College of Charleston News Stories

March 2004

3/31/04

Charleston Post and Courier

'It's beautiful, and it needs to be burned regularly'

"These are spectacular communities. Their diversity is fantastic. It's beautiful, and it needs to be burned regularly," said Jean Everett, College of Charleston biology instructor.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/033104/loc_31wildside.shtml

3/30/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C offers brochure for Spanish speakers

The College of Charleston has announced First Look, a Spanish-language admissions brochure.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/033004/sch_30fyi.shtml

3/30/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C student pianist to play Kennedy Center

College of Charleston junior and jazz pianist Conor Heffernan recently auditioned and was accepted to "Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead" program for 2004.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/033004/sch_30achiever.shtml

3/28/04

Charleston Post and Courier

'Oklahoma!' opens Thursday at College of Charleston

"The subjects this musical encompasses are not unlike topics that dominate modern movies and television shows: murder, arson, jealousy," says Robert Ivey, director of the show that opens Thursday at the College of Charleston.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/032804/art_28okla3.shtml

3/28/04

The State Newspaper

Tenenbaum’s gay stance riles many

“If you’re running as a Democrat in South Carolina, you must disassociate yourself from the national party and run as a South Carolina Democrat,” says College of Charleston analyst Bill Moore. “You must stake out a more middle ground.”

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/8295871.htm

3/28/04

Charleston Post and Courier

ABC will put Janet on delay

Regular folks will applaud any government move to curtail indecency, said Doug Ferguson, chairman of the College of Charleston Communications Department. "There are some circumstances where you are led to believe you are watching something family friendly and then somebody says something that causes you to blush. It's the blush factor. You don't know that it's coming. If you're listening to Howard Stern you know what you're tuned into."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/032804/fin_28findlay.shtml

3/25/04

Miami Herald

College in Charleston, S.C., Names New Dean of Business School

The College of Charleston announced Tuesday that Robert Pitts, head of the business college at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., will replace Clarence "Chip" Condon III as dean of the School of Business and Economics July 1.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8267385.htm

3/24/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C names Pitts business school dean

The College of Charleston announced Tuesday that Robert Pitts, head of the business college at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., will replace Clarence "Chip" Condon III as dean of the School of Business and Economics July 1.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/032404/bus_24pitts.shtml

3/20/04

Newsday

Dogs most varied mammals

Nearly 400 genetic defects and diseases have been described in dogs, according to Norine Noonan, dean of sciences and mathematics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and a basset hound breeder.

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsdog0321,0,3986003.story?coll=ny-health-headlines

3/17/04

Georgetown Times

Research at Hobcaw to help get funding

Courtney Smith and Tim Weldon, seniors at the College of Charleston, have measured and drawn, to scale, the outbuildings of Friendfield Village at Hobcaw Barony.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11131633&BRD=2081&PAG=461&dept_id=385210&rfi=6

3/16/04

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Show Features Art From Secretive Groups

You don't need to know a secret handshake or remember a password to enter the College of Charleston's Halsey Gallery. But what is inside offers a fascinating glimpse of various fraternal groups, such as the Freemasons and Odd Fellows, who have long held ceremonies in secret.

http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/ap/ap_story.html/Entertainment/AP.V2700.AP-Unseen-Art.html

3/16/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C students winners in state piano competition

College of Charleston piano students Bernard Krafsig and Giuliana Contreras were among the three winners at the Arthur Fraser Piano Competition recently held at the University of South Carolina. Both are students of Enrique Graf, College of Charleston associate professor of music and artist-in-residence.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/031604/sch_16achiever.shtml

3/16/04

Charleston Post and Courier

YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING WHEN:

Hundreds of people gather to hear Italian poetry. The College of Charleston's "The Waters of Hermes: A Festival of Italian Poetry and Esoteric Studies" will be held March 25 and 26 at Physicians Auditorium.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/031604/loc_16gmlc.shtml

3/14/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Former death row inmates to share their stories at C of C

Hobley and Shujaa Graham, another former inmate later cleared of a crime that put him on death row, will share their stories Tuesday night at the College of Charleston.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/031404/loc_14death.shtml

3/14/04

The State Newspaper

‘For love of family and love of country’

“Beasley brought his party down in the midst of economic prosperity,” said College of Charleston political science professor Bill Moore. “And he’s perceived as the person responsible for it. His political career is over.”

