In The Yard
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The College: Ghosted?
The Cougars are down eight with five minutes left to go. Instead of making noise to give the basketball team…
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All the Small Things
What lens do you see the world around you through? How might your life be different if you were someone…
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Selective Attention
If you go on any social media platform, you’ll probably see at least one person with #freehongkong in their post. …
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Opinion: The Boy Scouts of American File for Bankruptcy After 300 Lawsuits
Warning: The following article includes topics of sexual assault that may be triggering for some readers This past week the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have been keeping their legal team busy after filing for bankruptcy. The BSA has been in headlines in the past decade for sexual assault allegations and lawsuits. Their poor transparency…
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Social Exhaustion Is Real
According to Christine Hammond, a Florida mental health counselor, three types of exhaustion exist: physical, mental and emotional. All three types are feelings people experience throughout their lives, however, there is another type of exhaustion that people experience— social exhaustion. Social exhaustion, a burnout feeling from spending too much time around people and not having…
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The Failure of American News
When trying to parse through the sludge known as the American news cycle, it can be hard to find something understandable, readable and maybe even relatable. Articles online feel so opinionated that they belong in your friend’s blog on Medium and not on the New York Times website. Objective reporting feels like a lost cause,…
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Cougars Get It Done On The Road
The College of Charleston Men’s Basketball team started their road trip Thursday, January 30 against conference foe James Madison University. The Cougars took a 87-68 victory in enemy territory. JMU kept it close in the first half, ending the half down by three. But in the second half, the Cougars ran the score up, preventing…
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Netflix Releases its Second Season of “Sex Education”
Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t started the show, go watch it, then read this. Netflix released its second season of “Sex Education” this January and fans are loving it. Season one left us with some cliff hangers over Otis and Ola v. Otis and Maeve. Season one sets up our story with Otis Millburn, a…
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Fat-Shaming 101: The Tiny Desk Dilemma
“I won’t fit in,” I thought to myself as I walked into the classroom. A nervous feeling washed over me as I stared at the numerous rows of tiny desks. I sized myself up to the desk and tried to fit all my voluptuous curves in the seat. I managed to squeeze into the desk…
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Avery Research Center Reopening
On Wednesday, January 15 the Avery Research Center held its grand reopening event. The Avery Research Center closed for the last two years, undergoing a $2.3 million renovation that included new HVAC, flooring and archival storage. The historic school, now preserves the roots of the African Diaspora in Charleston. “It is a fixture here in Charleston…
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Cougars Fall to UNCW
On January 25, the College of Charleston Men’s Basketball team squared off against conference rival, the University of North Carolina Wilmington, at home. The Seahawks came out on top in the battle against the Cougars, 72-70. It was a tight first half with both teams trading baskets back and forth, combatting everything they threw at…
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Forward is the Motion: The Harp and Hip-Hop Duo You Never Knew You Needed
An audience of art-lovers collected inside the Cannon Street Arts Center. The space was minimalist: a large open room with blank walls and a block of fifty chairs neatly placed at the center. All focus was streamlined to the dark harp silent upon the stage. Here, the evening of Friday Jan. 17th, Kuf Knotz &…
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The Low Country’s Motown History
Edisto’s own James Jamerson played bass on classics like “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Bernadette,” and more. Jamerson played with iconic Motown artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, and Smokey Robinson.
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Cuts and Conversations
On November 21, the College of Charleston’s Student Ambassadors, Office of Institutional Diversity and Multicultural Student Programs and Services partnered up with Cuts and Conversations to hold their second Cuts and Conversations event at the College of Charleston. The Cuts and Conversations organization was created by Dr. Jerez Mitchell and Dr. Warrnetta Mann back in…
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The College: Ghosted?
The Cougars are down eight with five minutes left to go. Instead of making noise to give the basketball team a boost to go on a run, the crowd is sparse. People are leaving. School spirit at the College is at an all time low. There’s no carpooling to soccer and baseball games in Mt….