May 31, 2007
Mysterious males on the mend
Photo by Melissa Haneline
Dave Owens (left, center), director of the College of Charleston’s marine biology graduate program, looks over a sonogram of male sea turtle Edisto’s reproductive organs with Gaelle Blanvillain (bottom left) Wednesday at the South Carolina Aquarium’s sea turtle hospital.
College of Charleston Professor Dave Owens might have hit a gold mine, educationally speaking.
Just two weeks after the South Carolina Aquarium brought in the first adult male sea turtle in its seven-year history, another injured male was found off Edisto Island on Tuesday afternoon.
For Owens, who studies reproduction in sea turtles, it's a rare chance to scrutinize the mysterious males, who stay at sea all their lives. Even more fortuitous: both arrived at the turtle hospital right after mating season.
May 31, 2007
C of C athletic director Baker stepping down
Citing a desire to pursue other opportunities, College of Charleston athletic director Jerry Baker announced his resignation Wednesday effective at the end of June.
"I have some exciting opportunities available to me and my family inside and outside of athletics, and I think the timing is perfect for me to hand the reins to someone else," Baker said. "I would like to thank (former athletic director and men's basketball coach) John Kresse and (former president) Alex Sanders for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve my alma mater as director of athletics."
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May 31, 2007
College of Charleston athletics director resigns
College of Charleston athletics director Jerry Baker has resigned after 15 years leading the Cougars’ sports programs, the school said Wednesday.
Baker, a 1974 Charleston graduate, had been athletics director since 1992. He oversaw the Cougars’ move from NAIA to Division I and watched the budget grow from $1 million when he began to just over $8 million.
May 29, 2007
MUSC to end use of Social Security numbers
Other local higher education institutions have already made the change from Social Security to identification numbers.
The College of Charleston and Trident Technical College both made the change a few years ago.
May 28, 2007
Plantations’ slavery exhibits hope to attract more tourists
Yet attracting more black tourists to the Lowcountry is exactly what the College of Charleston’s Simon Lewis and other local educators, historical site curators and tourism professionals have in mind.
Neither the College of Charleston’s Office of Tourism Analysis nor the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau have collected data on the number of black tourists who visit the Lowcountry.
May 28, 2007
Memorial Day history and homage
Women in the South decorated soldiers' graves. And liberated slaves celebrated in Hampton Park right here in Charleston. According to a College of Charleston history professor, Hampton Park was once a prison camp for Union soldiers, some of whom died in captivity and were buried in a mass grave.
May 28, 2007
Unlikely duo seem well-matched
Tango is at the root of 20th century Argentinian music. "We don't know exactly the origin but it started in the late 19th century," Dr. Maude Daverio, a former French teacher at the College of Charleston and a native Argentinian living in Charleston, said in a recent interview.
"It compares to the blues," she said. She went on to describe the similarities between blacks in the United States and Spanish and Italian male worker immigrants in Argentina separated from loved ones. "He had to leave his wife and children and this is where the blues comes from."
May 25, 2007
Spoleto grabs center stage
But those who don't speak Italian have nothing to fear. They will still be able to understand the speech because Giovanna DeLuca, an assistant professor of Italian at the College of Charleston, will serve as translator.
May 26, 2007
2 cities reunite as Spoleto dances in
To the delight of the crowd, baritone John Hancock, who performs in the Spoleto opera "Faustus," sang the national anthem of Italy in Italian, and then performed "The Star Spangled Banner" in English. Brunini's speech was delivered in Italian and translated by College of Charleston assistant professor of Italian Giovanna DeLuca.
May 26, 2007
Tourism psychology seminar in Charleston
CHARLESTON — The College of Charleston will host the fifth biannual Symposium of Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure June 4-6.
The symposium will bring together tourism, hospitality and leisure researchers from around the world to report research, share ideas and advance consumer psychology and consumer behavior theory.
May 25, 2007
Arts: Discover exhibitions along the beach
The Halsey Gallery at the College of Charleston always has something worth checking out. It’s often the best place to find art in Charleston.
“Surface Tension: Multimedia Abstractions by Cindy Neuschwander and Hiroyuki Hamada” looks at two artists pushing material boundaries.
Both make art that isn’t quite painting and isn’t quite sculpture. Both focus greatly on process, creating layered, worked and reworked surfaces.
