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Soles4Souls hosts shoe drive at C of C

Emily Wilson — 2011-03-31 14:56

If I could take a guess, I would say that almost every College of Charleston student currently has at least one pair of shoes he or she never wears. Maybe one day you’ll have that perfect occasion, but maybe not. Meanwhile, the shoes are occupying your precious storage space.Soles4Soles wants to take that burden off you. The charity organization collects shoes from footwear companies and individuals and distributes them to people in need all around the world. From March 30-April 8,...

Charleston reaches uncharted territory, against an old friend

By CHOPPER JOHNSON — 2011-03-23 09:50

The College of Charleston’s men’s basketball team will play Wichita State on Wednesday in the third round of the National Invitation Tournament, the deepest the Cougars have ever gone in the postseason.That’s the simple part. Now, it gets complicated.The Shockers (26-8, 14-4 Missouri Valley) are coached by Gregg Marshall, who was an assistant under legendary Cougars head coach John Kresse until 1996, and helped the Cougars to an at-large NCAA bid in 1994 and a pair of NCAA bids. Marshall honed...

Controversy brews, mostly online, around Student Government leadership paychecks

Tommy Werner — 2010-10-06 10:22

In the midst of The Social Network’s theatrical release, the drama of social networking has extended from the theatre screen to the computer screen of College of Charleston students. An unwinding of anonymous chats and enflamed blog posts has permeated the Student Government Association and brought strong opinions to light. Facts and fabrications have become intertwined in an almost overnight online war. On Sept. 23, SGA President Isaiah Nelson sat down to a meeting with first-year...

George Hynd's announcement of Auerbach appointment

Staff report — 2010-09-13 12:03

Dr. Michael Auerbach was announced as the new Dean of the School of Science and Mathematics Monday. Here is the full text of Provost Hynd's email to the faculty this morning.Dear Faculty, I am pleased to report that Dr. Michael Auerbach has been appointed as the new Dean of the School of Science and Mathematics at the College of Charleston. His appointment begins on November 1, 2010.Dr. Auerbach joins the College of Charleston after spending the past nine years with the Desert Research...

College announces Sept. 22 Jason Mraz concert

Geoff Yost — 2010-07-16 08:31

In an email to the student body Friday morning, the College of Charleston's Office of Student Life announced a concert from top-40 musician Jason Mraz. cisternyard.com first broke the story late Thursday on Twitter.The 8 p.m. concert will be held Sept. 22 at Carolina First Arena and is open to the public. The concert comes days after the popular musician performs at Chicago's Wrigley Field.A pre-sale for CofC students begins August 23 at the Arena box office. Student tickets are $20 if...

Summer internships still available for students

Michael Fabbrini — 2010-04-26 06:47

Many students like to test out what the work force is like early by completing an internship, and some majors even require one. It looks good on resumes and prepares students for the real world. The Career Center says students still have a chance to land summer 2010 internships. The Career Center is prepared to handle any and all types of internship-related issues. Eric Anderson, career advisor at the Center, gives some advice for students who find themselves in a bind. “You do see panicked...

Business school hosts football discussion

Brandon Walker — 2010-04-15 06:48

A football team at the College of Charleston may have always been a distant dream for students, but the School of Business Dean’s Student Forum examined the real possibility April 7. “Imagine It … College of Charleston Football: Should We or Shouldn’t we?” was the first installment of the Think Differently Forum Speaker series, which will continue every semester. The event was open to all students to discuss the benefits and disadvantages a football team would bring to the College. The panel...

Nationaal News

Lindsay Frost — 2010-04-15 06:53

Accounting scholarships available in South CarolinaThe South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants is currently accepting applications through June 1 for its 2010-2011 scholarship program. Last year, 18 students representing nine colleges and universities received $19,000 from SCACPA’s Educational Fund.Qualifications for the scholarship include South Carolina residency, status as a rising junior or senior majoring in accounting at a South Carolina college or university,...

