College of Charleston News Stories

September 2004

 

 

9/30/04

The State Newspaper

New DeMint ad attacks TenenbaumÕs record as education chief

ÒThis is designed to shift the issue and the momentum,Ó said Jamie McKown, a communications professor at the College of Charleston. McKown, a Democrat, is studying campaign ads from across the country this election season.

 

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/9795707.htm

 

 

9/28/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

DeMint, Tenenbaum to square off in debate

The two will face off at 7 p.m. inside Alumni Hall on the campus of the College of Charleston in what will be the first of six televised debates. The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area and the College of Charleston, will be aired live on the S.C. Educational Television Network.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092804/loc_28lobriefs.shtml

 

 

9/28/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

REVISITING COLUMBUS:

 

That is what the College of Charleston is doing with its "Columbus Day Revisited: First Contact and Its Legacy" film and lecture series, focusing on Native Americans and their interaction with the first European colonizers.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092804/loc_28gmlc.shtml

 

 

9/27/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

ON THE ROAD

 

College of Charleston Adjunct professor and downtown resident Gregory Eck is a bit skeptical of the city's plan. He says reverting to the two-way traffic pattern used in the 1960s seems illogical, given that traffic is heavier now than it was back then.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092704/loc_27traffic.shtml

 

 

9/27/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Kerry backer Aghapour faces uphill battle

 

Bill Moore, a College of Charleston political scientist, said campaign finance laws limit both Bush and Kerry to spending $75 million, a figure that doesn't amount to much in a national campaign.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092704/loc_27prez.shtml

 

 

9/26/04

 

The State Newspaper

How should we be taxed?

ÒItÕs not as loony an idea as it sounds,Ó said Frank Hefner, an economist at the College of Charleston who mentioned it in his graduate thesis 20 years ago.

 

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9759857.htm

 

 

9/26/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Photo exhibit at Halsey makes environmental plea

 

"No Man's Land," a current exhibition at the Halsey Gallery at the College of Charleston, consists of three contemporary photographers exploring the delicate balance between man and the natural landscape around the globe.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092604/art_26fraser.shtml

 

 

9/26/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Safety of low-carb diet for diabetics unclear

 

Marketing to people with a specific disease is a relatively new trend, but industry watchers expect that as the baby boomers age, the practice will become increasingly common. For people who feel isolated or constrained by their condition, as diabetics on strict diets often do, the ads could be extremely persuasive, said Elena Strauman, an associate professor in the department of communication at the College of Charleston.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092604/loc_27diabetic.shtml

 

 

9/26/04

 

Richmond Times-Dispatch

 

HEATER: Kingdom of Earth

 

Eventually Patton landed in South Carolina, teaching acting and theater history at the College of Charleston and serving as executive director of Beaufort Marine Institute. That's when the Piersols began calling.

 

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031778105230&path=!flair!ae&s=1045855936372

 

 

9/26/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Chamber ensemble embraces spirituals for arts concert

Trevor Weston, assistant professor of African-American music, music theory and composition at the College of Charleston, is looking forward to the concert."I think it's a wonderful idea," Weston said, "because one, they're all talented musicians. It's a great benefit for the city of Charleston to have performances by these individuals. We need interesting programming.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092604/art_26chamber.shtml

 

 

9/26/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Local station gets calls about CBS debacle

 

Doug Ferguson, College of Charleston Department of Communications chairman, said the CBS News story is a serious issue for network affiliates. An industry newsletter reported last Wednesday that several affiliates received a flood of negative calls about Rather and CBS News.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092604/art_26rather.shtml

 

 

9/24/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

HAITI

 

College of Charleston Communications Museum is midway through a lecture and film series about Haiti, organized by C of C graduate Karen Moldovan. The last film in the series, "They Call Me Dog," a docudrama about Haitian children, will be shown and discussed Oct. 7, 6 p.m. at the Education Center, Room 118, 25 St. Philip St., at Our Favorite Price.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092404/loc_24gmlc.shtml

 

 

9/23/04

 

Greenville News

A story you never knew

Chris Lamb, a newspaper sports columnist in 1993 at Daytona Beach, Fla., knew all of this, or thought he knew the Jackie Robinson story, when he heard someone at the paper mention Robinson really got his start in Daytona Beach in 1946.

