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The Student Activist is
stirring things up.
Having avoided the all
consuming apathy that over
takes many college students
and despite funding prob
lems, the members of The Stu
dent Activist are striving to
provide a place for voice
within both Guilford and the
larger community. The publi
cation works on a simple yet
somewhat forgotten principle
students can
be active
agents in
their commu
nities.
A project
of the Pope
House, this
student-run
publication is
currently
within its
third semes
ter and has
just com
pleted its
second issue.
The publica
tion operates
on consensus,
The Student Activist is run and produced
by Guilford students in spare time.
having both
rotating roles
and community-based deci
sions. Fueled initially by the
bookstore outsourcing issue
last fall, the publication has
expanded its scope to include
many issues affecting the
larger society.
Junior Chris Roose,
along with seniors Hannah
Loring-Davis and Amy Rouse,
is a long-time participant
with the publication. "When
it first came out last fall, we
felt like we needed to provide
space for opinions on campus,
especially within the issue of
outsourcing, but then we dis
covered a more general need
within Greensboro," Roose
said.
Roose feels his work with
The Student Activist has
taught him a great deal.
"Learning about working
within consensus and within
our new structure has been
Greensboro, NC
amazing," Roose said.
A publication such as this
one, according to junior Scott
Pryor, plays an important role
in any society, especially in
America. "One of the things
that is most unfortunate about
American society and capital
ism is that it translates into a
main stream media that is bi
ased," Pryor said. "Certain per
spectives are not highlighted of
people who are oppressed. The
Student Activist is doing the
service of being a voice for
those issues that are not raised
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tion with
The Student
Activist as a means for personal
fulfillment. "The uniqueness of
what we're doing pays off for
me," Sellars said. "The form
and function [of the publica
tion] are significant. It's not
often that you get to do some
thing like this at this age, that
you create as your own."
Both summing up her own
motivation and offering others
motivation for joining The Stu
dent Activist, first-year mem
ber Eileen Naples said, "by
coming to meetings, I hoped I
would learn more about becom
ing a more active part in the
Guilford community and in ac
tivism."
Action is easy with an out
let such as The Student Activ
ist, offering a rare space for
voice and activism within the
community. Meetings are on
Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in the
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elsewhere."
The
Student Ac
tivist is un
dergoing re
definition.
"We are in
the process
of figuring
out what
our vision is
and what we
want the pa
per to be,"
Pryor said.
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Devender
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STAZT WRITERS
Dana Auditorium buzzed with
political excitement on Wednesday,
October 12.
Doris Kearns Goodwin,
Pulitzer prize-winning author and
political analyst for PBS, spent the
day at Guilford.
This election year Guilford
College is sponsoring a lecture se
ries on the American Presidency.
The college's Bryan Distinguished
Visiting Professorship in the Arts,
Humanities and Public Affairs
sponsored the visit by Goodwin.
Goodwin spoke to a small in
formal group in the Gallery of
Founders at 4 p.m. The informal
session gave students an opportu
nity to question Goodwin on her
wide range of experience. She men
tioned her childhood, filled with
baseball, in the suburbs of New
York in the 1950'5.
First-year student Mike
Henderson also saw Goodwin
speak at Duke Univerity. "Her sto
ries about baseball are what holds
your attention through what is
usually a boring subject," he said.
First-year students read
Goodwin's novel, Wait Till Next
Year, a New York Times bestseller,
as summer reading. Students were
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interested to learn about
Goodwin's passion for baseball and
politics.
The main event came with
Goodwin's speech in Dana Audito
rium. Goodwin gave a talk entitled
"Shared Memories" and the
American Presidency. "She rein
forced the importance of knowing
and learning history with the
depth and breadth of her knowl
edge," said Sarah Malino, a history
professor.
The first female journalist
admitted to the Boston Red Sox
locker room, Goodwin is extremely
motivated. As a result, she has a
wealth of experience. Goodwin
knew many former presidents,
such as John F. Kennedy and
Lyndon B. Johnson.
"It was very engaging," said
Ken Gilmore, a political science
professor. "I was overwhelmed by
her personal experiences."
Goodwin held another infor
mal discussion after her speech un
til late into the night. She gave her
opinion about what happened dur
ing the most recent presidential
debates. Goodwin's most recent
project is a book about the Lincoln
presidency.
The lecture series on the
American Presidency continues
with Jack Miles on November 2nd
and Bill Bradley on November 9th.