29 03, 2011

Striding not shuffling stops accidents on slippery surfaces – Daily Telegraph (UK)

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Timothy Higham of Clemson University, South Carolina and Andrew Clark of the College of Charleston, said approaching a slippery surface slowly makes it harder to shift the centre of your weight forward once foot contact is made. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8406696/Striding-not-shuffling-stops-accidents-on-slippery-surfaces.html ย 

29 03, 2011

Halsey Institute to showcase young artists – Charleston Post and Courier

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Each year, College of Charleston students are afforded the opportunity to submit recent work to the annual "Young Contemporaries" exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. To have their work selected by an independent curator and exhibited in a professional gallery setting is highly significant. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/mar/27/halsey-to-showcase-young-artists/

29 03, 2011

S.C. lawmakers like old light bulb – AP

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During a speech at the College of Charleston last week, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt criticized legislative efforts in Congress to preserve incandescent bulbs, which he described "a 110-year-old technology." http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/mar/29/sc-lawmakers-like-old-bulb/ ย 

28 03, 2011

Japanese students at College of Charleston feeling helpless about disaster at home โ€“ WCBD

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Watching a natural disaster unfold 7,000 miles from home has been a heavy burden for Japanese exchange students Misato Matsushita and Megumi Itsubaki at the College of Charleston. โ€œI canโ€™t stop watching it on TV and the internet,โ€ says Matsushita. Both 20-year-olds are from the Southern region of Osaka, Japan about 10 hours by car