This week, don't miss the Halsey Institute's "Bluesphere-centric" weekend, including its sixth annual membership party taking place 7-10 p.m. Friday. Tickets for the event and/or memberships begin at $15 for students and $30 for individuals. http://www.charlestonscene.com/news/2010/nov/18/iron-studios-opens-halsey-stays-blue/
"It starts as a gimmick but there's money involved," said Doug Ferguson, a professor of communication who teaches a social media graduate course at the College of Charleston. "If companies want that business they need to be on these sites. Then someone is going to make a lot of money." http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/nov/21/foursquare-and-over-share/
The College Reads! and the Literacy Outreach Initiative impacted more than 10,000 people in the community.
Students and alumni will get the full Apps suite starting in 2011.
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is from November 15-20.
Linda Gradstein, National Public Radioโs correspondent in Jerusalem, will speak Thursday in Columbia on the latest prospects for peace in the Middle East. Her talk, โIs it Finally Time for an Israeli-Palestine Peace Deal?โ at the Katie and Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center, is sponsored by the Columbia Jewish Federation and the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies
Frank Hefner, an economics professor at the College of Charleston, said lenders are having trouble putting a value on the stockpiles of property they have seized. Without knowing that value, they're proceeding conservatively. "The foreclosure crisis -- the macroeconomics of it --it's going to draw the financial malaise out much longer," Hefner said. "It puts
As part of the continuing Bluesphere environmental art initiative, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston will present a free screening of the documentary feature "Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Cannon Park, Rutledge and Calhoun streets. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/nov/14/film-celebrates-architect/
A Quidditch team from the College of Charleston is joining teams from around the country at the International Quidditch Association World Cup. The event begins Saturday in New York City. Quidditch is the fictional game from the Harry Potter novels but teams of muggles - nonmagic folk - play a version at over 150 colleges
Best-selling author Greg Mortenson emphasized on Thursday the importance of listening to elders, doing community service and educating children. Those were among the key points during his speech to thousands of local students, teachers and residents who packed the College of Charleston's Carolina First Arena. Read full article.
