, the network allowed Kanye West to speak for four minutes about, well, anything.

In his much awaited speech, West chose to address his role models who included Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, and himself. West also proceeded to premiere his video for “Fade”, describing it as “a piece of my art”.

“He thinks pop culture should take over society,” said junior Jamie Johnson, whose sole reason

Beyoncé poses beside her four-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards held on Aug. 28, 2016 in Manhattan.

for watching the VMAs was West’s speech. “I believe singers like Kanye can strongly inf luence young people.”

The younger generation seems to be more invested in pop culture today and they are a large part of the target audience of MTV. The extensive use of social media in recent years has helped controversial moments from award shows to be publicized by the common audience.

Speaking of controversy, Britney Spears is no new face to the VMAs. Spears sparked dramatic conversation in the past about her VMA performances, whether they were considered well done or a disaster. In 2007, her performance of “Gimme

More” was not well received by the media and she did not sing on the VMA stage again until this year.

Despite the bizarre moments that seem to reign supreme, the VMAs’ true purpose is to honor the art and choreography of music videos.

Not only did Beyoncé’s medley performance of “Lemonade” amaze the audience, but she also took home six awards. In doing so, she became the most decorated artist of the VMAs, surpassing Madonna’s record of twenty moon-men.

Beyoncé may have dominated at the 2016 VMAs, but Taylor Swift, who won four moon-men in 2015 for nominations from her album 1989, was notably absent.

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Rihanna’s win comes after Kanye won the award in 2015 and used his speech to announce an election bid for 2020.

Unusual is an underwhelming word to describe the VMAs, but they certainly highlighted the leading visuals in music.

The 2016 VMAs proved to pique the interest of viewers once more. Despite the controversy, MTV continues to shine a light on the budding artists in the music industry.

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This illuminates the ever-changing dynamic of pop culture artists, rising one minute and crashing down the next.

But this does not mean pop culture is not constantly celebrated.

Perhaps one of the most prominent awards given by MTV is the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. This award is presented to an artist for lifetime achievement and contribution to musical culture.

Drake presented the Vanguard Award to Rihanna, who gratefully accepted and went on to speak about how the success was not only hers, but belonged to everyone who helped her along the way.

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No Man’s Sky fails, impresses no one

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A widespread artwork for No Man’s Sky served as the game’s title art after its release on PS4 and PC on Aug. 9, 2016.

BY MAKSYM KOSACHEVSKYY News Editor “You can’t escape the never-ending boredom of No Man’s Sky,” said Early College senior Ali Chaudhry.

On Aug. 9, video game developer Hello Games released No Man’s Sky, an open world exploration role playing game for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. In No Man’s Sky, you play the role of the Traveller, a space explorer that journeys to various planets in an uncharted universe. You mine resources, fight off enemies and attempt to survive in various environments.

A key point of the game is the fact that it is procedurally generated. The game’s environment, including the planets and everything inside the planets, is produced through algorithms, rather than manual design. This allows for nearly endless gameplay possibilities.

In theory.

“It is so infinite, and there are so many possible combinations, but it just gets repetitive after a while,” said sophomore Caleb Bausman.

“The reviews came out, and people started playing it for extended periods of time, and it didn’t seem what it was cracked up to be. A lot of features are missing and it gets boring after some time.”

After the game’s announcement in 2013, players expected something huge and exciting.

“People assumed it would be this revolutionary universe simulator with multiplayer and with procedurally-generally life forms,” said sophomore Dylan Byers.

“There was a whole lot of hype around the game, and it wasn’t really generated by the developers. It was one of those things where they mentioned what the game was about and the people created their own hype. That’s something that has happened in the past with games, and usually there is a huge letdown because there isn’t a game that can keep up with the hype.”

It was not only unrealistic expectations, however, that brought the game’s ratings down. Many features promised in earlier announcements were simply not present in the game, like multiplayer gameplay and complex systems.

Nevertheless, some individuals are still satisfied with what the game currently offers, focusing on what the game does have, rather than what it does not have.

“In my personal experience, this game came about as close to what it promised as it really could,” said Byers.

“The developers, Hello Games, are an independent studio that has made only one game before, so (No Man’s Sky) was a big task to take on. I’ve played it, and I’ve really enjoyed it.

It has a lot of depth. Still, I worked pretty hard to keep my

expectations in line before the game came out. It only falls short when compared to what people assumed it would be.”

