College
of Charleston News Stories
November 2005
November 30, 2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
After all that, a trip
away from the coast, instead of to it, might look more appealing, said Steve
Litvin, a tourism professor at the College of Charleston.
"We [as travelers]
are weary," Litvin said, who was not involved in the hurricane impact
study. "People may simply begin to have 'hurricane-worry fatigue' and
might start thinking that a trip to the mountains for a change sounds very
attractive - and safe."
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/13289582.htm
November
30, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
HALSEY
SAYS HELL YEAH!
It seems
the newly christened Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is off to a smashing
start on its rebranding campaign and membership drive. At its busy Blue Moon
Bash on Fri., Nov. 18, director Mark Sloan worked the crowd like a seasoned pol
running for office -- shaking hands, clapping backs, herding people toward the
membership tables, waxing enthusiastic on the many amenities the gallery space
will sport in the new Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts,
musing over the current exhibit of psychedelic paintings from Julie Evans and Barbara
Takenaga, and generally schmoozing the assembled tipplers of wine and nibblers
of noshables like a pro; all he lacked was a baby to kiss. The final tally: an
impressive 92 new memberships for the progressive art institute. Missed the
party? Learn more about memberships at www.halsey.cofc.edu.
And look for the new exhibit from photographer Simon Norfolk, Et en Arcadia
Ego, in January.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A8065
November
29, 2005
Editor &
Publisher
Tribune's
Folly is Cutting Cartoonists (op/ed)
Editorial cartoons
are as irreverent as the Boston Tea Party and as American as the First
Amendment. So the Tribune Co.'s cuts to its newspapers' editorial staffs aren't
just bad for the newspaper industry, they're bad for America.
By Chris Lamb
The Tribune Company, the Chicago-based media corporation, continues to do its
part to gut journalism as a vital part of American democracy by announcing
massive layoffs at its newspapers earlier this month, including the Los Angles
Times. Among those losing their job at the Times was Michael Ramirez, the
newspaper's Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
Chris Lamb (letters@editorandpublisher.com)
, Ph.D., an associate professor of Media Studies at the College of Charleston
(Charleston, S.C.), is author of "Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of
Editorial Cartoons," which was published by Columbia University Press in
December 2004. He can be reached at lambc@cofc.edu.
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/columns/shoptalk_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001572172
November
29, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Carolina
First's contribution to kick off the Carolina First Athletic Complex at the
College of Charleston was the largest corporate gift ever given to the college,
adding to ongoing support for scholarships and programming in business and the
arts.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=54653§ion=editorials
November
29, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
The College of Charleston
tennis player who said he and another student were forced to smoke crack
cocaine at knifepoint in October has been charged with lying to police.
Bastian Moldehnke , 23,
turned himself in to Charleston police Monday morning. He was charged with
filing a false police report, a felony charge that carries a maximum five-year
prison sentence and a $1,000 fine, police said.
His friend and teammate,
Priscilla Roberts, 19, who abruptly left town after the incident, was not
charged. The solicitor's office told detectives the evidence against Roberts
was insufficient because she never filed a report.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=54708§ion=localnews
November
28, 2005
Toronto National
Post
George Dickinson, a
professor of Death and Dying at the College of Charleston in South Carolina,
has researched the phenomenon of American Baby Boomers and personalized death
trends.
He said it is yet another
way for the "me generation" to demonstrate their individuality and
reject the rigid institutions of their parents' time.
"It gives Baby
Boomers a chance to express themselves and I think it may even empower
them," he said. "They say, 'This is my thing and I'm going to do it
my way,' to borrow from Frank Sinatra."
November
28, 2005
Hilton
Head Island Packet
If you had $10 million to
spend to improve South Carolina, how would you spend it?
We could have asked about
$100 million, which is closer to the pot considered by lawmakers, but we
thought $10 million would cause people to develop a targeted answer. Indeed, we
got several compelling replies:
• Model school. College
of Charleston professor and author Jack Bass suggested a model school in an
urban school district to provide comprehensive resources, such as literacy and
job training, for school dropouts. "A good model is the school in Los
Angeles where Strom Thurmond's daughter, Essie Mae Washington Williams, worked
for many years. Name it for her as part of both their legacies."
http://www.islandpacket.com/editorial/col/brack/story/5357718p-4848704c.html
November
27, 2005
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
CIVIL
RIGHTS: Judges followed Parks' bold lead (op/ed)
By Jack
Bass
Thursday
marks the 50th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on
a Montgomery bus and helped to start a revolution.
