September 14, 2007
VOLUME 94, Issue 3
U ILFORD IAN
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Iraq war and nuclear terrarism in Bryan Jr.
Retired generals
question national
security policy
Jake Blumgart | Senior Writer
S eptember 11th signaled the
most serious threat to this
country's security since the
Second World War," said Brig.
Gen. John Johns, on Sept. 3 in
Bryan Jr. Auditorium. "It was
very important that we judged
the exact nature of that threat.
Now we're in Iraq and we are
fighting the wrong war."
In a lecture and discus
sion organized by the College
Democrats, Johns and his col
league, Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard,
both of whom served in Vietnam,
voiced concerns about the Iraq
war and nuclear terrorism at
home.
"My study of the French in
Indochina and in Algeria con
vinced me that foreign combat
forces cannot kill radicals and
avoid alienating the popula
tion," said Johns. "You defeat
radicals by marginalizing them.
If you dry up the swamp, you
can kill the alligators."
According to Johns, in the
immediate aftermath of Sept. 11,
America was in a strong position
to marginalize Islamic radicals.
"100,000 people marched
in Tehran the day after 9/11 —
against Osama Bin Laden,"
said Johns. "A prominent left-
wing French newspaper had a
headline 'We Are All Americans
Daniel Katzman/Guilfordian
See "Bryan Jr." on page 7
Retired United States Generals John Johns (Left) and Robert Gard (Right)
talk to students in Bryan Jr. Auditorium.
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GUIIFORD RUGBY
Men's rugby psyched
about upcoming season
Paddy Lehane | Staff Writer
E arly Saturday afternoons are usually a
relatively quiet time on campus, with
students sleeping off a busy or hazy
Friday night. But from the far end of the
Bryan parking lot, a rumbling disturbance
can be heard.
The sound of drums and shouts, and
the smell of sweat and blood fill the air. It's
rugby season once again at Guilford.
"Everybody is working hard and wants
The hopes and hardships
of women's rugby
Deena 2Iaru I Senior Writer
Photos by Annette Griffin/Guilfordian
See "Men's Rugby" on page 5
(Above) Women's rugby practices their tackles.
(Top) Men's rugby team during practice before
their game at Wake Forest.
R ugby is a rough sport," said soph
omore Maya Oliver, who has been
playing on the women's rugby team
for two years. "It requires a lot of team work,
a lot of endurance and basically just being
badass."
This appropriately expresses the strength,
the passion and the drive that it takes to play
a sport as intense as rugby.
"I play rugby because I love to tackle
See "Women's Rugby" on page 15
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Princeton Review
ranks Guilford
Lauren Newmyer | Staff Writer
T he Princeton Review Best 366
Colleges lists have, in the past, shone
both positive and negative light on
Guilford. This year is no exception.
Guilford has been ranked number four
for "Is it Food," number six for "Best
College Radio Station," and number 13
for "Reefer Madness" for the 2008 school
year.
The lists, which can be found at princ-
etonreview.com, or in the book "The Best
366 Colleges," use student surveys to rate
college's nationwide in terms of quality
of life, academics, demographics, parties,
school type, politics, and social and extra
curricular activities. Thousands of pro
spective college students use the lists as a
tool for selecting schools.
While only a percentage of students
from each school are surveyed, the rank
ings are still more revealing than merely
gathering information from a college's
Web site or admissions pamphlets.
According to the Princeton Review
Web site, "the ranking lists and profiles
in general seek to accomplish that which
a college admissions view book by its
very nature can never really achieve—an
uncensored view of life at a particular
college, crafted in recognition of the fact
that not every college will appeal to every
student."
Guilford disappeared from the "Reefer
Madness" list for 2007 but is back in the
middle of the pack for 2008.
Guilford's drug policies have been
revised in recent years to a two-strike
See "Princeton Review" on page 5
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New Orleans is recovering,
but its wetlands are not
Reid Cranfill | Senior Writier
L ast year, the hit British TV show
"Top Gear" visited New Orleans
and was shocked to find the city's
outskirts still in ruins.
"We sort of figured the world's largest
economy would have fixed it by now,"
said host Jeremy Clarkson, driving past
a Humvee on a desolated Elysian Fields
Avenue.
New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were
decimated by hurricanes Katrina and
Rita. A year later, and two years since
Lake Pontchartrain swelled over the cities
levees, recovery remains slow.
Oil production on the Gulf coast
and shipping through New Orleans has
returned to normal, and the Saints foot
ball franchise has sold out every seat in
See "New Orleans" on page 12