College
of Charleston News Stories
August 2005
August
31, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
House
of 1,000 Corpses
One thing
is certain: the CofC Shakespeare Project’s current production is an exciting
one. And this is a production where the design elements are at least as good as
the acting, if not on a higher level. Rarely do you see the technical aspects
of a production synthesize so well.
Excellent sound design by Mark Landis keeps a creepy ambience running like a
trickle of blood throughout the entire play. Quiet, discreetly haunting music
underlies a scene and then builds to a dramatic crescendo. The music starts
while the house lights are still up, creating an effectively uncomfortable
atmosphere as people feel sucked into the performance. (The characters on the
Chapel Theatre stage often address the audience as fellow Romans, asking for
their support or opinion.) We hear gongs clanging, swords slashing, and, I
could swear, blood splashing as well, on what could almost be used as a Halloween
sound effects CD.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=47079&action=detail&catID=1254&parentID=1254
August
31, 2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
S.C. Democrats lost without Tenenbaum
Experts stop short of
declaring the party dead, but they don't hold out much hope for recovery any
time soon.
"The outlook
certainly is not bright," says College of Charleston political scientist
Bill Moore.
When one looks down the
road, things don't look that promising for the Democrats. They have no
reserves. In fact, they have no starting lineup to speak of. The bench is
empty. And they have no star. Tenenbaum was it.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/opinion/12520489.htm
August
31, 2005
The
State Newspaper
WHAT S.C. SCHOOLS EXPECT ON THE SAT
While the average SAT score in South Carolina is 993 in
2005, both public and private colleges in the state typically seek higher
scores.
Clemson University
1205 average
University of South Carolina
1060-1240
Furman University
1220-1360
College of Charleston
1100-1240
Coker College
1050 average
Presbyterian College
1040-1240
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/12519672.htm
August 30,
2005
Charlotte
Observer
Worries this school year
Sam Spence, 19, College of Charleston, Charleston,
S.C.: As I and millions of students nationwide return to school,
many thoughts rush into my head. While I will be a sophomore in college, my
sisters will be a freshman and senior in high school. My biggest concerns after
getting moved in and unpacked are beginning the semester solidly so as to not
fall behind right away, and prioritizing my days effectively to minimize later
stress and to save time for myself. Being at college does present opportunities
and temptations different from those encountered in high school, but with the
right blend of self-accountability and character, one can have fun without
befalling the consequences of reckless behavior.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/12514504.htm
August
29, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
The pound takes a
pounding
Kids who
used to be handed rulers have been taught metrics for two decades; it's second
nature to them. Frysinger, who teaches physics at the College of Charleston,
used to give his introductory class students a choice: Measure in standard and
metrics or just metrics. He quit asking.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=38114§ion=localnews
August
29, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Fire on C of C
building's roof sends plume of smoke into sky
A large tar kettle left
on the roof of the College of Charleston's Harry M. Lightsey Center somehow
ignited at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, sending a cloud of smoke over one of the
city's busiest blocks, fire officials said.
Workers have been
repairing the roof of the building that houses the College of Charleston's
bookstore and apparently left a barrel of tar behind, with a spreading mop
leaning against it, O'Donald said. No one was on the roof at the time.
"It was just scary,
really," O'Donald said.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=38099§ion=localnews
August
28, 2005
Charlotte
Observer
The
State Newspaper
Dems face dark future as party's lone
star fades
Experts stop short of
declaring the party dead, but they don't hold out much hope for recovery any
time soon.
"The outlook
certainly is not bright," says College of Charleston political scientist
Bill Moore.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/south_carolina/counties/york/12496958.htm
August
27, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
College book costs
soaring
Earlier this week, Amanda
and Becky Nace hit the College of Charleston Bookstore to pick up the required
reading for their fall classes. A few minutes later, they walked out with a
half-dozen books and a credit card slip for $448.
Walking along Calhoun
Street, Amanda held the books while Becky called Dad.
"We need money in
our account," Amanda, a senior from New Jersey, said. "This card has
a $500 limit."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37781§ion=localnews
August 25,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Avery
Research Center receives $250,000
Two foundations have
awarded $250,000 to the Avery Research Center for African American History and
Culture at the College of Charleston.
The Gaylord and Dorothy
Donnelley Foundation in Chicago gave $200,000 to help it finish a three-year
project of cataloging its collection.