Rosa Parks' refusal in 1955 to surrender her bus seat went far beyond igniting
the civil rights movement and launching the civil rights career of the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. Her trial in Montgomery also set the direction that a
small band of federal judges in the South, mostly Republicans, followed in
making their courts the institutional equivalent of the civil rights movement
itself.
These judges, mostly Republicans, were handpicked by Herbert Brownell,
President Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 campaign manager and then attorney general.
Despite his image as a reserved Wall Street lawyer, Brownell once spoke to me
with pride about his cousin, Susan B. Anthony ("B" for Brownell). For
him the issue of civil rights was a matter of quiet passion.
The case of Rosa Parks came before Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr., at 37 the
youngest federal judge in the nation. He had grown up in Alabama's mountainous
Winston County, where twice as many men (including two of Johnson's forebears)
fought for the Union than for the Confederacy.
Jack
Bass, professor of humanities and social sciences at the College of
Charleston,
is the author of two books on Southern federal judges during the civil rights
era.
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/auto/epaper/editions/sunday/issue_34981680f67c61200012.html
November
27, 2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Charlotte
Observer
Charleston Post and
Courier
The
State Newspaper
It "is no longer a stigma to be from outside the
South to be elected," said College of Charleston political science
professor Bill Moore.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/13273023.htm
November
27. 2005
The
State Newspaper
Charlotte
Observer
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
“It was a no-go from the
start for Sanford,” says College of Charleston political scientist Bill Moore.
“To have tuition tax credits brought up in an election year would not be
politically attractive.
“It was the one issue he
was pushing that was most unpopular with the public and the business community
and within his own party. He had little support across the board for it.”
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/columnists/lee_bandy/13266036.htm
November
27, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
College of Charleston
business professor Holland Williams looked worried.
Her students were
scheduled to put on a promotional event the next day as part of a marketing
campaign for two newly released Chevrolet vehicles. But she hadn't seen the
event advertised and feared it would be a sparsely attended dud.
'Tomorrow is the big
day,' she told her students, 'and I'm nervous because I haven't seen any
posters up on campus yet.'
The students had things
under control. They had a secret weapon: free pizza.
Offering the cheesy pies
as a reward during the promotion, the class easily enticed passers-by to check
out the new vehicles. In car-marketing lingo, they put 'butts in seats.'
Including attendance at a second promotion in Marion Square a few days later,
the students scored some serious booty - more than 800 rear ends.
'I'm proud of them,'
Williams said. 'I was not completely convinced they could do it.'
The promotions were the
culmination of a semester's worth of work on a real-world advertising job. The
class was selected to take part in a national program by EdVenture Partners
that pairs college students with a corporate advertising campaign.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=54462§ion=localnews
November
21, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Interspecies
communication is a big part of Morris' research into coral communities and an
important topic for College of Charleston microbial ecologist Craig Plante. He
studies communities of microorganisms that live in underwater sediments, where
research has discovered an odd constant: For every gram of sediment, scientists
find about a billion bacteria, no matter where they take the sample, no matter
what bacteria species they find there. So what keeps that number so constant?
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=53631§ion=science
November
20, 2005
Indianapolis Star
At 35,
'Doonesbury' battles on
Christopher
Lamb, an associate professor of communication at the College of Charleston in
South Carolina, dedicated a chapter to "Doonesbury" in his book
"Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Political Cartoons."
"Satire
is ephemeral. It doesn't last. For Trudeau to do it for so long is just
incredible," Lamb said. "He may be competing with satirists like Mark
Twain, Ambrose Bierce and H.L. Mencken. He rides the cultural, political and
social waves. He's a heck of an observer."
