It’s easy to assume poverty is just an economic issue, and that fixing it is as simple as getting a job. The solution to financial instability, however, is far more complex and often fraught with obstacles along an uphill climb. by Aly Skiko For some, mountains are a thing to be climbed, something to be
In today’s tech-driven world, the humanities may seem like the marginalized cousin to the increasingly popular STEM subjects. But Classics professor James Newhard believes that without an understanding of the human element, advances offered through science, technology, engineering and math won’t get very far. by James Newhard Very often, the STEM fields – science, technology,
Ferris Bueller took the day off. The Breakfast Club enjoyed detention. The Heathers lost their cool. The Outsiders broke the rules. The teens of the 1980s films did what they wanted. They didn’t conform or follow. They embraced who they were and ran with it. They were all on their own. And Elaina Cole was determined
Every basketball player is looking for a big break. When Evan Bailey got his, though, it was a little disappointing. A compound fracture in his femur wasn’t exactly the break the seventh grader had been hoping for. It did, however, lead to a breakthrough: It was during his rehabilitation that he realized what he wanted to
For professor Malcolm Clark, 50 years of teaching history has taught him that the lessons of the past can shape the future.
Everybody knows the College is a magical place – but, for the students taking a Harry Potter course, it’s even easier to get wrapped up in the fantasy of it all. “I start the semester just like they do at Hogwarts – by letting the Sorting Hat assign each student to one of the four
As an entering freshman, the way it was put to me three years ago was that only about 20 percent of your time is spent in class – the rest of the time is up to you. I remember thinking, That’s cool. But what no one told me, or could have even foreseen, was how
Emily Torchiana had been hijacked. The cyberbullies had taken everything she was, everything she had, and dropped her off in a dark, lonely place. But in that place she found a powerful voice – and she’s using it to stand up to cyberbullies everywhere and to show people like herself that they are not alone.
As a little girl growing up in a single-parent household, Ebony Hilton ’04 thought that a career as a doctor seemed like a faraway dream. Now, as the first black female anesthesiologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, the accomplished physician teaches other young girls to pursue their passions. by Jason Ryan Photography by
Photo-essay by Mike Ledford The summer Olympic spirit is upon us – a four-year reminder that people from across the globe speak a common language of competition. It’s in that light that we wanted to highlight some of the College’s own international talent– men and women who have come to Charleston to share their athletic