"I thought every city had its urban legends, and I figured that was one of them," said Lamb, now an associate professor of media studies at the College of Charleston. "I just started looking around, asking questions, and one thing led to another."

http://greenvilleonline.com/news/sports/2004/09/23/2004092339846.htm

 

 

9/23/04

 

Charleston Regional Business Journal

 

College of Charleston welcomes new business dean

 

Dr. Robert Pitts is proud of the School of Busi­ness and Economics at the College of Charles­ton. In fact, the ­programs were one of the main reasons Pitts relocated to Charles­ton to become the schoolÕs new dean.

 

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/10_20/news/3847-1.html

 

 

9/23/04

 

News & Observer

 

Edwards hasn't given up on Republican South Carolina

 

Edwards, who was born in Seneca, put a lot into South Carolina's presidential primary in February, and his victory in that state extended his candidacy. So he may be acknowledging what the state did for him politically, said Jack Bass, an expert in Southern politics at the College of Charleston.

 

http://newsobserver.com/news/story/1664129p-7897341c.html

 

 

9/22/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Choose wisely (Letter to the Editor)

 

It is certainly admirable that students at the College of Charleston are being urged to not only register to vote but to actually vote their choice in the upcoming election. I would hope that Bruce Dyjack, associate director of Student Life, as well as Jamie McKown, a visiting professor in the college's Communication Department, will take one step further and urge students to become familiar with the current platforms of each presidential candidate before making a voting decision.

 

http://charleston.net/stories/092204/let_22letters.shtml

 

 

9/22/04

In These Times

Desperately Seeking the Senate

Even if Democrats succeed at winning the Senate, it will not result in a long-term and coherent strategy to build a national party and will only slightly advance a progressive agenda. Both goals require much long-term effort, especially in the South, where defeat often has been self-fulfilling, says College of Charleston professor Jack Bass.

 

http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/1089/

 

 

9/22/04

 

The State Newspaper

DeMint on defensive about sales tax idea

Though TenenbaumÕs campaign defends the ongoing attacks on DeMint, Moore, the College of Charleston political scientist, called it a non-issue.

 

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/9726506.htm

 

 

9/21/04

 

Miami Herald

EPA Seeking New Yucca Radiation Standard

A panel member, Norine Noonan, dean of the School of Science and Mathematics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, asked whether EPA might assume a standard based on risk that was envisioned in the 1995 National Academy study. Holmstead said it was an option on the table with others.

 

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9715796.htm?1c

 

 

9/21/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Tax idea drives senate race

 

"If I were Inez, I would ride that horse forever," said College of Charleston political scientist Bill Moore. "It (the sales tax proposal) doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell."

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092104/sta_21salestax.shtml

 

 

9/20/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Pushing disability issues

 

Candidates may be leery of showing their hands on this subject because it singly could win or lose votes, according to Jamie McKown, a professor with the College of Charleston's communication department who has more than a decade's experience studying and working on political campaigns.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092004/loc_20disable.shtml

 

 

9/20/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Environmental group key player in sales tax debate

College of Charleston political science professor Bill Moore said that's a liability. "I think the main drawback in terms of the proposal is the lack of specifics," he said. "It does not have specifics in terms of how that money will be spent."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092004/loc_20halfcent.shtml

 

 

9/20/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Tenenbaum bucking strong political tide in the South

 

Heading toward Nov. 2, Democrats in the South are at a disadvantage as they run in a region that's again likely to go overwhelmingly for Bush, making their campaign strategies nearly identical, said College of Charleston political scientist Bill Moore. "They run emphasizing their roots in the state," he said, which leads to "disassociating himself or herself from the national Democratic Party."

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092004/sta_20senate.shtml

 

 

9/20/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

CAPTIVE TRAINING

 

The College of Charleston will host a certification course for those wanting to know more about and possibly work in South Carolina's emerging captive insurance industry.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092004/bus_20finance.shtml

 

 

9/20/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

Facing the truth

Linda Lindroth, the sole health educator at the College of Charleston, says there is "tremendous ignorance" about STDs.  "This is the generation that has grown up with HIV, and they are aware of condom use, but not a whole lot more," says Lindroth, who arranges programs on an array of health topics for the school with 8,000 undergraduate students. "People aren't aware of the other STDs and the fact that they can affect you your whole life."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/092004/sci_20std.shtml

 

 

9/19/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

MAPPING PORTS'

 

"Mapping Ports: An Artist's Journey" is the title of a lecture by artist Arturo Lindsay to be given at 4 p.m. Friday in Room 309 at the Halsey Gallery in the College of Charleston's Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St. It is free and open to the public.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091904/ash_19artsa.shtml

 

 

9/19/04

The State Newspaper

DemintÕs plan would tax poor, retirees

Frank Hefner, economist at the College of Charleston, said some topics are better left to debate in the classroom.

