The Year of the Snake
Last Friday Feb. 15, the Asian Students Association and the Chinese Club hosted their annual Chinese New Year Celebration. Stern Center Gardens was strung with lights, filled with music, and inhabited by dragons, break-dancers, swordsman and martial artists. Leni Phan and the rest of her crew have worked tirelessly since the beginning of the semester...
Rock Climbing: A Mental Sport
Some people move mountains, other people climb them. Brynn Saintclair Keenan is a junior biochemistry major at the College of Charleston and is also the president of the newly formed Climbing Club on campus. Keenan grew up around the Charleston area, and started climbing at the Climbing Wall at James Island County Park. From there, Keenan developed her passion for...
Casual Sundays Video: “Lunarcy” Director Montgomery Mauro
An interview with the director of Center Stage’s “Lunarcy,” Montgomery Mauro. LUNARCY, Feb. 13 to 16, 7:30 p.m. in Theatre 220 (Second floor of the Simmon’s Center for the Arts) FREE for students, faculty, and staff, $8 general admission Casual Sundays is a segment in which CisternYard Video interviews student artists. Any interested in an...
Justice has come to the College of Charleston
Dom Mazzetti once coined the phrase, “That’s Justice” but members of Phi Delta Phi practically wrote the definition of that very same phrase. Established in 1869, Delta Phi Delta is one of the oldest and largest legal organizations in North America. Prominent members of the fraternity include United States Presidents such as Gerald Ford, Theodore...
Dance the night away
Dance Marathon is the largest philanthropic event the College of Charleston participates in. Since its conception in 2007, DM has raised over $200,000 for MUSC Children’s Hospital. And they are only getting stronger. Held every year in the TD Arena, the event is filled with entertainment, free food, games and prizes. And this year the...
Hip-Hop Thursdays: A new tradition at the College
Hip-Hop. It’s a term that refers to more than just a music genre. It encompasses a culture and a lifestyle. Several organizations and offices at the College of Charleston are embracing the ever-evolving style of Hip-Hop with the start of a new tradition: Hip-Hop Thursday. Kimberly Ohanuka, president of the CAB (Cougar Activities Board), hosted the...
Club Spotlight: Sassy, sultry singer shakes things up
Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Stripped by Christina Aguilera. What do these Grammy award-winning albums all have in common? They’re produced and performed by some of today’s sultriest singers in the music industry. And it’s songs from artist like these that the new a cappella vocal group at...
Club Spotlight: Take a tour with Charleston 40
If you haven’t seen a group of people looking sorely out of place accompanied by a student in a burgundy short sleeve polo, it’s hard to believe you go to the College of Charleston. Charleston 40, one of the College’s thought to be elite clubs, gives tours to prospective students and their families Monday through...
Club Spotlight: Book Club
Call me Ishmael. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Do any of these phrases ring a bell? Do they take you to somewhere far away? These are...
New club at the College catches a few waves
The feeling of warm sand between the toes. The sun beating down on perspiring skin. Reading a textbook with the calming sound of waves crashing in the background. Some students can’t think of a better way to go to college than to attend a school that’s just a few miles from the beach. For students...
Club Spotlight: Aikido Club
Ich, Ni, San, Shi. These Japanese words can be heard in frequent repetition during an Aikido Club meeting. When listening to these sounds and the club members slowly responding in harmony, it’s hard to make out if they are even words or just melodic sounds. However, when examining what the word Aikido itself means, it makes...
The Psychology Club: Scientific and Philanthropic
Where do you see yourself after graduation? Could it be in a laboratory, conducting extensive research? Or could you see yourself helping people in a medical or educational setting? Or perhaps, you may like to teach other college students such as yourselves about the complexity of the human mind. If you can see yourself doing...