College of Charleston “In the News” is a weekly round-up of news articles featuring College of Charleston faculty, staff, students or alumni. Recent media coverage of the College includes:

Are South Carolina lawmakers ready to lower the statehouse Confederate flag?

The Christian Science Monitor talks with professor Gibbs Knotts about the Confederate flag on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds.

Haley’s Charleston response, Confederate flag stand spark VP talk

Kendra Stewart talks with Fox News about South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.

What’s next? Moving forward after the Emanuel AME Church shooting

The Post and Courier interviews faculty John White and Conseula Francis about race relations in Charleston.

Where are America’s memorials to pain of slavery, black resistance? (op/ed)

In the editorial on CNN, Jon Hale looks at the history of Civil War monuments in the United States.