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May 25, 2007
Minor earthquake shakes Midlands
"At that magnitude, it should just feel like a large dump truck driving by," College of Charleston geologist Erin Beutel said. "It wouldn't cause much damage."
May 24, 2007
New science facility approved for College of Charleston
The new science building will be built in a U-shape surrounding a landscaped courtyard and will contain a 150-seat auditorium, state-of-the-art laboratories and a 600-square-foot pollinator-free greenhouse designed for research. The new facility will cost about $50 million, said Norine Noonan, dean of the college’s School of Sciences and Mathematics.
May 21, 2007
GOP's commitment on social issues tested
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Bill Carswell has voted for numerous Republican presidential candidates who oppose abortion, even though he supports legal abortion. This year, he has finally found a candidate who agrees with him.
Rudy Giuliani's abortion views "are in line with mine," Carswell, 54, a food service manager at the College of Charleston, said last week after a Giuliani town meeting here. "It's a personal decision. It's up to the individual."
May 21, 2007
Officials hope Senior PGA Tour event a winner for region's economy
But in the short run at least, visitors will likely dump millions of tourism dollars into the local economy. A College of Charleston study put tournament-related tourism spending at $23.3 million, a figure researchers called "conservative."
May 20, 2007
Words of wisdom (or something) to the Class of '07 (Editorial)
By Chris Lamb
To the Class of 2007: Today you graduate. Now what do you do?
Some of you will find happiness in helping others. Not only you but the people whose lives you touch will be the better for it.
Chris Lamb is an associate professor of media studies at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. His most recent book is "Wry Harvest: An Anthology of Midwest Humor." Contact him at Read more... "mailto:lambc@cofc.edu" lambc@cofc.edu.
May 20, 2007
Move graduation (Letter to the Editor)
I was shocked on reading your May 11 article titled "Graduation marks final financial blow" to learn that each College of Charleston graduate was allowed only three free guest tickets for the ceremony.
It is a monumental feat to graduate from college and when it gets to the point that siblings and grandparents cannot share this joyous occasion, then it is time to change venues.
SUZANNE COX
405 Marquette Lane
Ladson
May 18, 2007
Republican presidential hopeful and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani responds to questions during a town hall meeting at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday, May 16, 2007.
May 18, 2007
Broken tradition (Letter to the Editor)
I have always thought the College of Charleston graduation was an elegant affair.
If the May 14 photo in The Post and Courier is an accurate portrayal, the only thing elegant about this year's affair was the young men graduating.
Tradition is wonderful, but when broken, it is very hard to attain again.
May 17, 2007
S.C. Voters Weigh Giuliani's Stance on Abortion
Coming out of the first Republican presidential debate two weeks ago in California, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was on the defensive over his conflicting, even confusing, message about abortion.
In the second debate, Giuliani was clearer and more direct. It also gave him a chance to brandish his homeland security credentials. NPR's Mara Liasson spoke to people at a Giuliani town hall meeting at the College of Charleston in South Carolina to see how security concerns influence conservative voters when compared to abortion policy.
May 17, 2007
Giuliani takes shot at Hil after feasting on his GOP guppies
Following his debate shootdown of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) on 9/11 and terrorism, Giuliani spoke at a town hall meeting at the College of Charleston yesterday while his aides sought to parlay his star turn into dollars.
May 17, 2007
Union Activists Welcome Edwards at Rally
"It's the most fundamental problem in the United States as we saw in this attempt to attack Fort Dix, which was homegrown,'' he said following a town hall meeting with about 200 people at the College of Charleston. "As the U.S. attorney told me, it may not have been directed by Islamic terrorists, but it was inspired by them. Who knows how much of that homegrown stuff is going on?''
May 17, 2007
Giuliani mixes tough talk, soft banter in appearance at College of Charleston
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani talked to about 300 students, faculty and others at the College of Charleston on Wednesday, less than 12 hours after he left the debate stage in Columbia.
May 16, 2007
FEATURE Hanging Fire
For the first show she's ever single-handedly curated at the Halsey Institute, she's chosen multimedia abstractions that are hard to pin down as sculptures, paintings, or even fine art.
Lee has been a freelance associate of the Halsey for the past couple of years, before which she set up shows at the Eva Carter Gallery in the role of gallery director. She also curated a MOJA Arts Festival show at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park and 2004's Fresh Work alumni exhibition, the latter with Marian Mazzone at the Halsey. So she's no stranger to curating, but she hasn't taken an easy route with Surface Tension (see City Picks, page 31). The show has great artistic merit — it's just hard to hang, let alone pigeonhole.
