17 08, 2010

Myrtle Beach area loans lumped into spiraling mortgage backed securities – The Sun News

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"Every time you think you've turned the corner, there's another risk factor looming out there," said Frank Hefner, director of the office of economic analysis at the College of Charleston. Buyers cash in on Grand Strand real estate A s the Grand Strand real estate market recovers from its collapse, what used to be the

17 08, 2010

Don’t let the bedbugs bite – The Post and Courier

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Some other protective measures, like the ones taken at the College of Charleston, make it harder for the bugs to get a foothold. Randy Beaver, the College of Charleston's director of environmental health and safety, says his office investigates a room whenever a student thinks he has bedbugs. In the three years he's been in

17 08, 2010

Looking for strong consumer spending? – The Press Of Atlantic City

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To put that in perspective, one's odds of winning the big prize are not much improved by actually buying a ticket, economist Doug Walker said. He is an associate professor at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Walker said some, but not all, state lotteries are faring better than other forms of gambling in

13 08, 2010

Does language matter? – The Post and Courier

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This week, the National Council of Churches was scheduled to hold a symposium called "Language Matters" in Chicago. The meeting was inspired at least in part by the perception that "the use of gender-inclusive language throughout our NCC member communion churches has declined," the council noted in a news release last week. The news was

13 08, 2010

Variety of needs caused C of C’s tuition hike (op/ed) – The Post and Courier

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In recent days, there have been several media reports on the increase in tuition at South Carolina public universities, including the College of Charleston. We welcome public scrutiny and careful examination of our tuition policies. However, because some recent articles about the College have been incomplete, I am writing to set the record straight. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/aug/13/variety-of-needs-caused-c-of-cs-tuition-hike/

12 08, 2010

Some S.C. colleges step up to promote wellness – The State

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Lindsey Barr, health educator at the College of Charleston, agrees, noting that there is even peer pressure to be healthy. “It’s become hip to do yoga, be vegetarian and eat locally grown food,” she says. Barr says the college’s newsletter, Holistic Healer, (which has a Facebook page) seeks to further encourage “the understanding between the