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pes LJIL- FR CD UK I\l GREENSBORO, NC Give blood - it feels good Alice Simpkins Staff Writer "Every two seconds some one in the United States needs blood. But only 5% of the eligible U.S. population donates blood in any given year," said Samantha Stewart, American Red Cross representative. "Healthy donors are the only source of blood." Guilford College is having its annual Red Cross blood drive on Friday, Nov. 7 in the Gallery in Founders Hall, sponsored by Project Community. The drive will last from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. There will be two blood drives this year on campus: the one this fall and another in the spring. Project Community coordi nator, Wanda Williams assist ed in bringing the Blood Drive coming to Guilford. She was able to work out the logistics as well as the coordination with the American Red Cross and the director of student involvement and leadership, Rebecca Saunders. Williams said: "I really enjoy this because there is a blood shortage in North Carolina as well as in the general U.S. and the Guilford student body has been very willing to donate their blood as well as their time to volunteer." It takes approximately an hour to help someone with Continued on page 2 H California fires spreading Page 5 Civil Disobedience panel convenes ; II i ,r-i. . KjlSjr " w JB Alexandra Stewart Associate Editor On Monday night, Nov. 3, a group of faculty and staff pan elists discussed the topic of civil disobedience in Bryan Jr. Auditorium. 'Civil disobedience' is a term that has been used variously i £ If you are demanding jus tice from another, look at yourself and [see] if you are also just, y around campus a lot lately. While those involved in the forum would not discuss the most recent alleged act of civil disobedience, they did pro- Fall Follies at Guilford HBIL. Page WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COM vide information about the general concept for Guilford to consider. Panelists Vance Ricks, Max Carter, Shellini Harris, Vernie Davis, and Jodi Gill discussed what civil disobedi ence means as it pertained to each of their specific fields. Ricks cited passages of philosophy from Socrates, while Carter preferred the wise words of his fellow Friends. "Our ultimate allegiance is to God," said Carter, noting that people should not simply break laws because they are "inconvenient." Harris discussed Martin Luther King Jr.'s and Mahatma Gandhi's approach es toward performing an act of civil disobedience. As King put it, one must first gather the facts, negotiate with the authorities, go through self purification, and afterwards one can finally take direct action. Self-purification, Harris explained, is a step of intro spection to discern whether or not your motives are pure. "If you are demanding justice from another, look at yourself and [see] if you are also just," she said. Guilford to host Middle East lectures Emily Mann Staff Writer Next week Guilford will host another world. It will welcome speakers with a deep knowl edge of the Middle East to educate students and encour age dialogue about the world around them. The program "Eyewitness to the Middle East" is being Student Art NOV 7, 2003 Davis emphasized the importance of non-violence when protesting. "Non-vio lence is much more effective when perceived by the [opposing] party," said Davis. Finally, Gill discussed the legal side of civil disobedi ence. She mentioned that our own Continued on page 2 sponsored by the Friends Center, Campus Ministry, Hillel, and Peace & Conflict Studies. It will focus of the Middle Eastern countries of Israel, Palestine, and Iraq. Max Carter, Campus Ministry Coordinator, spoke about how the speakers worked well with upcoming Continued on page 2 meditation Forum gathers to discuss Civil Disobedi ence. From left: Vance Ricks, Max ' Carter, . Shelini Harris, Barton Parks,and Jodi Gill MeganMiller/ Guilfordiart
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