Archive | January, 2012

  A trove of Holocaust correspondence is on view through Jan. 27 on the second floor of the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library, 205 Calhoun St.   “Letters to Sala: A Young Woman’s Life in Nazi Labor Camps” includes about 100 postcards, letters, photographs, documents and other materials from a collection of 300 items now […]

The College of Charleston is among three South Carolina colleges and universities listed among the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges from Kiplinger magazine. Kiplinger’s analysis used several factors to determine best value, including a combination of “academics and affordability.” For academics, Kiplinger looked at SAT scores, admission rates, student-faculty ratios and graduation rates. The […]

  MOST people, especially those working or living overseas and have come back for the holidays, would have spent a lot of time with their families and friends. Well, not violinist Siow Lee-Chin. Not only has she been prepping for rehearsals with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) for a performance celebrating their 33rd anniversary, she’s […]

 Americans Elect must meet state requirements for signatures from registered voters to get a candidate on the ballot, says J. David Gillespie, a professor at the College of Charleston in South Carolina who studies third parties. As of early January, the group, aided by Peter’s son, Chief Operating Officer Elliot Ackerman, had ballot slots in […]

Von Bakanic, a sociology professor at the College of Charleston, said the state of marriage always has been in flux, subject to economic forces and changing social values.   Cohabitation rates are up in the U.S. for a few reasons, she said. People looking for love sometimes agree to a trial period before committing to […]