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October 6, 2006
uilfordian
Volume 93, Issue 6
Students meet with campus ministers to discuss drug and alcohol abuse.
News Page 2
Michael Ian Black performs at homecoming
Q & A with VHl's "I love the ..." commentator
By Nasi Easton | senior writer
AND Landry Haarmann I staff writer
N ot many comedians could make
people laugh by screaming "white
power!" on stage, but as he made
obvious in last Friday's show, Michael Ian
Black isn't like most comedians.
Black performed at Guilford on Sept. 29;
his presence packed members of the Guil
ford and Greenisboro community into Dana
Auditorium to enjoy his dry humor and sar
castic wit. During his show, jokes covering
an array of topics from Nazi Germany, to
President Bush, to high school and college
were met with uproarious laughter from the
crowd.
Black is best known for his commen
tary on the various "I Love the..." decades
shows, or, as he puts it, being "the guy on
VHl who talks about the Rubik's cube." His
material is notoriously off-colored, self-dep
recating and sarcastic, but his sarcasm goes
beyond his stand-up act. Before last week's
show, two Guilfordian reporters had the
chance to ask Black a few questions.
Guilfordian: You have written several es
says on the Web site "McSweeney's." In one
of these essays you mentioned that the one
Landry Harrmann/Guilfordian
Black delivering his stand-up act in Dana Auditorium.
question reporters should ask celebrities is
"have you ever eaten a baby?" So have you
ever eaten a baby?
Michael Ian Black: No comment.
Guilfordian: When you were
getting into the comic world,
which comedian inspired you?
Michael Ian Black: I really
never intended to make this
my career. I hadn't plarmed on
becoming a comedian ... it just
so happens that I am hysteri
cally furmy, so I had no ^oice.
It's like I was called to it — like
something just called my name.
I guess my inspiration would
therefore be God.
Guilfordian: You collaborate
with fellow comedians David
Wain and Michael Showalter a
lot. Where did you guys meet?
Michael Ian Black: We met at
NYU freshman year. We started
a comedy troupe with a few
other people called "the state."
Guilfordian: "The state" was
eventually picked up by MTV,
how did that happen?
Michael Ian Black: MTV
saw us perform and thought we were fun
ny. We've just been working together since
then.
Continued on Features page 6
Fossil Find
Paleoanthropologists release results of
study of the remains of a 3.3. million-
year-old remale child found in Ethio
pia in December 2000.
World & Nation Page 4
Homeless Soccer
The Homeless World Cup toumam-
nent in Cape Town stars 500 homeless
players from 48 countries to help in
ternational poverty.
World & Nation Page 5
Photo Exhibit
Founders gallery show focuses on
Guilford's summer expeditions, cel
ebrates the benefits of experiential
education.
Features Page 6
New Terror Threat
Al-Quaeda tells American mus-
lims to flee the country in anticipa
tion of a terorist act that would ri
val 9/11. How should we respond?
Forum Page 9
Bloodless coup in Thailand
Corruption alleged as cause
ByAlysia Sawchyn I staff writer
media stations and the parliament
buildings. "The (Royal Thai Army)
O n Sept. 19, a coup was chaimel alternated between screen
staged in Thailand without shots annoimdng a military take-
a single shot being fired, over," according to BBC News,
leading to the ousting of the former Gen. Sothi Boonyaratkalin, the
first muslim
Prime Min
ister Thaksin
Shinawatra.
What had
originated as
a series of un
organized pro
tests against
the corruption
of Thaksin
quickly turned
into a formal
takeover of the
government.
It is believed
that despite
the rampant
corruption
and lack of
aid from the
government, it
The New
: Times
army com
mander in
Thailand,
headed the
coup. "Few
people expect
ed Thailand's
political crisis
to lead to a
coup," accord
ing to CNN.
"But when
the military
made its move
to take over
the govern
ment Tuesday,
it came as no
surprise that
General Sothi
was the fixed elections which kept Boonyaratkalin was in charge."
Thaksin in power that drove the Surprisingly, it is not Boonyarat-
Thai people, and, finally, the mill- kalin who became the new prime
tary, over the edge. minister, retired Gen. Surayud
While Thaksin was in New York Chulanont, who was sworn in on
attending the United Nations Gen- Oct. 1, promised the BBC that he
eral Assembly, the military seizedContinued on Forum page 5
Quakers take Soup Bowl in dramatic fashion
Guilford overcomes Greensboro College
By Joanna Bernstein | staff writer
T he temperature is a cool 65
degrees. The sun is shining,
and I am in my cherry pick
er, 30 feet in the air above the goal
post on the south end of the field.
It's homecoming weekend, and the
10th armual Gate City Soup Bowl
between rivals Guilford College
and Greens-
First, the team names: Is it the
Cougars vs. the Bears? No. It's the
Guilford College Quakers vs. the
Greensboro
boro College
is moments
away from
kickoff.
The Gate
City Soup
Bowl gets its
name from the
canned food
drive that each
college takes
part in. The
schools com- pete against each
other to collect the largest amount
of food.
What would Guilford College
sporting events be without a sense
of social conscience?
Guilford College is known for
doing things "outside of the box,"
and the events that comprised this
year's homecoming game were no
exception.
Meredith Fore/Guilfordian
ON THE LINE; FaNS WATCH THE
HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME.
College Pride.
The Armfield Athletic Center's
stands are three-quarters full. At
least half of the fans are either
Guilford alumni or citizens of
Greensboro. It's the Quak
er's biggest rival game of
the year. Why aren't the
stands full?
Nevertheless, the crowd
is bursting with energy, and
they give ^e Quakers a lively
ovation as they stampede onto
the field. I am well above the
ground and I can still hear De
fensive Coach Michael Vite's
raspy yell.
The teams are finishing their
warm-ups, and the crowd rises
to honor the singing of the na
tional anthem.
Oddly enough, there is no
P I singing, because the vocalist's
microphone doesn't seem to
be working. And unless the
band decided to remix the
national anthem by playing
it over The Yin-Yang Twins,
then we were experiencing
technical difficulties.
The game starts off a bit
for the Quakers as they fumble on
the first play of the opening drive.
Continued on Sports page 12