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  • About CisternYard

    CisternYard.com is the flagship online product of the Cougar Media Network. The site features student created news and entertainment content from the College of Charleston's student media office, the Cougar Media Network. The Cougar Media Network is comprised of four student media organizations on campus. Each group offers unique ways for students to become involved, meet people from diverse backgrounds, and gain practical media training. Content is featured from The George Street Observer, CofCRadio, and Cougar Television. The Miscellany art and literary magazine is also part of the Cougar Media Network.

  • Anti-Skateboarding Law Absurd

    College of Charleston students get around in different ways, skateboarding being one of them. Skateboarding has been a popular mode of transportation for many students. What these skate boarders did not know is that skateboarding in downtown Charleston was and is illegal and has been fined up to $1,082.

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  • Baseball sweeps Georgia Southern with 11-8 victory

    Five different College of Charleston batters hit home runs, including a three-run blast by sophomore right fielder Thomas Brittle in a five-run fourth inning, as the Cougars swept visiting Georgia Southern with an 11-8 victory March 4 at Patriots Point. C of C improves to 23-7 overall and 8-4 in the Southern Conference, while the Eagles fall to 15-14, 7-5 in the SoCon.

  • Letter to the Editor

    On Feb. 18, you published an article entitled “If your vagina could talk, what would it say?” It discussed the most recent production of “The Vagina Monologues” but unfortunately was riddled with mistakes and was an insult to those of us who take the show and its purpose so seriously.

  • Panhellenic Council rushing sorority rush

    C of C sororities have traditionally recruited freshmen and newly interested girls the first week of school. For the fall of 2010, however, the Panhellenic Council is moving recruitment up a week, beginning before classes start. The council is effectively inconveniencing the entire campus, especially existing members and freshman girls.

  • After hazing allegations, fraternity charter revoked

    On Oct. 5, the charter of the CofC chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon was revoked after organizing and participating in hazing activities.

    The national SigEp board of directors voted unanimously to revoke the S.C. Zeta chapter charter after an anonymous call was made to their national hazing prevention hotline.

    The fraternity is no longer recognized as a student organization on campus. The fraternity must vacate their house at 107 Wentworth St. by Oct. 29.

  • Live every week like it’s Fashion Week

    Charleston Fashion Week has come and gone, but the shows, the sights, and the sounds of the whirlwind week are still lingering in many of our minds. And most importantly, the innovations of the brilliant and diverse Emerging and Featured Designers will reverberate in our heads as we dress ourselves this season.

  • “Pulsera” premieres tonight

    Chances are you’ve seen someone sporting a colorful hand-woven bracelet or have bought one yourself from the Pulsera Project. Yes, you know that your purchase is helping some kids somewhere (and looks great with your tan), but now you can learn exactly where your bracelet came from and where your money is going with tonight’s premiere of “Pulsera.”Two C of C juniors, Tom Laffay and Chris Howell, wrote, directed and produced the documentary, premiering April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Education Center room 118.

  • “We Are Family”

    When a show starts off with a bodacious drag queen performing “Big, Blonde, and Beautiful” and “Bootylicious” with gyrations that put Beyonce herself to shame, you know it’s going to be good.On April 8, Physicians Auditorium was the backdrop for “We Are Family,” an LGBT talent show that its coordinator, junior Jonathan Greene, hopes to make an annual event.The show united C of C’s large but scattered LGBT community for a lineup that included talent from the College and special guests.