"She's not a martyr about it. She's a complete human being," said Claire Curtis, assistant professor of political science at the College of Charleston. "She's a strong young woman who acts for her sister, and not some boy." http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/mar/23/a-new-kind-of-hero/
Thousands of accepted students and their families flocked to the College of Charleston Friday with a life changing decision hanging in the balance. The possible future Cougars will be in town this weekend to get a preview of where they could be spending the next four years. http://www.abcnews4.com/story/17239058/students-visit-cofc-to-see-if-they-want-to-be-cougars ย
Hollis France, who grew up in a developing country, started learning about international issues much earlier than most, she says. France remembers hearing adults talk about policies that curbed her native Guyana's economic development when she was just a girl, she says. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/mar/24/a-global-view/
Heffernan will be in Charleston this week to serve as guest juror for the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Artโs annual โYoung Contemporariesโ exhibition, debuting Thursday with an opening reception 5-7 p.m. in the Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts. The reception is free. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/mar/25/young-art-works-college-charleston-students-go-dis/ ย
Like tens of thousands of youngsters watching this year's NCAA tournament, Jermel President once dreamed of an NBA career. And while the star guard for the College of Charleston in the late 1990s came close, he never quite made it. But for the past decade he has used that sometimes painful experience along with basketball
Yes, football is a violent sport. But 75 percent of knee injuries in sports don't involve contact, according to a research study by a College of Charleston professor. Dr. Anh-Dung "Yum" Nguyen, an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance, and research assistant Kristin Keene are working to identify risk factors for
Chris Lamb presents a wry analysis of one of the nationโs most controversial politicians.
If you have ambitions to be a serious writer, the staff at Crazyhorse magazine, a national literary journal published at the College of Charleston, is hosting the Crazyhorse Writers Conference on March 15-18. It will bring together a group of varied literary artists for a full weekend of lectures and the opportunity to socialize with
Have you ever wondered what the seafloor of the Charleston Harbor is like? Some students at the College of Charleston have spent their spring break figuring that out. "We have a very extensive seamap program where we train students how to go collect data, how to process data, analyze it and actually put out data
Indeed, the literature is conflicted. Some academics, like Harvard Medical Schoolโs Howard Schaffer,ย say that the number of gambling addictsย has not increased alongside casino expansion.ย Douglas Walker, a professor of economics at the College of Charleston, has criticized Grinolโs methodology in studying casino-related crime. http://www.salon.com/2012/03/09/casino_capitalism_as_gambling_spreads_metaphor_becomes_reality/singleton/ ย