May 16, 2007
Giuliani making appearance in Charleston
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani will hold a town hall meeting this morning in Charelston.
The former New York mayor will lead the discussion scheduled for 9 a.m. in the Stern Center Ballroom on the campus of the College of Charleston.
May 16, 2007
Giuliani Visits Lowcountry
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says the most important thing about last night's Republican debate was showing the differences between Republicans and the Democrats.
Giuliani spoke to a crowd of about 200 people, most of them students, at the College of Charleston this morning before heading to Atlanta.
May 16, 2007
New superintendent to head Gray's Reef sanctuary
Career marine scientist George R. Sedberry has been appointed the new superintendent of the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.
He also has been the principal investigator on assessments of reef fish stocks from North Carolina to Florida
In addition, Sedberry also has extensively studied invertebrates from shelf, slope and deepsea waters and has taught a marine fisheries class at the College of Charleston.
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May 16, 2007
Giuliani: Terror is biggest threat to nation
"We are a party that talks about lowering taxes, giving people more of a stake in society, giving them more of their money back, giving them more choice over education and giving them more choice over health care," he said following a town hall meeting with about 200 people at the College of Charleston. "It seems to me there is going to be a dramatic difference as this kind of lines itself between the party that wants to move in the direction of the government making more choices, making more decisions, and our party."
May 15, 2007
Round Two For Republicans
"Because they are good citizens. You should applaud them for not answering your question because they really need to do what they know it right and that is to gather information," said Jeri Cabot, professor at the College of Charleston, " This is a broad field for both political parties."
May 15, 2007
Bogus Boycott: Effort To Bring Down Gas Prices
"A bogus boycott," says College of Charleston Economics Professor and Department Chairperson Frank Hefner. "Well, it can be a boycott, but the reason it is bogus is that it is 100 percent ineffective. Now here's a boycott that would work: stop buying gas for six months - prices will drop."
May 15, 2007
Presidential hopefuls debate tonight in Columbia
Tonight's debate not only will be broadcast nationally by Fox News, but Republican chairs from most of the 50 states will be in the audience as well. The unique crowd will give the debate added importance, said College of Charleston political science professor Bill Moore.
May 15, 2007
Should Bible be taught in schools?
Students could be better-served by classes offered on the religions of the world including introductions to Christianity, Judaism and Islam, said John Huddlestun, an associate professor of religious studies at the College of Charleston.
'You have to ask what's their motivation for introducing this; why only the Bible?' saidasked Huddlestun, who teaches courses on biblical studies, Jewish and Islamics traditions and related history on the ancient Middle East. 'Once you get in the classroom, how are you going to teach the class? You need well-trained teachers who will not teach it from any one perspective.'
May 15, 2007
Colleges pushing computing profession
There are seven state colleges with accredited computing departments: USC, Clemson University, College of Charleston, Francis Marion University, Coastal Carolina University, Winthrop University and South Carolina State University.
At the College of Charleston, enrollment in computer science and computer information systems slumped to 77 last fall from 208 in 2002, said spokesman Mike Robertson.
May 14, 2007
Accolades & More
College of Charleston professor of entrepreneurial studies Kelly G. Shaver was the key note speaker at the 18th annual International Gateway to Entrepreneurship conference at Saint Louis University. His presentation was entitled “Cross-Campus Entrepreneurship.” The conference brings together teachers, researchers and practitioners to discuss emerging issues in the field of entrepreneurship.
May 14, 2007
C of C offers a ‘Break from the Books’
Students at the College of Charleston organized a “Break from the Books” celebration during spring semester exams to help raise funds and awareness for the Trident Literacy Association. The Secrets, a local band, played the event. Pictured, from left, standing: College of Charleston student event organizers Jessica Robichaux and Kelen Carlock; James Holmes of The Secrets; sponsor Debbie Donovan, Exit Realty; seated, organizers Kaity Robbins and Shannon Band; and Dr. Amanda Ruth, professor.
May 14, 2007
State’s political exposure: Priceless
Academics such as Frank Hefner, chairman of the College of Charleston’s Department of Economics and Finance, see election campaigns as having only transient effects on local economies.
“Any spending takes place only once every four years,” he said.
