The South Carolina Association for Higher Continuing Education has elected the following Charleston area individuals as officers and directors: Dorinda Q. Harmon, College of Charleston, president; and Yvonne Noisette, Trident Technical College, member at large.
Eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is a Southern tradition supposed to bring luck for the coming year. This New Year's Day, this traditional food should also have us looking back exactly 200 years.
On Jan. 1, 1808, the act prohibiting "the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States" came into effect. This date haspretty much been passed over in the regional and national press. And maybe with good reason because we all know that the passage of this law was by no means the end of the long struggle for freedom by Americans of African descent.
Simon Lewis is an associate professor of English at the College of Charleston, and he is director of the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Program. He can be reached at lewiss@cofc.edu.
In the past year, researchers from Clemson University and the College of Charleston began working to place the sweetgrass basketmaking communities dotted around the East Cooper region on the National Register of Historic Places. Funded with a $34,000 grant from the National Park Service and managed by the S.C. Department of Archives and History, the research team is studying the history and land use of neighborhoods as they relate to the tradition of sweetgrass basketmaking. Sites listed on the register will not offer protection to the areas except if federal money is used for projects, such as road widening or extensions. In those cases, register status will require assessment and evaluation of the project.
Jan. 19: 12th Laura Griffin Memorial Run and Walk. 5K. 8 a.m. College of Charleston. Deb Miller, 953-8248 or millerd@cofc.edu. www.cofc.edu/LauraGriffinrun.
During a debate between Democratic presidential hopefuls this month, Sen. Barack Obama said he would move U.S. foreign policy in a different direction if elected. He was asked how he would do this because several of his advisers once worked for President Bill Clinton.
Chris Lamb, a professor of communication at the College of Charleston, is the author of "I'll Be Sober in the Morning: Great Political Comebacks, Putdowns, and Ripostes."
Each day, college President George Benson goes about his tasks under the watchful eye of Harrison Randolph, C of C president from 1897 to 1945, whose portrait hangs over the fireplace.
The college’s 21st president, Benson has occupied this office only since February. However, he understands the rich tradition of the university, and of the city.
Even the school’s reluctance to change its name from the College of Charleston, despite its standing as a university, is proof of its love for tradition.
The College of Charleston Alumni Association honored seven graduates during the annual College of Charleston Alumni Awards and Scholars Banquet Program. The winners are Christine Breves, recipient of the Howard Rudd Jr. Business Person of the Year Award; Dr. Peter Gazes, recipient of the Pre-Medical Society’s Outstanding Service Award in Medicine; Stephanie Rice Jones, recipient of the Young Alumna of the Year award; Jeffery Kinard, recipient of the Alumnus of the Year honor; Joseph Cabaniss, recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award; and Daniel Dukes, recipient of the Alumni Award of Honor.
Rob Dillon, a College of Charleston biology professor who leads an organization known as South Carolinians for Science Education, called Skipper’s challenge of the Miller book “just terrible.”
“Those critiques cannot be the basis for public policy decisions of any sort,” Dillon said. “They are religiously motivated.”
A few weeks ago, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee jumped from relative obscurity among Republican presidential candidates to become the party's front-runner in the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Huckabee owes at least part of his rising popularity to a television commercial where he and actor Chuck Norris trade straight-faced characteristics about the other.
"Mike Huckabee is a life-long hunter, who will protect our Second Amendment rights," Norris sternly says.
Huckabee then responds, "There's no chin behind Chuck Norris's beard, only another fist."
Chris Lamb is a professor of Communication at the College of Charleston. His latest book is I'll Be Sober in the Morning: Great Political Comebacks, Putdowns and Ripostes. He can be reached at lambc@cofc.edu
Salt Lake City, UT - If you broaden this to include the UNLIKELIHOOD of spotting the 22,222 on the odometer, things get even more interesting. Let's call these "monodigital" readings, says College of Charleston mathematician Alex Kasman. The probability of spotting one of these at any given time is small. Starting out, a car runs through 11 miles, 22, 33 ... 111, 222, 333 ... and so on. Drive 100,000 miles and you'll turn over 36 monodigitals. "They're certain to occur, though you probably won't notice most of them."
Edward Lawton is Charleston Police Department's Volunteer of the Year.
Lawton, 76, of James Island, is a retired distinguished professor in the College of Charles- ton's education department and former chairman of that department.
Bill Moore was interviewed on the primary.