November
20, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
“The People Could
Fly," a musical composition by College of Charleston faculty member Trevor
Weston, was performed by the Starling Chamber Orchestra on Nov. 12 at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Weston, a member of the
music faculty in the School of the Arts for the past six years, says the
performance was part of the chamber orchestra's "Fairytale Project,"
a program to commission new works in a format appropriate for young audiences
to interact with composers. The pieces are combined with a folk narrative to
emphasize the connection of musical and literary arts while adding a multicultural
element to a production.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=53199§ion=artstravel
November
20, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Editor's note: In April, Herb Silverman, a
professor of mathematics at the College of Charleston and president of the
Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry, challenged readers to find God in the
Constitution. Skip Johnson, an author and former Post and Courier religion
writer, took on the challenge in a column in the Oct. 2 issue of Faith &
Values. This is Silverman's rebuttal.
Next week, we will tell
you who, according to our readers, won the debate.
When I offered $1,000 to
anyone who could find the words God or Jesus in the U.S. Constitution, I hoped
it would inspire many citizens to carefully read our wonderful founding
document. I commend local writer Skip Johnson for doing exactly that, and for
making the best case he could for claiming the reward.
Johnson could not find
either the words God or Jesus in the Constitution. Therefore, he did not meet
the condition of the challenge. But, reluctant to admit it, Johnson tried
several inferential or interpretive arguments from the words he did find in the
Constitution. He also brought up several other documents. I'll respond to each
of his points.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=53077§ion=faithvalues
November
20, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Rabbi
Gary Bretton-Granatoor will be the guest at today's brunch at the College of
Charleston's Sylvia Vlosky Yaschik Jewish Studies Center. His topic for the 10
a.m. event is "A Failure to Communicate: How Christians and Jews
Misunderstand Each Other on the Most Fundamental Issues."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=53608§ion=localnews
November
19, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
College
students collect clothes for area's needy
The College of
Charleston's Student Government Association is sponsoring a clothing drive for
the Salvation Army now through Dec. 2.
The group's goal for the
giveSTRONG clothing drive is to collect 2,500 items. Drop off clothing at the
first floor of the Stern Student Center, 71 George St., daily from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. All types of clothing are needed. For more information, call 953-5722.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=53398§ion=localnews
November
19, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
C of C
students accused of damaging fountain
Five college students
were arrested late Wednesday in a prank that caused about 5 feet of foam to
rise out of the Marion Square fountain, Charleston police said.
An officer drove by the
corner of King and Calhoun streets about 11:45 p.m. and saw several people in
the fountain, according to a police report. They were playing with the foam and
bubbles, which had spilled out onto the street and sidewalks. Several people
ran off when the officer tried to detain them.
Two bottles of detergent
were found nearby, police said.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=53412§ion=localnews
November
19, 2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
College students OK campus smoking ban
College of Charleston student
government leaders have approved a measure that would restrict smoking on the
downtown campus.
The proposal, which now
goes to college President Lee Higdon, would ban smoking in all dormitories and
restrict smoking to areas away from building entrances.
Higdon is expected to
form a committee to hash out the rules, but the policy has no enforcement
recommendations or a deadline, although it does recommend that the dorm smoking
ban go into effect next fall.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/13209709.htm
November
17, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Formerly known as the
Halsey Gallery, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art will celebrate the
changing of its name with a special evening of events titled, "Blue Moon
Bash: A night for supporting the Halsey," Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the
Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St. The new name more accurately
reflects the range of activities and programs offered and indicates to artists,
the arts community and funding agencies, that the Halsey Institute is engaged
in the broader issues surrounding international contemporary art. "Under Mark
Sloan's 11 years of leadership, the Halsey Gallery has developed a national and
international reputation for innovative exhibitions and programs," says
College of Charleston President Lee Higdon.
"With the name
change and the promise of a new and expanded facility in the new Marion and
Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts, I expect to see the Halsey Institute
become a national model for university visual arts programs."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=52528§ion=preview
November
17, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
A dean at the College of
Charleston has been awarded NASA's highest public service award for her efforts
to improve the space agency.
Dr. Norine Noonan, dean
of the School of Mathematics and Science, accepted the prestigious Public
Service Medal during a recent ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
On Wednesday, she
displayed the shiny medal on a shelf in her campus office, joking that she'd
wear it if she had a military uniform to pin it on.
