College of Charleston News Stories

August 2004

8/31/04

Charleston Post and Courier

All public schools back on schedule

Water that flooded into the basement of the College of Charleston's library was pumped out by Monday afternoon, said spokesman Mike Robertson.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/083104/loc_31schools.shtml

8/30/04

The State Newspaper

S.C. delegates expecting week to be painless but busy

“We’re going up there to support the president. That’s the bottom line,” says 47-year-old College of Charleston professor Mark Hartley, a member of the state GOP executive committee.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9523843.htm

8/20/04

Charleston Post and Courier

School view, from Julia to Martha

There was a different domestic wonder when Chris Lamb was a freshman in 1976. "It was Julia Child. And we liked her," said Lamb, associate professor of media studies at the College of Charleston.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082904/loc_29list.shtml

8/29/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C Halsey Gallery to exhibit 'No Man's Land' photos

If you are not an environmentalist, you may become one after viewing a new, three-man exhibition at the College of Charleston.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082904/ash_29artsa.shtml

8/27/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Puppets, masks add drama to 'Winter's Tale'

In its eighth summer season, the College of Charleston's Shakespeare Project continues to challenge traditional theater conceptions and incorporate changes that offer a new and different perspective on the Bard.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082704/loc_27winter.shtml

8/26/04

Charleston Post and Courier

C of C professor meets famous Chinese director

For Dr. Alison T. Smith, unexpected good fortune came in the person of Chinese director Li Shaohong ("Baober in Love"), whom Smith chanced to meet on a recent trip to Beijing. Dr. Smith, an instructor in the College of Charleston French Department (she also teaches Spanish), wrote her dissertation on seminal filmmaker Luis Bunuel. Her encounter and conversation with Li, 47, was not directly related to her research.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082604/pre_26alison.shtml

8/26/04

Charleston Post and Courier

THE STARS IN OUR LIVES

The College of Charleston is looking for Lowcountry volunteers to count the stars in their lives... the ones is the sky, that is.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082604/loc_26gmlc.shtml

8/26/04

Hilton Head Island Packet

New bachelor's pad

The video shows interviews with local school district officials and business people who talk about the importance of a four-year institution to the area, she said.

It was produced internally with assistance from the College of Charleston.

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/3760948p-3367681c.html

8/25/04

Charleston City Paper

Winter of Our Discontent

So it is, unfortunately, with the Shakespeare Project’s version of The Winter’s Tale, in performance now at the College of Charleston’s Chapel Theatre through the end of the month. Poor staging, often mediocre (and sometimes dreadful) acting, and some questionable production choices combine to result in the kind of play that could easily convince an audience member who’s completely new to classical theatre to swear off Shakespeare for the rest of her life. Nobody doubts the sincerity of the intent here. It’s the execution that falters.

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/arts1.php

8/23/04

Charleston Post and Courier

CEO PROFILE

Name: Robert E. Pitts

Title: Dean, School of Business and Economics

Organization: College of Charleston

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082304/bus_23ceoprofile.shtml

8/23/04

Charleston Post and Courier

COLLEGE SEEKS SPONSOR

The College of Charleston is still awaiting final approval of the design for its new basketball arena, but it shouldn't have to wait long after that to attach a corporate name to the facility.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082304/bus_23review.shtml

8/22/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Ambitious projects under way at C of C

College of Charleston officials want students to have the best learning experience possible, and they're putting their money where their mission is.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082204/loc_22cofc1.shtml

8/22/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Beginning a life on their own

Patty Doane sat on a plastic storage tote at the corner of Calhoun and St. Philip streets Saturday, guarding the boxes and bags her daughter and husband were moving into Joe E. Berry Residence Hall at the College of Charleston.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/082204/loc_22movein.shtml

8/20/04

Innovations Report

Restoring Sweetgrass in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

In 2002, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) and the College of Charleston, with funding from the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, set up a study designed to involve basket makers in finding solutions for the scarcity of the native coastal plant. The findings are covered in a recent article in the journal Economic Botany.

http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/agrar_forstwissenschaften/bericht-32592.html

8/20/04

The State Newspaper

Tenenbaum attacks DeMint, who then calls for debates

Jamie McKown, who teaches political communication at the College of Charleston, said DeMint’s tax proposal and his challenge to debate the issue shows “DeMint isn’t going to sit back and coast on whatever kind of lead they think they may have.”

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/9447722.htm

8/18/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Candidates steering clear of survey about their views

"My guess is most of these guys have been told to just avoid these kinds of things," said Jack Bass, a College of Charleston political scientist. "No need to give your opponents ammunition."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/081904/sta_19smart.shtml

8/19/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Naming arenas a game of its own

The College of Charleston is still awaiting final approval of the design for its new basketball arena, but it shouldn't have to wait long after that to attach a corporate name to the facility.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/081904/bus_19naming.shtml

8/18/04

Charleston City Paper

Shaking It Up

The eighth annual CofC Shakespeare Project presents the perils and pitfalls of romance.

