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…
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…
In celebration of Black History Month, the Asian Student Association here at the College of Charleston hosted an event this past Thursday in the Multicultural Center conference room. The event, Hot Noodles Hot Topics, served up not only deliciously spicy noodles but the riveting discourse on Asian’s roles in hip hop, black culture and cultural…
The Southbound Project, which is currently on display in the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and The City Gallery at Waterfront Park, is the largest showcase of photographs from the twenty-first century which capture the new American south. As a supplement to the exhibit, the curators of Southbound, Mark Sloan, director and chief curator of…
To commemorate Black History Month this year, the College of Charleston’s African American Studies Program is hosting “Afrofuturism On Film.” Specifically, the film festival focuses on artistic portrayal of the future with respect to African culture, a style known as Afrofuturism. The genre importantly highlights black artists who are rarely included in more mainstream sci-fi…
Cougar Spirit Week 2019! It came, and like the holiday season, it put a little bit of the warm and fuzzies in all of our hearts. Unlike the holiday season, it didn’t get me out of taking my Spanish test, but that’s neither here nor there. Being a freshman here I can’t really compare it…
Our individual health is an essential part of our existence, no one argues that. The arguments of today focus on the best ways of maintaining quality and universality while maintaining low prices. Our current system needs to change, we have a poorly mixed system of private and governmental healthcare. Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris announced in…
Despite being a relatively young club, the Asian Student Association threw a tremendously fun and informative Lunar New Year celebration last Thursday in the Stern Ballroom. For those of you who do not know, the Chinese Lunar New Year is a celebration of the New Year from the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The celebration lasts…
The following is a letter from SGA President Tripp Keeffe updating the campus community on the proceedings of the weekly SGA Senate Session Dear Cougars, The Senate held its fourth session of this semester last Tuesday, Feb. 5. This week’s session was quite vibrant with four allocation bills, six new club bills, and a club…
The College of Charleston’s Black Student Union hosted its second annual fashion show commemorating Black History Month on Saturday, Feb. 9. The show kicked off just after 7:00 p.m. in a full fourth floor ballroom of The College’s Stern Student Center. Vanity Reid Deterville delivered the show’s opening remarks after a brief DJ Scrib performance….
After a greeting of golden balloons and music pulsating through human-sized speakers, it’s no secret that this year’s pep rally was one to remember. A smiling Johnsie,one of Liberty’s most enthusiastic dining hall employees checked in students while waving one of the numerous pom-poms scattered across the hall. Johnsie was not the only smiling representative…
Comic cons. The epitome of nerd culture. The only places where people can walk around dressed in orange martial arts gi’s, robot costumes and two-foot-long plastic horns and call other people weirdos for not doing it. There are several major comic cons all over the country including famous ones in San Diego, New York, and…