He isn’t trying to get ahead in his career – he’s trying to stay ahead. Constantly. That’s the goal when you’re a trending news producer for NowThis, a network created by one of the founders of Huffington Post. From their offices in the heart of New York City, Ryan Sedmak ’13 produces more than 20
I’m no stranger to dancing on stage, but dancing in TD Arena during basketball games is a whole different ballpark – or should I say court? I’m used to performing under intense lights, where the audience can see me, but I don’t usually have the privilege of seeing them. When I step on the John
For Ann Looper Pryor ’83, it all comes back to the College of Charleston. After crossing the Cistern with a degree in political science, Pryor headed to Capitol Hill, where she served as a congressional staffer, working on constituent services and handling public relations for the late senator from South Carolina Strom Thurmond. There, Pryor
Melissa Siegel ’03 doesn’t mess around. She jumps at opportunity, scoffs at distraction and charges at conflict. She’s got plans. She’s got goals. She doesn’t waste any time. Frankly, she doesn’t have any to waste. Here’s why: She teaches graduate courses in migration studies and leads the migration and development research group in the Maastricht
Owning a restaurant in New York City is an enterprise best suited for the strong of stomach. After all, Manhattan’s glimmering buildings are nosebleed high, and the commercial rents they demand are more staggering still. In spite of such fierce economic trade winds, Billy Waite ’02 has managed to launch a growing empire that has
Roger Collum has always been good at breaking things. But when you grow up in poverty – as he did in Goose Creek, S.C. – you can’t just go out and buy a replacement, so you’d better know how to fix what you break. As a teenager in the early 1990s, Collum mowed lawns, scrounged
Time takes on curious qualities at the College. No matter how long it’s been or how far we go, one step onto the herringbone bricks, and it’s like we never left. But time is a tricky thing: There’s never enough of it, and yet it never really stops. And at the College, the clock is
Michael Bennett isn’t really one to sit idly by. He’s a man of movement, of enterprise. He doesn’t have the patience for hesitation. He can’t wait to take action. The way he sees it, you don’t get very far just sitting still. Which is precisely why Bennett dropped out of school during his junior year
Sustainability can refer to different things in different situations. The College’s Office of Sustainability has taught these two students that sustainability isn’t something one person, one community, one solution can make happen. Rather, it’s something that connects us all. by Britton Holmes ’15 and Kelsey Deporte ’15 My time at the College has been a
America is founded on myths. Many of our dreams and legends are the stuff of great ambition, of great hope and of great heroes. However, they don’t always fit the type, and sometimes the American hero is the myth itself. by Elijah Siegler I’m writing this on the day that they released Oscar nominations for
