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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. A forum on the accomplishments and struggles of black veterans is scheduled for the USS Yorktown as part of Black History Month.  The event is set for Friday aboard the World War II-era aircraft carrier at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum on Charleston Harbor.  Also speaking is Marcus Cox, the founding director of the African American studies program at The Citadel.

Davidson basketball coach Bob McKillop was the picture of buttoned-up cool for most of the Wildcats' 77-66 win over The Citadel on Thursday night, keeping his suit coat on and tie knotted perfectly.  And why not?  His Wildcats, alone atop the Southern Conference, built a 22-point lead in the first half and led comfortably by 18 with just seven minutes left in the game.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- De'Mon Brooks scored a career-high 26 points as Davidson beat The Citadel 77-66 Thursday night in Southern Conference play.  Brooks, who had nine rebounds and four steals, hit 8 of 9 field goal attempts and also sank eight free throws.

His accent is unmistakable, his tongue as sharp as ever, his towering presence undiminished by age.  Fritz Hollings still has it. The former U.S. senator and South Carolina governor made a rare public appearance Thursday, attending an Exchange Club of Charleston luncheon where he was honored with the club's "Book of Golden Deeds" -- only the 29th time in the club's history it has given out this public service award.

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum will offer a free symposium at noon Friday in recognition of Black History Month.  The 90-minute event, "Hometown Heroes: The Struggles and Accomplishments of Black Veterans," will be held aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown in the Smokey Stover Theater. A panel discussion will follow with remarks by... and Marcus Cox, local author, associate professor of history and director of African-American studies at The Citadel... The event is free, but parking is $5.

Citadel basketball coach Chuck Driesell started three freshmen in the Bulldogs’ last game, and will stick with that lineup when Southern Conference-leading Davidson comes to McAlister Field House tonight.  The Bulldogs (4-19, 1-11 SoCon) started freshmen Lawrence Miller, Marshall Harris and Jordan Robertson alongside juniors Mike Groselle and Bo Holston in a 71-66 loss at Elon on Saturday, the Bulldogs’ eighth straight defeat.

The College of Charleston was picked by the coaches while Georgia Southern was the choice of the media to win the 2012 Southern Conference baseball championship it was announced Wednesday.  The Cougars were picked by six of the 11 coaches and finished with 93 points, one point ahead of the Eagles. Samford got the other first-place vote and was picked to finish third with 83 points. The Citadel was picked eighth with 33 points.

Boiling Springs, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb wrestling team will return to action this weekend, as the Runnin' Bulldog grapplers will host The Citadel on Friday night at 6 p.m. and the Hoosiers of Indiana on Sunday night at 7 p.m. in Paul Porter Arena.

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield High School’s new head football coach doesn’t lack experience. He has served as the head coach at four different schools, most recently Richmond (Ind.), and as an assistant at three others.  Eric Gillespie will be recommended to the school board tonight by Superintendent David Estrop. Gillespie is a 1983 Stebbins High School graduate who lettered as a defensive back at The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina, for three seasons.

In October, Romney addressed military cadets at The Citadel in South Carolina, invoking President Reagan and offering a biblical justification for American exceptionalism.  “God did not create this country to be a nation of followers,” Romney said. “America is not destined to be one of several equally balanced global powers.”

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Imagine a drinking straw stuck to the wall at a 90-degree angle, 33 feet away. The goal: Shoot a pellet down the middle of that straw.
The catch: For a perfect score, the pellet cannot touch the straw.  "It's not as easy as it sounds," chuckles William Smith, coach of The Citadel's rifle team.

CHARLESTON, SC - The College of Charleston Cougars were tabbed as the top baseball team in the Southern Conference by a vote of the league's coaches, the conference office announced on Wednesday. 

The College of Charleston was picked by the coaches while Georgia Southern was the choice of the media to win the 2012 Southern Conference baseball championship announced Wednesday.  The Cougars were picked by six of the 11 coaches and finished with 93 points, one point ahead of the Eagles.  The Citadel was picked eighth, receiving 33 points. .

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Four College of Charleston players and two Citadel players have been named to the Southern Conference preseason all-conference team as selected by the league’s coaches.

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum will offer a free symposium at noon Friday in recognition of Black History Month.  Entitled 'Hometown Heroes: The Struggles and Accomplishments of Black Veterans,' the event will be held aboard the World War II-era aircraft carrier Yorktown in the Smokey Stover Theater... a panel discussion will follow with remarks by... and Marcus Cox, local author, associate professor of history and founding director of African-American studies at The Citadel.

CHARLESTON, SC -Sophomore infielder Drew DeKerlegand was selected to the Southern Conference preseason all-conference first team as announced by the league office Wednesday morning. Senior outfielder Nick Orvin was chosen to the all-conference second team, as voted on by the league's 11 head coaches. The Citadel was picked to finish eighth in both the coaches' and media preseason polls.

Cadet Taylor Marshall Fisher of Cheraw was recently honored for outstanding academic achievement at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, during the fall semester of the 2011-2012 academic year. Fisher earned one of the college’s top academic honors, a Gold Star.

Citadel cadets named to the Commandant’s List are recognized for having made the most positive contributions to their platoon, company, battalion, or staff, the South Carolina Corps of Cadets and The Citadel.

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FORT KNOX, Ky. -- The Army's Cadet Command announces the eight winners of the MacArthur Awards for the school year 2010-2011. The award recognizes the eight schools, selected from among the 273 senior Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) nationwide, as the top Army ROTC programs in the country.

Cadet Command and the MacArthur Foundation have given the awards annually since 1989.
The eight winners are:

The Citadel (Charleston, S.C.) represents Cadet Command's 1st Brigade, which consists of the nation's six senior military colleges and five of the military junior colleges.

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Political analyst Michael Barone will deliver the fourth lecture in the Conservative Intellectual Tradition seminar, a cutting-edge new course being offered at The Citadel this spring to explore the evolution of the conservative movement. 

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