"It will be closely watched by the rest of the country and it may actually sort the field out, particularly, among the republicans,” said College of Charleston professor Jack Bass.
Bill Moore, a College of Charleston political scientist sees Huckabee's new stature in a good news/bad news light.
"The good news is his campaign will now receive much more coverage; the bad news is he will be subject to much more scrutiny by both the media and other candidates. The NIE question is just one example of this."
Today's college of Charleston graduates left with words of wisdom from an alumnus who broke racial barriers.
Eddie Ganaway fought for his country before reaching the steps of the College of Charleston.
After serving in the Vietnam War, Eddie Ganaway looked for direction.
"And I was looking to do something with my life after having served," said Ganaway.
By Chris Lamb
During Thursday's debate among the Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. Barack Obama was asked how he would shift U.S. foreign policy in a different direction, given that several of his advisers once worked for President Bill Clinton. "I want to hear that," Sen. Hillary Clinton chimed in, provoking laughter. Obama waited a moment, and then quipped: "Well, Hillary, I'm looking forward to you advising me as well." It was Obama who got the last laugh.
The writer is a communication professor at the College of Charleston and author of "I'll Be Sober in the Morning: Great Political Comebacks, Putdowns, and Ripostes."
Barack Obama is not another politician beholden to special interests but a leader who can restore faith in America at home and abroad, the senior policy adviser for his presidential campaign said Friday.
"We have got to become the country that put a man on the moon again, not the country of (Hurricane) Katrina and Iraq," said Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Samantha Power.
Power, speaking at the College of Charleston, underscored the importance of the South Carolina Democratic primary Jan. 26 for Obama's campaign to garner his party's nomination. "So much will turn on what happens here," she said.
College of Charleston President P. George Benson said it was a privilege to work with Sorensen.
"Andy Sorensen has been a valuable leader, not just for the University of South Carolina, but for the state's entire higher education system," Benson said in a statement. "He has reached out to other institutions, including the College of Charleston, to create new and enhanced educational opportunities for South Carolina's citizens."
More than 700 College of Charleston students will graduate at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at the North Charleston Coliseum.
This year is the 40th anniversary of the integration of the college, and the graduates will hear from Eddie Lee Ganaway, the first black graduate (Class of 1971).
A young woman who died after jumping off the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge on Sunday has been identified as a 20-year-old College of Charleston student.
The Charleston County Coroner's Office identified Alexandra Kindya after receiving calls from several people who recognized her description from an article about the death in The Post and Courier. Authorities confirmed the identity late Tuesday, Coroner Rae Wooten said.
The College of Charleston's efforts to expand academic programs and upgrade facilities are paying off in an increased number of students applying for admission, officials say.
Suzette Stille, director of undergraduate admissions, said the school so far has received about 8,000 applications for about 2,000 spaces in next year's freshman class. That's about 1,500, or nearly 20 percent, more than it had received at this time last year, she said.
Donald Burkard, the college's associate vice president for enrollment planning, said one reason more students are applying is because the college has developed "a widespread reputation as a place you can get an outstanding undergraduate education." The school has received more applications this year from both South Carolina residents and out-of-state students, he said.
Semester exams over, the College of Charleston crowd hit Marion Square, basking in the warm winter glare. While a few worked on their tans, others worked up a sweat passing a pigskin.
The College of Charleston requires all new students to take an alcohol risk test.
“The test is to make sure you know the consequences of alcohol and good decision making coming into college because it's a good thing,” said McCutcheon.
Melissa R. Whetzel has joined the Division of Marketing and Communications of the College of Charleston as news manager. She holds a bachelor's degree in media arts and design from James Madison University. Previously, she was director of investor and community relations for the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and a reporter for ABC News 4 in Charleston, WCYB-TV in Bristol, Tenn., and WHSV in Harrisonburg, Va.
Governor’s School of South Carolina at the College of Charleston is accepting nominations until Jan. 31. The school runs from June 8 through July 5, 2008.
This year students will be able to study courses including Law and Society; Biomedical Science; Psychology of World Events; Biochemistry; the Middle East and Africa; and Global Perspectives on Human Rights.
Twenty-two College of Charleston students and two faculty members are traveling to Kenya this week to play a part in addressing the consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The goal of the Project Harambee initiative is to build a medical clinic at an orphanage in the Kitui District of eastern Kenya, according to Mutindi Ndunda, a College of Charleston education professor and project organizer.
"We originally hoped to build schools but realized we needed to do what the (Kenyan) community wanted," Ndunda said. The village wanted a medical facility.
