College
of Charleston News Stories
May 2005
May 31,
2005
Charleston Regional
Business Journal
New
College of Charleston enterprise center to help family businesses survive
Lowcountry
family-owned businesses are numerous and, like many others across the nation,
face unique challenges.
“You have
all the family dynamics,” says John Clarkin, assistant professor of
entrepreneurial studies and director of the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship at
the College of Charleston. “There’s sibling rivalry, maybe the father has a
favorite son, maybe something happens and the business is passed on to an
under-qualified spouse.”
In an
effort to better understand and address the challenges of a family-owned
operation, the College of Charleston is partnering with Kennesaw’s CFEC to
establish its own family business program – the College of Charleston
Family Enterprise Forum.
The
College of Charleston program, supported by a small group of sponsors including
Mass Mutual Insurance, The Capital Corp. and the law firm Nelson Mullins,
addresses a significant void at the college and in the area, Clarkin says.
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/11_11/news/4476-1.html
May 31,
2005
Charleston Regional
Business Journal
C of C’s $10 million Beatty Center nears completion
The
College of Charleston’s Beatty Center awaits its finishing touches. The new
48,000-square-foot building at 5 Liberty Street will be dedicated June 30.
After the celebrations are done, Robert Pitts, dean of the School of Business
and Economics, says the building will go a long way in unifying the business
program.
“It’s
going to consolidate a lot more of what we do,” Pitts says, adding that classes
are currently scattered throughout the campus.
The Beatty
Center, named in recognition of Guy Beatty, a businessman and longtime
supporter of the business school who gave $2 million toward the building, abuts
the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship.
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/11_11/news/4482-1.html
May 28,
2005
Greenville News
'Recollections of a
nightmare'
Much of the collected
materials made it through World War II against all odds. A man in Charleston
saved many tiny photographs by hiding them in his shoe while he was in a labor
camp, says Dale Rosengarten, curator of the Jewish Heritage Collection at the
College of Charleston Library.
Once in the college's
care, all items will be professionally archived and preserved and available to
researchers worldwide and to the public, she says. "It's a time of history
that's very painful but necessary to remember."
There's a sense of
urgency to the collection project, the curator notes. "Many people have
died in the last few years. This is an aged group."
http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2005/05/28/2005052865303.htm
May 27,
2005
The
State Newspaper
Culture by the basket
In addition to a wide variety of basket-sewers
demonstrating their skills, the festival features entertainment such as
DeGullah Singers, Adande Dancers and Drummers, storytellers and quilters.
Gullah leader Queen Quet and College of Charleston historian Bernard Powers
will offer talks about the culture.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/entertainment/11745494.htm
May 23,
2005
The
State Newspaper
Authors of biography
visit former senator’s hometown
“Don’t
you feel the ghost of Thurmond hanging over the town?” asks writer Marilyn
Thompson, signing copies of the new Thurmond biography she wrote with co-author
Jack Bass. “There’s Strom Thurmond High School, and everywhere you see the
relatives who look like him.”
Then, there’s the
life-size statue of the longtime U.S. senator on the 1950s-style town square
— the statue that lists his birth in 1902, but not his death a century
later.
But in the town where the
former segregationist is perhaps worshipped most, Thompson and Bass have gained
a warm reception for their latest book to expose some of the politician’s dirty
laundry.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/11714371.htm
May 22,
2005
The
State Newspaper
The two faces of
Thurmond
Disagreement aside,
(Jack) Bass and Thompson are as formidable a pair of writers as any who ever
have trained their sights on the Palmetto State legend.
Both Bass, 70, and
Thompson, 52, spent years covering Thurmond, each interviewing him numerous
times for news stories.
Bass — a USC
graduate and College of Charleston journalism professor, and a former reporter
for The State and Charlotte Observer — has written five books on Southern
and S.C. history. Teamed with Thompson, he was the duo’s tribal memory.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/special_packages/voices/11710251.htm
May
22, 2005
Greenville News
Street Talk: Micali sees
powerful economic change ahead
Economic
change is coming — and it's going to be strong, Jim Micali, chairman and
president of Michelin North America, told graduates of the College of Charleston's
Graduate School.