A cellular biologist,
Noonan served four years on NASA's advisory council, a panel of scientists and
other experts that makes recommendations to the agency's head. Her tenure on
the council coincided with one of the agency's most challenging periods, which
included the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and repeated problems with
the international space station.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=52569§ion=localnews
November
16, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
THEATRE | Springtime for Hitler
CofC's take on Cabaret
delightfully dark
College of Charleston's
Department of Theatre last weekend brought the 1966 Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret to the stage at the Emmett
Robinson Theatre for a sold-out run. The musical, which had highly successful
Broadway revivals in both 1987 and 1998, features the whirlwind environment of
1931 Berlin's decadent nightclub atmosphere on the cusp of Nazi rule.
Music by John Kander and
lyrics by Fred Ebb provide such memorable songs as the catchy
"Wilkommen" and "Don't Tell Mama," to the lovely
"Married" and darkly intense "Cabaret." The themes are as
pertinent today as they were then: corruption and prejudice thinly veiled under
grotesque decadence and denial.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A7694
November
16, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
LECTURE
— Drawing his own conclusions about the war in Iraq
Jeff Danziger
College
of Charleston continues its series of lectures by editorial cartoonists with an
appearance by New York Times cartoonist Jeff Danziger, who has made a splash with his
syndicated drawings that frequently target the Bush Administration and the Iraq
war. Danziger knows whereof he draws: he served as an intelligence officer and
a linguist in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, earning a Bronze Star and
an Air Medal before embarking on his career as an editorial cartoonist over
three decades ago. Danziger has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and
is the author of a novel and 10 collections of cartoons. His latest collection
is entitled Wreckage Begins With an "W": Cartoons of the Bush
Administration.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A7700
November
16, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
VISUAL ARTS | What's in a Name?
The first challenge is
finding a parking spot, but -- let's not kid ourselves -- when you're downtown,
finding a parking spot is always going to be the first challenge. Then there's
the task of navigating the tide of chittering, backpack-toting College of
Charleston students who clog the streets like locusts -- a struggle that, if
you're a heterosexual male of a certain age, provides an additional set of
distractions all its own. Finding the building itself, if you're not familiar
with it, is the next test. Color: university-brown brick. Size: medium, three
floors. Geographical identifiers: bounded on one side by St. Philip Street and
on all others by parking lots (all full, all strictly limited to CofC types,
which you discovered earlier when you were looking for a parking spot). Name:
the Albert Simons Center for the Arts, an epithet that's about as descriptive
as brown is to dirt.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A7693
November 16, 2005
Charleston City Paper
CLASSICAL
CORNER | Wild on Charleston
What drives a man to
remain among the very best in the world at what he does, long after most folks
have retired (or expired)? Those who were fortunate enough to hear master
American pianist Earl Wild last Tuesday evening at the Sottile Theatre can
probably answer that question better than most.
Wild, who turns 90 this
month, was here for College of Charleston's International Piano Series, part of
his warm-up for the pending Carnegie Hall birthday recital that will end his
tour.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A7692
November
16, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Danziger's cartoons now
are syndicated by the New York Times and appear in more than 100 newspapers.
He's been cartooning for 25 years and was twice a finalist for a Pulitzer
Prize. He will discuss his work at 7 p.m. Thursday as part of an ongoing
lecture series by editorial cartoonists at the College of Charleston.
Danziger said he sees
parallels between the conflicts in Iraq and Vietnam. "Mostly I remember
how difficult it is to get things organized and to enforce a political
viewpoint with arms. I think Bush would have been more circumspect ... if he
had had some actual time in combat and had seen how confusing it really
is."
Chris Lamb, an associate
professor of communication at the college and author of a new book on editorial
cartooning, said it's not surprising that Danziger draws on his own military
background in his work. "The best cartoonists take things personally."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=52205§ion=localnews
November
16, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
College of Charleston
student Michelle Mejia soon could be forced to walk a little farther to have a
cigarette on campus. The sophomore is among hundreds of students at the school
who like to enjoy a smoke outside before class.
