J i S Sf^UILFORDIAN H — Guilford College | February 20, 2015 ce Of me was to trust my instinct, to know that kissing was not part of the game The Vagina Monologues M tuniimimmHmuiuiinmutmiiummmiuiiumHiuiiniimuuiimimumiittiiumwiumimiumiiumuutuuiimimmmiumimimumtmmmmiui “I realized then that moans are connected with noU getting what you want right putting things off. New year, new content & the same pWerful message for all News BYLESLYVASQUEZ Staff Writer “You got to convince my vagina, seduce my vagina, engage my vagina’s trust. You can’t do that with a dry wad of f— cotton,” said sophomore Nicole Zelniker in the monologue, “My‘Angry Vagina.” Directed by sophomores Zelniker and Teresa Bedzigui, Guilford College students presented their rendition of “The Vagina Monologues” to a full house at Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium on Feb. 15. Written by Eve Ensler, “The Vagina Monologues” originally contained 21 monologues, all stories about real women. The show was first performed at Off Broadway Westside Theater. It is now performed annually around the world, giving everyone a different experience. It is presented at Guilford each year with,a new cast and new monologues. Each monologue expresses female struggles and experiences with sex, love, rape, sexual harassment and domestic abuse. Each monologue brings a new perspective to life. “(The monologues) put a more realist perspective (towards the) experiences of women,” said sophomore Sara Pearson, who See monologues \ Page 3 "/Parele! Help! Stop! Let me out! Please! No puedo respirar. I can’t breathe.” ‘The story was one of liberation/’ “(In reference to the number of liefve fibers in female genitalia compared to male) Who needs a handgun when you’ve got a semi-automatic?” Volume 101 I Issue 14 Serving tiie Gvileord College community since 1914 WWWJUIIFORDIAN.COM