November 11, 2008
Major cuts for state’s technical colleges
The State newspaper reported Tuesday that 16 workers will lose their jobs next month. Six vacant positions also are being eliminated.
October 28, 2008
Florida students hold huge water balloon fight to raise money for cancer research.
Thousands of University of Florida students showed up for a giant water balloon fight organized to raise funds for cancer research on monday.
October 25, 2008
College students scour for trash
Several hundred college students swarm through the streets on Saturday in the annual litter scavenger hunt.
October 21, 2008
Free Ghost tour at CofC
The College of Charleston will show the haunted places and spooky spaces on campus in a ghost tour. The hour-long tour will begin on the Cistern Yard in front of Randolph Hall and is FREE!
College sabotage
Illinois students use web to sabotage competing college applications.
October 17, 2008
Sellers sworn in as Voorhees president
Civil rights activist and educator Cleveland Sellers, who survived a deadly 1968 protest known as the Orangeburg Massacre, was formally sworn in as the eighth president of Voorhees College.
October 13, 2008
Wacky scholarships helping pay for college
“Average” students find free money for college
October 10, 2008
Overseas markets follow Wall Street down the tubes
Japan’s key index shed nearly 10% to close out its work week in history. On Wall Street, the Dow opens below 9,000 for the first time in five years. President Bush will address the economy this morning from the White House.
October 08, 2008
Young women sell their eggs
Making dinner at home is just one of the ways Megan, a pre-med student at Florida Atlantic University, tries to cut costs in this struggling economy.
October 07, 2008
Local students tune in to debate
About 100 members of the College of Charleston’s Political Science Club watch the second presidential debate.
Furman University receives $17 million gift
Furman University has announced receiving a $17 million gift it will use to help attract top students from outside South Carolina. The private, liberal arts college announced Monday The Duke Endowment grant is the largest single cash award in its history.
September 24, 2008
Demint, Graham differ on bailout
South Carolina’s senators are on different sides of the financial rescue package being pushed to ease a financial meltdown on Wall Street.
September 18, 2008
Coastal Carolina fraternity, sorority suspended
he Conway school says it investigated Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and Gamma Phi Beta after hearing about the parties and suspended the organizations for at least this semester.
September 09, 2008
Group wants to raise minimum driving age
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says states should raise the minimum age from 16 years old to 17 or 18.
Making homes disaster resistant
The Savannah River National Lab is hosting their annual workshop on Disaster-Resilient homes in Charleston this week.