Three issues are coming
together to force that change — globalization, technology and how to use
it and U.S. demographics, he said at a graduation ceremony on May 13.
http://greenvilleonline.com/news/business/2005/05/22/2005052264862.htm
May 22,
2005
The
State Newspaper
The message of Ibsen
still stands — no matter the size of the actors
“The way Mabou Mines is doing it is a way to highlight
things that are still relevant,” says Susan Kattwinkel, an associate professor
of theater at the College of Charleston. “We may look at the play as dated, but
I think things are not all that different.”
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/entertainment/visual_arts/11698800.htm
May 22,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Foolproof
plan guarantees a 100 percent college-graduation rate
Andy Abrams, C of C
senior vice president for strategic planning and administration, explained the
rationale for the upward grad-rate trend Wednesday: "There's an efficiency
argument as well as kind of a consumer-protection argument -- 'Don't take our
money if we don't get a degree.' "
The General Assembly has
money in mind, too. Abrams: "It's become an accountability issue with
legislators. There's a state performance-funding formula that requires that you
show improvement in graduation rates."
And most college
rankings, including the prominent U.S. News & World Report brand, now give
schools with higher grad rates higher marks.
These nudges can push
colleges toward a slippery academic slope.
Abrams: "It's a
landscape change. I think the drive for it has been well-intentioned, but it's
also been an example of the law of unintended consequences. We don't want the
faculty to think it's their responsibility to get our graduation rate up to 80
percent."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24986§ion=commentary
May 22,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Putting a lock on a low
rate
Don Griggs, director of
financial assistance at the College of Charleston, expects to send out letters
and e-mails to graduating seniors on June 2 advising them what to do about
their college loans.
The school's latest
figures show about 64 percent of its graduates carry student loans.
"We're still
assessing the impact of consolidating, but this year I can say with some
certainty that we are expecting a significant increase in the rates,"
Griggs said.
In other words, you
shouldn't need a college degree to figure this one out.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24944§ion=business
May 22,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
ETV
ART
"State of the
Arts," hosted by Mark Sloan, curator of the Halsey Gallery at the College
of Charleston, will be aired at 7:30 p.m. Thursday on WITV.
The program will examine
the creative processes of three contemporary artists with Lowcountry ties:
sculptor Herb Parker, painter Brian Rutenberg and sculptor/mixed-media artist
Joe Walters.
Each will discuss the
role nature plays as subject and muse in his work.
Mary Jane Jacob, curator
of the visual arts for Spoleto Festival USA, will share her thoughts about art
in public places and the role of artists in society.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24935§ion=artstravel
May 20,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
First
lady's role in utility meetings called improper
"This
issue is kind of a political hot-potato that's used depending on where people
stand on the issue itself," said Jamie McKown, a political communications
professor at the College of Charleston. "Those who agree with the governor
on the issue won't have a problem with it. ... But for fence-sitters, it may
create a hint of suspicion or concern about the process."
May 20,
2005
The State
Newspaper
ETV programs showcase
the work of five S.C. artists
The pilot of a brand new ETV show, “State of the Arts,”
will air at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. With host Mark Sloan, director of the College
of Charleston gallery and a widely published author and photographer, “State of
the Arts” will look at three artists with Lowcountry ties.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/entertainment/11687541.htm
May 20,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
C of C
scholarship honors pioneering black judge
Though long retired from
the bench, Fields, 84, was honored Thursday when the county bar association
presented the College of Charleston Foundation with a $20,000 check for the new
Judge Richard E. Fields Scholarship fund.
When the fund is endowed
fully, it will help support College of Charleston minority undergraduates who
are on track for a career in law.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24627§ion=localnews
May 19,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
District
2 board honored for arts education
Valerie Morris, dean of
the School of the Arts at the College of Charleston, presented the Dorchester
District 2 Board of Trustees with the School Board Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Arts Education for 2004-05.
This annual award is
presented by the South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education to a school board
in recognition of promoting quality arts programs for students.
http://archives.postandcourier.com/archive/arch05/0505/arc05192325453.shtml
May 19,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Area
colleges lament plans lost to vetoes
Several programs at the
College of Charleston were also sliced.