In the end, most consumers were left feeling disenchanted with the game, parting with it through bad reviews and an unprecedented demand for refunds.

“The sales dropped immensely in the first week,” said Bausman.

“Certain platforms are even allowing players to fully refund their game.”

Hello Games is not the only developer that has not gone through with many of its ideas, leaving buyers unsatisfied. In fact, this trend has almost become a theme in the modern video community industry.

“The issue with No Man’s Sky is a continuation of a problem where there is a product that is being sold to a person and the actual product that is given is not what is promised,” said senior Nicholas Bachinski.

“In addition, the company may even charge you extra for content, which can cost anywhere from $10 to $20, which if you buy a $60 game means you’re paying 30 percent extra for something that has already been made, but that the company is holding it to make an extra profit.”

Opinions on the video game industry may differ, but there is one thing that is certain. As one Steam reviewer described the game, No Man’s Sky is a “procedurally-generated disappointment.”

High Point Museum offers history, music and craft

BY ABE KENMORE Social Justice & Diversity Coordinator

when he was unable to afford one during the Depression, with almost no tools, and then kept building them. Testerman owns a fiddle made by Hash around 1950 without Chris Testerman made his first fiddle in high school. so much as sandpaper — all the work was done with a “Fiddle was my favorite instrument, but I couldn’t afford pocketknife. one, and my family couldn’t neither,” he said.

“The work is perfect,” said Testerman.

Luckily, he met Audrey Hash Ham, a luthier — or instruHash led a revival in the region’s tradition of musical ment maker — and fiddle player, who helped him build an instrument of his very own.

“I figured out I could build and instrument for little or nothing, (and) that was better than anything I could buy,” said Testerman.

Now, Testerman is one of three instrument makers featured in a traveling exhibit at the High Point Museum called “The Luthier’s Craft.” Created by the Mount Airy Museum as a traveling exhibit, it highlights the history of building and playing traditional instruments in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Featured alongside Testerman are two other instrument makers —Johnny Gentry, a banjo maker, and Wayne HenderMichael Scott, High Point Museum son, a guitar maker. All three makers are from the Round Top area in northern North Carolina, and together represent curator of Education the major instruments of the regions traditional music.

The luthiers also all have some connection to one of the great instrument makers of the region — Albert Hash, Ham’s father.

“Albert Hash is the connecting thread (of the exhibit) ,” instrument making and helped several people, including his said Michael Scott, the museum’s curator of education. daughter and her partner, learn the luthier craft.

Like Testerman, Hash built himself a fiddle as a child Gentry and Henderson also both played with Hash.

“ One of the things that travels best, because it never spoils, is music.

Henderson, a retired postal worker, has won numerous folk music awards and was even commissioned to make two guitars for rock and blues legend Eric Clapton.

Gentry, a retired correction officer, has made banjos for 10 years and still plays and teaches. The one in the exhibit is a style highly local to the Round Top region — the top half of the finger board is fretless and covered with a sheet of brass, giving it a particular, metallic sound.

“We were trying to get the exhibit here to match up with the folk festival (in Greensboro) ,” said Scott.

North Carolina has a rich musical tradition in many genres, and as a transportation hub, High Point is a place where the music could mix.

“One of the things that travels best, because is never spoils, is music,” said Scott.

The High Point Museum has supplemented the traveling exhibit with musical instruments of their own — including two turn of the century cigar box guitars made locally.

These improvised instruments are still being made in High Point, as evidenced by a collection of cigar box guitars on loan from a local business, Madura Bob’s Luthiery.

The exhibit will stay in High Point until Dec. 17. On Sept. 8 at 6, Henderson will host a discussion, and on Nov. 18, Testerman will give a presentation, both at the museum. All events are free.

Visitors to the museum can also learn more about High Point’s history, including seeing jazz legend John Coltrane’s piano and machines from High Point’s former furniture factories.

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A little over a minute remained in the game when Guilford punted the ball to Greensboro, and following a muffed punt, they recovered it at Greensboro’s 13-yard line. With four more downs to go and the end zone within striking distance, Guilford took a knee and ran out the clock.

They did not need any more points.

The annual Soup Bowl between the Guilford College Quakers and their crosstown rivals, the Greensboro College Pride, was a shut-out for Guilford with a final score of 69-0.

