Iโve quietly watched Herb Parkerโs career over the past few years and must say Iโm so impressed by this sculpture professor who teaches at the College of Charleston. He has done amazing things throughout the world. Karen Ann Myers of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art said, โParker has participated in over 50 site-specific installations
For his first interview as a candidate for S.C. House District 111, Will Freeman chooses to meet in a quiet upstairs alcove at the Stern Center, the College of Charleston's student union. He arrives sharply dressed in a navy blazer and khakis, takes a seat, and readily rattles off a list of reasons why he
โThe model provided the reference,โ said Phil Dustan, a College of Charleston biologist who worked on the study. โThe study showed that what comes out of urban watersheds (is) a lot more nutrients, more pollution,โ he said. http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120416/PC16/120419482&slId=6 ย
Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. A year earlier, he went to Sanford as a prospect with the Montreal Royals, Brooklyn's top minor league team. He made the Montreal roster and played that season with the team. Robinson was then promoted to the big leagues, where he
The campaign to integrate baseball, which culminated 65 years ago today with Jackie Robinson taking the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers for the first time, is often portrayed as a lonely struggle waged by Robinson and a few allies. Lamb, a professor at the College of Charleston, is author of โConspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and
The Montreal Royals, the top minor league team in the Brooklyn Dodgers organization, broke baseballโs color line on Oct. 23, 1945, by signing shortstop Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro leagues. The Associated Press reported that the Dodgersโ president, Branch Rickey, said he had given a lot of thought to discrimination
Sunday is Jackie Robinson Day in major league ballparks, where the ballplayer and his legacy will be remembered with tributes and testimonials. All big-league players will wear Robinson's number 42 on their backs, the only number in sports retired in perpetuity. Chris Lamb is a professor of communication at the College of Charleston and the
Chris Lamb's book examines media coverage of Jackie Robinsonโs entry into the Brooklyn Dodgerโs organization.
"Visual Soundscapes" will be on display in the rotunda of the Addlestone Library through May 7.
2012 Historic Preservation Honor Award honors restoration of Randolph Hall, Porterโs Lodge, and Towell Library.