Heath Hoffmann, director of the Crime, Law and Society program at the College of Charleston, said perhaps it is easier for police to surveil the streets than keep tabs on what happens behind closed doors.
"If you're on the street corner dealing drugs versus dealing drugs out of your home, you're more likely to get caught on the street corner," Hoffmann said. "You can't really blame cops for that."
“Oprah’s endorsement certainly can’t hurt him,” said Jack Bass, a political scientist at the College of Charleston. “But we don’t know if it will help him either. We’ve never seen a situation like this before. It’ll be the first real test of whether you can transfer votes.”
Charleston, S.C. – The College of Charleston Department of Communication Advisory Council has elected a new chair and vice-chair for 2008. Tom Martin, who joined the Department of Communication in August as its first Executive-in-Residence after his retirement from ITT Corporation, will serve as chair. He succeeds Michael Fanning, vice president of Corporate Affairs for Michelin North America, who has served as chair for two years. Karen Kaplan, General Manager of Fleishman-Hillard Atlanta, will serve as vice chair of the Council, succeeding Mr. Martin who served as vice chair for two years.
A political scientist at the College of Charleston, Jack Bass noted that it may be the largest political gathering since General Dwight D. Eisenhower was campaigning there in 1952 during his first run for President.
"It may be the biggest crowd for a political candidate in South Carolina's history," Jack Bass, a College of Charleston professor, told The State newspaper on Thursday.
On Dec. 1, The Post and Courier reported on a pet project that works, namely the compromise allowing dogs off-leash during certain periods of time on Sullivan's Island. According to the article, the policy is deemed successful because dog owners and non-owners are happy with it.
Melissa Hughes
Ornithologist
Associate Professor of Biology
College of Charleston
The College of Charleston Observatory will hold an open house tonight, 7:30-9 p.m., at the Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center on Coming Street. Follow the signs to the roof. Comet 17P/Holmes is still visible, said C of C physics and astronomy professor Jim Neff. If by some slim chance it rains, watch for an announcement posted at www.cofc.edu/~neffj/WWW/observatory. In that case, room 125 of the science center will be open for you to meet with College of Charleston astronomers and students. No open-toed shoes, food, drinks or smoking on the observation deck. It's free.
Presidential hopeful John Edwards dropped by The Haven on George Street Thursday to pose for photos and press the flesh with about 100 supporters, and he brought singer and activist Harry Belafonte for a celebrity boost.
The two later visited a party for Charleston County Democratic Women at the College of Charleston.
In 1865 the Avery Normal Institute opened it's doors to more than 500 free blacks and former slaves.
You could learn anything from Algebra, to Geometry, and Trigonometry. Parents had to pay for their children's tuition, but there were some that could not afford it.
The school first closed in 1947 ... and later became the Avery Research Center For African American History And Culture, but many people have overlooked the historic site.
Belafonte shook hands with many of the 150 people gathered later at a reception at the College of Charleston but did not address the crowd.
WWII vets exhibit
Five Charleston area World War II veterans are featured in an exhibit at the College of Charleston.
Piano competition winner
Sean Kennard, an artist certificate student of Enrique Graf at the College of Charleston's School of the Arts, won first prize in the XXXIV Dr. Luis Sigall International Piano Competition on Nov. 3-10 in Vina del Mar, Chile.
Faculty exhibition
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston's School of the Arts is hosting "John Hull & Barbara Duval: Works" through Dec. 7.
First, they both made a stop at The Haven restaurant on George Street in downtown Charleston, and they then went to the College of Charleston’s Stern Center. Edwards was there to address a holiday party for the Charleston County Democratic Women, and he explained why South Carolina is so important in the 2008 race to the White House.
In just a few days, a group of College of Charleston students and professors will leave life as they know it to travel to Kenya and build a health clinic at an orphanage there in the eastern part of the country.
“Suffering any where is suffering everywhere. Just because we detach ourselves and hide behind the oceans or whatever, it doesn't mean people are not suffering,” said Dr. Mutindi Ndunda, an Education professor at the College of Charleston.
News 2 found four videos posted on the website YouTube when we searched for "Money Macon." The videos depict teens flashing what looks like large wads of cash and what appears to be drugs. "If it's not, they want us to think it is," Dr. Robert Westerfelhaus said. Westerfelhaus is an associate professor with the College of Charleston and teaches media ethics.
He added that Edwards has the makings of a great president. Belafonte attended a rally with Edwards at the College of Charleston.