Fran Welch, School of
Education dean, said the $501,800 requested would begin the Center for
Partnerships to Improve Education.
"I'm not sure what
message he's trying to send," Welch said.
The $100,000 for Avery
Research Center would have created a new faculty position to provide the
state's educators with black history teaching materials, said Marvin Dulaney,
executive director.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24492§ion=localnews
May 19, 2005
Charleston Post and Courier
C of C to establish
minority scholarship
The Charleston Bar
Association will present a $20,000 check to the College of Charleston
Foundation today to establish the Judge Richard E. Fields Scholarship at 3 p.m.
in the Sottile House on the campus.
Fields became the state's
second black circuit court judge and the first from Charleston in 1980. He is a
graduate of Howard University Law School. He retired in 1992.
The scholarship will go
to minority students. Anyone wishing to contribute can contact the foundation
at (843) 953-3130.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24482§ion=stateregion
May 19, 2005
Charleston Post and Courier
REAL MEN READ
Speaking of books, 100
Black Men of Charleston Inc., the Association for the Study of African American
Life and History and Avery Research Center at College of Charleston will review
and discuss "Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America" by John
McWhorter. Dr. Andrew H. Lewis of the College will review the book.
It's part of Avery's Real
Men Read program. It's Saturday at 3 p.m., 125 Bull St. Free.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24497§ion=localnews
May 18,
2005
The
State Newspaper
Election 2006 —
Sanford vs. the Legislature
Sanford is a proud
tightwad. It’s reflected in the way he manages his money and the frugal way he
lives.
“He makes the General
Assembly look liberal, and that’s not easy to do,” says College of Charleston
professor Bill Moore.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/columnists/lee_bandy/11672651.htm
May
17, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
What a Save
Mary
Wyatt and Bryan McGuiness who helped rescue a women who jumped from the James
Island Connector last Friday, both are part pf the Cougar program,
Wyatt,
a senior, is trainer for the baseball team and was College of Charleston’s
student trainer of the year.
McGuiness, a sophomore, is a first baseman from James Inland who did not
make the Cougar’s travel squad this year.
May
17, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Four
degrees, first pitch
At the College's
graduation on Sunday, McConnell picked up a degree in historic preservation,
her record fourth degree from College of Charleston. She also owns degrees in
sociology, history and urban studies, and already is at work on a fifth degree,
in art history.
Perhaps next semester
she'll take "Baseball, Mythology and the Meaning of Life," the
baseball course jointly taught by C of C legal studies professor Andy Abrams, who
is the part-time radio voice of the Cougars, and Chris Lamb, who recently had
his book on Jackie Robinson's first spring training published.
http://archives.postandcourier.com/archive/arch05/0505/arc05172323872.shtml
May 17,
2005
USA Today
S.C. span makes statement
The Grace
could be a terrifying passage. "When my wife and I first moved here, we
came across that bridge, and the minute we made it across, she said, 'If this
is the only way out of here, I will never leave Charleston again,' " says
Ted Stern, retired president of the College of Charleston.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-16-cooper-river_x.htm
May 16,
2005
Charleston Regional
Business Journal
College program challenges students to change the world
Leigh Ann
Szteiter has seen first hand how Students in Free Enterprise is changing the
world, or at least her little corner of it.
Recently,
the College of Charleston chapter of SIFE took on a project to become the
marketing arm for The Center for Women’s “Wise Up” program, which offers free
online personal financial consultation to “Gen-X” women ages 18 to 35. SIFE
students have reached out to prospects throughout the college and are
responsible for delivering more than half of “Wise Up’s” users.
Szteiter
coordinates the “Wise Up” program for The Center for Women and has served as an
advisor to College of Charleston’s SIFE team.
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/11_10/news/4460-1.html
May 16,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
C of C
to start keeping tabs on tourism industry
The College
of Charleston's business school has inked a deal to keep its finger on the
pulse of the area's tourism industry, a job that has been the sole province of
the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.
Starting in July, CofC
professors will track performance at area hotels, including occupancy rates,
average daily rates, revenue per available room and future bookings. It will
compile similar measurements for attractions and restaurants.
