Campus Happenings
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Cougarthon 2019
On Mar. 9th 550 students gathered at TD Arena to raise awareness and money for sick kids in the local…
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Students Host Walk Out in Hopes…
A video recently surfaced depicting three students driving through Francis Marion National Forest making racist comments and joking about slavery…
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Hot Noodles, Hot Topics
In celebration of Black History Month, the Asian Student Association here at the College of Charleston hosted an event this…
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Cougarthon 2019
On Mar. 9th 550 students gathered at TD Arena to raise awareness and money for sick kids in the local Charleston community. It was Charleston Miracle’s largest event of the year, CougarThon. The daylong dance party brings students, patients and the community together to fight for one cause: helping raise money for local ill children. Charleston…
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Politics with Pavlinec: Abortion in the United States
Not many political issues wrench the heart in the US. We argue on issues ranging from taxation to environmental policy. However, abortion is one of those few strenuous issues that deeply affects us all. Having said that, it seems that only two diametrically opposed sides exist, morally and policy-wise. People are painted as baby killers…
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One Down, Two to Go: Men’s Basketball Advances Past 1st Round
Last night, the College of Charleston Men’s Basketball team made a short hop across the pond, to the North Charleston Coliseum for the CAA Tournament. Although the tourney is still located in the Cougars’ backyard, the team entered this year’s tourney under different circumstances. No longer the #1 seed as they were a year prior,…
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Students Host Walk Out in Hopes of Change
A video recently surfaced depicting three students driving through Francis Marion National Forest making racist comments and joking about slavery and the rest of the College of Charleston student body has had enough. In fact, many College of Charleston students have had enough of the College’s inadequate responses to such offenses for years. One protester…
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Men’s Basketball Season Wrap-Up
The 2018-19 basketball season has come to an end for the College of Charleston’s Men’s Basketball team. The team finish off the season with a 23-8 record, going 12-6 in conference play. The Cougars had some notable wins this season against NCAA tournament teams such as Rhode Island, Memphis and VCU. The Cougars also received…
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Humans of Charleston
“I’ve always liked flowers so when I finished college I started working here at least part-time and they (the old owners) wanted to sell it so I bought it. So that’s all I’ve ever known. My mother was in the garden club and they used to have things in the house so I was just…
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Charleston Music Hall Hosts 2nd Annual Anime Film Fest
Akira, Todoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Your Name. All mind-blowing anime films that streamed straight to the brains of every anime lover and casual normie at The 2nd Annual Charleston Anime Film Festival. It was put on by the Charleston Music Hall. I had never been there before but I can now report it is…
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Not a Trend: Mental Health in Today’s Media
The relationship between popular media/celebrities and mental health has always been inharmonious. From the thin figure of the 1930’s movie star Judy Garland–attained through severe bulimia and misuse of amphetamines–to current rapper Lil Uzi Vert’s praise of the benzodiazepine Xanax in his platinum single “XO Tour Lif3,” it is clear that the concept of the media glorifying…
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Men’s Basketball Senior Night
This past Saturday, the College of Charleston Men’s Basketball team hosted the University of North Carolina Wilmington in their annual Senior Night game. Seniors Nick Harris, Jarrell Brantley, Jermaine Blackmon and Marquise Pointer were honored before the opening tip, along with the team’s senior managers, senior members of the pep band and cheer squad. Coach…
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The Death of an “Icon”
When someone passes away it’s natural for people to bring up memories from their life, even if they aren’t good. This leaves us with the question, when does it go too far? On February 19th, Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director of Chanel, passed away from pancreatic cancer. Many celebrities and models took to social media…
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Crouching Cougar, Hidden Dragon: CofC Women’s Basketball vs. Drexel
Last Sunday, the College of Charleston women’s basketball team faced off against conference foe Drexel University. From the opening tip-off, the competition was fierce. The players, the cheerleaders and even the media members all felt the intensity. I felt the need to mention the cheerleaders in particular, as I even witnessed one girl rise high…
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Southbound’s Uncommon Access
With only a few days left to see the Halsey Institute’s Southbound exhibit, it’s no surprise that photographers have come together one last time to provide insight on seeing the world through a camera’s lens. “The Photographer and Uncommon Access: A Southbound Artists Panel” took place on February 23rd. Photography is often seen “as the…
