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Matt Haselton
Staff Writer
"I remember vividly when
they killed the Jesuits ... It
would be like if someone kid
naped the four favorite profes
sors here [at Guilford] and
murdered them."
In a meeting with Guilford's
Amnesty International group
on Nov. 11, renowned activist
Gail Phares recalled when
she heard the news that
School Of the Americas grad
uates had abducted, raped
and murdered four Jesuit
nuns, some of whom were
personal friends.
"They killed Mara Clark ...
Clark was one of the most
gentle people I know."
Phares, North Dakota native
and long-time Raleigh resi
dent, was dubbed "one of the
country's leading human
rights activists" in a 2001
interview with The
Independent Weekly.
She is also a founding mem
ber of two watchdog groups
that monitor United States
involvement in "dirty wars," an
accomplished Central
American traveler, and mem
ber of the liberal Catholic
group, the Maryknoll Sisters,
After the briefest of person
al introductions, Phares
began a movie that attempted
to explain what the School Of
the Americas was, and is.
The United States founded
the SOA in Panama during
the Cold War, to train the mili
taries of Latin America so the
United States would not
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Sidney Poitier to visit Guilford
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Reid Copeland
Staff Writer
Legendary actor
Sidney Poitier will give a lec
ture at Guilford College on
Dec. 2 at 7:00 PM in Dana
Auditorium. The Academy
Eyewitness to Middle last lectures
Dylan Grayson
Staff Writer
The Eyewitness to the
Middle East lecture series,
sponsored by Friends Center,
Campus Ministry, Hillel, and
the Peace & Conflict Studies
program took place Nov. 10
and Nov. 13.
"It was a happy coincidence
that several people with
expertise on the Middle East
were coming to campus at the
same time," said Max Carter,
Director of the Friends Center
and Campus Ministry
Coordinator.
The four lecturers were
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Award-winning actor, director,
producer, and star of such
classic Hollywood films as
Guess Who's Coming To
Dinner and In The Heat Of
The Night will be the fourth in
Rabbi Andy Koren, Director of
Education for Temple
Emanuel in Greensboro,
Christian peacemakers Art
and Peggy Gish, and Jean
Zaru.
On how he chose panelists
for the week, Carter said,
"Part of it was happenstance
of who was visiting on cam
pus and how to orient people
who are participating in next
summer's work trip to Israel
and Palestine."
Carter also said he hopes
that the week inspired stu
dents to learn more about
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this year's Bryan Series, giv
ing a lecture entitled "The
Oneness Of The Human
Family."
Poitier was born in
Miami, Florida, on February
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Sidney
Poitier,
winner of
many
honors,
here with
the Hall
of Fame
Tribute
trophy at
the 32nd
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NAACP
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20, 1927 and grew up in the
British West Indies. An African
American, he is said to be to
Hollywood what Jackie
Robinson was to baseball. He
overcame the racial barriers
of the film industry to achieve
superstar status, become a
Hollywood favorite, and
become the first African
American to win an Oscar.
Dropping out of
school at the age of 13, he
eventually joined the army
and served as a medic in
World War 11. After his time in
the war, he moved to New
York City and auditioned for
the American Negro Theater.
At first unsuccessful, he audi
tioned again six months later
and was then accepted. He
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