Archive | June, 2010

Local energy experts give Obama high marks- Charleston Post and Courier

Mitchell Colgan, chairman of the Geology Department at the College of Charleston, said the president was right to change leadership at the Minerals Management Services, which oversees the oil industry’s drilling efforts. For far too long, Colgan said, the MMS has been “too cozy” with the industry. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/16/local-energy-experts-give-obama-high-marks/

Weddings- Washington Post

It was one of those nights that seemed somehow electrified. Even when she talks about it now, almost a decade later, Angele Douglas’s face is overtaken by a faraway smile and her sentences become punctuated with contented sighs. In January 2001, the second semester of her freshman year at the College of Charleston, Douglas got […]

Caribbean culture- Charleston Post and Courier

The College of Charleston marks Caribbean-American Heritage Month with a program called “Synagogues and Solidarity: Jewish Connections Between the Caribbean and South Carolina,” the first event in Charleston Carifest. The symposium will be held 6-9 p.m.Thursday at the college’s Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth St. The event is free and open to the public. The […]

Let it rain — on cistern- Charleston Post and Courier

When it rains, the College of Charleston hopes it pours — right into its new cistern. The college unveiled an 1,100-gallon rainwater collection system Friday. David Joyner, of the Ashley Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium, said the system is in part a throwback to the cistern that once occupied the school’s main yard. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/12/let-it-rain-on-cistern/

Leading ladies- Charleston Post and Courier

Joy Vandervort-Cobb Joy Vandervort-Cobb, 49, can tell you the exact moment she realized that she wanted to be an actor. It occurred in the fourth grade. “I played Heidi,” said Vandervort-Cobb, adding with a laugh, “yes, that one! I was on the Alps picking flowers for my grandfather, and I loved it. I did this […]

Pomp and Circumstance- Slate

There’s at least one college in the United States, the College of Charleston, that has never required robes at graduation. Instead, female students wear white dresses, and male students wear white dinner jackets during commencement. http://www.slate.com/id/2256753/

Charleston: The Boston of the South- Blast Magazine

Charleston also gives the Boston intellectuals a run for their money. Home to The College of Charleston (the 13th oldest university in the country), Charleston School of Law, Medical University of South Carolina, The Citadel (a military institution) and more, you’ll fit right in with that Harvard sweatshirt — even if it’s tied around your […]

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