A set of recommendations
approved by student government leaders Tuesday would ban smoking in dormitories
and restrict where smoking is allowed on campus.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=52253§ion=localnews
November
15, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Paint
restoration
Don't ask
Sherwin-Williams to paint your 17th-century plantation house. Odds are they
don't have the right color. Well, at least the original one. Anyone who has
seen Drayton Hall, where they have wonderfully preserved the original
everything, knows that there is a certain cache to historical accuracy. But
it's not as easy as it looks, particularly when it comes to color.
On Wednesday night, hear
Susan Buck talk about the paint restoration work at the Nathaniel Russell
House. Buck is one of the premier paint conservators in the United States
today, and she's done work for Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Monticello,
the Historic Charleston Foundation and - of course - Drayton Hall.
The lecture is part of
the Preservation Program at the College of Charleston and will be held in Room
309 of the Simons Center for the Arts. The talk starts at 7:30 and it's GMLc's
favorite price. For more information, call 953-3888.
In case we don't get to
go, be sure to ask Buck the question we are dying to know: If you work for
months doing archaeological work on the walls of a famous home, only to find
the wall was white, does it really tick you off?
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=51611§ion=localnews
November
15, 2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Hilton
Head Island Packet
The College of Charleston
could ban smoking in all buildings on its urban campus as early as next fall.
But it appears the ban will not include tickets for violators, as earlier
proposed.
The campus now has some
nonsmoking areas, many around the entrances to buildings. But nonsmoking
students often have to pass through a haze of smoke to enter those buildings
anyway.
"It's definitely a
problem," student government treasurer Andrew Smeltzer said. "You
have to walk through a cloud of smoke. It's like a gantlet."
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/13170189.htm
November
15, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
"I'm
here because I believe that every state needs to tighten up their laws on sex
offenders and predators," Lunsford said before a news conference at the
College of Charleston.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=51646§ion=localnews
November
14, 2005
Charleston Regional
Business Journal
New developments offer better planning, affordability
Perhaps it
was only a matter of time before developers swooped into the tri-county area,
snatching up land to make way for large—if not huge—residential
communities.
After all,
said Bill Moore, a professor of political science at the College of Charleston,
look at cities such as Atlanta and Charlotte.
“The South
was basically an agrarian society until World War II,” Moore said. “After World
War II, the South began to urbanize, and you’re seeing a number of the major
cities in the South undergo tremendous growth. It’s the Sunbelt phenomenon.
“Look at
what’s happened in Atlanta and Charlotte. That’s what’s happening here except
South Carolina as a state is less urbanized, and it’s more concentrated here
because we have an ocean on one side.”
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/11_23/news/5218-1.html
November
14, 2005
Charleston regional
Business Journal
Lowcountry growth could impact local, state politics
Should new
municipalities, like the one proposed by New Hope and Sheep Island, be
established, it would create increased competition among municipalities for tax
dollars, said Bill Moore, a professor of political science at the College of
Charleston.
“If
there’s a local option sales tax, or if there’s one passed, it would mean that
money is being divided by more municipalities,” Moore said. “You have to ask
the question: Is it cheaper to have existing cities annex or for areas to
become new cities? It would create a fragmentation.”
In
addition to the new towns—and new town governments that could be
created—Moore said, the development in these areas has the potential to
create a major shift in the county councils.
“Each
county council seat has to represent roughly the same number of people,” Moore
said. “As those numbers increase, and the larger population is in the southern
part of the county, there could be more chairs located in the South.”
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/11_23/news/5221-1.html
November
14, 2005
Charleston Regional
Business Journal
Bank recognized for financial contributions, employee
commitments
In
addition to providing monetary support, Carolina First encourages its employees
to volunteer their time with local nonprofits. Bill Medich, Carolina First area
executive in Charleston, leads by example. He spent the past two years as
president of the Gibbes board of directors and is now serving as president of
the College of Charleston Foundation board. He is also a Spoleto Festival board
member.
In its
nomination letter, the College of Charleston praised Medich for his willingness
to serve the community. “Bill has been an active foundation board member since
1998 and has served as president of the board in 2004 and 2005. As president,
Bill has provided the leadership to expand the number and regional diversity of
our board members. He has encouraged our board members to increase their
involvement by giving of their time and resources.”
