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Tolu Akindele speaks with a curious accent, a fetching mix of west Africa and south Texas. In his voice, you can hear the lilting tones of Yoruba, the dialect of more than 25 million people in his native Nigeria and other parts of west Africa. You can also...

Russ Pace - Citadel linebacker Tolu Akindele

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel soccer team was dominated by the College of Charleston Cougars by falling, 9-0 late Thursday night. The Bulldogs finish with a, 3-14-1, 1-10 SoCon record for the 2008 season.

COLUMBIA — Gov. Mark Sanford decided Thursday to let the Legislature's $488 million budget cuts stand, but he wants to make clear that he is not endorsing the way South Carolina spends money. His action means government agencies will now have to get down to the task of cutting services and firing employees, or asking them to take voluntary and mandatory unpaid leaves. ...

The Citadel Brigadier Foundation’s Official Electronic Newsletter - Friday, October 31, 2008

Charlotte, N.C. – The Citadel Basketball’s Cameron Wells was named to the Southern Conference 2008-09 Preseason All-Conference team, announced Thursday at the SoCon Basketball Tip-off held in Charlotte, N.C. Bulldog Head Coach Ed Conroy and senior center Demetrius Nelson represented The Citadel in the media day event.

LADSON, S.C. Force Protection, the military manufacturer that grew rapidly when the nation went to war, on Thursday unveiled a new prototype of a lighter armored vehicle on which the company is staking a key part of its future. ... "I don't see the need for these vehicles going away," said Earl Walker, a retired Army armored officer who teaches management and leadership at the military college The Citadel.

LADSON, S.C. (AP) -- Force Protection, the military manufacturer that grew rapidly when the nation went to war, on Thursday unveiled a new prototype of a lighter armored vehicle on which the company is staking a key part of its future. ...  "I don't see the need for these vehicles going away," said Earl Walker, a retired Army armored officer who teaches management and leadership at the military college The Citadel. "I don't really expect the Democrats are going to dramatically change arrangements in Iraq despite all the commentary you read."

Hilton Head High grad joins Corps of Cadets Hilton Head High School graduate Lance Little, \wY\o is attending the Citadel, recently was inducted into the Corps of Cadets and promoted to the rank of private. He is one of just two 2008 Hilton Head High graduates to attend the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, in Charleston. (Printing imperfections present during scanning)

COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier has said several times in the past week that South Carolina first-year defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson's midseason extension was a symbol to recruits that Johnson will be around for years to come.  And Johnson is now under contract through the 2011 season. But, in full disclosure, Johnson could opt out without financial penalty if a team wanted him as a head coach. ...

State economists believe South Carolina’s economy will not recover until at least late 2009 and possibly 2010. The meeting of eight college and university economists from around the state and two representatives form state utility companies is part of the Board of Economic Advisors’ preparation for their annual budget forecast Nov. 7.  In general, the economists had a pessimistic outlook. Many believed the state was already in a recession. ...

QUANTICO, Virginia (CNN) -- Motorcycle accidents have killed more Marines in the past 12 months than enemy fire in Iraq, a rate that's so alarming it has prompted top brass to call a meeting to address the issue, officials say.  Despite crashes, Gunnery Sgt. Art Tucker rides a sport motorcycle. "I enjoy it. ... It relaxes me," he says.  Twenty-five Marines have died in motorcycle crashes since last November -- all but one of them involving sport bikes that can reach speeds of well over 100 mph, according to Marine officials. In that same period, 20 Marines have been killed in action in Iraq.

The Citadel will conduct its monthly test of its emergency communications sirens at approximately noon on Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.  Monthly tests are part of the college’s BulldogAlert emergency notification system. A test of the siren system will be conducted on the first workday of each month. Remaining test dates for the fall semester are:

Monday, Dec. 1

Charleston, S.C. – Phil Hartig, the most prolific hitter in Citadel baseball history, highlights a list of six who will be inducted into The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 9:15 a.m., in McAlister Field House. Also entering the Hall as members of the Class of 2008 are basketball standouts Rick Swing and Tom Slawson, baseball pitcher Britt Reames, and former Director of Athletics Walt Nadzak and longtime football videographer Carl Kilpatrick, who enter as honorary members.

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Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Cross Country returns to action this weekend as the Bulldogs return to Milliken Park in Spartanburg as Wofford hosts the 2008 Southern Conference Championships Saturday at 10 a.m.  Both teams are hoping to improve on eighth place finishes at the 2007 SoCon Championship meet. The women’s race is set to begin at 10 a.m. while the men’s race will begin at 10:45 a.m.