The center will use the
money to hire additional staff, expedite processing and publish a guide for
researching resources relating to black history and culture.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37490§ion=localnews\
August
25, 2005
Greenville News
Washington Times
Baseball changed forever when Robinson stepped up
(Editorial)
Chris Lamb is associate professor of communication at the
College of Charleston and the author of the book "Blackout: The Untold
Story of Jackie Robinson and Baseball's First Spring Training." Dr. Lamb
can be reached at lambc@cofc.edu.
August
25, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Blurred
Reality
Faye Steuer, College of
Charleston professor of psychology, has for several years studied the effects
of television on children and has tracked families who choose not to have
televisions in their homes.
She is not a fan of
reality TV, either, but has watched a smattering of shows to try to keep up
with current trends.
"I've tried to watch
them, but I just can't stand them," she says. "I find them
intolerable. I can't let the channel rest there for five minutes."
Steuer says there are
many reasons parents should ban their children from watching these shows.
"Generally, people
learn from television," she says. "There was some research years ago
that showed if children thought what they saw on television was real, they were
more influenced by it.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37566§ion=familylife
August
25, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
C of C
radio to go back on the air after major upgrade
That's no minor
improvement as far as [Dan Gamble] is concerned. Making the station's music
library easily available to dozens of volunteer DJs, in the broadcast booth and
in preview stations where they can prepare for their shows, is a big step.
The station's most vexing
problem has yet to be resolved. Thanks in part to deregulation of the radio
industry, WCOC has never been able to get an FM broadcast license, not even an
educational one, because all the available frequencies have been sold.
Consequently, WCOC has
turned its focus to the Internet. WCOC has been offering its programming online
as streaming audio since 2000 (at www.cofc radio.com), and thanks to the boom
in broadband Internet access, the technology is beginning to mature.
August
25, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Back to school (profile)
TOM HERRION
OCCUPATION: Head coach, College of Charleston
men's basketball team
ALMA MATER: Merrimack College, North Andover,
Mass.
MAJOR: Psychology
GPA: "Um, the amnesia's setting
in. Let's just say I was a solid student."
GRADUATED IN?: "Miraculously, just four
years."
ADVICE TO INCOMING
FRESHMEN:
"Simply go in with an open mind because we all think we know what we want
to major in. ... I'm a perfect example, I changed majors three times. Go in
with your eyes wide open, enjoy the process and be flexible."
CRAZIEST COLLEGE
EXPERIENCE: "That's
a tough answer for me because all my kids are going to read the paper, and I
will become the biggest hypocrite in the world." Pleading the Fifth. Very
savvy, coach.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37547§ion=preview
August
25, 2005
Charleston Post and Courier
Horrors abound in
Shakespeare's 'Titus' at C of C
The
College of Charleston's Shakespeare Project presented "Titus
Andronicus" Wednesday night at the Chapel Theatre, a too-intimate setting
for such a grisly melodrama.
One of Shakespeare's
earlier plays, "Titus" follows the pattern of other late 16th century
revenge plays of sudden death and ferocious vengeance, such as Thomas Kyd's
"The Spanish Tragedy." Popular in its day, "Titus" is
strong material, even compared with today's horror and slasher films.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37527§ion=localnews
August
24, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
Unscripted
HBO’s
2004 film Iron Jawed Angels told the story of brave suffragettes in a fierce
battle for the 19th Amendment, which eventually gave them the right to vote. In
Charleston, three sisters faced similar battles. In honor of Women’s Equality
Day on August 25, Anita, Carrie, and Mabel Pollitzer are being celebrated in
The Pollitzer Sisters: Charleston’s Own Iron Jawed Angels, a dramatic reading
hosted by the College of Charleston’s Women’s Studies Department and the
Charleston Center for Women. Anita Pollitzer was a member of the National
Women’s Party and was a key figure in the amendment’s ratification. Mabel was a
driving force behind the coeducation of the College of Charleston, and Carrie
was instrumental in opening the first public library in Charleston in a time
when women were strongly discouraged from becoming public figures.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=46949&action=detail&catID=10153&parentID=1254
August
24, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
Jack
Bass on the Record
Jack Bass is at the top
of his game, taking a recent turn on C-SPAN 2, where he spoke about his latest
book, Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond.
It’s the seventh volume Bass has authored or co-authored (this one with veteran
journalist Marilyn Thompson), and he shows no signs of slowing down.
