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.
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
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.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/cover_story.pdf
9/9/04
Charleston City Paper
Poison Pen
Pulitzer-prize
winning editorial cartoonist comes to speak at CofC
Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes sketches
out her reaction to the news of each day in light-colored pencils, blue and
violet. Then, she considers, erases, and revises before she dips her brush in
ink. With each Bristol board panel, she draws attention to storm fronts lingering
over the political ocean, domestic and foreign alike.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/city_beat.php
9/9/04
Charleston City
Paper