The College of Charleston, a breeding ground for Mono and the Flu, has a new illness to add to its petri dish, a medieval one to be exact. Mumps is a contagious virus whose symptoms include fever, muscle aches and swelling of the salivary glands. It typically takes between 16 and 18 days for symptoms…
On Thursday, Nov. 21 College of Charleston’s all girl a cappella group, The AcaBelles, held their annual fall concert. Being the last concert of the semester The AcaBelles finished strong with renditions of popular songs like Survivor by Destiny’s Child, Titanium by David Guetta and I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and Ocean…
On October 11th, 2019, Jane Fonda and a group of 15 other individuals were arrested following a climate change protest on the steps of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.. Charges of “obstructing public building entrances” landed a misdemeanor on Fonda’s record. However, this was not the first time that Fonda was charged and taken into…
According to an update from the College of Charleston’s President Andrew Hsu, the College has now confirmed 43 cases of mumps on campus since the first outbreak in late Sept. Although most of these cases are no longer contagious, it is important that all students take measures to prevent further spread of the disease. The…
Juli Briskman, a 52 year old Viriginian, was elected as the supervisory-elect for the Algonkian District on November 5th, 2019. Briskman first became famous in 2017, as the cyclist who flipped off President Trump’s motorcade as he left his golf course in Potomac Falls, VA. After telling her boss at the government contracting firm where…
On Wednesday, Nov. 6 South Carolina resident and restaurant owner Bobby Paul Edwards was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to enslaving Christopher Smith, a black man with an intellectual disability for five years. Smith worked for Edwards at his restaurant in Conway, South Carolina and was forced to work upwards of…
Charleston Miracle’s first push day is coming up tomorrow, and their executive board has planned a ‘CORAL Cart Clash’ on Tuesday, November 12th, to raise money. A push day is a day full of fundraising activities to try and collect a significant amount of money in a short amount of time. Charleston Miracle’s goal for…
In a country known for its crystal clear lakes, Canada, making more than a few negative headlines this year, has found that over a third of its tested drinking and cooking water is contaminated with lead. It was not Canada that uncovered the crisis, but rather a team of over 100 investigative journalists from across…
According to an update from the College of Charleston, as of Thursday Oct. 31 there are 18 confirmed cases of Mumps on campus; seven of which have been diagnosed and confirmed in the past week. As of right now “the vast majority of these cases are no longer infectious,” according to the update released by…
How exactly do you find the words to include in a goodbye letter to your favorite people and second home? If you know, feel free to share. I could spend hours recounting memories over the last three years, 40 pages worth of stories about CisternYard but instead I’ll let the organization do the talking for…
Here in the Holy City, ghosts and tourists aren’t the only things that riddle the streets and buildings. Dangerous amounts of lead paint, asbestos and mold hide and seep through the walls of century old structures. The Calhoun Annex, located at 172 Calhoun St., is the home of the Chapel Theater. The building also holds…
Nearly one hundred years ago Mayor Henry Laurens Pinckney offered a gold coin to anyone in the area who could fix Charleston’s drainage problem. No one could, and evidently, no one can. The coastal city is no stranger to the sea level rise and coastal flooding that most cities are now facing. Charleston sits between…