I talked to Bass recently
and felt right at home in his cluttered office with papers piled high around
his computer and on the floor around his chair.
An Orangeburg County
native, Bass has spent his professional life unraveling the politics, culture,
and psyche of the South, first as a journalist, now as an author and professor
of communications in the Humanities Department at the College of Charleston.
All of his books have dealt with the theme of the South in transition,
including one on the Orangeburg Massacre and now two on Thurmond. In the works
is an updated and expanded edition of his classic work from 1972, Porgy Comes
Home, which he will co-author with CofC historian Scott Poole.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=46956&action=detail&catID=1253&parentID=1253
August
24, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
Sturm
und Drang in Drag
The fall
performing arts season’s first offering this year arrived — as it does
every year — with the College of Charleston’s annual Shakespeare Project,
which last week opened The Tempest at Emmett Robinson Theatre (followed by
Titus Andronicus at the Chapel Theatre this week). CofC’s Tempest maintains the
tradition of The Shakespeare Project approaching works from an angle, but in
this case the angle ends up hindering the production.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=46946&action=detail&catID=1254&parentID=1254
August
24, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
The
Art of Noise
Beginning
Wednesday and continuing through most of September, the College of Charleston’s
Addlestone Library will host a massive multimedia exhibit dedicated to the
life, works, and influence of Arnold Schoenberg. The exhibit, on loan from the
Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, Austria, until recently was on view at
Arizona State University, and will travel from here to Washington, D.C., where
it will take up temporary residence at the Austrian Embassy. In the meantime,
it will be on view to all comers in the rotunda at the Addlestone Library until
September 26, when its visit will end with an all- Schoenberg concert from
professor Douglas Ashley, a music faculty member who’s largely responsible for
bringing the exhibit — and Dr. Christian Meyer, director of the
Schoenberg Center — to Charleston. The concert will also feature Deanna
McBroom, Lee-Chin Siow, and Robin Zemp, and Viennese baritone Benno Schollum
will perform with the support of the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=46945&action=detail&catID=1254&parentID=1254
August
24, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
Drawing
Room
The flooding that hit
downtown last week during Wednesday’s downpour was a pain in the ass for anyone
in an automobile, but for Halsey Gallery exhibiting artist Sara Frankel, those
overflowing drains doubtless provided a welcome source of inspiration for her
next piece. Water is a recurring motif in her recent work, with figures
floating in a fluid limbo awash with significant meaning.
Frankel is one of two
College of Charleston School of the Arts assistant professors of drawing
providing work for a new Halsey Gallery show starting this month. Although she
joined the College in an additional post created in fall 2003, she appears
under a New Faculty banner with fellow faculty member and exhibiting artist
Kara Hammond, here since August 2004 in the retired John Michel’s stead.
“The water’s about a
state of mind,” says Frankel. “The figures are deep in contemplation, floating,
as if they’re in another world. Some of them are children, in which case the
water’s about a pubescent state, a crossing over into adulthood.” The artist
cites her move to Charleston as another reason for the ongoing theme. After
being landlocked for many years, most recently in Worcester, Mass., she finds
herself affected by her environment.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=46944&action=detail&catID=1254&parentID=1254
August
23, 2005
The Oregonian
Etiquette
lessons? Yes, please
Many colleges and universities are offering seminars
and workshops on the art of dining and other niceties of etiquette so that
students can be more presentable and competitive in the job market. The College
of Charleston in
South Carolina offers seminars like "First Impressions" and
"Power Etiquette."
August
23, 2005
Charlotte
Observer
Would you join the military?
Sam Spence, 19, College of Charleston: While
serving is admirable, the prospect of having a few months of training before
being sent overseas is a little more than overwhelming. To increase enlistment
rates, a more optimistic mood surrounding the military and its duties is needed
to raise the morale of potential recruits. Regardless of the opinion of
military service, for many it is an impractical alternative to more promising
and secure careers.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/12450699.htm
August 22, 2005
Charleston Regional
Business Journal
Communications, business majors top list for
college students
The department of communication will begin the fall
semester with at least 550 communications majors but by the end of the spring
term that number will have likely increased to about 850, says chairman Brian
McGee.
Between the 1999-2000 school years and 2003-2004
term, the number of communication degrees awarded has increased 37%, from 250
to 344.
