For the entire month of April, City Bistro will make use of their take out window and offer late night meals on Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Students can now order pizza, wings, or enjoy both with a single meal swipe. Freshman Senator Sean Stivaletta envisioned and implemented the...
On Monday, April 8, Brittany Fogle spoke to students about Water Missions International and how to get involved with the organization. Four students, Eden Katz, Alison Patterson, Queen Nguyen, and Mitchell Jones, invited Fogle to speak as part of a project for their introductory level psychology class, Honors 163. Patterson described why they chose to...
The African American Studies Program has hosted a symposium for the past three years to honor Ella Baker. The fourth annual symposium will be held at the Alumni Center on 86 Wentworth Street at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday April 11. Ella Baker was Martin Luther King’s right hand man, or right hand woman. Born in...
Four years ago, David Templeton, a professor in the opera department, implemented a new idea at the College: to create a musical performance aimed at kids, and bring it into Charleston county’s low income elementary schools. “Many schools never experience classical music,” Templeton said, and he’s hoping to change that. Each year since their first...
On Friday, April 12th, Students for Social Innovation (SSI) will host a Community Health Fair that will take place in the Cistern from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event will consist of 3 sections that focus on the health of the mind, body and community. Each section will be represented by different clubs from...
Spring Awakening might be the most unlikely rock musical to exist. Angst-filled rock-n-roll lyrics pour out of men in wool jackets and women in frilly dresses who are singing into microphones, creating a thoroughly enjoyable contrast. The musical, which is set in the strict society of 1880s Germany, was adapted from a scandalous play by German playwright...
The Office of Sustainability will be hosting its Second Annual Sustainability Week April 8-12. The theme of this year’s week-long event is food security. The idea of collaboration, at the forefront of the concept that sustainability is a process, rather than the results of “greening” things, is reflected by all of the organizations at the...
The Town Hall Meeting with President George Benson and the Executive Team took place on Wednesday, April 3 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Stern Ballroom. This bi-annual meeting, like others before it, focused on recent accomplishments and future plans at the College. The meeting highlighted Charleston’s burgeoning presence in the corporate world at a...
The student production 4.48 Psychosis presents an almost tangible portrayal of severe depression in a theater intimate enough for the audience to feel chills. The play, which runs from April 3 to April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Theater 220 of the Simons Center, follows the story of a young woman fighting to oppress her...
CisternYard Video’s Courtney Monsees sits down with newly elect SGA President Jordan Hensley, and VP Chris Piedmont to hear their plans for the 2013-2014 school year.
Welcome to another installment of What We’re Listening To! This week we decided to bring some tunes based around a theme. Our choice? Spirit animals. Everyone has an animal (or in our cases musicians) that they identify with. You can listen to our selections, as well as playlists from previous weeks on Spotify. Check out...
College of Charleston’s chapter of Chi Omega held their second annual “Work It for Wishes” fashion show, benefitting the Make A Wish, on March 14, 2013. The event, which featured dresses from Rent The Runway, raised nearly $4,000 for the foundation.