It was a resounding victory for the Quakers new lineup.

“We’ve got some young guys and gave them some experience (playing tonight),” said head football coach Chris Rusiewicz after the game.

Greensboro had a new coaching staff, so the Quakers started the game not knowing what sort of plays or formations they might run.

“We really didn’t know much about them (going in),” said senior linebacker and captain Hunter Hoots.

Despite not knowing Greensboro’s tactics, Guilford still won easily.

“It was awesome,” said senior long snapper Ben Winstead. “The refs were saying, ‘are you trying to score 100?’”

Among the players wearing the Guilford crimson and gray for the first time was the Quakers’ starting quarterback, junior Karsten Miller.

Karsten Miller threw a 36-yard pass to junior wide receiver Rontavious Miller for Guilford’s first touchdown less than five minutes into the first quarter. The quarterback also picked up two rushing touchdowns.

Helping Karsten Miller on the offensive side of the ball was junior running back De’Eric Bell, who had 125 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Two other running backs, first-year Eryk Brandon-Dean and junior Hunter Causey, picked up two touchdowns each, and first-year running back Terrek Watley tallied on one.

“We had new players that played really well,” said Hoots. “Some of them got touchdowns in their first game.”

Junior quarterback Christian Miles stepped in later in the game and picked up 120 yards passing and 15 yards rushing.

Greensboro only threatened to score twice, and Guilford’s defense shut them down every drive. Junior Gibson Ziah came up with three sacks and assisted with five other tackles, winning Guilford’s Most Valuable Player for the game. Hoots racked up 10 tackles as well.

Off the field, Guilford dominated in the competition that gave the game its name: the Soup Bowl. Guilford collected 5,829 cans of food, while Greensboro collected 1,829, all of which went to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina.

“It’s always good to beat them in cans and on the field,” said senior offensive lineman and captain Wes Johnson.

Now that they have a game against another team under their belt, the team is looking ahead to the rest of the season.

“We have a really bright future,” said Bell. “We have a chance to beat every team in the conference.” More immediately, however, Bell’s plans were pragmatic.

“We are going to come out tomorrow, practice and start the next week.”

The next team the Quakers face off against will be Methodist

(Top, from Left to Right) Librado Mendoza ’19, Zayna Afada ’19 and Berenice Fuentes ’19 collect canned food items prior to the football game. (Bottom) Guilford Quakers face against Greensboro College resulting in a victorious game.

University at 7 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Appenzeller Field. The game than the other guy,” said Johnson. may be more challenging, as one of Guilford’s coaches who left But as they face the upcoming challenge, Guilford can go in last year now works at Methodist. proud of their performance in the Soup Bowl.

“They’ll be familiar with us, so you have to be more physical “It’s a good game to put us on the right track,” said Johnson.

Football season is back with NFL, AFC, NFC and more

BY TEJAS SANTANAM Staff Writer The wait is finally over.

With the NFL season commencing this week, people nationwide will see the return of tailgating, fantasy football and games from afternoon to night every Sunday.

Of course, with 267 games from September to February, cheering on a favorite team can seem like a daunting task. There are numerous storylines that have fans waiting on the edges of their seats to see how the games will play out.

Plenty of teams have an excellent shot at the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and it is anyone’s guess who will come out on top.

NFC As things look right now, there will be some familiar faces battling for the National Football Conference Championship.

In the NFC East, the New York Giants have a new coach, the PhilidelphiaEagles just named a rookie their starting quarterback and the Cowboys have to hope either rookie quarterback Dak Prescott or former Denver Broncos quarterback Mark Sanchez can spell the seemingly perpetually injured quarterback Tony Romo.

However, the Washington Redskins offseason signing of Josh Norman, one of the best cornerbacks in the league and this past off-season’s hottest free agent, coupled with the rise of quarterback Kirk Cousins should have the Redskins repeat as division champs for the first time since 1984.

The defending NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings seemed ready to contend again before quarterback Teddy Bridgewater suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice. Thus, the Green Bay Packers are poised to return to the top. Star

quarterback Aaron Rodgers should be back in his element, as the Packers’ top receiver Jordy Nelson returns from injury.

The Carolina Panthers look to improve on their Super Bowl runner-up performance heading into the 2016 season. Cam Newton will look to build on his Most Valuable Player performance, as the Panthers skill on both offense and defense make them a tough team to beat and one of the NFC favorites again.

