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04.23.10

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.

04.23.10

An armadillo, a cave bear and a saber-tooth cat can all call the new sciences and mathematics building home in the natural history museum, located on the third floor.

04.23.10

With the end of the semester approaching, it is time to get the campus clean again. Twenty-two students from the Student Government Association, Student Alumni Association and Phi Gamma Delta  (FIJI) gathered April 18 to help with the SGA neighborhood sweep.

04.23.10

Chances are you’ve seen someone sporting a colorful hand-woven bracelet or have bought one yourself from the Pulsera Project. Yes, you know that your purchase is helping some kids somewhere (and looks great with your tan), but now you can learn exactly where your bracelet came from and where your money is going with tonight’s premiere of “Pulsera.”

04.15.10

A football team at the College of Charleston may have always been a distant dream for students, but the School of Business Dean’s Student Forum examined the real possibility April 7.

04.15.10

An employee told Public Safety his iPod Touch was stolen while he was at lunch April 5. The employee says he left the iPod on his desk in his office at 284 King St. just after noon, and it was gone when he returned at 1 p.m

04.15.10

One of the perceived snags of Conan O’Brien going to cable was that he wouldn’t get the same kind of big paycheck that he’d gotten at NBC and would probably command from Fox.

04.15.10

The announcement of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens brings with it another bitter partisan fight, similar to the nomination process of Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

04.15.10

College of Charleston track and field competed in the Johnson C. Smith University Invitational on Saturday as one last test before the Southern Conference Championships. C of C went head-to-head against athletes from 12 other schools, including Southern Conference member Georgia Southern.

04.15.10

The South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants is currently accepting applications through June 1 for its 2010-2011 scholarship program. Last year, 18 students representing nine colleges and universities received $19,000 from SCACPA’s Educational Fund.

04.15.10

Need some funk, folk and nasty acoustic all in one? Yes, Keller Williams, everyone’s favorite one-man band, brought nearly three hours of fresh acoustic funk to the Music Farm April 9.

04.15.10

C of C sororities have traditionally recruited freshmen and newly interested girls the first week of school. For the fall of 2010, however, the Panhellenic Council is moving recruitment up a week, beginning before classes start.

04.15.10

The R.E.A.C.H.  (Realizing Educational and Career Hopes) program is starting during the fall semester to serve mild to moderately intellectually disabled students at the College.

04.15.10

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

C of C students recently placed their votes in the Student Government Association elections, yet much of the work that goes into SGA jobs remains behind the scenes.

04.15.10

Cullowhee, N.C. - Junior outfielder Kristi Woodall’s three-RBI day helped lead the College of Charleston (15-18, 5-6) to a convincing 17-3 victory over Western Carolina (5-32, 1-13) in the final game of a Southern Conference softball series. C of C pounded out a season-high 17 runs on 16 hits, which was one shy of their season best.

04.15.10

An article that appeared on CNN.com last week about the future of technology featured the projection of game designer Jesse Schell that eventually there will be a “gamepocalypse,” meaning every aspect of our lives will be a game.

04.15.10

The breathy back-and-forth vocals and simmering erotic tension that suffuse the debut album “xx” by the British indie band The xx might lead you to think that singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim are more than just friends.

04.15.10

When a show starts off with a bodacious drag queen performing “Big, Blonde, and Beautiful” and “Bootylicious” with gyrations that put Beyonce herself to shame, you know it’s going to be good.

04.09.10

So, you’re ready to move out of the dorms. It’s time to live without the sign-in sheets, the guest announcements, the routine room checks and the stove-less kitchens. Living off campus is a wonderful thing, in that respect, but finding this wonderful off-campus new home can be tricky if you don’t know where to look and what to look for.

04.09.10

Five different College of Charleston batters hit home runs, including a three-run blast by sophomore right fielder Thomas Brittle in a five-run fourth inning, as the Cougars swept visiting Georgia Southern with an 11-8 victory March 4 at Patriots Point.

04.09.10

The Charleston Farmers’ market returned to Marion Square April 3, and there was color everywhere. Between the fresh vegetables, new spring flowers and local arts and crafts there was a lot take in.

04.09.10

No. 69 College of Charleston women’s tennis remains first in the Southern Conference after a 7-0 victory over visiting Wofford March 31. The win gave the women’s tennis team sole possession of the top spot in the Southern Conference rankings.

04.09.10

The federal government is moving toward the most sweeping overhaul of college financial aid in decades.