Within the communications department, the most
popular area of concentration is corporate and organization communication.
“That can be used in a variety of careers,” McGee
says. “From public relations to sales and marketing or management.”
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/11_17/news/4718-1.html
August
22, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
S.C. colleges earn high
marks (Editorial)
But
USC isn't the only state school getting strong national marks. The U.S. News
& World Report guide ranked The Citadel No. 2 and the College of Charleston
No. 4 among "public universities" (schools offering masters but not
doctorates) in the South, Clemson No. 34 and USC No. 52 among "national
universities" (schools offering doctorates), and Clemson's undergraduate
engineering program No. 57 among schools (public and private) with doctoral
programs.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37217§ion=editorials
August
21, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
America's not perfect,
but there's plenty to love
In Charleston's Muslim
community, there is a sort of ambivalence when it comes to the so-called
tolerance directed toward Muslims. Abdul Aziz, a business professor at the
College of Charleston, offered a mixed reaction when told about the Pew poll
results.
"It's very
good," he said. "But it's surprising, and at the same time, not
surprising."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37061§ion=faithvalues
August
21, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Intelligent design
A few blocks away at the
College of Charleston, Rob Dillon has taught biology for 15 years. Evolution is
among his research interests.
You'll also find him
Sundays at First (Scots) Presbyterian, where he sings in the choir.
They are, to him,
separate domains. Science aims to figure out how the natural world works, not
whether God created it.
"Science and
religion are two different ways of looking at the world," Dillon insists.
"I have no problem confessing God the Father created heaven and Earth. But
I don't favor taking it to the second floor of the Science Center."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37057§ion=faithvalues
August
21, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
In annual ritual,
college students launch their invasion of downtown
They're
back! College of Charles-ton students, that is, and their arrival sparked the
usual blend of anxiety, anticipation and teary-eyed parents Saturday in front
of campus dormitories downtown.
Some upperclassmen moved
back to campus last weekend, but the big freshmen move-in hit its stride
Saturday. By the end of the weekend, some 2,837 students will have returned to
college housing, 2,000 of whom are incoming freshmen. They'll settle in with
the help of their parents and friends, setting up their miniature homes away
from home in time for the Tuesday start of the 2005 fall semester.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=37021§ion=localnews
August 20
, 2005
Atlanta Journal
Constitution
Sales of Boortz book spike as interest in fair tax
increases
Michael Morgan, a professor of economics at the College of
Charleston, also is there for the event. He often listens to Boortz's show and
favors some kind of change in the nation's tax system, but he says, "I
wouldn't base any conclusion just on what's in this book."
Still, Morgan says he's not uneasy about potentially
far-reaching tax reform being championed by a radio talk show host.
"Why not?"
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0805/20boortz.html
August
20, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Coastal quirks make
weather a crazy patchwork
"You're
just creating a thunderstorm factory," said Jim Frysinger, a College of
Charleston lecturer who has studied sea breezes. "You can look at the radar
and see a line of thunderstorms inland parallel to the coast."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=36902§ion=localnews
August
19, 2005
The State
Newspaper
Longtime congressman had progressive
streak
You don’t see the blatant appeals to race; it’s much more
subtle,” College of Charleston professor Bill Moore says. “Southern politicians
today equate crime with minorities, equate welfare reform with minorities,
equate affirmative action with minorities, and equate an inferior education
with minorities.”
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/12421152.htm
August
18, 2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Colleges promote alcohol education
The College of Charleston
requires all incoming freshmen to take AlcoholEdu, a three-hour online workshop
offered by Outside the Classroom Inc.
This marks the second
year that the college has had all its incoming freshmen take the course. Previously, the course had been
required for students who were disciplined for alcohol abuse.
"The program has
been very well-received by college administrators, parents, students and health
educators," said Jeri Cabot, the College of Charleston's dean of students.
Last year, there was a 5
percent decrease in binge drinking at the college, said Elizabeth Walker, a
substance-abuse official.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/12411820.htm
August
18, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
LECTURE
SEASON OPENS
The
return of college students means more to the Lowcountry than traffic jams. It
means free lectures that are open to all. "Jeopardy" phenom Ken
Jennings will talk Tuesday night at 8 in Sottile Theatre at College of
Charleston, and "Saturday Night Live" cast member Finesse Mitchell
will do standup there Wednesday night at 8.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=36662§ion=localnews
August
17, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
Yo!