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/11_23/news/5229-1.html
November
14, 2005
Charlotte
Observer
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
The
State Newspaper
"The songs can not be ignored; they wash over you and
take you to another place," said Edward Hart, society member and associate
professor of music theory/composition at the College of Charleston. "You
can feel the African rhythms — the purity and simplicity of the music is
almost overpowering."
The Society for the
Preservation of Spirituals has recorded CDs of the early field recordings, as
well as concert performances. It has also published a book, "Spirituals of
the Carolina Low Country." The music and book are available online through
the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston.
A portion of the proceeds
from the sales of the CDs and book are given to support black relief
organizations.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/13162310.htm
November
14, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Walk past most classroom
buildings on the College of Charleston campus and you'll see students milling
around outside the entrances smoking cigarettes, often within blowing distance
of signs that read "No Smoking."
Watch a little longer and
you'll see other students squint their eyes and lower their heads as they walk
through a white curtain of smoke to reach their classes.
The scene plays out every
day all over the downtown campus and has for as long as anyone can remember,
despite campus polls that show a majority of students, faculty and staff
support designated smoking areas.
"It's definitely a
problem," student government treasurer Andrew Smeltzer said. "You
have to walk through a cloud of smoke. It's like a gauntlet."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=51456§ion=localnews
November
13, 2005
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Intense lessons become a labor of love
When College of
Charleston professor Ellen Klempner began teaching Chinese 101 in 1989, she had
only two students enrolled in the course, she said.
This fall, she has seen
that number increase to 28 students, a fairly large class for students studying
Chinese, she said.
"In the past, many
students didn't know that colleges offered a course such as Chinese, so it's
growing," she said.
Chinese is the seventh most
common language studied in American colleges and universities.
http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NEWS/511130379&SearchID=73226458618692
November
13, 2005
Charlotte
Observer
But although Sanford's
popularity ratings were high and South Carolina is one of the nation's most
conservative states, the issue divided conservative voters.
"In a number of
areas that are heavily Republican, where public schools are the schools of
choice, it didn't have the support of well-to-do people," said College of
Charleston political science professor Bill Moore. "It was an idea that was
not well-received across the state, period."
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/south_carolina/counties/york/13155331.htm
November
13, 2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Some students of
political science, however, are still a bit skeptical of seeing a woman
president.
"You have to realize
that there simply aren't that many women in politics," said Lynne Ford,
chair of the Department of Political Science at College of Charleston. "We
talk about all-time highs for women being involved, but only 15 percent of
Congress is female. That's a drop in the bucket. There are only a handful of
governors in the 50 states that are female."
Americans still haven't
seen enough images of women in power, she said.
"People have to come
to terms with the disjuncture between 'qualities of leadership' and 'female' in
the same sentence and we're not quite there yet. Until the media changes and
stops focusing on hemlines and hairstyles, people aren't going to be able to
see women in a different capacity.
"I'm not sure I'll
see a female president in my lifetime but I've got a 6-year-old daughter, and I
think she'll see it in her lifetime. Although, I remain cautiously
optimistic," Ford said.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/living/13156515.htm
November
13, 2005
The
State Newspaper
Charlotte
Observer
Because of the changing
nature of the district — it trends Republican — Spratt is likely to
face the most credible challenge he has had in years. His is one of about 35
districts across the country in play for the 2006 elections.
“Republicans see this is
an opportunity to pull an upset,” said College of Charleston political
scientist Bill Moore.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/columnists/lee_bandy/13154948.htm
November
12, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Of the estimated 300
Livability Court summonses issued so far this year, about 180 were noise violations
in and around the neighborhoods bordering the College of Charleston.
Because the city doesn't
have the authority to seize property because of a noise dispute, hitting
landlords in their pocketbooks seemed the best response, officials said.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=50795§ion=localnews
November
12, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Wilkommen, bienvenu to John
Kander's and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" at the Robinson Theatre.
The enthusiastic cast of
College of Charleston students, under the musical direction of Deanna McBroom
with staging and choreography by Robert Ivey, threw themselves into the 1930s
with abandon Thursday night.
The chorus voices are
marvelous. Knocking your socks off, the star of the show is Ivey's terpsichore.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=50806§ion=localnews
November
11, 2005
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