Ghost Hunter Tracks Guilford Si>irits
Volume 94, Issue 10 l November 16, 2007
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GAP ends chdd
labor in New Delhi
By Deena Zaru
Senior Writer
Sun Thy da works seven days a week at
a GAP factory in Cambodia. She works at
least ten hours each day. She is physically
and verbally abused by her employers.
She earns $40 dollars a week. She has no
money left after food and rent. She has not
seen her family in months. She eats and
sleeps in a small room, along with 10 other
workers. Sun Thyda is only 12.
Twenty-eight children working under
similar conditions as Thyda's were res
cued from a GAP factory in New Delhi,
India, on Oct. 30.
GAP operates over 12,000 factories in
42 countries, in search of cheaper labor
and raw materials. According to the UK's
Socialist Worker newspaper, GAP's Rus
sian factory workers, many of whom are
Chinese immigrants, are paid $0.11 an
hour.
"Companies like GAP need to go to de
veloping countries because that's where
they have a cost advantage and a competi
tive advantage," said Deena Burris, assis
tant professor of business management,
who teaches international business and
money and capital markets. "They use a
See "GAP Child Labor" on page 5
Algie Newlin lecture
addresses Puerto
Rican immigration
By Alam Gibson
Staff Writer
On Nov. 8, Anore Horton, assistant
professor of history, delivered this year's
annual Algie Newlin lecture in Bryan
Jr. Auditorium Her lecture was entitled,
"What Good is Citizenship? Learning
from Puerto Rican Migrant's Experiences
inthel950's."
At 7:30 p.m. about 30 students and oth
er members of the Guilford community
made their way into the auditorium. Hor
ton greeted them and gave two handouts
that would supplement her presentation.
The audience, culturally diverse and var
ied in age, came prepared with pens and
paper as they quickly settled into their
seats.
Sarah Malino, professor of history, in
troduced Horton after a brief account of
Algie Newlin's legacy at Guilford.
See "Newlin Lecture" on page 4
JAZZ LEGEND VISITS GUILFORD
Branford Marsalis,
internationally
renowned jazz
saxaphonist, spoke to
students and faculty
in the music
department on
Nov. 12.
Bias Incident Group
prepared to respond
By Tim Cox
Staff Writer
President Kent Chabotar recently sent
out a letter reminding the college com
munity of the Bias Incident Group. The
group, which consists of administrators,
staff, faculty, and students, convenes
when deemed necessary to respond to acts
of bias that are committed anonymously.
The reminder, which comes out annu
ally, explained what the group does and
listed its members. As outlined in the let
ter, for an offense to warrant a meeting
of the Bias Incident Group, it must meet
several criteria. It must be serious, anony
mous, widely-known within the commu
nity, and threatening towards a specific
group or groups of people.
In responding to an offense, the group
"educates the community about the inci
dent and bias in general and tries to find
systemic solutions," as stated in the let
ter to the community. The Bias Incident
Group does not take judicial actions, as it
only responds to offenses when the per
petrators are unknown.
The group was established in 2003,
Chabotar's second year as president.
"We had a similar group at Bowdoin
College where I was before coming to
Guilford," said Chabotar. "We borrowed
very heavily from their purpose and
make-up."
"Instead of just having one person
respond, the group can respond with a
broad opinion," said senior Josh
See "Bi/^ Incident Group" on page 4
Pittsburgh poet speaks in Carolinian cadences
Joseph Bathanti read
in Founders Gallery on
Nov. 12
By Simon Kelly
Staff Writer
Joseph Bathanti, poet and
nov-
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elist of many accolades and a pro
fessor of creative writing at Appa
lachian State University, came to
Guilford last Monday night, shar
ing with an intimate crowd selec
tions from his forthcoming book of
poems, "Concertina."
Based primarily on his experi
ences working with VISTA (Volun
teers in Service to America) in the
North Carolina state prison system
during the late seventies, the po
ems of "Concertina" are forceful
and meditative, capturing the vis
ceral reality of prison life while re
maining sensitive to the element of
human pathos.
"Prison handed me a narrative,"
Bathanti said, "which was a very
dramatic, extreme situation, like a
stage that I could witness, and so I
started to write about that."
A native of Pittsburgh, Bathanti
found a wealth of inspiration from
his experiences subsequent to mov
ing to North Carolina as a young
man, where he also met his wife.
While much of his poetry, and a
novel "East Liberty" (which won
the Carolina novel award for 2001),
do draw on his upbringing in Pitts
burgh, his latest collection is rich
with the cadences of the Carolinas.
See "Bathanti" on page 7
Dan Miller/Guilfordian
Joseph Bathanti delighted his audience with pungently drawn
characters and an expressive delivery.