Unwraps New Space
Six months ago, Nick
Powers was practically despondent. Forced to close his Yo Burrito! restaurant
at the corner of Wentworth and St. Philip streets, he was losing money like an
over-stuffed burrito oozes sour cream.
Since April of 2002,
Powers has been in a constant battle with the College of Charleston, which had
purchased the building his eatery was located in. Using the state power of
“eminent domain,” the college severed Powers’ lease several years early in
order to convert the building into a new home for its School of Education.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=46771&action=detail&catID=1252&parentID=1252
August
16, 2005
The
State Newspaper
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
GIs came home and pushed South Carolina
toward change
One of the leaders for
change was Strom Thurmond, a decorated war hero, said Jack Bass, a biographer
of the late senator.
Among the planks in
Thurmond’s 1946 gubernatorial campaign platform were calls to end the poll tax
and to create a state minimum wage, stronger child-labor laws and the current
system of county governments, said Bass, a professor of humanities and social
sciences at the College of Charleston.
Thurmond, who later
became the nation’s longest-serving senator, also advocated free textbooks,
federal aid for education and better schools to raise the literacy rate among
the state’s black residents, Bass said.
Thurmond’s education
plans were aimed at correcting problems that showed up during World War II’s
military draft.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/12393094.htm
August
16, 2005
The
State Newspaper
Saving the stories of the struggle for
equality
In 2003, Marvin Lare
thought he had retired. When a friend asked about his plans, Lare joked that he
would spend a third of his time reading, a third gardening, a third writing and
a third traveling.
“He went right past the
joke to ‘What are you going to write?’ ” Lare recalls.
Driving home, “thinking
and reflecting,” Lare pulled onto the emergency lane of the interstate and
wrote down “anthology of civil rights in South Carolina.”
Lare realized this was turning into an oral-history
project. Students from Furman, USC-Columbia, USC-Aiken and the College of
Charleston joined the effort, doing interviews.
Saunders was interviewed
by Felice Knight, a graduate student at the College of Charleston and a
Charleston native. Knight has completed 10 interviews.
“I’ve observed a strong
legacy of African-American history here, and whenever I get an opportunity, I
jump at the chance to learn more,” she says.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/living/12390047.htm
August
16, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Local reaction mixed as
Gaza pullout starts
Not everyone thinks the
withdrawal is motivated solely by politics. John Creed, a College of Charleston
political science professor, said leaving Gaza has much more to do with the
logistics of maintaining relatively small Jewish settlements in an area that's
mostly Palestinian.
Israeli leaders have
described the presence of a few thousand Jews among 1.3 million Palestinians as
an unwanted and untenable security risk.
"I'm not so sure how
much of an olive branch this is," Creed said. "The Sharon government
has a vision of what a final settlement with the Palestinians will look like.
It will never include Gaza."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=36450§ion=localnews
August
15, 2005
Hilton
Head Island Packet
Spartanburg
Herald Journal
Greenville
News
Colleges promote alcohol
education
COLUMBIA,
S.C. (AP) - As college students head back to school, they prepare by buying
books and setting up dorm rooms. But now, for many students, that preparation
includes learning how to deal with alcohol use on campus.
There are about 1,400
alcohol-related deaths each year among college students, according to the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
As a
result, some universities are requiring their students to take alcohol
education courses before they arrive on campus.
The College of Charleston
requires all incoming freshmen to take AlcoholEdu, a three-hour online workshop
offered by Outside the Classroom Inc.
This marks the second
year that the college has had all its incoming freshmen take the course.
Previously, the course had been required for students who were disciplined for
alcohol abuse.
"The program has
been very well-received by college administrators, parents, students and health
educators," said Jeri Cabot, the College of Charleston's dean of students.
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/regional/story/5102811p-4646964c.html
August
15, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
College to crunch
numbers that track performance of tourism businesses
The College
of Charleston is gaining momentum in its push to track Charleston's major
tourism metrics starting in January.
In May, the college inked
a $40,000-a-year deal with the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
to measure performance at area hotels, including occupancy rates, average daily
rates, revenue per available room and future bookings. The job had long been
the province of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.