CofC also has agreed to
conduct ongoing visitor-profile surveys -- trying to discern where folks come
from and how much they spend -- and an annual economic assessment.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24188§ion=businessreview
May 16,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Distinctions
Dr. Gamil
Guirgis has been named Chemist of the Year by the South Carolina section of the
American Chemical Society. Guirgis is a chemistry and biochemistry professor at
the College of Charleston.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24152§ion=businessreview
May 16,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
College
of Charleston honors graduates
Charleston cistern,
smiles prevailed among those clad in robes, tuxedos and dresses at Sunday's
2005 commencement ceremony.
However, that didn't stop
the more than 1,350 Cougar graduates from raising a cheer when they learned
their guest speaker, Nan Morrison, would only speak for five minutes.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=24147§ion=localnews
May 16,
2005
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Charleston to track visitors
Tourism leaders in
Charleston are about to launch a system to track the industry in the Lowcountry
that is similar to one along the Grand Strand.
The College of Charleston
plans to open the Office of Tourism Analysis in July that will track lodging
occupancy and rates. The Greater Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce are partners. The center also will
do research studies.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/11658017.htm
May 15,
2005
Charleston
Post and Courier
Cheaters
had better watch out
Cheaters
at the College of Charleston could end up with more than a failing grade on
their records.
The faculty senate is
debating a new grading policy that would allow the college's honor board to
mark students' transcripts with an "XF" grade if they are caught
cheating, plagiarizing or in some way violating the school's academic integrity
standards.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23973§ion=localnews
May 15,
2005
The
State Newspaper
More business students
decide learning Chinese will pay off
The language is so
different from English that many college students opt against Chinese. They
have no exposure to it before college, or they figure that years of work won’t
yield as much progress as they could make studying another language, said Frank
Morris, head of the Division of Languages at the College of Charleston.
“The real challenge is to
teach it at the elementary, middle and high school level,” he said.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/11650793.htm
May 14,
2005
Alabama Decatur
Daily News
A
Decoration Day's work
Decoration Day is an old name for Memorial Day. The
holiday dates to the Civil War when women remembered the fallen by putting
flowers on their graves. Several towns claim to have started Decoration Day.
One of the earliest was
in Charleston, S.C. Members of black churches excavated bodies of 200 Union
soldiers who died in a prison camp and buried them in individual graves,
according to a historian. On May 1, 1865, citizens consecrated the cemetery.
"Graves were
decorated, speeches were given and newspapers as far away as New York recorded
this event," said Bernard Powers of the College of Charleston.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/religion/050514/graves.shtml
May 14,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
72-year-old
gets fourth C of C degree
On
Friday, Maree McConnell picked up her white dress from the cleaners.
It's the same dress she
wore in 1997 and in 2000, both years she earned bachelor's degrees. Students
traditionally wear white during the spring commencements at the College of
Charleston.
So when she picked up her
third bachelor's in December, she wore the traditional black dress.
On Sunday, the
72-year-old West Ashley woman will don the white frock again, when college
leaders hand over her fourth bachelor's degree.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23871§ion=localnews
May 13,
2005
The
State Newspaper
The nature of freaks
When Mark Sloan was a
kid, his father took him to the sideshow at a fair in North Carolina.
“I saw the Two-Faced Man
and Ugliest Woman,” said Sloan, director of the College of Charleston art
gallery. “I was fascinated and repelled, which is the reaction most people
have.”
Over the years, Sloan has
created exhibitions and written books that explore the world of sideshows,
collectors of the unusual and environments created by outsider artists. Those
projects, though, have been more about history than art.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/entertainment/11630534.htm
May 12,
2005
The
State Newspaper
COLLEGE GRADUATION
CEREMONIES
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
• Time/date/location: Undergraduate ceremony, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, College of Charleston Cistern; graduate ceremony, 5:30 p.m. Friday at
Sottile Theater on George Street
• Speaker: Nan Morrison, a retiring
professor of English, will speak at the undergraduate ceremony; Jim Micali,
chairman and president of Michelin North America, will speak at the graduate
ceremony
• Graduates: 1,350 undergraduates, 75
graduates
• Details: (843) 953-5667
May 12, 2005
Charleston
Post and Courier
This
art show is full of freaks
Come one, come all to a
"sin-sational" event featuring freaks of all kinds. Experience the
thrill of sideshow acts that include swallowing fire, juggling machetes, lying
on a bed of nails, walking on broken glass and flirting with death in general
while also enjoying musical entertainment and viewing sideshow-related visual
art.
