21 10, 2013

Adventure Calling

By |2020-01-16T09:53:14-05:00October 21, 2013|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Adventure Calling

Imagine a man seated in a train car, briefcase in his lap, earplugs in his ears, a slight smile on his face. The train is headed downtown, and, at least in our minds, he is heading to work, perhaps thinking about the meetings and phone calls that wait for him. In his own mind, however, he

21 10, 2013

Queen of Conch

By |2020-01-16T09:53:08-05:00October 21, 2013|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Queen of Conch

As the boat slowly tows her through the clear blue Caribbean waters, Catherine Booker ’08 (M.E.S.) simply clicks a counter for every conch she sees. Things, however, are a little trickier after the fieldwork is done: when she has to figure out how to protect a disappearing species that – steamed, breaded and fried – is

21 10, 2013

My Space: the International House

By |2020-01-16T09:53:00-05:00October 21, 2013|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on My Space: the International House

17 St. Philip Street, the Former International House When I moved into the International House back in 1994, it was only the third international thing I’d seen. The other two were the IHOP and the Bahamas. So, when my mother finally pulled away, I was pretty freaking excited to get into the International House and make