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Quakerism at Guilford
Hannah Winkler
W&N Editor
A discussion ori
Quakerism as an edu
cational institution featured
five panelists at New Garden
Friends Meeting April 5.
The panel was organized by
the Quaker Leadership
Scholars Program (QLSP),
the Initiative on Faith and
Practice, the Friends Center,
the Office of the President,
and members of the Speakers
and Programs Committee in
hopes that the discussion
would raise questions about
the future role of Quakerism
at Guilford.
The panelists included
guest speakers Tom Hamm
and Tom Farquhar. Kathy
Coe, Adrienne Israel, and Jim
Hood represented various
departments of the Guilford
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Junior Lila Anton coordi
nates Guilford's hip-hop
conference
administration.
Moderator Mary Ellen
Chijioke gave introductions
for the panel members and
illustrated how their personal
experience would shape the
discussion
In particular, Tom Hamm,
Elon's well-known historian of
Quakerism, and Tom Farquar,
a leading Quaker educator
and administrator, added
alternative perceptions to the
three other Guilford adminis
trator panelists.
"One of the important
aspects of the event was the
involvement of so many differ
ent levels of the Guilford com
munity," said sophomore
Quaker Stephen Dotson.
'Trustees, faculty, administra
tors - including the President
- Quaker students and non-
Quaker students. It was suc-
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Guilford, A&T sponsor hip-hop conference
Tim Scales
Staff Writer
Community Senate, in
association with A&T
State University, is co-spon
soring a hip-hop concert fea
turing rappers Kanye West
and Floetry on April 17. This
event is part of Guilford's
annual hip-hop conference,
which has been organized for
the past three years by junior
Lila Anton.
"My sister organized a hip
hop conference at her col
lege," said Anton. "I went to it,
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VX uilford College Vice President Randy Doss walks through a group of students
silently protesting in Founder's lobby Wednesday afternoon. The protest was
sparked by student claims of powerlessness regarding personnel changes at the
college over the past year and institutional racism within the community. Look for
complete coverage of these events in next week's issue.
and it changed my life."
Kanye West has been
hailed as "one of the few truly
unique hip-hop artists to revel
atop the commercial side of
the industry during the early
2000s," according to allmu
sic.com. Originally a producer
for such hip-hop stars as Jay-
Z, West recently released his
first solo album, "The College
Dropout," which recently hit
#2 on the Billboard 200
charts.
Floetry is comprised of two
London songstresses,
Marsha Ambrosius and
Natalie Stewart. Well known
in the UK, Floetry's first
album, Floetic, hit #l9 on the
Billboard 200 in 2002.
Previous hip-hop confer
ence events have included
musical performances by
Little Brother and Mystic, as
well as slam poetry by Queen
Godls and a visit from interna
tionally known poet Saul
Williams on February 20.
Hip-hop conferences are
common on college campus
es across the country. Most
have a socially conscious
message, and many include
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panel discussions and speak
ers. This year's event is a
"Rock the Vote" campaign
promoting voter registration.
Free tickets were given to
Guilford students who were
registered voters, and regis
tration cards were given to
those who weren't.
This concert is a joint effort
by Guilford and A&T State
University. It is taking place on
A&T campus as part of their
annual AggieFest, A&T's ver
sion of Serendipity.
"I believe this is the
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