"This is among the
largest-scaled exhibitions I have assembled in Charleston during my 11 years
here. It ties together several of my favorite threads — forgotten
histories, the visual vocabulary of the circus and sideshow, and contemporary
art," says Mark Sloan, director of the Halsey Gallery at College of
Charleston.
"This show is very
exciting for me, personally, as I have had a long-standing fascination with the
sideshow," he explains.
http://archives.postandcourier.com/archive/arch05/0505/arc05122314033.shtml
May 11, 2005
Charleston
City Paper
Get
Your Freak On
You can see it in Fear
Factor as easily as you can the Hat Ladies’ Easter Promenade: the public simply
can’t shake its fascination with freak shows. Fortunately for anyone interested
in oddities, Halsey Gallery director Mark Sloan is curating the work of 13
artists in an exhibition called Alive Inside: The Lure and Lore of the Sideshow,
inspired by circus sideshows, which will also fill Redux Contemporary Art
Center, RTW, and Magar Hatworks. Thursday’s four concurrent opening receptions
will be followed by an opening-night procession and a show titled Son of
Sin-so-Rama: An Evening of Amusements and Amazements at the Music Farm.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=44261&action=detail&catID=1254&parentID=1254
May 11, 2005
Charleston City
Paper
The
Writing Life
That bit
of help may be on the way. Crazyhorse editor and College of Charleston English
professor Carol Ann Davis has teamed with Marjory Wentworth, Poetry Society
President Harriet Rigney, and others to look into the possibility of a local
writers’ center. For Wentworth, it is amazing that Charleston has gone so long
without one, considering the literary presence here.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=44257&action=detail&catID=8257&parentID=8257
May 11,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Budget
heads toward Sanford
Rep. Shirley Hinson,
R-Goose Creek, said she wanted to incorporate one more $2.5 million item for
the College of Charleston but time ran out. "We haven't been very
aggressive with their funding," she said. "There is much more in the
budget for other colleges, especially in the Upstate."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23465§ion=stateregion
May 11,
2005
Charleston City
Paper
Ship
of Fools
If the
Charleston peninsula broke off from the mainland and started drifting out into
the Atlantic Ocean, would the rest of the States give a shit? Apparently not,
according to satirist and local writer Charlie Geer, whose debut novel uses
just such a premise to launch an attack on some fractious Southern faults.
With its
Charleston background and clever digs at local life, this book will doubtless
be read by plenty of people, though it’s hard to discern who this book’s really
aimed at. Students at the College of Charleston, where Geer teaches, will enjoy
it.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/layout.asp?id=44264&action=detail&catID=1254&parentID=1254
May 10,
2005
Charleston Magazine
Workers
of Art
John
David Reynolds
Film & Television Producer
It can
take John David Reynolds years to tell a good story. After Virginia Friedman, a
producer at the College of Charleston, viewed his on-screen adaptation of Bret
Lott’s short story “Garage Sale” in 1999, she was so impressed that she asked
him to oversee a documentary about race relations in South Carolina. He took on
the project, traveling on a six-day bus tour to Civil Rights sites across the
state and capturing conversations with 40 South Carolinians. The
result—Where Do We Go From Here?—garnered a Southern Regional Emmy
award and accolades at film festivals across the U.S.
Mark
Sloan
Curator
Like a
continually shifting collage, Mark Sloan’s career is a work-in-progress, as
versatile as the exhibitions he produces as director and senior curator of the
newly renamed Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of
Charleston. Beyond the gallery’s walls, Sloan is also an associate professor,
author, artist, and self-proclaimed “archival spelunker.”
Franklin
Ashley
Over
the course of his life, Dr. Ashley has written articles for Harper’s, the
New Republic, The Paris Review and T.V. Guide.
