Continued on News Page 2 Out-of-season athletes make up for lost time in the library. Continued on Sports Page 11
Continued on W&N Page 3
December 8, 2006
Volume 93, Issue 12
Jada Drew
'07, helps
lead the
King's
Campaign,
which
began on
Monday.
See Page 9
Photo courtesy of Nelson Kepley/News & Record
World AIDS Day
commemorated
Activists protest in D.C. to
bring about policy changes
By Robbie Fisher | staff writer
H undreds of activists stood before
the White House with their hands
cupped tightly around their mouths
as they passionately shout synchronized
chants.
Other protesters hold signs and lift them
in the air; their arms tight as they bellow,
"how many more have to die before you
join the fight?" This is the scene of 300 di
verse people fighting for a common cause on
World AIDS Day.
Three Guilford students drove to Wash
ington to join in the protest. Tim Scales,
Community Senate president; Erin Bums,
senior peace studies and political science
major; and sophomore Martha Assefa all at
tended the rally.
Assefa has a connection to the cause.
"I grew up in Kenya, where seven-hun
dred people died from AIDS," she said.
Friday, Dec. 1, was World AIDS Day, and
Washington, D.C., was inundated with peo
ple from various backgrounds, races, eth
nicities, and walks of life. College students
from surroimding universities, adults-with
their families, organized AIDS groups, and
media representatives were present in hopes
of delivering one message.
Tim Scales said, "I was really excited
about the diversity of the rally. It was inspir
ing to see so many different groups come to
gether to support this common cause."
"We are trying to get D.C. to legalize
needle exchange, as well as asking for $8
billion to fund training and retention for
health workers in Africa," said Bums. "Not
only are we asking for all of this, but we also
want full funding of the Ryan White Care
Act, a bill that provides care and affordable
drugs to people who are HIV-positive in the
United States."
Before the rally began, speeches were
given as a means to bring the crowd together
and strengthen themselves as one voice. Or
ganized AIDS groups spoke to generate pas
sion and anger in the crowd. Groups such as
Act Up Philadelphia, D.C. Fights Back, The
Student Global AIDS Campaign, and RAP
(Regional, Addiction, Promotion) all gave
words of encouragement.
Three hundred people walked to the
front of the White House. They stopped at
the sidewalk where police on horseback sat
to divide the White House from the rally.
Students rally in support
Students lined up outside
A FACULTY MEETING IN
THE Community Center
Wednesday afternoon to
protest policies that led
TO THE DENIAL OF TENURE
TO ELEANOR
BRANCH AND
SHELINI HARRIS.
Photos by Charlie Clay/Guilfordian
Extra time benefits off-season athletes
By Juliana Janisch | staff writer
A s the end of fall semester approaches,
there is no doubt that the workload
in most classes has forced many to
put their academic game faces on as they try
to wrap up their last assignments and study
for final exams.
The same goes for off-season athletes.
Practices and games tend to take up the ma
jority of their time during the season. Taking
classes while playing sports is a lot to juggle,
and requires good time management skills
on the players' part.
Off-season athletes, meanwhile, are tak
ing advantage of their newfound free time
to catch up on their studies. Joe Joyner, a
junior football player, is one of them.
"I mainly use my time to catch up on
work and relaxing," said Joyner.
Peter Deng, a sophomore soccer player, is
also using the extra time to catch up on his
studies.
"I am concentrating more on my school
work, and trying to catch up on anything that
I might have missed during soccer season,"
said Deng. "I am also using the extra time
to get community service hours through the
Bonner Program."
Deng feels that he
works better during
the season because
his days are more
structured.
Interestingly, Deng
noted an improve
ment in his grades
during soccer season
"I feel like my
grades are much bet
ter when I am playing
a sport," said Deng.
"My whole sched
ule is organized, so I
know exactly where
I need to be at certain
times."
Meredith Fore/Guilfordian
History of Integration
On Nov. 29, James Shields gave a lec
ture on Guilford's history of integration,
and sometimes the lack thereof.
News Page 2
FYE Lab Controversy
After much negative reaction to this
fall's new detached FYE lab, a group of
faculty, students, and staff have proposed
fresh ideas for next year.
Features Page 5
Tenure and Race
A faculty member writes an open letter
to the college administration questioning
the link between recent tenure decisions
and possible institutional racism.
Forum Page 8
Staying Healthy
See our helpful tips for food, sleep, work,
and play that will help you get through fi
nal exams without physical breakdown.
Sports Page 12
U.S. soldier
sentenced to
life in prison
By Katie Bailey | staff writer
A United States Army soldier serving
/\ in Iraq was sentenced to 90 years
JL JLin prison for the gang rape of a 14-
year-old Iraqi girl, and the murder of her
and her family.
Spc. James R Barker was one of five sol
diers accused of involvement in the March
2006 crime, and the first to be tried.
Barker was allegedly suffering from the
effects of alcohol, sleep deprivation and
acute stress syndrome when another sol
dier herded the girl's mother, father and
four-year-old sister into a bedroom while
Barker and a third soldier raped 14-year-
old Abeer al-Janabi.
Each of the family members was then
shot in the head.
"Part of the role of the military judicial
system is to preserve discipline within the
armed forces," said John Motsinger, visit
ing professor of justice and policy studies.
"Crimes of this nature contravene disci
pline and can make the military's job more
difficult by alienating the local popula
tion."