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19 06, 2014

Just Say, “Cheese!”

By |2014-06-19T14:48:11-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Just Say, “Cheese!”

English writer G.K. Chesterton devoted a chapter to cheese in his work Alarms and Discursions, and complained that “poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” Perhaps that silence will finally be broken by a new generation of cheese lovers gathering together at the College. by Madeline Pearse Everyone loves cheese. Whether it’s

19 06, 2014

A Life to Believe in

By |2014-06-19T14:47:54-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Life to Believe in

If you didn’t know Brett Weyman and struck up a conversation with him, it wouldn’t be long before you thought to yourself, Is this guy for real? You might think he’s exaggerating when he tells you he was one of the top college quarterback recruits in the nation coming out of high school in 2002.

19 06, 2014

An Eye Toward the Future

By |2014-06-19T14:47:22-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on An Eye Toward the Future

Heads may turn now and people may stare, but it might not be long before we all walk around looking like Michael Feliciano ’14. As one of the privileged few to use the Google Glass headset – a next-generation, wearable computer that merges one’s real and digital worlds into something called augmented reality – before

19 06, 2014

A Heart for the Homeless

By |2014-06-19T14:47:07-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Heart for the Homeless

He found God in their eyes. They may have had no home, few belongings and little money, but their eyes, at least, possessed the divine. Or so says Robbie Roberts ’14. Roberts is a friend to the homeless, a lifeline to those who lack not only the most basic of needs, but also hope. Roberts

19 06, 2014

The Evolution of a Discovery

By |2017-02-09T15:38:23-05:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on The Evolution of a Discovery

Sometimes things just come together. Such was the case with the discovery of a 28-million-year-old fossil belonging to a previously unknown toothed whale. It was a find that, once carefully assembled, connected not only some evolutionary dots for the scientific community, but also some like-minded personalities in the College community. The discovery began in the

19 06, 2014

Inside the Academic Mind: Claire Curtis

By |2014-06-19T14:46:08-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Inside the Academic Mind: Claire Curtis

Since 2001, Claire Curtis has been pushing her students to better understand the world around them. We caught up with the gifted and thoroughly entertaining political science professor to find out more about her research on dystopian literature, her brush with fame and her passion for softball. Where did you grow up and what do

19 06, 2014

Under the Sea

By |2014-06-19T14:45:54-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Under the Sea

You just never know what’s out there. That’s what Leslie Sautter, associate professor of geology, loves about the ocean: It’s uncharted territory. It’s what she loves about teaching: It inspires exploration. And it’s what she loves about working with alumni: It leads to one discovery after another. Through Project Oceanica, which she founded in 2001,

19 06, 2014

A Presidential Homecoming

By |2014-06-19T14:45:19-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Presidential Homecoming

It’s been a long time coming. And now, after 134 years, an alumnus will once again occupy the president’s office in Randolph Hall. Certainly a lot has changed since Nathaniel Russell Middleton ’28 (that’s 1828) guided the College from 1857 to 1880. But, more than a century later, the core mission remains the same: provide

19 06, 2014

The Defiant One

By |2018-04-13T09:38:15-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on The Defiant One

Growing up in Trinidad and tobago, David Ramjohn '04 had big dreams but little means. Thanks to hard work and a relentless sense of optimism, he overcame some incredible odds to find success at the College and his Caribbean home. by Jason Ryan Illustration by Charis Tsevis Images by Kibwe Brathwaite The best advice David

23 04, 2014

Gift of Honor

By |2014-04-23T14:46:49-04:00April 23, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Gift of Honor

They came To america as refugees from World War II, unable to speak English and with hardly anything to their name. At least Sam and Regina Greene had their lives. Many of their family members who had remained in Warsaw were killed during the Holocaust. Starting over in Charleston in 1948, the couple began a