Among
his plays are Amber Keyhole, Smokey in Hollywood, and the award-winning The Delta Dancer. In addition, he co-authored the musical Southern Fried with William proice Fox and Shel
Silverstein.
http://www.charlestonmag.com/home.html
May 9,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Winds
of change blowing against National Weather Service
When Doug Ferguson first
heard of Santorum's bill, the College of Charleston communication professor
says he laughed out loud. "It is a bizarre idea. We (taxpayers) paid for
the system," he said.
The prospect of cutting
duplication and using tax money more efficiently makes some sense to Ferguson.
But there's a danger that private businesses would cherry-pick information,
"paying more attention to where the money is," he said.
"Because (the
weather service) is government-subsidized, it gives service to everybody
regardless of profit. It's truly a public service," he said.
http://archives.postandcourier.com/archive/arch05/0505/arc05092309917.shtml
May 9,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Panel
to begin budget debate
Funding for two College
of Charleston initiatives totaling $1.1 million, a nursing lab at the Medical
University of South Carolina worth $1.5 million and $195,000 for the Lowcountry
Grad Center already has been secured.
Skip Godow, executive
director at the graduate center, said he was relieved. "The Legislature
has been so positive about supporting our expansion," he said. "We
are very thankful."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23261§ion=localnews
May 9,
2005
Charleston
Post and Courier
Distinctions
Prem Devadas has been
named the first recipient of the College of Charleston Department of
Hospitality and Tourism Management Leadership Award. Devadas served was
managing director of Kiawah Island Golf Resort and The Sanctuary and recently
left to launch luxury inns and spas throughout North America.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23219§ion=businessreview
May 9, 2005
Charleston
Post and Courier
Distinctions
John E. Clarkin and Arnold
Hite have joined the board of directors of the South Carolina World Trade
Center. Clarkin is the director of the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship at the College
of Charleston, where he also serves as assistant professor of entrepreneurial
studies. Hite is a professor in the School of Business and Economics at Charleston
Southern University.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23219§ion=businessreview
May 9,
2005
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
The
State Newspaper
Charlotte
Observer
Hilton
Head Island Packet
New Thurmond book on way
Not only did he think it was dirty politics, but even at
his advanced age he could sympathize with anyone who had a weakness for the
ladies. In fact, this particular veteran of the U.S. Senate took an
"unabashed pride in achieving a reputation for lechery that could put
Clinton to shame," College of Charleston professor Jack Bass writes in his
new book.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/11600082.htm
May 8, 2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Art
becomes 'Sideshow' for exhibition
So who
wants to watch someone force his body through a tennis racket, or witness a man
swallowing fire, or how about a man-eating chicken?
The answer is Mark Sloan,
curator of the College of Charleston's Halsey Gallery who always has been
fascinated by the Ripley's Believe It Or Not aspect of humanity. After sharing
his off-the-wall obsession with the owners of Redux Gallery, RTW and Magar
Hatworks, Sloan's dream has come true.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23061§ion=artstravel
May 8,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
New
book on Strom shows contradictory, complex man
Not only
did he think it was dirty politics, but even at his advanced age he could
sympathize with anyone who had a weakness for the ladies. In fact, this
particular veteran of the U.S. Senate took an "unabashed pride in
achieving a reputation for lechery that could put Clinton to shame,"
College of Charleston professor Jack Bass writes in his new book.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23011§ion=stateregion
May 8,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
TOURIST
TRAP?
"One
of the major take-home messages an attraction could get from the study is to
essentially get in bed with these guys," said Stephen Litvin, one of the
authors of the College of Charleston report. "If I were a general manager
at a hotel, though, I wouldn't allow it. I just wouldn't want that kind of
culture."
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=23090§ion=business
May 6,
2005
Hilton
Head Island Packet
Artists
receive awards at Art Market
Fifty-four
artists from 12 states participated in the Art Market at Historic Honey Horn
last weekend. Judge for the juried fine art and craft sale was Michael Haga of
the College of Charleston, who awarded $5,000 in prize money to 13 of the
artists.