Out in the NFC West, the Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl contenders once again with high-flying offenses and stifling defenses. Both teams have the potential to be Super Bowl contenders, and viewers will be dazzled by Arizona’s strong receiving corps and Seattle’s search for a running back to replace retired star Marshawn Lynch.

AFC The biggest storyline in the American Football Conference this offseason put an annual AFC favorite in the negative spotlight once again.

But year after year, the New England Patriots seem to overcome whatever scandal is in front of them. Though he will miss the first four games, quarterback Tom Brady has taught us over the years to never bet against him or head coach Bill Belichick.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North make for a competitive matchup. These teams clash often in thrilling games. While the Bengals have come out on top in the division in recent years, Steelers star receiver Antonio Brown and Bengals QB Andy Dalton make the teams strong playoff contenders.

Defensive stalwart J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans, led by new quarterback Brock Osweiler, will try to make an impact in the AFC South in what is widely considered a retooling year.

But any team with Watt is going to cause trouble for opposing

offenses, as the Texans will look to repeat as AFC South champs.

The defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos and their strong defense, led by linebacker and Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, will try to defend their division title and be the first repeat Super Bowl champs since the Patriots over a decade ago.

Even after the retirement of quarterback Peyton Manning, the Broncos defense will try and lead them once again to the top.

Super Bowl Prediction The AFC is weaker this year in comparison to the stout NFC, and the Patriots are usually dominant. A team like the Steelers could challenge the Patriots, but they have to stay healthy, and that has always been a problem for them.

It is hard to find a better coach-QB duo than the Patriot’s Belichick and Brady. If it comes down to a close game, kicker Stephen Gostkowski is nearly flawless in clutch situations.

In the NFC, things are much tighter.

The Packers and the Seahawks will look to get back to their winning ways, and the Panthers came just one win short last season.

However, the team that should come out of the NFC is dominant on both sides of the ball and is led by a quarterback that is a much more accurate passer than Carolina’s Cam Newton.

Arizona’s offense and defense is one of the best in the league.

Quarterback Carson Palmer will lead second-year running back David Johnson and veteran receiver Larry Fitzgerald past any NFC team in their way.

In the Super Bowl, Arizona should find a way to exploit key Patriot departures on defense for the title.

2016 Guilfordian Super Bowl Prediction: Arizona over New England.

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Lauren Culler ’19 and Becca Banks ’18 train during an initial soccer practice at Appenzeller Field.

Forward Christin Torres ‘17 sprints during the game against LaGrange on Sep. 5.

BY DAEQUAN FITZGERALD Staff Writer For the Quakers’ men’s soccer team, last season is over and done with. This year is about starting fresh.

This season, new head coach Cory Speed was introduced to the soccer team this season a week before soccer reported for camp, and his presence has already lifted the team’s overall morale.

“Coach Speed has been making us a better team than in past years,” said sophomore midf ielder Brayden Currin. “He works around the players he has and does not try to stick to one way of doing things.”

Coach Speed comes to Guilford College from Virginia Tech, where he was an assistant coach last season, and he believes in the excitement of the team.

“There’s a lot of fresh energy,” said Speed. “Although there’s uncertainty with a new coach, a lot of the guys showed excitement with being able to fulfill new roles.

The guys have bought in and are hungry.”

The positive mentality the team shows is displayed by their work ethic and chemistry on the field.

“We enjoy being around each other,” said senior forward Christian Torres. “Coach Speed knows how to work with us and has made an immediate impact.”

Speed was quickly able to earn the respect of the players despite the quick turnaround.

“He earned our respect by respecting us,” said sophomore midfielder Dylan James.

“He didn’t come in and try to put his foot down on us. Coach Speed believes strongly in mutual respect.”

Despite the big changes at the end of the summer and the addition of seven firstyears, team chemistry is as strong as ever.

“We had a great spring season which was a big mental boost for us,” said Currin.

“We are pretty close as a team, and the first-years have fit right in.”

Two of the first-year players, Enrique Gudino De Grote and Ricky Aguilar, have already scored goals for the Quakers this season.

“The first-years have adapted well to the speed of play,” said Speed. “They are fitting in very well both on and off the field.”

