Some students find self-confidence at college. Some find that special someone to grow old with. Some find their life’s calling, their purpose, their direction. Thea Kozakis and Laura Stevens found a planet. The planet’s name is Derek, or, to be technical about it, kappa Andromedae b. It exists 170 light years away from Earth, within
They are two sides of the same coin. The yin and the yang. The very archetype of symbiosis. And, now more than ever, they depend on one another for survival. Yet, as clearly related as they might be, the public and the environment have long been approached as unrelated academic disciplines: policy vs. science, social
In November 2002, dozens of surfers paddled out into the Florida waves to honor Joe Milligan, who had died in a terrorist bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia, a month earlier. Milligan was a daredevil and surf enthusiast of the highest order, and, as the ocean full of bobbing surfers proved, a man never
During one Saturday afternoon in January, more than 300 people arrived at Addlestone Library to celebrate the latest offering from James Rigney Jr., a literary legend better known by his nom de plume Robert Jordan. Harriet McDougal, Rigney’s widow, was on hand to promote the final book in Rigney’s Wheel of Time series, Memory of
There’s new life at Dixie Plantation: 75,000 new lives, to be exact. Thanks to a donation from ArborGen – a Ridgeville, S.C., seedling supplier – the longleaf pine seedlings were planted across 144 acres of the College’s 881-acre property on the Stono River and Intracoastal Waterway. A gift supporting the comprehensive plan to restore Dixie
The ocean is perhaps the planet’s last great frontier. For one student, a research trip to better understand a shipwreck near Bermuda provided an opportunity for exploration and adventure. by Marlene Aydlette ’12 The story of this particular mystery ship lost at sea is anything but established: Maybe it was a pirate ship gunned down
History professor Tammy Ingram finds an unlikely research topic right below our feet.
For one pioneering alum, being on top of the world meant finding a life and career at the bottom – a crossroads for scientists, vagabonds and voyagers studying and exploring Antarctica. by Mark Walsh ’04 Alphabetical discrimination, also called Alphabetism, is a form of prejudice relatively new to mainstream study. Sociologists have found that people
If you're a Cougars fan, you know Bart Benton - a four-year walk-on.
Photograph by Jason Baxley Finally these comforts, these heavy oaks and husks of echoes. The pecan shell in my palm is having trouble deciding itself as the sun slides idle, pushing walkers and buggies down the sloping street. When we go, we get somewhere south in hours. We choose this tradition. We are