The college just hired a
post-doc from Cornell University to head research and it's on the hunt for
someone to handle industry-outreach. Last week, John Crotts, director of the
college's hospitality department, met with CVB backers, mostly hotels,
attractions and restaurants, and walked them through how to use the new system,
which will require local businesses to log onto a database every week and enter
their numbers. The college's computer science department is putting the final
tweaks on the software this month.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=36370§ion=businessreview
August
15, 2005
The
State Newspaper
Colleges promote alcohol education
Before Destiny Lantz goes to the College of Charleston
later this week, she will have to buy things for her apartment, meet her
roommates, read “River Town” by Peter Hessler and take an alcohol education
course.
The College of Charleston
is requiring all incoming freshmen to take AlcoholEdu, a three-hour online
workshop offered by Outside the Classroom Inc.
This is the second year
the college has had its incoming freshmen take the course. Previously, the
school required the course for students disciplined for alcohol abuse.
“The program has been
very well-received by college administrators, parents, students and health
educators,” said Jeri Cabot, the college’s dean of students.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/12385472.htm
August
14, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
A comedy and a tragedy
The
College of Charleston's Shakespeare Festival starts this week and things are
looking good. Everything is in place for the plays in this year's series,
"The Tempest" and "Titus Andronicus."
William Shakespeare
himself would probably be proud of what professors Evan Parry and Todd
McNerney, co-founders of the festival in 1997, have put together for the 2005
edition.
Parry is directing
"The Tempest" while Wayne Wilson leads the way for "Titus
Andronicus." McNerney chairs the theater department in the college's
School of the Arts.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=36230§ion=artstravel
August
14, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Unsung hero
Though
she's busy teaching college English courses, Caroline Hunt still finds time for
a pet project. Hunt puts smiles on faces and hope in hearts when she brings her
5-year-old German shepherd, Sabrina, to visit patients and medical staff at
hospitals in Charleston and West Ashley.
About 20 people who train
animals together are involved in three tri-county-area pet therapy programs,
Hunt said. Hunt got involved about 10 years ago and has not only seen her dogs
bring joy to the faces of the sick but has seen lives changed by furry encounters.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=36173§ion=localnews
August
14, 2005
New York Times
A Minder to Mind Your Manners
Many
colleges and universities are offering seminars and workshops on the art of
dining and other niceties of etiquette so that students can be more
presentable, and competitive, in the labor market. The College of Charleston in
South Carolina offers seminars like "First Impressions" and "Power
Etiquette."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/fashion/sundaystyles/14ETIQUETTE.html?pagewanted=print
August
14, 2005
The
State Newspaper
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Charlotte
Observer
Wilson’s guest raises eyebrows
“I don’t think it has any
significant liability for him. If it had, Wilson would have distanced himself
from DeLay,” said College of Charleston analyst Bill Moore.
“Joe is in a safe district.
Those who dislike Tom DeLay the most are obviously Democrats. I don’t see it
having any negative impact on Wilson.”
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/columnists/lee_bandy/12379290.htm
August
11, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Schoenberg
exhibit, concert set at C of C
Schoenberg's musical
works will be presented as part of the college's School of the Arts Monday
Night Concert Series on Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Simons Center
for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St. The exhibition is free, and admission to the
concert is $5 at the door.
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951) was a lifelong nonconformist as a person and artist. He transformed
music, art and philosophy with his sardonic humor and love of paradox. His
works were the topic of discussion and often heatedly debated in the cultural
capitals of Europe and the Americas during the World War I era and after.
August
11, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
Blood
& Magic
The
surest herald that the fall arts season is about to begin, though, comes from
the College of Charleston’s theatre department, whose annual Shakespeare
Project is dependably the first local producing organization to rouse itself
from summer slumber and dust off the seats. The nine-year-old brainchild of
longtime department faculty members Todd McNerney and Evan Parry, the
Shakespeare Project allows existing theatre students to work with CofC
instructors, as well as seasoned amateur and semi-professional actors, on some
of the world’s best works. Each fall they present a pair of plays in CofC’s two
theatre facilities — sometimes with a common theme, as often as not
without one, and without regard for popularity, IMDB movie version ranking, or
where they fall on the Olivier-Wells-Branagh Index.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=46701&action=detail&catID=1254&parentID=1254
August
10, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
The Evolution of Dorm
Decor
College housing officials
offer various reasons for the evolution of dorm decor from simple to
sophisticated.
For one, a wider variety
of products is available to today's students, said John Campbell, dean of
residence life and housing at the College of Charleston.
