This week’s issue features a column by mayoral candidate Paul Tinkler about why he’s running, a commentary about the race as a while by Andy Brack, a look by Kyra Morris at a new education report that has some great info in it and a mystery photo that just may vex you.
By Andy Brack | Glenn McConnell is starting to enjoy being president of the College of Charleston.
“I couldn’t have given you that answer in July,” says the longtime former West Ashley senator who grudgingly became lieutenant governor in 2012 before taking over the college.
Within 30 minutes of beginning as new president last year, members of the basketball team told him they didn’t want to play for the coach. That kerfuffle …
The James B. Edwards Civics Education Initiative calls for high school students to take a 100-question U.S. Citizenship Civics Test as part of an existing half-year course in government. The proposal doesn’t mandate passage of the test as a requirement for graduation (although it should), but students who get a passing score of 60 or better will receive an achievement certificate.
Above is a photo of officials from MWV Specialty Chemicals & Community Development and Land Management presenting a check for more than $1 million to the Trident United Way. MWV is the first company in Lowcountry history to raise at least a million dollars for the charity.
FollyGras, Jeff Grigg, All-Stars, Tom Turner, OHM Radio and lots more on the calendar.
Hanahan photographer Chuck Boyd offers this retouched picture, which might make you scratch your head a bit. Could something be missing?
At Columbia, Girardeau represented the most conservative elements in the Southern Presbyterian Church. He bitterly opposed his colleague James Woodrow who was advocating a theistic interpretation of evolution.
Mandel deftly weaves these complex threads into a chilling tale that is by turns darkly comic, horrifically bleak, and achingly brilliant. A beautifully crafted post-apocalyptic survival story for grownups.
Enter the multifaceted, ever changing world of technology. We’ve come a long way since that first email was sent in 1971. Every imaginable tool of our new tech world fits nicely into the compact cell phone that our children now cradle in the palm of their hand. Are you really ready to hand them the world? Can your child handle this fully loaded Lamborghini before they’ve even earned their driver’s permit?
Issue 7.15, Feb. 16, 2015: Features an interview with College of Charleston President Glenn McConnell plus thoughts on civics education and tween texting … and more.
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