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02.03.10

Barnes & Noble renovates C of C Bookstore

Barnes & Noble College Booksellers was awarded the contract for management and operations of the C of C bookstore in November 2009, and will begin renovations in early March. The State of South Carolina contract was signed by Barnes & Noble and took effect in January.

02.03.10

Governor Sanford’s budget proposal may affect C of C

S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford started his final year in office by announcing a new budget plan that will have statewide effects. Money will be cut from health care programs, worker pay and college programs.

02.03.10

Organization Spotlight

The members of the C of C Historic Preservation Club put what they learn about historic architecture to good use and make friends while doing so.

02.03.10

Time well spent

Most C of C students began their college careers with the ink still drying on their high school diplomas, and are planning to complete the next four or so years uninterrupted.

01.14.10

McLeod Plantation Controversy

When the College of Charleston Foundation announced plans to purchase the McLeod Plantation in September 2009, the debate on the student side was limited at best. After it was released that the transaction would be done with private funds, the vast majority of students ranged from indifferent to excited about the acquisition, which would not increase their tuition a cent but would double the College’s current campus size.

11.19.09

Honors College Celebrates 30 Years

For 30 years the Honors College and its scholars have contributed to the C of C community, and as they pass this milestone they look forward to growing and expanding.

10.30.09

Open at last

Called an “oasis for contemporary art in historic Charleston” and under development since 1993 C of C has reached a new landmark with the grand reopening of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.

10.22.09

Academy Award winner discusses digital design

Technology in films can make water turn into glass, create ocean action without letting actors drown, and illustrate explosions full of fire and smoke that would demolish any studio that tried to do it in reality. The computer scientists that use digital special effects to make this movie magic didn’t wake up one day knowing how to create impossible images. The path to creating the impossible on screen starts with education, and for one computer scientist, his path started at the College of Charleston.

10.22.09

Swim & dive competes in Norfolk, Va.

C of C men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each suffered defeats to Old Dominion (1-0) as the men (0-1) fell 184-94 and the women (1-1) dropped a 185-106 decision Saturday afternoon in Norfolk, Va.

10.22.09

Volleyball sweeps Chattanooga 3-0

Junior setter Cole Dawley, from Charleston, S.C., had an impressive overall performance with 33 assists, six kills and seven digs and sophomore middle blocker Sarah Havel, from Carmel, Ind., drilled 11 kills as the College of Charleston (9-10, 5-2) downed Chattanooga (10-9, 2-5) 3-0 Saturday afternoon in a Southern Conference match in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Cougars claimed the victory by scores of 25-18, 25-16 and 25-23.