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04.23.10
Rockstock turns three

DJ Tantrum, Fallen Kings, Gas Light Street and Plainfield Project headlined C of C’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) third annual Rockstock fundraising music festival April 15 at the Music Farm.

04.15.10
Racial campus hate crimes surge across America

It’s tempting to think of college campuses as islands of enlightenment, places where students embrace new ideas, people and cultures without the specter of hate hanging overhead.

04.15.10
Racial campus hate crimes surge across America

It’s tempting to think of college campuses as islands of enlightenment, places where students embrace new ideas, people and cultures without the specter of hate hanging overhead.

03.04.10
Humanities committee brings book club to C of C

In celebration of Black History Month, the Humanities Committee of MUSC hosted its first monthly book club meeting at the Avery Research Center Feb. 24. This month’s book was “The Good Doctors” by Dr. John Dittmer, who is currently a history professor at DePauw University.

02.18.10
Organization Spotlight

The C of C chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA, is training students to network and be professionals in the public relations field.

02.18.10
The Tea Party movement is just weak tea

The most irritating thing about the so-called National Tea Party is its completely unwitting self-contradiction. This has nothing to do with whether you are liberal or conservative, left-wing or right-wing;

01.22.10
It’s going to be “A Naughty New Year”

Scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the South of Broadway Theater in North Charleston, the show highlights the sultry talents of the ensemble, as well as some adventurous students from the downtown Dancefx studio and performers from the Charleston Dance Project.

11.19.09
"Poverty Simulation" Misguided

As most of the American population knows, next Thursday, Nov. 26, is what is commonly referred to as “Thanksgiving” in popular culture.  For most College of Charleston students, this will consist of visiting family, watching football, drinking beer and overall having a wonderful time celebrating the fact that the semester is almost over.

10.22.09
Health Awareness in America
By simply typing “health” into the now ever-convenient World Wide Web, one will instantly see news, advertising and tons of medical information on various sites. One such site, known as WebMD, will even give you a basic diagnosis of your symptoms and general health tips such as how to avoid a cold. Fifty years ago health concerns weren’t a number one priority for people in America. In today’s world, however, we have commercials about the Butterton’s telling us we shouldn’t eat so much saturated fat and McDonald’s adding apples to their Happy Meals. What has changed? Why within the last 50 years has health become so important to America?
10.22.09
Health Awareness in America
By simply typing “health” into the now ever-convenient World Wide Web, one will instantly see news, advertising and tons of medical information on various sites. One such site, known as WebMD, will even give you a basic diagnosis of your symptoms and general health tips such as how to avoid a cold. Fifty years ago health concerns weren’t a number one priority for people in America. In today’s world, however, we have commercials about the Butterton’s telling us we shouldn’t eat so much saturated fat and McDonald’s adding apples to their Happy Meals. What has changed? Why within the last 50 years has health become so important to America?
10.22.09
Organization Spotlight
The majority of religious America worships in groups. The faithful explore their shared beliefs through community and discussion. College clubs offer a forum for students to discuss and learn about different religions with peers. These opportunities go beyond the Judeo-Christian mainstream with organizations like the Baha’i Club.
10.22.09
Provost candidate talks liberal arts
On Oct. 14 the president’s office hosted an open forum for all faculty and students to listen to the potential provost speak. Applications have been received, and the forum was a chance for faculty to respond to the candidate. George Hynd, the potential provost candidate, is the current senior provost director at Arizona State University and has won numerous awards in the psychology field. Hynd spoke to the forum about the evolution of the liberal arts college and changes in the past decade.
10.22.09
ShineFest rocks the Joe for education

The Original Wailers, Blues Traveler, The Sipe-Coffin Group and local Charleston sensations Gaslight Street, Blue Dogs, Number One Contender and Sol Driven Train, as well as rising stars the Whisperjets rocked for education last weekend. This much musical talent can’t be found in one place often, but ShineFest Charleston brought it all to the Joe Riley Stadium Oct. 17.

10.14.09
Skeptics in the Holy City:

Atheism is not a new thing. For as long as there has been a belief in a god or gods, there have been people to deny it. Yet now there is a movement being labeled “New Atheism.”  It’s a community, however disjointed and spread about, of nonbelievers and freethinkers. Some are quiet, “closet” atheists. Others are forthright in their non-belief. More now than ever, atheists have a say. Even here, in the “Holy City” of South Carolina, the “buckle of the Bible belt,” they are making their voice heard.