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.

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