Haga explained that the
judging was, "very, very challenging, as the quality of the show this year
was excellent."
http://www.islandpacket.com/features/story/4831818p-4440342c.html
May 6,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
'Tis
the season of Charleston-area commencements
College of Charleston's
Molly Palmer is hoping to become a TV producer someday. She's already spent a
semester interning with NBC's "Today Show" in New York City. She's
also interviewed with "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in California and
hopes to land a job there.
Journalism is in her
blood. Her father is John Palmer, former "Today Show" anchor and
Washington news correspondent. Her mother, Nancy, writes articles for a
Washington, D.C.-area magazine and pen
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=22786§ion=localnews
May 5,
2005
New York City
Forward
The Boy Who Started a War
Greene's
parents, Sam and Regina, survived the Holocaust in Russian work camps during
World War II. They were married in June 1939, shortly before war broke out.
After the war, his parents moved to Charleston, where his mother had an aunt
and a first cousin. Born in 1953, Greene was raised in Charleston, where he now
lives with his partner, Jonathan Ray. Among the projects Greene has worked on
locally has been to help collect and archive the experiences of Jews in South
Carolina of the past 200 years, forming the basis of the Jewish archive at the
College of Charleston.
http://www.forward.com/articles/3114
May 3,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Better
reasoning (Letter to the editor)
The other
day William Murchison wrote a column about the dark decade of the '60s and how
it might be coming to an end. Naturally, as a historian, when he referred to
the darkest decade in our history, I assumed he referred to the 1860s and the
Civil War. I was therefore surprised, and disappointed to see that he meant the
1960s, the theme of which for him was "To h— with restraint and
decency, Hooray for liberation, especially the kinds performed in prone
positions."
RICHARD BODEK
Department of History
College of Charleston
65 George St.
http://archives.postandcourier.com/archive/arch05/0505/arc05032298565.shtml
May 1,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Sales
taxes go up today
Experts say the increased
tax should have a negligible effect on residents and the tourism industry. John
Crotts, head of the College of Charleston hospitality program, said what the
tax will pay for — better roads and buses — will make life easier
for the millions of visitors that come each year.
"Getting CARTA back
on track with regular service re-established is so important, along with
funding infrastructure improvements," he said. "Being a visitor to
Charleston and dropping in by car is a daunting task."
http://archives.postandcourier.com/archive/arch05/0505/arc05012295872.shtml
May 1,
2005
Charleston Post and
Courier
Musician,
artist combine talents on multimedia 'Art Moves Jazz'
The pair,
both in their 30s, has known each other a long time. They both graduated from
the College of Charleston's School of the Arts, neighbors in the Albert Simons
Center for the Arts. "I was on the first floor and he was on the third
floor," Duckworth said. Michael Tyzack, chairman of the studio art
department at College of Charleston, is floored by the talents of Duckworth and
Baxter. "Duckworth was a painting student of mine," he said. "He
was incredibly versatile. That's his strong suit. He has a very broad
reach."
http://archives.postandcourier.com/archive/arch05/0505/arc05012293745.shtml
May 1,
2005
The
State Newspaper
Missing teen boaters
found off N.C. coast
The boat had only two
paddles and no mast or sail. In rough weather, it would have been very hard to
handle.
“It would have been like
a giant surfboard,” George Wood, director of the College of Charleston’s
sailing program, told The (Charleston) Post and Courier.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/11535430.htm
May 1 ,
2005
The
State Newspaper
Charlotte
Observer
Moore could be real
threat to Sanford
“Republicans can’t tie the national party label around
their neck. It won’t stick,” says College of Charleston professor Bill Moore.
Republicans are much more open to voting Democratic in
state elections. “If you’re a Democrat and looking for a good candidate, you
got him in Tommy Moore,” says Charleston professor Moore. “His moderate to
conservative voting record is a very strong selling point.”
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/columnists/lee_bandy/11535486.htm
May 1,
2005
Charleston
Post and Courier
Seniors'
deadline for choosing a college is here
"That's the best
that we can do," until tuition and fees are set, said Don Griggs, director
of financial aid at the College of Charleston. "We caveat in bold that
those costs are subject to change."
The deadline does help
colleges plan for their incoming class.
Suzette Stille, director
of admissions at the College of Charleston said schools must determine
enrollment, orientation, classroom space, and faculty.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=22064§ion=localnews