May 14, 2007
Dodd's Flat Campaign Breaks Out Tough Talk
In South Carolina, Franklin Ashley, a professor of playwriting at the College of Charleston, also had kind words for Dodd - but not his vote.
If Illinois Sen. Barack Obama weren't running, he said, "I'd be for Dodd in a heartbeat."
But his heart remains with Obama. "I heard Obama speak in Charleston," Ashley said, "and it was an exhilarating experience."
May 14, 2007
Rain can't douse graduates' spirits
Sherry and Craig Beeler arrived at The Cistern at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with hopes of grabbing front and center seats to watch their daughter, Betsy, graduate from the College of Charleston.
But when commencement was scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., the Beeler family huddled together on a couch inside Alumni Memorial Hall. A passing thunderstorm delayed the college's outdoor graduation ceremony for nearly two hours, causing the already-seated family members of 1,553 seniors to vacate their places and temporarily seek indoor shelter.
May 13, 2007
Charleston agog as financial guru accused of fraud
"Charleston seems to embrace eccentricity from time to time," allowed Alex Sanders, president emeritus of the College of Charleston.
May 13, 2007
Real world doesn't look so bad for college grads
--While still in school, students should take advantage of internships, job-shadowing programs and mentoring to burnish their academic credentials with hands-on experience, said Denny Ciganovic, director of the College of Charleston's career center.
May 13, 2007
Halsey
Halsey Institute Hovering between painting and sculpture, 'Surface Tension: Multimedia Abstractions by Cindy Neuschwander and Hiroyuki Hamada' will open Friday at the College of Charleston's Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.
Katie Lee, assistant director of the Halsey and curator of the exhibit, says, 'The artists both create layered multimedia objects. The surfaces of their works consist of curious, unspecified materials, creating a sense of tension between what (the objects) actually are and what they seem to be.'
May 13, 2007
F. Mitchell Johnson (Editorial)
F Mitchell Johnson was a successful Charleston businessman whose devotion to his alma mater, the College of Charleston, put him in a leadership role at just the right time in the school's history. The former basketball star turned investment banker was the trusted president of the board of trustees, who, along with then-college President Theodore S. Stern, guided the successful conversion of the municipal college to a state-supported institution.
May 13, 2007
Gullah culture attracts new attention
Tourists can visit Gullah communities at real places like Wadmalaw Island and St. Helena Island - where some segments for the show were filmed. But the culture is experienced with more than simple sightseeing. It's about food, listening to the Gullah language, and learning about the culture at museums like that at the Avery Research Center for African-American History and Culture at the College of Charleston.
May 13, 2007
Rain Delays C of C Graduation
A rain delay did not dampen the spirits of the over 1,500 graduating seniors at the College of Charleston today. The ceremony was delayed for two hours due to the thunderstorms that raked across portions of the South Carolina Lowcountry.
May 11, 2007
Graduation marks final financial blow
Higher education is proving pricey right up until the end for some College of Charleston students who are paying hefty prices for extra tickets to Sunday's commencement ceremony.
May 12, 2007
Lawmakers urge probe of Orangeburg Massacre
The younger Sellers, one of the co-sponsors of Weeks’ bill, has given Harrison a paperback copy of “The Orangeburg Massacre,” written in 1970 by journalists Jack Nelson and Jack Bass.
“The idea here is not to cast blame but create understanding and bring closure,” said Bass, now a College of Charleston humanities and social sciences professor. “It’s going to get a lot of attention, and it will make the state look good (if it addresses) this issue.”
May 11, 2007
UGA finds new business school dean at LSU
He replaces P. George Benson, who left UGA in February to become president of the College of Charleston.
May 10, 2007
Tharoor addresses terrorism, identity
On Wednesday evening, Tharoor was in Charleston, the featured guest at "The Roundtable," a semi-annual event initiated in 1989 by John Winthrop and hosted by the College of Charleston's Friends of Addlestone Library.
May 10, 2007
Community leader Johnson dies
F. Mitchell Johnson, a local leader in the securities and investment business — and a major force behind the development of the modern College of Charleston — died Wednesday morning. He was 90.
Johnson, whose name adorns the college's athletic facility, became the first elected trustee of the college in 1959 and served as president of its board from 1968 until the college joined the state's higher education system in 1970.
May 9, 2007
Commencement Speakers
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON: JERRY ZUCKER, chairman, president and CEO of The InterTech Group, Inc., and the governor and CEO of Hudson's Bay Company, will be the commencement speaker on May 13.