R.E.A.C.H. program for disabled students to start in fall

Tom Jondahl — 2010-04-15 06:56

The R.E.A.C.H. (Realizing Educational and Career Hopes) program is starting during the fall semester to serve mild to moderately intellectually disabled students at the College. The College Transition Connection (CTC) is funding development of the program with financial support from the state of South Carolina. The four-year inclusive program is designed to provide students with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in the academic, residential, social and professional...

Racial campus hate crimes surge across America

Tim Barker - McClatchy Newspapers — 2010-04-15 06:54

It’s tempting to think of college campuses as islands of enlightenment, places where students embrace new ideas, people and cultures without the specter of hate hanging overhead.Tempting. But it’s not always the case, as demonstrated by events on campuses across the nation in recent months.There were cotton balls scattered outside the black cultural center at University of Missouri-Columbia. There have been racial slurs and a threat of lynching at St. Louis University. There was a swastika...

The gamepocalyspe is coming

Phoebe Schiff — 2010-04-15 07:12

An article that appeared on CNN.com last week about the future of technology featured the projection of game designer Jesse Schell that eventually there will be a “gamepocalypse,” meaning every aspect of our lives will be a game. It’s a rather radical idea, but considering the innovations and predictions mentioned, as well as the realistic analysis of our habits, it doesn’t seem so far-fetched.Consider the Wi-Fi enabled toothbrush that is currently in the works. Toothbrush makers...

Student federal aid overhaul passes in House

Walter Hamilton and Larry Gordon - McClatchy Newspapers — 2010-04-09 07:12

The federal government is moving toward the most sweeping overhaul of college financial aid in decades.The House of Representatives voted for the measure as part of its passage of health care legislation Sunday.Under the proposal, private lenders would no longer make federally subsidized student loans. Instead, the government would make all such loans itself, instead of only some as it does now.Eliminating the middleman would save the government an estimated $61 billion over the next decade....

Health care law affects students

Jason Parker & Geoff Yost — 2010-04-08 07:13

Two weeks ago Congress passed, and President Barack Obama subsequently signed into law, a bill designed to overhaul the health insurance industry. Most of the coverage of this law has focused on the politics of the passing; some have dealt with real world impacts; almost none have focused on the specific impacts to college students. Beyond politics, this law will directly impact college students. Major changesIn 2014, insurance companies will no longer use health status to determine insurance...

A response would be appreciated

Lindsay Frost — 2010-04-01 07:23

As a newspaper reporter, I deal with many different kinds of people on a daily basis. They range from the chatters who won’t shut up about a particular topic to the PR robots who practically read off of a pre-written script during an interview, making sure every word spoken makes their organization sound spectacular. These people are bearable when compared to the worst types of interviewees: the ones who ignore you completely, block you out and won’t answer you at all. Personally, I...

Burial site discovered below Cistern

Seymour Nipps — 2010-04-01 06:55

This article was published in the George Street Observer's April 1st edition. In case you didn't notice, it is an April Fools Joke. This story is entirely fictitious. We hope that you enjoyed it.The renovations students see on Randolph Hall and the Cistern are only the surface of recent developments in the center of the campus. Workers descended into the Cistern last week to check piping and found more than 20 skeletons decaying amidst the unused pipes.Joel Kimball was leading the team of...

New spring music is sprung

Chris Marchewka — 2010-04-01 07:17

Brooklyn’s MGMT began streaming their sophomore album “Congratulations” on whoismgmt.com a couple weeks ago after it leaked online. There was a lot of speculation as to what their new sound would be following the release of the album’s artwork, a cartoon cat surfing a wave, by Anthony Ausgang. After the first three tracks it is apparent that “Congratulations” isn’t the soundtrack to a day in the waves but a dive into the psychedelic pop found in the second half of their first full album “...

Students protest against Westboro Baptist Church

Lindsay Frost — 2010-04-01 07:03

Students spread messages of peace, love and unity during their counter-protest against Westboro Baptist Church March 23. Hundreds of students came out to support the cause while three Westboro Baptist Church members preached their anti-Semitic, anti-gay messages.“We are trying to diffuse the message of love and make sure hate falls to silent ears,” said counter-protest organizer Ross Kressel. Students quietly marched down Glebe Street to the Jewish Studies Center where the Westboro Baptist...