 

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/columnists/lee_bandy/9699555.htm

 

 

9/19/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

SAT no guarantee of ability

For decades, Clemson held that No. 1 public-college spot until the College of Charleston seized it last year. An 88-point boost in the College's average over the past decade has vaulted it not just to the top in this state, but into rather exclusive company nationwide.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091904/woo_19wooten.shtml

 

 

9/18/04

Staten Island Advance

Former Islander Virginia Friedman wins Emmy

The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards air tomorrow, but one native Staten Islander is already basking in the glow of her gold statue -- having garnered this year's prestigious award for a 30-minute documentary recounting the lives of Holocaust survivors.

Virginia Tormey Friedman, formerly of Grant City, was awarded an Emmy for her film, "For Every Person There Is A Name," which she both directed and co-produced.

http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1095513458179460.xml

 

 

9/18/04

 

Charlotte Observer

S.C. scientists trawl for DNA

It's a base for researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina, the College of Charleston, the state DNR, NOAA and the federal National Institute of Standards and Technology.

 

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/business/9695954.htm?1c

 

 

9/17/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

SO MUCH TO DO, SO LITTLE TIME

 

Thursday, the College of Charleston's Communications Museum continues its series on "Haiti: Slavery, Struggle, and Survival: 200 Years and Beyond" with the 1998 documentary film "Dreams of Democracy." Education Center, Room 118, 25 St. Philip St., 6 p.m.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091704/loc_17gmlc.shtml

 

 

9/15/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

GOOD MORNING LOWCOUNTRY

 

The League of Women Voters invites you to a panel discussion on the role of women in politics next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the College of Charleston's Education Center (Room 118).

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091504/loc_15gmlc.shtml

 

 

9/14/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

North Park Village being transformed

 

To help prepare residents for the possibility of home ownership, the housing authority has joined with the College of Charleston's Riley Institute for Public Affairs and Policy Studies to provide job and credit counseling.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091404/loc_14housing.shtml

 

 

9/14/04

 

Rock Hill Herald Online

 

Bad side' not always source of worst weather

 

73 mph, winds are not certain to be stronger in any quadrant because often the storms are not fully formed, said Lee Lindner, a College of Charleston atmospheric physics professor.

 

http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/3815817p-3417633c.html

 

 

9/14/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

TRYING TO REASON WITH HURRICANE SEASON

 

The Lowcountry knows that victims of hurricanes Charley and Frances are in dire straits and has sent help. To the list of Lowcountry citizens in sympathy with Floridians, add the College of Charleston.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091404/loc_14gmlc.shtml

 

 

9/14/04

 

Greenville News

 

Political sign ban likely wouldnÕt hold up

 

College of Charleston political scientist Jeri Cabot ran up against the sign ordinance in Mount PleasantÕs Longpoint subdivision earlier this year when her daughter put a Howard Dean for President sign in their front yard.

 

http://www.thestate.com/mld/state/news/local/9657309.htm

 

 

9/13/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

C of C President Higdon joins board of troubled HealthSouth

In its effort to return from the brink of destruction, troubled Alabama-based hospital company HealthSouth is turning to none other than the Lowcountry's own Lee Higdon. The president of the College of Charleston recently was named to HealthSouth's board of directors. Higdon was named to the board with another academic: John E. Maupin, president and CEO of Meharry Medical College in Nashville.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091304/bus_13health.shtml

 

9/13/04

Durham Herald-Sun

Lectures

Dale Rosengarten. "A Call for Candlesticks: What We Can Learn from Stories and Things." The curator of the Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston will explore regional and historical dimensions of Southern Jewish material culture. 5:30 p.m.

http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-521517.html

 

9/13/04

Charleston Post and Courier

'Bad side' of a storm not always most damaging

Whether storms pass on one side or the other -- as a tropical storm with Charleston on the "bad side" or possibly a hurricane with Charleston on the "good side," makes more than a little difference, said Laney Mills, College of Charleston physics professor.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091304/loc_13winds.shtml

 

