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04.01.10

When does graffiti surpass common scribblings and scrawlings to become art? Eye Level Art begs the question with its latest installation, Fused: A Showcase of Graffiti in Fine Art.

03.25.10

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.

03.06.10
Men's Basketball v. Chattanooga Mocs
03.04.10

There has been great debate recently about repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy currently enforced in the military.

03.04.10

There has been great debate recently about repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy currently enforced in the military.

03.04.10

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.

02.24.10

The College of Charleston announced Feb. 16 that it will not purchase McLeod Plantation from the Historic Charleston Foundation.

02.24.10

The second annual Hilton Head Art Festival will be held May 29-30 at the Shelter Cove Harbor. This year’s festival will include a mix of today’s top artists in paintings, life-size sculptures, photography, glass, wood, jewelry, collage and ceramics.

02.24.10

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.

02.18.10

The College of Charleston men’s basketball team will travel to Fairfax, Va., to take on George Mason of the Colonial Athletic Association in the ESPN BracketBuster game Feb. 20 at the Patriot Center. The game will air at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.

02.18.10

Even though the United States has built its reputation as a powerhouse, even the most powerful countries experience hardship.  In an attempt to revive the economy, the U.S. government has implemented Keynesian economics, which basically pumps money into the system to stimulate the market.

02.16.10

The College of Charleston Foundation announced today that it is withdrawing from the proposed purchase of McLeod Plantation from the Historic Charleston Foundation.

02.12.10

Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried and local autistic 7-year-old Braeden Reed charmed audiences in “Dear John,” but Charleston proved to steal the show.

02.12.10

Yes, the College of Charleston is a predominantly Caucasian, Southern college. Walking around campus, the majority of students I pass on a regular basis are Caucasian and, quite frankly, female.

02.12.10

The College’s School of Business welcomed the first of many speakers in this semester’s BB&T Free Market Process series to the Wachovia Auditorium Feb. 2.

02.12.10

The College’s School of Business welcomed the first of many speakers in this semester’s BB&T Free Market Process series to the Wachovia Auditorium Feb. 2.

02.03.10

Google.com is a multi-billion dollar corporation that sprung out of nowhere and became both a tightly packaged conglomeration technology and a capillary-like network lighting the international stage. There are versions of Google in German, Estonian and Swahili among other internationally spoken languages, and there’s even a language tool for all the “pirates” in the world.

01.14.10

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - “Teachers open the door,” goes the old Chinese proverb. “You enter by yourself.”More and more these days, opened doors are at U.S. universities, and Chinese students are pouring through.This year, more than 98,200 Chinese graduate and undergraduate students were enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities, an increase of about 20 percent from 2008.Experts attribute it to several factors, not least China’s emphasis on academic achievement and the esteem with which the Asian giant holds American higher education.

11.19.09

The College is celebrating this week with a number of events throughout campus, including a poverty simulation, movie screening, lecture series and volunteer community service. 

11.15.09

The events that transpired at the Vue in West Ashley on Halloween night have come under scrutiny by disappointed attendees.  The criticisms, and justification for those criticisms, go beyond what would be expected when nearly 1,000 people attend a concert.

10.22.09
On Oct. 14 the president’s office hosted an open forum for all faculty and students to listen to the potential provost speak. Applications have been received, and the forum was a chance for faculty to respond to the candidate. George Hynd, the potential provost candidate, is the current senior provost director at Arizona State University and has won numerous awards in the psychology field. Hynd spoke to the forum about the evolution of the liberal arts college and changes in the past decade.
09.27.09
Gay rights have been a controversial topic in the United States for many years. The lesbian, gay and transsexual (LBGT) community has battled issues from equal employment opportunity to marriage rights in the U.S. since a German immigrant founded the Society for Human Rights in 1924.