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Football will look to break their four-game losing streak when they host Georgia Southern on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Sansom Field at Johnson Hagood Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. and the game can be viewed live on Bulldog Insider or listened to on ESPN Radio 910 The Team with the voice of the Bulldogs Darren Goldwater and color analyst Walt Nadzak.

William "Billy" Bentley Gibson, 91, husband of Eleanor Barwick Michalowski Gibson, departed for his heavenly home on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at his home.  Born in Kingstree, he was a son of the late Francis Ewing and Frances Vause Gibson. Mr. Gibson was a member of First Baptist Church and the Triune Sunday School class. He was a former longtime member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, where he served on the Vestry and taught Sunday school. He was a graduate of Sumter High School 1934 and The Citadel Class of 1938. ...

Doc just got a longer profile. The beams of more than 200 individual sonars fired by College of Charleston students swept north from Doc's Rocks, an undersea outcropping named for their teacher, Leslie Sautter, and found that the terraced ledge just doesn't quit. It keeps running at least 11 miles from the six-mile stretch where it was first mapped in 2006, and splits out from the Continental Shelf as a narrow ridge of a shoal. 

Each fall, the College of Charleston hosts a week-long United Way Campaign with the aim of raising money for the charity, which redistributes its donations amongst a host of local nonprofits.  When CofC President George Benson sent out the announcement last week, math professor and outspoken atheist Herb Silverman fired back with the same call for a boycott that he's authored for the last nine years. He objects to the United Way because they support the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which publicly rejects homosexuals and atheists from their ranks.

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel will compete in the last 2008 regular season match at Patriots Point against the College of Charleston Cougars on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. ...

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel wrestling program will be having the annual Blue and White Intrasquad match Oct. 30 at 3:30 p.m. in Vandiver Hall, located on The Citadel’s campus. Wrestle-offs will be open to the public, allowing wrestling enthusiasts to come preview the team before the season begins next weekend.

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Bulldogs (8-17, 1-10 Southern) exceeded their winning record from last season after overpowering the Rams of Winston-Salem State (4-21) in a 3-0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-17) decision Tuesday night at McAlister Field House. The Bulldogs’ victory over the Rams gives them eight victories on the season. The Citadel’s offense was led by Rachel Sanders and Tatum Jestila, who each recorded double-digit kills.

School Board 5 Kathy Schwalbe Age 51 Education: BA in Secondary Education English from University | of South Carolina; MA in Curriculum and Instruction from The Citadel Occupation: Educator - teaches teachers; small business owner Political experience: none Funding and maintaining the existing schools: "If s important for the Berkeley County School Board to work with the city, county and stateto create state infrastructure bank to support buildings and provide new ones.

As soon as you win one showdown, there's another one looming.  That's life in the Southern Conference, where a week after Wofford pummeled an FCS Top 10 team in Elon, it faces another one in No. 2 Appalachian State.  And on national TV (ESPN2) on Halloween night, no less.

ROCK HILL -- Mr. Beatty Jennings White Jr., 85, of 553 Meadowbrook Lane died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at Carolinas Medical Center.   Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at Forest Hills Cemetery, with Dr. Shelton P. Sanford officiating.  A native of Rock Hill, S.C., Mr. White was the son of the late Beatty Jennings White Sr. and Mary Adams White. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He attended The Citadel and was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and University of Virginia School of Law. He practiced law for 57 years and he still enjoyed his work until the time of his death. Mr. White was a charter member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and was the widower of Betty Jones White.

Kiawah, S.C. – After three rounds of golf at the Palmetto Intercollegiate at Kiawah’s Oak Point Course, Alanna-Jean Keith led The Citadel with a two-day score of 264 and a 89th place finish to wrap-up competition on Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished 19th overall with a score of 1080 (+216), while Georgia State took home the top honors with a score of 907 (+43).

Lots of football coaches come into town boasting of their "five-year plan." Kevin Higgins actually pulled off the five-year plan at Lehigh. In year four of Higgins' tenure at Lehigh, the Mountain Hawks went 4-7 and stumbled down the stretch, losing three of their last four games. In year five, the Mountain Hawks took off, going 12-1 in 1997 and winning 34 of 38 games in Higgins' final three seasons in Bethlehem, Pa. ...

Charleston, S.C. – Bulldog tennis players Michael Kociecki and Yufo Sutantio earned an 8-5 victory over Charlotte and won, 11-9, against Appalachian State in doubles competition while Alberto Diaz picked up a win over Appalachian State in the College of Charleston Fall Invitational on Oct. 24-26.