Fire-alarm pull lands Lodge resident in jail

Katie Orlando — 2010-03-25 07:22

While snow was coating the streets of Charleston Feb. 12, freshman John Bradford Cooper was getting ready to make an impulsive decision that he would be paying for long after the snow melted. While intoxicated, Cooper pulled a fire alarm in College Lodge, his residence hall. “I don’t even know why I did it. I was running around my dorm in an intoxicated state. I had this American flag tied around my back. I was completely out of it, and I pulled the fire alarm for no reason,” Cooper said. “It...

C of C hosts mental health monologues

2010-03-04 13:20

The Peer Counslers at C of C hosted student performers on Feb. 25 for the “Mental Health Monlogues: Erase the Stigma.” Students got a chance to watch their peers perform monologues and other acts about mental illnesses to create awareness.Students got a chance to hear the secret, provocative stories of current students and their struggles to overcome mental illness. Monologues were written by students and performed by student actors with original live music.The event was free, and free stress-...

Humanities committee brings book club to C of C

Emily Wilson — 2010-03-04 13:16

In celebration of Black History Month, the Humanities Committee of MUSC hosted its first monthly book club meeting at the Avery Research Center Feb. 24. This month’s book was “The Good Doctors” by Dr. John Dittmer, who is currently a history professor at DePauw University. Dittmer led the audience in a discussion and sold signed copies of his book. To begin the meeting, Dittmer gave a brief background of the struggle for social equality in health care during the civil rights movement. In his...

Put on the Red Light

Kristen Gehrman — 2010-03-04 13:31

Since the spring semester in Switzerland does not start until the very end of February, I’ve taken the opportunity to use my Eurorail pass to see a few legendary cities. And what city is more legendary for student travelers than Hot Damn Amsterdam? The great city of hash and hoes, books and bikes - a place where the weird take refuge and the normal seem almost anything but. In the company of my friend Michelle Strick, also a C of C student, I was content to walk...

Social media is not just networking

Maeve McKenna — 2010-03-04 13:24

Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. While some may say that Web 2.0 and social networking are the best ways to stay connected, they can also cause a lifetime of regret. Recently, U.S. Olympic snowboarder Scott Lago found himself headed home in the middle of the 2010 Winter Olympics. He left Vancouver, British Columbia, after racy photos were posted on the Internet of him and a woman partying after he won the bronze. The photos show Lago with a woman kneeling in front of him and...

The modern menu

Tommy Werner — 2010-02-25 13:20

The New York Times recently published an article about a national cooking trend: tweezers. Normally used for delicate surgeries that grant life to the human body, these tools have come into the avant-garde hands of chefs who use them to delicately craft dishes that grant life back to conventionalized taste buds. What was once too gossamer to realize is now on high-end plates. Micromanaged cooking marks an ideological shift for the chefs’ paintings. As disparate...

CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS

2010-02-24 17:18

Fire alarm pulledA fire alarm was pulled at George Street Apartments just after 3 a.m. Feb. 12, according to the police report. The Charleston Fire Department told police that there was no evidence of a fire. VandalismA Public Safety officer says he found graffiti in a McAlister Residence Hall elevator while on patrol Feb. 15. “You are what you is” was written in black letters about four inches tall by one and a half feet long, according to the police report. VandalismA Public Safety officer...

Washington Post correspondent speaks to C of C

Katie Orlando — 2010-02-24 17:14

A former Washington Post military correspondent answered the question on the mind of anyone considering the United States’ position in Iraq and Afghanistan, ‘how screwed are we?’ with a simple answer: screwed. Tom Ricks, author of “Fiasco” and “The Gamble” spoke to a packed Physicians Auditorium Feb. 18 about current U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ricks says he is more optimistic about Afghanistan than Iraq because Afghans have a sense of national identity. Afghans, Ricks said, also know...