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/8182710.htm

3/13/04

Myrtle Beach Sun News

State's schools air safety concerns

"It seems sometimes that the student starts college as a freshman with the intent of 10 percent study and 90 percent having a good time," said Donald Cronin, public safety chief at the College of Charleston. "We want to educate; and sometimes, they're not paying attention."

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/8177679.htm

3/12/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C instructor witnessed destruction on way to airport

Celeste Lacroix was on a bus heading into the city about the time of the explosions. A College of Charleston assistant professor of communication, she was on her way to the airport to return to Charleston after six weeks of teaching at the college's study-abroad campus in Trujillo. No one seemed to know what had happened, Lacroix said, but the unusually heavy traffic, police and helicopters pointed to something bad.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/031204/loc_12bombs.shtml

3/11/04

Charleston Post and Courier

WORSHIPPING OUR ANCESTORS

College of Charleston School of the Arts' 7th Annual Charleston Antiques Symposium runs March 17-21 (starts next Wednesday!) with scholars, collectors and other experts focusing on "Charleston, the South and the Caribbean Connection."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/031104/loc_11gmlc.shtml

3/10/04

The State Newspaper

S.C. climate, coastline draws retirees

"The whole country's getting older, but they're coming to South Carolina because we've got good weather and moderate housing costs," said College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner. Also, South Carolina has more space for people trying to avoid congested metropolitan areas, Hefner said.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/8144838.htm

3/10/04

Charleston Post and Courier

IRISH IN CHARLESTON

Anthropologist Dee Dee Joyce, who teaches at the College of Charleston, will lecture on "The Irish in Charleston: Irish Laborers and Their Move Into the Confederacy" on Monday night at 7 at Karpeles Manuscript Library (68 Spring St.). It's presented by the Charleston Historical Society at Our Favorite Price.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/031004/loc_10gmlc.shtml

3/8/04

Charleston Post and Courier

CEO PROFILE

Name: Leo I. Higdon, Jr.

Title: President, College of Charleston

http://www.charleston.net/stories/030804/bus_08ceo.shtml

3/8/04

Charleston Regional Business Journal

Tate Center taking aim at high school dropout rate

Along with local members of the business and education communities, John Clarkin, Ph.D, assistant professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and director of the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Charleston, is planning to establish a local NFTE “university” that will offer an accredited training program designed to furnish teachers with the skills to teach such business concepts as venture capital and supply and demand.

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/issues/10_6/news/3257-1.html

3/7/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Business backgrounds dominate S.C. Legislature

Jack Bass, professor of humanities and social sciences at the College of Charleston and an expert in South Carolina politics, said businesspeople tend to have a narrower focus than lawyers.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/030704/sta_07bizlege.shtml

3/7/04

The Oregonian

E-mail from the great beyond

"There may be some merit in it for some individuals to get closure on one's life," says George Dickinson, a sociology professor at the College of Charleston, S.C., and an expert on death and dying.

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1078318879116670.xml

3/7/04

Charleston Post and Courier

UNSUNG HEROES

Part of Ijuana Gadsden's job is to help College of Charleston students in trouble. Sometimes a student's needs are dire, and that's when Gadsden shines. But ask her about it, and she'll tell you it's nothing.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/030704/loc_07unsung.shtml

3/6/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Volunteers aim to give area clean sweep

The College of Charleston Equestrian Team removed such advertisement stickers from public property along King from Calhoun Street to Broad Street and back to Meeting Street as part of the 2004 Clean Cities Sweep.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/030604/loc_06clean.shtml

3/4/04

Athens Banner-Herald

UGA losing administrator

The date is etched in Victor Wilson's memory - Sept. 10, 2003 - the Wednesday he applied to be the College of Charleston's senior vice president of student affairs.

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/030404/uga_20040304083.shtml

3/3/04

Savannah Morning News

College of Charleston hosts online chat

The College of Charleston admissions office is inviting students interested in applying to speak with an admissions representative from 7 to 9 p.m. March 9 online.

http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/030304/LOCeducationbrfs.shtml

3/2/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C sets online chat for transfer students

The College of Charleston admissions office invites students interested in applying to the college to speak with an admissions representative online from 7 to 9 p.m. March 9.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/030204/sch_02fyi.shtml

3/1/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Early city architecture seen as both classical, original

If you listen to author and researcher Gene Waddell, the answer to both questions seems to be a resounding yes. Waddell, the College of Charleston's archivist of special collections, recently completed a book that has been decades in the works: "Charleston Architecture 1670-1860."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/030104/beh_01archcol.shtml