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/arts1.php

8/18/04

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

James Island (the town) set to sink again

"Personally, I support those who want self-determination," said Jane McCollough, island resident and director of urban studies at the College of Charleston. "But the professor in me, because of the fragmentation of services, thinks it does not serve all residents of James Island well."

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0804/18james.html

8/17/04

Nashville Business Journal

HealthSouth appoints two new board members

Birmingham-based HealthSouth Corp. has added two new members to its board of directors, Lee Higdon, 58, and John Maupin Jr., 57. The men also join the company's special committee. Higdon is president of the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Maupin is president and CEO of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.

http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2004/08/16/daily11.html

8/16/04

Greenville News

Four state schools make review's Top 20 lists

Four South Carolina schools – Clemson, Furman, Wofford College and the College of Charleston — make some of the Review's top 20 lists. The University of South Carolina is profiled in the book of the "Best 357 Colleges." The College of Charleston is 14th under the heading "great college town" and 19th for happiest students.

http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2004/08/16/2004081637193.htm

8/15/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Puppets, masks enhance 'Winter's Tale'

This venerable play may sound rather unorthodox because puppets and masks interact with human actors. However, when "The Winter's Tale" opens Wednesday, the College of Charleston's Shakespeare Project and theater department will take a chance, employing some of the stage tactics of the Broadway hit "The Lion King."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/081504/art_15cofc.shtml

8/13/04

Charleston Post and Courier

A letdown for college bookworms

College of Charleston students will have to wait another semester to use the new library on Calhoun Street. The Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library, a $25 million addition to the college, was supposed to be ready when students began their fall semester later this month.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/081304/loc_13library.shtml

8/12/04

Charleston City Paper

Picture This

It would seem, judging from Zender’s reaction, that the College of Charleston, which owns the museum, is having some internal growing pains. The college is struggling to adapt a college campus designed for half as many students who actually attend classes there. And part of how the school hopes to adapt is by making better use of its facilities through a master plan which President Lee Higdon unveiled in 2003.

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/city_beat.php

8/12/04

The State Newspaper

Presidential race quickens the pace of e-mail gags

Christopher Lamb, a communications professor at the College of Charleston and author of the upcoming “Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States” (Columbia University Press, October), sees the surge in e-humor as a sign of increasing hostility and anger about politics.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/living/9375033.htm

8/10/04

Hilton Head Island Packet

Meteor shower visible Wednesday

The Perseid meteor shower can be seen Wednesday night and Thursday morning with the highest meteor rates visible just before dawn Thursday, said College of Charleston astronomy professor Terry Richardson.

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/briefs/story/3737903p-3341566c.html

8/6/04

Charleston Post and Courier

IOP wave rider surfs into national spotlight

-Rising College of Charleston senior Charlie Guss got his first taste of surfing competitively at the state championship contest on Folly Beach as a young teen 10 years ago.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/080604/loc_06surf.shtml

8/5/04

Greenville News

Tourism in S.C. makes solid recovery

“Having a high visitation rate, it’s hard to get them back to the same attractions,” said John Crotts, director of the Hospitality and Tourism Management program at the College of Charleston.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/9322930.htm

8/5/04

Myrtle Beach Sun News

The REAL WORLD Grand Strand (rehearsal version)

Kyle Loftus, a recent graduate of the College of Charleston with a bachelor's degree in political science, lives in Surfside Beach but considers Myrtle Beach his real home. He's spending the summer working half-days alongside Myrtle Beach City Manager Tom Leath and Pedersen developing comparison studies and research.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/9323884.htm

8/4/04

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The mocking of a president 2004;
Cartoons, jokes, e-gags targeting Bush, Kerry pave the Internet road to the White House

Christopher Lamb, a communications professor at the College of Charleston and author of "Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States" (Columbia University Press, October 2004), sees the surge in e-humor as a sign of increasing hostility and anger about politics.

"I don't think it's going to change the outcome of the election," he says, "but humor colors image."

http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content/epaper/editions/wednesday/living_140166b3d03c42c900ee.html

8/4/04

The State Newspaper

Tenenbaum targets DeMint’s T-shirts

Most economists agree with DeMint, said College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner. Fewer restrictions mean goods are cheaper and more available. “Anyone who is against trade really is arguing we should pay higher taxes to subsidize someone’s job,” Hefner said.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9314457.htm

8/3/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Career, interrupted

John Clarkin sees a lot of recently displaced older workers in the workshops and programs he runs as head of the College of Charleston's Tate Center for Entrepreneurship.

"The days of going with a company like GE and staying there 30 years and getting your gold watch are gone," he said.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/080204/bus_02older.shtml

8/2/04

Charleston Post and Courier

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Dr. Rew A. "Skip" Godow has been named the new dean of the College of Charleston North Campus.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/080204/bus_02exec.shtml

8/1/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Bar is stage for season of daring plays

"Kimberly Akimbo" will be directed by Sarah Pavia, a College of Charleston theater graduate whose own original 10-minute play was selected as a finalist in the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/080104/art_01stag1452.shtml