9/13/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Saving historic Sullivan's Island from its own popularity

The College of Charleston's fall lecture series continues Thursday with architect Robert J. Hotes of Dan Peter Kopple Associates in Philadelphia.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091304/beh_13archcol.shtml

 

9/13/04

University Business

Help students now--while they're still in school--to improve their marketability (editorial)

Lee Higdon is president of the College of Charleston (SC).

http://www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?p=619

 

9/13/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Front-yard political battles

Mount Pleasant resident Jeri Cabot, a student adviser and political scientist at the College of Charleston, first bumped into the covenant restriction issue during the Democratic presidential primary in February. Her daughter wanted to display a Howard Dean sign in their yard. The covenant for the Longpoint subdivision prohibited it.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091304/loc_13signs.shtml

 

9/12/04

Charleston Post and Courier

Falstaff makes 'Merry'

The drama department at the College of Charleston has been continuing its project of producing all the Shakespeare plays. Exactly how many Shakespeare actually wrote, in whole or in part, is a matter of dispute. The general estimate is 37, and since the college averages about two per year, you can see that this is a huge investment in work, both on the part of the college and on the public. Some of us older people in the audience will probably have departed the planet before the project reaches its end. Still, this slow but constant supply of Shakespearean amusement will do until flights of angels eventually sing us to our own rest.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/091204/jon_12jones.shtml

 

9/12/04

 

The State Newspaper

Mother left few traces of life

Marilyn Thompson, the former Washington Post editor who pursued the Thurmond rumors for more than two decades and finally revealed WilliamsÕ story in December, and College of Charleston professor Jack Bass are updating their 1998 biography, ÒOlÕ Strom.Ó (Thompson is now a vice president and editor at the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader.) The 78-year-old Williams is telling her story in a biography to be published in late January. It will detail her long and cordial relationship with the late senator.

 

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/9649137.htm

 

 

9/12/04

 

Charlotte Observer

She who guards

Her works are archived in one of the Lowcountry's most important repositories of African American history, the College of Charleston's Avery Research Center.

 

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/living/9643353.htm?1c

 

 

9/11/04

Philadelphia Inquirer

Political ad hints at issue of religion

ÒI think it was designed to identify her as a Protestant,Ó said College of Charleston political science professor Bill Moore. ÒItÕs a way to appeal to the conservative constituents in the state.Ó

 

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9635799.htm

 

 

9/10/04

 

Acadiana Times

 

In search of history

 

ÒEffects of the Civil Rights Era on Higher EducationÓ with Melissa Kean, Rice University; Amy Thompson McCandless, College of Charleston; Clarence Mohr, University of South Alabama; and Gordon Harvey, UL Monroe.

 

http://www.acadiananow.com/news/html/25686721-FA6B-4355-82F6-FBA785F785DA.shtml

 

 

9/9/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

INTERTWINED

 

Tonight, the Stono Rebellion will be noted by activist and College of Charleston Communications Museum coordinator Karen Moldovan to introduce a film called "Bitter Cane," a secretly filmed 1983 documentary about the semi-feudal agricultural system in place in Haiti.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/090904/loc_09gmlc.shtml

 

 

9/9/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

'Knowledge-based' indicator unveiled

 

Frank Hefner, an economics professor at the College of Charleston, said the survey will help to redefine what the service sector means in

the modern working world.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/090904/bus_09census.shtml

 

 

9/9/04

 

Atlanta 11 Alive

 

Is the South in Play in 2004?

 

Jack Bass, a political scientist at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, believes the Democrats have a chance in the Carolinas.

 

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=51198

 

 

9/9/04

 

Charleston Post and Courier

 

HEGEMONY

 

They were Angolan. Historians now believe at least some were Catholic, said Bernard Powers, College of Charleston history professor, and fled to escape not only slavery but the Protestantism of their owners.

 

http://www.charleston.net/stories/090904/loc_09gmlc.shtml

 

 

9/9/04

 

Charleston City Paper

 

The Aesthetics of Dread

 

This month the College of CharlestonÕs Halsey Gallery presents No Man¹s Land, an exhibit of concerned photography. The photos are striking, profound, and, at times, lushly beautiful. But they all depict different forms of environmental degradation, subjects like a nuclear test site, a toxic dry lakebed, a used tire yard. The Halsey more often features emerging artists, but David Maisel, Edward Burtynsky, and Emmet Gowin are well-established and famous photographers.