At the College, we like to speak in metaphors. In true academic fashion, that type of language, that type of thinking, applies gravitas with just the right poetic flourishes. And so, we often frame our faculty and students – their collective curiosity and passion for inquiry – as the very heart and soul of campus.
What’s in a name? For Eliza Hay ’15, it turns out, a lot. “‘Hay is for horses’: I’ve heard it a million times,” says the equestrian star, who this year won the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s highest honor, the Cacchione Cup. “For Eliza to win this is incredible. She is the best intercollegiate rider in
Following Taylor Clarke’s shutout, eight-inning pitching performance during the conference tournament, CAA Coach of the Year Monte Lee ’00 was effusive: “He’s the best pitcher I’ve ever had. To be 13-1 and doing what he’s doing is pretty amazing.” Indeed, it is amazing that Clarke finished his junior year with 143 strikeouts (a school record)
Nationally, Bre Bolden is known as the Colonial Athletic Association’s Women’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year, but on campus she’s best known for her laugh. “Off the court, she’s very quiet and humble,” says first-year women’s basketball head coach Candice Jackson. “But with a very distinctive laugh!” Bolden, a public health major and rising
When biology major Olivia LaRussa ’15 began a senior research project about ants in the Francis Marion National Forest, one of her biggest concerns was – naturally – bugs. In preparation for her hikes in the national forest north of Charleston, she would douse her entire being with potent mosquito spray. However, bugs still found
Alexis Armour has a gift for comedic timing. With her bubbly personality and spirited hand gestures, the sophomore’s deadpan delivery catches her audience by surprise. And, as host of CisternYard Radio’s The Salon with Gossip Goddess, Armour has a pretty diverse audience. Fortunately, her storytelling speaks to all kinds of students across campus. For instance,
At first, the stories sounded like typical fish tales. Sailors spoke of being out to sea and surviving waves as tall as buildings. For ages these claims were dismissed, thought to be nothing but exaggerated descriptions of rough seas. In 1995, however, observations from an oil platform in the North Sea verified a wave that
You are surrounded. There’s no hiding. No escaping. No fighting or defending. You can try to ignore them, but they’re always lurking – and not just underneath the bed. From the zombies of The Walking Dead to the vampires of Twilight: Monsters are everywhere you look. And – as Kathleen Béres Rogers will tell you
Photo by Adam Bruce It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Luke Rein ’15 won the men’s single sculls at this year’s American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship. His coaches knew he could do it. “He is one of the best athletes in the country and has Olympic potential,” says Travis Landrith ’98,
Most first-year students arrive on campus knowing little about the Holocaust. Six million Jewish men, women and children were killed; that’s about it, explains Ted Rosengarten, who has had the task – he might say the honor – of teaching the Holocaust at the College for 18 years. The Second World War ended 70 years
