The earthquake could be felt so far away from its epicenter because the waves created by the ground's movement travel more easily through the different type tectonic plates along the East Coast, said Erin Beutel, associate professor of geology with the College of Charleston. "What I've hearing from people is, 'What was that thing moving
Biologist Lou Burnett was in his car when his cellphone rang recently. It was a CNN reporter, asking about the fact that his research had been featured in a new report about wasteful government spending. That was news to Burnett, who works at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. "I was pretty irritated," he
"We don't know when they could be coming," Erin Beutel, Professor of Geology at College of Charleston, said. Beutel said there's no way to predict an earthquake. http://www.live5news.com/story/15319947/lowcountry-feels-virginias-earthquake
Crustal collisions 300 million years ago formed the Appalachian Mountains, which would have grown as tall as today's Himalayas, explains Steven Jaumé, a geophysicist at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Then, 200 million years ago, the continents began to split, forming the Atlantic Ocean. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0823/East-Coast-earthquake-How-does-a-5.9-temblor-happen-in-Virginia/%28page%29/2
Carolina First Arena has a new name. The College of Charleston's basketball and volleyball arena will be renamed TD Arena this fall under the terms of a new licensing agreement with TD Bank. The naming agreement replaces the former agreement with Carolina First Bank, which was acquired by TD Bank last year. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/aug/24/college-of-charlestons-arena-gets-a-new-name/
Living like a gypsy has been worthwhile for Lee-Chin Siow, who was recently awarded the Fellowship for Music Performance from the S.C. Arts Commission. "It's a wonderful way to celebrate my 10th year in Charleston," she says. In between her busy schedule as the director of strings and associate professor of violin at the College
The windows were moving, but the trees stood still. Barney Holt was at his computer in the corner of a third-floor room at the Blacklock House on Bull Street in Charleston when he noticed the earthquake. "There was no wind blowing," said Holt, director of property management and special projects for the College of Charleston.
"Many, many police chiefs and directors of public safety have seen that their jobs change from being the head of a campus public safety entity to being an emergency manager on campus," said Paul Verrecchia, president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and police chief of the College of Charleston in South
The Center for Excellence in Peer Education will host an open house on September 2.
Communication Professor Patrick Harwood's new book records over 45 different bird species in cemetery.
