27 09, 2010

Head of the Class

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Lucy Garrett Beckham ’70 knows formulas. A former mathematics teacher, Beckham can discuss the finer points of the quadratic equation, Boolean addition, remainder theorem, Ohm’s law or infinite nested square roots. But perhaps the greatest formula she has come across is the one she is writing and perfecting now: what makes a school great. Her

27 09, 2010

Keeping it Reel

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When Adam Paul ’06 was 12 years old, he stood up in front of his seventh-grade class and told them he was going to catch a marlin. They all laughed. “The teacher told me I was crazy,” he says. But a few months later, after relentlessly driving his father up the wall to take him

27 09, 2010

MySpace: Tony White, Jr.

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For two years of my college basketball career, I played in the Kresse Arena. There, the crowd was close and the energy high, though the venue was small. In 2008–09, during my junior year, my teammates and I moved to the Carolina First Arena, where screaming students and fans filled the new court’s 5,100 seats,

27 09, 2010

Family Links

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On each new golf ball he buys, John Duke Hudson uses a specially purchased purple marker to draw a small, strange-looking symbol, something he describes as a combination of the letter V and the number seven. The symbol is a reminder of home. The mark, he explains, matches the brand that his grandparents stamp on

27 09, 2010

On Guard

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Tonia Gerty isn’t the type of player to spend time worrying about her opponents. She doesn’t bother thinking about how high the other team is ranked or how touted its best player is. In fact, she couldn’t care less. “I’ve always believed in playing to your ability and focusing on your game and your strengths,”

27 09, 2010

Haley well ahead in latest poll – The State

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Mike Lee, a political scientist at the College of Charleston, said Sheheen has at least one reason to be worried. Sheheen had 40 percent support in a June Rasmussen survey, Lee points out, and he has dropped to 33 percent support at a time when an underdog candidate wants to see improvement. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/sep/25/haley-well-ahead-in-latest-poll/

27 09, 2010

Resident reports feeling temblor – The Post and Courier

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A Sangaree resident reported feeling an earthquake that shook the couch about 4 p.m. Friday, but no tremor the S.C. Earthquake Education and Preparedness Program, said Erin Beutel, associate professor of geology at the College of Charleston and program director. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/sep/25/resident-reports-feeling-temblor/

27 09, 2010

C of C grads headline school gala – The Post and Courier

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What is it like to keep Lauren Bacall on key when rehearsing for a Broadway show? Or to comfort Rita Hayworth, who easily stays on key but can't remember the lyrics? Just ask Mel Marvin. The internationally known composer and librettist and a 1962 graduate of the College of Charleston spent many months as the