SUMMERTON — Scott's Branch senior Harold Bannister has some lofty aspirations. After graduating in the spring, his first stop is The Citadel, but he's not stopping there.  "Then to medical school to study physical therapy," Bannister said. "Really, it's health science. I just want to do the best I can, in whatever I do." ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldog Volleyball team (7-17, 1-10 Southern) will host the Rams of Winston-Salem State (4-20, 0-0 MEAC) for a non-conference match on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in McAlister Field House. Tuesday’s meeting marks the fourth time the two teams have met. ...

Ryan Benton, '01, has been promoted to assistant vice president at BB&T. He has a bachelor's degree from The Citadel and is based in the office at 1035 Folly Road.

How much value can you squeeze out of a throw-away item? Under a "Juicy Ideas" national contest sponsored by Google and ThinkTEC Charleston-area college students on 37 teams from Charleston Southern University, The Citadel, College of Charleston and Trident Technical College have until Friday to create a new use for a small glass medicine bottle.

CONWAY, Ark. --Police officers patrolled the University of Central Arkansas campus Monday and classes were canceled after a shooting in an alleyway left two students dead and a third person wounded. Shots were fired in the heart of the campus Sunday night near a male dormitory and behind the campus police station. No arrests had been made by 7 a.m. Monday.

The Citadel’s silent drill platoon, the Summerall Guards, will march in the downtown Columbia Veterans Day parade at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11.  The Summerall Guards exemplify the skill and precision of military education. Its 61 members and two alternates are seniors who have earned a place on the platoon through rigid competition each spring. Guard members are selected for their physical stamina and drill proficiency. Membership in the platoon is considered a high honor at the college.

Kiawah, S.C. – Alana-Jean Keith led The Citadel Golf in day one of the Palmetto Intercollegiate at Kiawah’s Oak Point 18-hole regulation length course. The Bulldogs finished the day in 19th place with a team score of 360 (+72). ...

Cullowhee, N.C. – Rachel Sanders earned her second straight double-double performance and her eighth of the season in the Bulldogs’ heartbreaking loss to Western Carolina Saturday night. The Bulldogs (7-17, 1-10 Southern) suffered a 3-2 (19-25, 25-14, 23-25, 25-21, 7-15) loss to the Catamounts (5-19, 3-8 Southern) after putting on a hard fought battle. Jessica Maas recorded a .481 hitting percentage.

SEAT 9 ROY HEMPHILL -  is a graduate of The Citadel and USC's School of Law, and an attorney with the McDonald, Patrick, Baggett, Poston & Hemphill Lawfirm. He is married to Elizabeth Hemphill and they have three children enrolled in District 50 schools — two at Greenwood High School and one at Merrywood Elementary.

From his second-floor office overlooking the State Fairgrounds, Ellis Johnson can see the Olympia neighborhood where his mother was born and the clock tower at Olympia Mills, where his grandfather worked. It took more than 30 years and an about-face by one of his coaching peers, but Johnson finally made it home again. It’s hard to imagine Johnson’s homecoming starting any better.

This year, the two hopefuls are joined by Constitutional Party candidate Frank Waggoner of Sumter, who calls for drastic reductions in the size and scope of the federal government. Waggoner supports abolishing income taxes, ending federal funding for education and eliminating all federal welfare programs. ... Frank Waggoner, Constitutional Party ¦ Age: 48; born Feb. 16,1960 ¦ Education: Degree in business administration, The Citadel, 1982 ¦ Career: Supervisor in transportation division, S.C. Department bf Education ¦ Family: Wife, Gabrielle; four children, Emily, Caroline, Joseph, Seth ¦ Political experience: None heraldonline.com )Printing imperfections present during scanning)

What began in 1949 as a young man leading five or six Gator fans in a cheer is now a University of Florida tradition, and the man who started it is a legend.  Mr. Two-Bits - otherwise known as 86-year-old St. Petersburg insurance man George Edmondson - walked onto Florida Field 20 minutes before the Gators' Homecoming game Saturday to be acknowledged for the 60 years he has dedicated to Florida football. ...In his last game as Mr. Two-Bits on Nov. 22, the Gators will be facing, of all teams, the Citadel - the school he once attended and, ironically, the same opponent the Gators faced in his very first Gator game back in 1949.