May 9, 2007
Demand grows for graduation tickets
Students learn they can make money when something is in short supplyJason Hughes, a senior at the College of Charleston, decided to skip his May 13 commencement ceremony. Instead, he sold one of his three tickets to a friend for $40 in gas money and auctioned off the other two for a combined $192.50 on eBay.
“I’m taking what I learned about capitalism and applying it to life,” Hughes says.
Exchanging tickets to graduation ceremonies has long been a tradition among students at universities and colleges that limit the number of guests.
May 8, 2007
College Of Charleston Graduation Tickets--$200?! Check Ebay
CHARLESTON, SC - Most at graduation are celebrating their academic achievements. But those who paid attention in Econ 10 may be celebrating their financial ingenuity. Those who have discovered the basic lesson of supply and demand are cashing in-on their graduation tickets.
"I'm an extraordinary salesman I'd say," said Judd Suhr, who's been selling his friends' graduation tickets since 2004.
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May 8, 2007
"The Wall Street Journal" says that expanding class sizes and limited guest allowances are to blame. On Tiger Trade, a ticket to a Princeton Ceremony was listed as high as $250. Corls 195 on eBay for College of Charleston, and $30 for NYU. I'm "Business Week" reporting Joya Dass.
May 8, 2007
Crabs On Treadmills
A popular internet video that's getting hits by the thousands....is shrimp on a treadmill.
While it may appear entertaining...there is real science behind this experiment.
The shrimp video was posted on an educational website...but some creative folks got a hold of it.
Debi Chard takes away the music....to see what this exercise reveals about the creatures which... share our world.
May 8, 2007
The Black Market In College-Graduation Tickets
Jason Hughes, a senior at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, decided to skip his May 13 commencement ceremony. Instead, he sold one of his three tickets to a friend for $40 in gas money and auctioned off the other two for a combined $192.50 on eBay. "I'm taking what I learned about capitalism and applying it to life," Mr. Hughes says.
Exchanging tickets to graduation ceremonies has long been a tradition among students at universities and colleges that limit the number of guests. Students have usually advertised tickets or buying interest via posters and fliers around campus.
May 7, 2007
Women Who Rock
Meeting her, it’s hard to guess that the sprightly chair of the strings program at the College of Charleston is also a world-renowed classical violinist, or that her image appears on airport billboards and a postage stamp in her native Singapore.
May 6, 2007
Theater company taps Ivey for artistic director's post
Robert Ivey, who will direct the musical "Company" opening Friday at the Footlight Players, has been named the new artistic director of the Lowcountry's oldest theater.
Ivey, who is professor emeritus in the theater department at the College of Charleston, where he founded the dance minor program, will continue to teach dance classes at the college, manage the Robert Ivey Dance Studio on Savannah Highway and direct the Robert Ivey Ballet.
May 6, 2007
Sneak Spoleto preview
If you would like to get an idea of some of the history behind "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," Somerset Maugham's play "The Constant Wife" or the composer Philip Glass, you may want to drop by the Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library at 7 p.m. May 14.
In a free presentation, College of Charleston School of the Arts music professors Edward Hart and Trevor Weston and theater professor Todd McNerney will present an overview of the headliner events of the Spoleto Festival USA and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival.
May 6, 2007
Festival sneak peek
Get an insider's look at the 2007 Spoleto and Piccolo festivals on May 14 with College of Charleston music professors Edward Hart and Trevor Weston and theater professor Todd McNerney.
The trio will highlight the must-see performances and provide background and history for each event.
May 6, 2007
Democrats on upswing in S.C.
“At the national level, there’s tremendous dissatisfaction with President Bush,” said College of Charleston political scientist Bill Moore. “This has given Democrats cause for optimism.”
May 5, 2007
Trying to save New Orleans' historic Newcomb College
She said she missed the frequent gatherings organized at the home of former Newcomb Dean Cynthia Lowenthal, to talk about students' progress and offer nurturing and support.
Lowenthal, a longtime member of the Tulane English faculty before becoming dean of Newcomb, left the university to become dean of humanities and arts at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
May 5, 2007
Teachers rate school management
The 867 responses from the alliance's 1,560 members is a terrific sample of the alliance members' perspective, said David Mann, a political science professor at the College of Charleston who specializes in survey research. National polls survey only 1,500 people out of a pool of more than 301 million, and those results are valid, plus or minus 3 percent, he said.