There are also three new captains replacing the senior captains lost from last year. Senior goalkeeper Eric Hayes, senior forward Mark Dandanell and junior midfielder Ian Skarring lead this year’s team. “(The new captains) set the right examples,” said Currin. “They are relatable to us, which is a huge factor. You don’t want to feel like you’re talking to the coach’s right-hand man.”

A lot of the team’s focus this season will be on mentality, consistency and taking games one at a time. In their minds, they can beat anyone as long as they do not make mental errors or get complacent and allow another team to have opportunities.

“When we have mental lapses, that’s when mistakes are made,” said Torres.

“When things don’t go well, we tend to break down and blame each other. We can still work on that part of our chemistry.”

Going along with this, Speed believes the team can improve most with their defense, making plays in transition and making sure they do not turn the ball over in bad positions.

However, the team has shown very strong play to start the season. They won their first two matchups with Piedmont College and LaGrange College from Georgia with scores of 4-2 and 5-1 respectively.

Conference play begins Sept. 28 where they host Lynchburg College at Appenzeller Field. “ I want to win every game,” said Speed.

“Anytime we play anyone in the (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) , it’s a big game.

“These (upcoming) conference matchups will be big for us.”

BY NICOLE ZELNIKER Editor-in-Chief Whether it is on the field, in the classroom or during extracurricular activities, the players on Guilford’s College’s Women’s soccer team are scoring big.

This year, the team is predominantly firstyears and sophomores.

“We lost a lot of people due to injuries and family stuff and things like that, but I’m looking forward to playing with the freshmen and developing new team dynamics,” said sophomore midfielder Lauren Culler.

In fact, seven first-years will see playing time on the soccer field this season. “(Head coach Michael Shenigo) did a really great job of recruiting this year, and we have a really good sophomore class as well from last year,” said sophomore defender and forward Gabriela Silva. “The lineup seems really great, and all the girls just have a bunch of energy. I feel like we have a great season ahead of us.”

Over the last few years, the team has been continuing to improve. Their last season was the best since 2011.

“We were tied for eighth,” said Shenigo.

“If we had finished eighth, that would’ve given us the playoffs, but we lost the headto-head, so unfortunately, we didn’t get to make it last year.

“Especially for the seniors and juniors who have been a part of the program and watched it develop, I think they really, really want to get into the conference tournament.

It’s definitely feasible.”

This is why many of the women are looking forward to the games this year, particularly a possible shot at the playoffs.

“Hopefully, we’ll make it to playoffs this year,” said Culler. “I’m looking forward to that because we’ve been progressing these past few years and we haven’t made it yet.”

But home games also have a large appeal.

“I didn’t used to be as confident in my playing,” said first-year defender Camille Franks. “At my high school, people would ask, ‘When’s your game?’ and I would say, ‘I don’t know; I don’t have games.’ But now I’m very confident in my playing, so

I’m just really excited for all my friends that I’ve met since I’ve been here to come out and support me.”

The women won their first game last Saturday against William Peace University.

“This is a very good start to our season,” said sophomore forward Juliana Evans-Anfom. “There are some things that need to be cleaned up as one would expect for a first game, but if we continue to work in practice, these hiccups will eventually cease to exist. If we alleviate these problems, our season will be a successful one.”

Though there are still many things to work on, starting the season with a win is always a good sign.

“I thought we played well for it being the first game,” said Shenigo. “There are definitely some things we need to fix, but I think, overall, to get a win, to get a couple goals: that’s always a positive.”

Although the student-athletes are busy playing and practicing for the first few games of the soccer season, they are also learning to balance sports, school and other activities.

“This year I’m an R A, so having that responsibility on top of soccer has kind of been challenging, but it works out somehow,” said sophomore goalkeeper Maggie Albert.

“It’s just prioritizing, making sure that, in your free time, you get some work done instead of watching Netf lix.”

It can be challenging to balance a sport with academics, but first-year defensive back Cheyenne Wright says that going to a Division III college helps.

“You get more of a sense of both,” said Wright. “You’re definitely a student athlete, not just an athlete.”

Above all, they are excited to play soccer, win some games and make friends.

“We’re at the beginning, so we’re all just trying to get used to one another and understand each other,” said Franks. “Over time, we’re going to really enjoy one another and get to know each other really well.

“The soccer is really good, really fun, really competitive. That’s what I really like about it. I love playing.”

The first home game will be this Friday, Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. against Salem College.

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