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THO®UILFORDIAN GREENSBORO, NC Guilford hosts The Color of fear workshop Matt Haselton Staff Writer On Monday, March 15, Lee Mung Wah pre sented a four-hour workshop based around his 1994 film The Color of Fear with mem bers of the Guilford and greater Greensboro commu nities. Everyone wore a nametag labeled with their name and what they were most afraid of when talking about racism, so one could read everyone's fears as clearly as reading their name. "Fear of being angry." "Fear of being bitter." '"Fear of sounding racist." "Fear of hav ing nothing to say." With everyone's fears emblazoned on their chests, the dialogue began before Wah took the stage. Wah spoke softly, easing the audience's tension at having found themselves so exposed. He also played on W WWW.ALUMNI.VIRGINIA.EDU Guilford Alumnus James F. Childress I Lfl fljl B|^ * "*■ fll rEa mP 5 JbMW| - - ■•. -4 "f*^-* *L .. i n>— L '^' W ■ ; MAGGIE BAMBERG/GUILFORDIAN Lee Mung Wah visited Guilford on Monday, March 15. A variety of people, including members of both Guilford College and the greater Greensboro community attended the four-hour-long workshop based around Wah's 1994 film The Color of Fear. people's expectations, joking that the seminar was going to be a place where "people of color ... tell their stories, and white folks feel guilty." Guilford alum speaks on bioethics Charles Haslam Staff Writer Every day some families must face hard deci sions, such as whether or not to take a loved one off the res pirator. After their loved ones die, more difficult dilemmas are faced, such as to whom the organs should go. Bioethics are moral dilemmas facing all scientists including genetics, medicine and IBTS Acadamy Awards VOLUME 90, ISSUE 19 WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COM Through a series of simple exercises, Wah brought atten tion to the racial tension pres ent in the room. He called for everyone who had ever been biotechnology workers. On March 15, Guilford alum James F. Childress delivered a lecture in Founders Gallery entitled, "Bioethics: 21 st Century choices." "Bioethics are hot right now," Childress said. Childress traced the birth of bioethics to a 1962 article in Time Magazine about who should receive dialysis machines in Oregon, then focused on controversies discriminated against for their skin color to stand, and then asked those who were still in their seats to ponder, Continued on Page 2 behind the ethics of cloning and stem cell research. The "Cloning Age" began in 1997 with the birth of Dolly, a sheep. Since then cloning has caused much speculation as to future uses and has come under much scrutiny. Cloning could be used as a way for infertile couples to have a child and also for biomedical research. Cloning is still not Continued on Page 4 MARCH 19, 2004 Multi-ticket race for Senate, Union 2004-05 Emily Mann Associate Editor The national presiden tial election has caused Guilford students to do more than hang campaign posters in their dorm win dows. The spirit of healthy competition has influenced a multi-ticket race for both Community Student Senate and Union, the first time for Union in two years. "There's a lot of things about Guilford that I wanted to change and I feel like if you complain about something you should be active in changing it. As a primary step I'm running for Union and next year I'll run for Senate," said Sarah Green, a first-year running for Union president, explaining her interest in poli tics. A rise in interest in student politics has pleased many people at Guilford, both facul ty and staff. "[A multi-ticket race] hasn't happened since I've been here, said Rebecca Saunders, Director of Student Involvement and Leadership and advisor for both Senate and Union. "I am tickled to death ... wish I knew what the reason was that people are running this year. I hope it has something to with the fact that students are more engaged Continued on Page 4
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