5 11, 2014

Taking Out the Trash

By |2014-11-05T10:05:43-05:00November 5, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Taking Out the Trash

We all dream of making a difference, of changing the world in a positive way. For one student, that dream became a reality when she went to Ghana, where she discovered she had an opportunity to make a real impact on real peoplesโ€™ lives. by Eden Katz The idiom move mountains took on a very

3 11, 2014

Love Story

By |2020-01-16T09:50:38-05:00November 3, 2014|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

No longer just a crutch for bored housewives, romance novels have undergone a revolution in the past few decades, sprouting subgenres that run the gamut from Christian love stories to the paranormal. These days, romance novels offer happy endings to satisfy every type of reader, with many being penned by College alumni and staff authors.

3 11, 2014

North-Side Portico, Randolph Hall

By |2020-01-16T09:50:44-05:00November 3, 2014|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on North-Side Portico, Randolph Hall

โ€œA place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.โ€ โ€“ Joan Didion, The White Album One of my favorite places on campus is the balcony on the rearside of Randolph Hall,

3 11, 2014

Developing Identity

By |2020-01-16T09:50:50-05:00November 3, 2014|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Developing Identity

For her daughters, the question Where are you from? is a tricky one. Living in South Korea, the two blond girls, ages 7 and 8, get the question a lot. They have often insisted that they are from Africa, considering that they have spent most of their young lives in Ethiopiaโ€™s capital, Addis Ababa. Sensing

3 11, 2014

Gone With the Wind

By |2020-01-16T09:51:29-05:00November 3, 2014|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Gone With the Wind

Becoming the fastest dinghy sailor in the world was the last thing on his mind. There was no room for daydreaming on his Mach 2 Moth, no time for distractions when he was speeding across the Charleston Harbor at 36.6 knots, or 42.11 mph. โ€œThatโ€™s one thing I love about sailing: It clears your head.

3 11, 2014

Flagged for Greatness

By |2020-01-16T09:50:54-05:00November 3, 2014|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Flagged for Greatness

Itโ€™s the highest point in all of Africa, rising nearly 6,000 meters above sea level. To reach the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, hikers usually devote six days, maintaining a slow and steady pace that limits the effects of altitude sickness, which can otherwise be crippling. R. Keith Sauls โ€™90 is a veteran of the mountain,

3 11, 2014

Doing a World of Good

By |2016-08-02T11:12:35-04:00November 3, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

She might be lying through her teeth, but Georgia Maynard isnโ€™t trying to be deceitful when she tells people sheโ€™s from Spartanburg, S.C. Sheโ€™s just trying to avoid all the questions. โ€œNobody seems to have any questions about Spartanburg โ€“ they just accept it and move on,โ€ shrugs the senior womenโ€™s and gender studies major,

3 11, 2014

Tower of Power

By |2014-11-03T09:53:06-05:00November 3, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Tower of Power

If Cougarsโ€™ baseball head coach Monte Lee โ€™00 had a team full of Bailey Obers, heโ€™d surely win a lot of games. He also might get bored. With Bailey Ober, Lee explains, thereโ€™s just not that much coaching that he needs to do. Ober arrived at the College last year like the perfect Christmas gift:

3 11, 2014

Home Court Advantage

By |2017-03-22T16:08:20-04:00November 3, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Home Court Advantage

Itโ€™s a whole new season for the Cougars. The College this year welcomed Earl Grant as the new menโ€™s basketball head coach and Candice Jackson as the new womenโ€™s basketball head coach โ€“ and both coaches are bound to take the Cougars to a whole new level. Having spent the last four seasons as an

3 11, 2014

Still Kicking

By |2020-01-16T09:51:20-05:00November 3, 2014|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Still Kicking

When the redshirt senior forward looks back on her undergraduate career, Sarah Cardamone โ€™14 realizes her fondest memories took place at the Collegeโ€™s Patriots Point soccer field. Unlike her graduating teammatesโ€™ careers, however, Cardamoneโ€™s tenure on the womenโ€™s soccer team didnโ€™t end with this Mayโ€™s commencement, when she earned her degree in business administration. She