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Politics with Pavlinec: Affirmative Action
Last month, the Trump administration prohibited Texas Tech Medical School from using affirmative action. Once again, our society faces the…
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The Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Back
Amidst cheering crowds and bright blue signs, Senator Bernie Sanders ascended the podium proudly at his March 14th rally in…
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Politics with Pavlinec: The Biden Predicament
Vice President Joe Biden’s recent conduct has drawn headlines, interviews and discussion to determine if his behavior with women is…
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Politics with Pavlinec: Affirmative Action
Last month, the Trump administration prohibited Texas Tech Medical School from using affirmative action. Once again, our society faces the issue of race-based admissions. The block on affirmative action stemmed from a 2004 complaint against the practice from The Center for Equal Opportunity. An investigation followed in 2005 from the Department of Education. Investigators then…
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An Interview with Yoshiki Chikuma: A Look at Music’s International Influence
Picture this: in the midst of pitch black, lights begin to twinkle. Projections begin to illuminate three human figures. The three begin to pose, then dance, then sing along to their music with perfectly choreographed moves. This is Perfume, a Japanese idol group, performing at the Cannes Lions film festival in 2013. It was this…
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Athletic Year In Review
With another academic year coming to an end means that another athletic year is as well. Here are the highlights and lowlights of the 2018-19 year in athletics. In basketball, the men’s team received their first home loss in almost two years this season against conference opponent, Drexel. The game went down to the wire…
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Cougars Baseball vs Dallas Baptist
This past weekend, the College of Charleston Baseball team faced off against the Dallas Baptist Patriots at home in a 3-game series. The Cougars would win the first game, 4-3. The guys grabbed the lead early, with 4 runs in the 2nd inning. Center fielder Chris Graham led the team with 2 RBIs from his…
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Delphine Minoui Gives Voice To The Voiceless
On April 9th, the College of Charleston hosted Delphine Minoui for a speech and book signing. As an international reporter committed to “giving a voice to the voiceless,” Minoui has written multiple books which take place in the Middle East, where she’s lived for much of her life. Her book, “I’m Writing You From Tehran,”…
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The Story of “Us”: Movie Review
“Mom, there’s a family in our driveway….and they want to kill us.” Jordan Peele’s newest horror film, Us, premiered on March 22nd this year. Much like his predecessor, Get Out, Peele’s second film has made a lasting impression on its audience and the horror genre as a whole. It has already become the third most…
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The Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Back
Amidst cheering crowds and bright blue signs, Senator Bernie Sanders ascended the podium proudly at his March 14th rally in the Royal Family Life Center in North Charleston. It’s been less than a month since the seventy-seven year-old senator announced his second candidacy for President of the United States. Senator Sanders first campaigned in 2016…
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Politics with Pavlinec: The Biden Predicament
Vice President Joe Biden’s recent conduct has drawn headlines, interviews and discussion to determine if his behavior with women is in the vein of borderline creepy, harmless and a product of a socially inept man, or a sign of a deeper problem that would damage his impending presidential race. The spark for this discussion comes…
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Come Check Out the College of Charleston Farmer’s Market!
Once a month, a portion of George Street closes down to accommodate the College’s first and only Farmer’s Market, orchestrated by CofC student Adelaide Bates. In coalition with the Office of Sustainability and CofC Dining Service, the Farmer’s Market provides fresh, local produce for purchase and includes tables to promote some of CofC’s programs…
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ExCEL Awards 2019
The Multicultural Student Programs and Services office honored 30 college community members last Wednesday during their annual ExCEL awards ceremony. The awards ceremony was held in the Stern Center ballroom on the fourth floor. The event was jam-packed as almost one hundred nominees, and their friends and loved ones filled up the ballroom. While the…
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Black History Month In Review
Black history Month, a time of celebration or controversy? The month of February has solemnly come to a close, and so goes this years celebrations of black history. This year’s black history month has been a rollercoaster. In fact, Don Lemon and Trevor Noah go as far as labeling February 2019 as “the worst Black…
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Boyscott: From Brainchild to Band
Boyscott is an alternative pop band that was born in Nashville and is now based in Connecticut. Despite beginning as a collection of bedroom recordings, their 2015 release, Goose Bumps, has garnered millions of Spotify streams and Bandcamp downloads. Over the past three years, the album has stayed fresh within a changing band lineup diversifying…