Electronics also have
become more affordable, he said, noting that a typical student's room might
have a laptop computer, a CD player, a TV and a video game station.
It's a far cry from
Campbell's college days.
"We came with a
radio, and we were happy," he said.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=35664§ion=business
August 8,
2005
Charleston Post and Courier
Education
Dennis Foster has been
promoted to director of physical plant for the College of Charleston.
Previously, Foster was deputy director of physical plant. Before joining the
college, Foster spent 26 years in the Navy in the Civil Engineer Corps.
August 8,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Charleston professors
study tombs of Egypt without leaving campus
Anyone seeking proof
about how the world is still shrinking should drop by the GIS Laboratory in
Room 116 of the College of Charleston's Hollings Science Center.
When Peter Piccione, Norm
Levine and Ken Fronabarger are inside playing with the center's computers, they
are manipulating geographic and satellite data to unravel secrets of some of
the world's oldest building sites.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=35430§ion=localnews
August 8,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
CANNON
STREET ALL-STARS
The College of Charleston's
Avery Research Center will welcome members of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Star
team Aug. 13 for a panel discussion on their history.
In 1955, the Cannon
Street All-Stars of Charleston won the state and regional Little League
tournaments by default. None of the 61 all-white Little League teams would play
the all-black team locally, statewide or regionally.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=35453§ion=localnews
August 7,
2005
C-Span
Strom:
The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond
Jack Bass
Strom
Thurmond began his career in public office in 1929, was the Dixiecrat candidate
for president in 1948, filibustered the 1957 Civil Rights Bill, and left the
Senate in 2003 at the age of 100. Mr. Thurmond's life is the topic of
"Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom
Thurmond," a new book by authors Jack Bass and Marilyn Thompson. In it,
the authors chronicle the historic events in Mr. Thurmond's life both
personally and professionally and the influence he had in American politics in
the south. Co-author Jack Bass spoke about the book at the Charleston Public
Library in Charleston, South Carolina.
http://www.booktv.org/PublicLives/index.asp?segID=6053&schedID=368
August 7,
2005
The
State Newspaper
GOP
sets its sights on ousting Tenenbaum
“If you were to put the
governor’s plans for education up against Tenenbaum’s, she’d have a distinct
advantage among the voters,” says College of Charleston analyst Bill Moore.
“Most families send their kids to public schools.
“If Republicans take a
position similar to Sanford’s on education, it will be a liability. It could
become an albatross around the neck of their candidate.”
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/columnists/lee_bandy/12322912.htm
August 5,
2005
Hilton
Head Island Packet
As an undergraduate in
anthropology at the College of Charleston, she worked on both 18th and 19th
century sites. At the Charleston Museum as a field and lab technician, she
conducted fieldwork at Willtown Plantation in Ravenel and at the gardens of 14
Legare St. in Charleston, as well as at other South Carolina sites.
http://www.islandpacket.com/features/story/5071419p-4622206c.html
August 3,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Noisette offers to pay
off debt
Arthur Felts, director of
the Riley Institute for Urban Affairs and Policy Studies at the College of
Charleston, said the issue boils down to where Noisette stands financially.
"That seems to be
what's lurking behind this all the time," he said. "They've been
fairly closed about that, whether they have enough backers in hand to proceed
with their plans for development or not."
"There's no question
there's a high frustration factor on everybody's part at this point," he
added.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=34814§ion=localnews
August 1,
2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Democrats may see fight for last pivotal
post
"If you were to put
the governor's plans for education up against Tenenbaum's, she'd have a
distinct advantage among the voters," College of Charleston analyst Bill
Moore says. "Most families send their kids to public schools.
"If Republicans take
a position similar to Sanford's on education, it will be a liability. It could
become an albatross around the neck of their candidate."
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/opinion/12274278.htm
August 1,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Sunny Rivers Green
enriches college as the anti-Cistern
Charleston's best new
public space has multiple fathers, three of whom served as president of the
College of Charleston.
It's called Rivers Green,
and it's a handsome mix of more than 100 trees, benches and a raised lawn
behind the college's new library.
Monica Scott, the
college's vice president of facilities planning, notes that DesignWorks' plan
-- particularly the terrace and moveable tables and chairs near Coming Street
-- is fashioned after Bryant Park, a well-known Manhattan park behind the New
York Public Library.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=34588§ion=localnews