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Guilford^s taste in music is just downright eclectic
BY CHLOE LINDEMAN
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Music could not occupy a more important
role for Guilford.
Shows at the Greenleaf and in downtown
Greensboro, Guilford's radio station WQFS,
music department performances and even
impromptu jam sessions not only entertain
students but also bring them closer together.
"Sharing music can be a method
of transferring ideas that are not easily
conveyed through speech," said senior
Bonnie Hardie, a piano major, in an email
interview.
Joshua Rodriguez, a junior music major
who listens to everything from rap to
bluegrass, tunes in to local artists at Guilford
and jams on the viola.
"There are tons of people I have
connections with musically," said Rodriguez.
When a new student at Guilford was
playing her fiddle outside, Rodriguez
stopped and exchanged some tunes, getting
to know her because of a shared interest in
fiddle music.
Known for its eclectic interests, Guilford
does not fall short when it comes to music.
Indie rock, metal, electronic, opera, lo-fi,
alternative hip-hop, bluegrass and rap all
come up in conversations about music on
campus, and many stress that they listen to
multiple genres.
"I kind of listen to everything, actually,"
commented senior Caroline Loftus.
By tuning into WQFS at 90.9 FM, listeners
can enjoy the many kinds of popular music
at Guilford, including both commercial
music and more independent and local
music.
"As unique as Guilford is, there is such
a range of interests musically," said junior
Kate Schwab, WQFS general manager.
A lot of people enjoy "really high-energy
music like dubstep," Schwab added.
"(People like) what's going to be the most
fun to listen to. (At the same time,) we try to
get as many local artists played as possible."
This way, listeners have access to the best of
both worlds.
"What blew me away most about starting
to listen to WQFS is how diverse it is," said
Kami Rowan, assistant professor of music
and WQFS station manager. "I can't think of
a genre thaPs not really covered."
"If you hear music, go and check it out,
and be adventurous," said sophomore
Camille Lindsley, a manager at WQFS
and a member of the Greenleaf's events
committee.
As for the future of music on campus,
Kami has noticed this trend: "I see all the
Guilford’s radio station, WQFS 90.9 FM, offers a variety of music ranging from dubstep to opera.
boundaries of genres fading ... I think we're
going to have less of those boundaries (in
the future)."
In the past, people listened to music
more within specific categories, according
to Kami. Now, "you'll hear a much broader
mix of genres than you used to hear, so
that's exciting!"
Interested in how to become more active
in Guilford's musical scene? There's a WQFS
DJ interest meeting at 7:30 pm on Sunday,
Feb. 10th in the Founders Upstairs Gallery.
If DJing doesn't interest you, check out the
events booked around Guilford, like Mykki
Blanco's March 26 concert at Glenwood
Coffee & Books or the show featuring Cop
Problem, Votnut, Demands and Retina at the
Greenleaf on Feb. 15.
"Braving the stage together with individual talent"
What:
Performances by Guilford College
students, faculty, staff and alumni
When:
March 29,2013 @ 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Dana Auditorium
Can you rap? Sing? Dance?
Play a musical Instrument? Make
your body become one?
Eat a banana or orange, peel and
all?
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Email Randy Smith at
gc.bravethestage@yahoo.com
The community is encouraged to
attend this FREE event!
Sponsored by Erin Fox, director of student activitites
Munich reunion: an extended German host family
BY KELLY KEEGAN
Guest WwTER
Imagine a family reunion where all of your favorite aunts and
uncles show up and are as happy to see you as you are to see
them. Family drama is checked at the door. You get a chance to
sit down and chat with those cousins whose names you always
forget and find out that you have a surprising amount of things
in common. The food, drink and laughs seem boundless.
You have such a great time that even before the reunion ends,
you find yourself looking forward to the next time you and
your family get together. As unlikely as the scenario may seem,
that is exactly how it felt to spend two weeks with my extended
Guilford family this past summer at the Munich study abroad
reunion.
Our group of exactly 100 hailed from both sides of the
Atlantic — 50 from Germany and 50 from America — and was
organized and led by Professor of Foreign Languages Dave
Limburg. We were professors, host families and alumni ranging
from the class of 1983 to the dass of 2011. Each day, we went on
an excursion with a professor or host family, and each evening
we descended en masse on a Biergarten to relax, reminisce and
trade stories.
As we got to know each other, it became apparent that the
alumni who partidpated in the reunion are caring, thoughtful
people who not ordy keep up with current global issues but
also look ahead and take action to shape a better tomorrow.
Everyone in our group went on to become world travelers, as
if our time in Munich was the catalyst for a lifelong journey to
explore the unknown.
Most importantly, we all got to spend time with the professors
and families who had guided and taught us while we lived
abroad, and who became like favorite aunts and imdes to us.
Our German mentors were surprised and touched by the
number of alumni who made the trip to see them. They had
expeded only a few of their former students to show up for
the daily excursions and were shocked to find themselves at
the center of attention in a group of 30 or more alumni on any
given day.
The Yngbom family took us on a typical kind of German
outing — a hike through picturesque countryside with stops at
a small chapel and palace grounds. Our feet were glad to reach
the benches of the Biergarten that night!
On our excursion to Freising, our art history professor
Dieter Kiihnel simultaneously educated and entertained us
with his vast knowledge and his ability to deliver jokes with
a completely straight face. For example: 'This is near the place
where I met my wife Gabi, and every year we come back here
to commemorate that tragic day." Wait, what?
Our German history professor, Bernhard Lehmann, has
a wide smile and an easy manner that quickly made you
forget that history is supposed to be boring. Leo Brux, whom
I remember from intermediate German, took us to the Franz
Marc museum in Kochel, where he reacquainted us with his
love of art and philosophy. If you think of the German psyche
as being overly mechanistic and industrialist, you should
hear Leo speak about the importance of untamed nature and
imagination.
Barbara Hundshammer is the teacher whose beginning
German class dispelled for good my fear of learning a new
language. At the reunion nearly 20 years after that semester
of German 101, I had the chance to sit with Barbara in the
Biergarten at Andechs and proudly converse with her auf
Deutsch.
Finally, there was the memorable afternoon we spent with
Karl Fischer, a long-time friend of the program and one of its
first organizers. He passed around his collection of postcards,
papers, photos, and other memorabilia from the Munich
study abroad program. Flis keepsakes dated back to the very
beginning of the program in the early 1970s. Although Karl's
age is advanced, he still delights in good conversation and in
teaching students risqu^ German phrases.
Spending two weeks in Munich in the company of some
very special people made this one of the best reunions I've
ever experienced. It makes me wish that everyone could have
an opportunity like the Munich study abroad program to
challenge their stereotypes and add wonderful new people to
their Guilford family.
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