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VOLUME 94, ISSUE 13 I JANUARY 25, 2008
UILFORDIAN
The Student-Run Newspaper ef Guilferd Celleue
WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COM
GREENSBO R O , N C
Greensboro City Council
approves rezoning plan;
apartments forthcoming
By Amanda Pressley
Staff Writer
On Jan. 15, Greensboro City Council
voted seven-to-one to approve rezoning of
a Dolly Madison Road property adjacent to
Guilford's campus.
The 3.4 acre property at the intersection of
Foxwood and Dolly Madison roads is cur
rently a wooded, single-family residential
property. According to conditions brought
by the developer, Randall Dixon, the proper
ty will be used for business and multi-family
housing purposes only.
Rezoning of the property was brought
before Greensboro's zoning commission in
November and was defeated in a five-to-
four vote. However, an appeal was made by
Dixon and the case was brought before city
council.
"Rezoning is a function of government
to ensure sound development and use
of property," said Faculty Secretary and
Ombudsperson Janet Wright, who has
served 12 years on Greensboro's zoning
commission. "Each piece of property has
a specific use and when its use changes, it
goes to zoning."
Following the initial failure before the
zoning commission, Dixon listed several
conditions of the development in hopes of
See "Rezoning Plan" on page 5
Campus commemorates life
and legacy of Martin Luther
King, Jr. throughout week
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By Jamie Metrick
Staff Writer
It's a cold Monday morning as people
gather quietly in Dana Auditorium. Sud
denly hip-hop music layered over Dr. Mar
tin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
blasts from the speakers. James Shields, di
rector of community learning, runs onstage
and grabs the mic, saying, "Come on, get up
everybody, it's Martin Luther King Day!"
On Jan. 21, students, faculty and mem
bers of the Greensboro community gathered
to celebrate the life and achievements of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., through the art of
dance.
The performances included a traditional
Palestinian Dadka, or three-step dance, by
Muhammed Khalaf and Manar Faraj that
told a Bedouin love story. The North Caro
lina Steppers Association did a Chicago-style
See "MLK Day" on page 9
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Noel Paul Stookey of
Peter, Paul, and Mary
joins Uuilford in annuai
" ceiebradonotspirituaiity
By Sari Schutrum-Boward
Staff Writer
The lyrics from the '60s band Peter,
Paul, and Mary's song, "Leaving on
a Jet Plane," begins: "All my bags are
packed. I'm ready to go. I'm standin'
here outside your door. I hate to wake
you up to say goodbye. But the dawn
is breakin', it's early mom. The taxi's
Cloud Gamble/Guilfordian
waitin'."
The lines might well apply to former
Peter, Paul, and Mary group member
Noel Paul Stookey and wife Betty Stook
ey, who traveled to Guilford last week
to sing and preach for the 18th annual
Religious Emphasis Week.
This year's Religious Emphasis week
was scheduled for Jan. 19-25. The con
cert occurred on Saturday, Jan. 19, and
See "Religious Emphasis Week" on page 8
Lethal injection
controversies
By Sari Schutrum
Boward
Staff Writer
"Pain should not
be a criteria," said sopho
more Joel Popkin, a supporter
of the death penalty. "If they are
100 percent guilty the amount of
pain they feel is irrelevant."
The death penalty's method of the le
thal injection's three-chemical protocol has
caused controversy. Opponents argue that
the procedure leaves the inmates in extreme
pain.
"This case is about illuminating contro
versy. They are chipping at the margins on
a bigger issue," said Kyle Dell, Assistant
Professor of Political Science. "Although
strorig majorities of Americans support the
availability of the death penalty, using it in
a painful inhumane way is also troubling.
Lethal injection reflects this middle ground:
the punished appear to just go to sleep. So,
although there are majorities in favor of the
death penalty as practiced this way, there are
differences of opinion and practice in differ
ent states across the country."
The newest argument against capital pun
ishment claims that the protocol's injection
does not work properly and causes extreme
pain.
"I think putting people to death is say
ing our culture is very violent. We're sup
posed to be an advanced culture and we're
still killing people. We are breeding a culture
of violence. People keep creating a circle of
killing," said sophomore Megan Fair who is
in the Quaker Leadership Program. Fair has
been actively against the death penalty, and
attended execution protests in Ohio.
The first dmg used is a barbiturate, which
is used as an anesthesia. The second dmg is
a pancurium bromide, which paralyzes the
muscles with suffocating effects. The third
dmg, potassium chloride, stops the heart
and causes death.
"The death penalty should be up to the
See "Lethal Injection" on page 7