May 5, 2007
Sure sign that school's out
Evelyn Nadel, the college's associate dean of students, said much of the trash that shows up this time of year is the result of procrastinating students. With apartment leases set to expire and their attention focused on final exams and summer plans, many students would rather part with belongings than deal with the hassle of moving them.
May 4, 2007
Job Report Looking Bleak--But Local Grads Aren't Worried
"This is one of the better years I've seen since about 2000," said College of Charleston Career Counselor Linda Robinson.
May 4, 2007
Florida's move sparks rush to earlier primaries
But Jack Bass, College of Charleston professor specializing in Southern politics, said Florida's move clearly means "South Carolina will get considerably less attention and fewer candidate visits than by standing alone, but there's still too much at stake here for the top Democratic candidates to abandon campaigning here."
It will be crucial for Seneca native and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, Bass said.
May 4, 2007
College of Charleston freshman Katheryn Reina has ''Waiting for the World to Change'' as her ring tone.
Phone messages
Leroy Jamison of Goose Creek has T-Pain in his phone at the moment. The College of Charleston sophomore says his phone once crooned this romantic ditty during a test. The professor, however, did not protest.
'She just looked at me,' Jamison says. 'I turned it off.'
May 4, 2007
Defending the ‘good girls’ (Op/Ed)
by CONSEULA FRANCIS - Guest columnist
There’s probably been more than enough said about both Don Imus and the Duke rape case. I have debated whether I should add my voice to the throng. But then I think about this statement and why it bothers me so much:
“Why do people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson always play the race card? We will never get over our divisions unless people learn to let things go.”
What does this even mean? Does it mean that racism will end if we let racists be racist in peace? We can live in a less racially divisive society if only I can learn not to bother you with the circumstances and consequences of my oppression? Your need to live free of emotional and social discomfort is more important than my right to be heard?
Dr. Francis is an assistant professor of English at the College of Charleston.
May 3, 2007
South Carolina's Gullah preserve unique culture
But the culture is experienced with more than simple sightseeing. It's about food, listening to the Gullah language, and learning about the culture at museums like that at the Avery Research Center for African-American History and Culture at the College of Charleston.
May 3, 2007
Warren to speak at C of C
Roger Warren, president of Kiawah Island Golf Resort and immediate past president of the PGA of America, will discuss the upcoming Senior PGA Championship, the state of golf in the region and other topics from 6-8 p.m. today in Room 227 at the College of Charleston's Addlestone Library, located on Calhoun Street.
May 2, 2007
Irritated Math Professors
Several professors at the College of Charleston have expressed dissatisfaction with the Post and Courier's coverage of the Al Parish case, namely math professor Herb Silverman.
A passage in an April 15 article reads, "In 1990, when he was still an assistant professor at the college (CofC), Parish jumped to Charleston Southern University." Silverman feels that this implies Parish received a better offer, when, in fact, he had just been denied tenure at CofC.
May 2, 2007
Vote or die
The Center for Women, the League of Women Voters and the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the College of Charleston will sponsor a workshop June 16 on "Women and the Political Process - Creating Momentum for Future Leaders."
May 2, 2007
Teens' fight video shown on YouTube
Faye Steuer, a psychology professor at the College of Charleston, said research can't keep up with the rapid pace of technological change, so it's unknown whether viewers would be more affected by watching violent videos of people they know versus those produced in Hollywood.
Researchers do know that people's behavior is adversely affected by watching violence or aggression on TV or in movies, she said. They become desensitized to real-life violence, she said, and the videos posted on YouTube could be a result of what teenagers have seen.
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May 2, 2007
Drought conditions in S.C. for 8 of last 10 years
"It absolutely could be and there's no way to verify it, because the weather conditions and even the seasonal climate conditions move around quite a lot on their own," said Laney Mills, a College of Charleston physics professor whose research has included climate modeling.
"It would be a mistake to say well, it's been hot all summer, that's global warming. Not likely, because the next summer it could be a good bit cooler," he said.
May 1, 2007
When college kids come home
Parents often are surprised at how much their child changes that first year away, says Dr. Mike Vinson, director of the College of Charleston counseling center. When they come home, they bring with them not only dirty laundry but also a newfound sense of autonomy.
"Students have been independent and on their own and operating without any limits or rules," Vinson says.