“It may be the biggest crowd for a political candidate in South Carolina’s history,” said Jack Bass, a political scientist at College of Charleston who said Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s visit to Columbia in 1952 during his run for the presidency might be one of the other contenders.
Presented by GOVERNING, sponsored by AARP and hosted by the College of Charleston. Speakers include:
-- Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley
How much uncertainty can justify further inaction?" asked Kirstin Dow, a geographer and climate change scholar at the College of Charleston. "We have understood the mechanism of climate change for over a century. Climate models cannot explain current climate change without factoring in human activity."
“The bottom line is it’s an absolutely dead heat,” said College of Charleston political scientist Bill Moore.
Rev. Joseph Lowery speaks Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 about his support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Avery Research Center for African-American History and Culture on the campus of the College of Charleston.
Edwards has been touting his S.C. roots in TV ads. Though he won the primary here in 2004, his support has gone to Clinton and Obama, said College of Charleston political scientist Bill Moore.
Other than moderate white Democrats, "he's kind of a man without a constituent base (in South Carolina) right now," Moore said. Decision 2008.
Grass Roots: Baskets of Africa and the American South is being organized by the Museum for African Art in partnership with the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, SC and through extensive input and participation of local basket makers. The exhibition will open at the Gibbes Museum in Charleston and tour nationally. It will be complimented with extensive education projects and a series of "Lowcountry Itineraries," geared for tourists, educators, and students in the form of maps, a brochure and an exhibition Web site. A collaboration with the Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival, which will feature local basket makers, will connect audiences to the subject of the exhibition.
Vincent Benigni, an associate communications professor at the College of Charleston, said he advises those studying public relations that it's best to be transparent and take responsibility for your statements. Someone who holds a position of public trust would be better off writing a signed letter to the editor, he said.
"If you're going to go ahead and make outrageous statements," he said, "be prepared for what happens next."
The College of Charleston's budding Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management gave its mentors a big thank-you party at Boone Hall Plantation last week.
A growing number of local hospitality honchos are speaking at the college, donating to the Hospitality Department and making room in their ranks for Cougar interns, offering class credit and school-of-hard-knocks work experience in exchange for free or cheap labor.
Those connections have helped cultivate the entire department at the college, which has grown from two faculty to six in the past few years and now boasts about 200 majors.
Jack Bass, a journalist who covered the S.C. State shootings and Sellers’ trial, said Sellers stands for Boy Scout ideals.
“His career has reflected leadership skills and fighting for full citizenship for African-Americans,” said Bass, now a journalism professor at College of Charleston.
“As someone who covered his trial and who has reflected on it for 40 years, I have to say the conviction of Cleveland Sellers was a total miscarriage of justice.”
A public menorah lighting is scheduled for Tuesday, presented by Chabad of Charleston and The Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston, in cooperation with the city of Charleston.
The College of Charleston's Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and department of theater will present "Playwrights Tonight," an evening of new plays written and performed by students in playwriting classes.
Titled "Sinatra Scenes," the theatrical performance is a tribute to Frank Sinatra's music by using five of his classics as inspiration for creating original student-written material. Featured Sinatra songs are "The Lady Is a Tramp," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Fly Me to the Moon," "The Best Is Yet to Come" and "The Way You Look Tonight."
Witnessing outer transformation is often of great appeal to the pilgrim, but inner transformation is just as likely to motivate travel, according to June McDaniel, religion professor at the College of Charleston. Some people trek into the jungles of South America in search of hallucinogenic drugs — ayahuasca, a drink made from a plant, for example — and a capable shaman, McDaniel said. The real destination, however, is somewhere deep in one's soul, she said.
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND — The six months that town officials spent meeting with community members to iron out rules for dogs on the beach in 2004 are paying off now, according to a group of College of Charleston graduate students who studied the ordinance.
Ellen Gower (left) of Greenville and friend Alice Morrisey of Sullivan's Island walk their dogs, Nick (left), owned by Gower, and Lola, owned by Morrisey, on the Sullivan's Island beach Friday morning. 'It's their beach too,' Morrisey said.
The seven students in professor Angela Halfacre's environmental community outreach class told community members at Town Hall on Friday that their surveys indicate that residents and visitors are highly satisfied with the ordinance and most people are following the rules.
College of Charleston political science professor Bill Moore said Mallard's political mailing is a negative campaign tactic known as a "push poll." Push polls appear to be surveys, and typically ask readers to choose responses to negative statements about the candidate's opponent.