Mary Sue Teal Stackhouse, 88, widow of Reverend William Charles Stackhouse, died at her home on Friday, October 24, 2008. Mrs. Stackhouse earned her B.S. in Mathematics from Lander College and continued with graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, The Citadel, the College of Charleston, and the University of South Carolina.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — It's a long trudge off the field at Samford University's Seibert Stadium, up two sets of stairs and around the corner to the visitors' locker room. The Citadel Bulldogs made that walk in dead silence late Saturday afternoon. There was not much to say about a disheartening 28-10 loss at Southern Conference newcomer Samford, and about a once-promising season that has turned increasingly grim.

Furman netted a season-high five goals, all in the second half, to claim its second victory in as many days blanking The Citadel 5-0 in Southern Conference women's soccer action on Sunday afternoon at Washington Light Infantry Field. With the victory, the Paladins improved to 12-6-1 overall and 6-4 in Southern Conference play. The Citadel slipped to 3-13-1 overall and 1-9 in the league.

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldog soccer team faced a disappointing, 5-0 loss to Furman Sunday afternoon after holding the Paladins for 55 minutes and freshman goalkeeper Laura Serafino earned 11 saves. This marked that last regular season home match for the 2008 season. ...

Thomas Cochran and his college buddies say they have witnessed the same scene all too often: A few students gather to party and socialize, and suddenly Charleston police show up to hand out a pile of whopping fines. Cochran, a senior at College of Charleston, said he has heard time and again how city leaders want to crack down on partying and prevent drunk college kids from getting hurt or robbed by unsavory criminals. But the only one taking their cash is the city itself, he said.

Today's Woman Last year as the Today's Woman section approached, my boss and I decided to shake things up a bit and ask our readers to nominate business women in the community they wanted to salute.

MARY BISHOP Town: St. Helena Island Position: Media Specialist Coosa Elementary (since its inception over 10 years ago) Words she lives by: Never stop learning

Why she's being saluted: At 74 years of age, Mary is probably one of the oldest active educators in the Beaufort County School District.

 A true "Renaissance Woman", Mary holds degrees from Coker College. The Citadel and the University of South Carolina.

COLUMBIA — As lawmakers found themselves in the position of cutting services for autistic children, draining funds for land conservation and eliminating an advocacy program for disabled residents, they started asking the half-a-billion-dollar question: What's happening to the state's money?

Citadel football players were rightly impressed last week with Furman's outsized tackle, 6-7, 320-pound Joel Bell. Today, the Bulldogs face an offensive line stacked with Joel Bells.

Being an assistant football coach under South Carolina's Steve Spurrier isn't exactly the most secure vocation in the world. But Ellis Johnson seems to be managing just fine in his first season as the Gamecocks' defensive coordinator. On Friday, USC's board approved a one-year extension for Johnson(former head football coach at The Citadel) that will keep him under contract through Jan. 31, 2012.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Chris Evans ran for 174 yards and two touchdowns to lead Samford to a 28-10 victory over The Citadel on Saturday.

Birmingham, Ala. – A Samford Homecoming crowd of 8,453 gathered in Seibert Stadium to witness the first meeting of the Bulldogs since Samford joined the Southern Conference this season and the first Samford win of the series’ history in a 28-10 final in Birmingham, Ala. (Includes video link)

Birmingham, Ala. – A Samford Homecoming crowd of 8,453 gathered in Seibert Stadium to witness the first meeting of the Bulldogs since Samford joined the Southern Conference this season and the first Samford win of the series’ history in a 28-10 final in Birmingham, Ala.

Football players at The Citadel are not like those at their Southern Conference counterparts or almost any other college in the country. They are like every other student at the Charleston, S.C., school, also known as the Military College of South Carolina

Football players at The Citadel are not like those at their Southern Conference counterparts or almost any other college in the country.  They are like every other student at the Charleston, S.C., school, also known as the Military College of South Carolina. Up early, march to breakfast, class, march to lunch, football practice and study hall five nights a week until 10 - although athletes do get a break when they are traveling - every student is a member of the Corps of Cadets. ...

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel soccer team scored their first goal since Oct. 10 but loss, 3-1 to the Terriers late Saturday afternoon. The entire game was a battle for both teams.

Boone, N.C. – The Citadel (7-16, 1-9 Southern) earned their first conference win of the season Friday night after defeating Appalachian State (5-19, 1-9 Southern), 3-1 (17-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-22). Not only did the Bulldogs earn their first conference win of the season, but they earned their first victory over Appalachian State in program history. Rachel Sanders recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 10 kills and 12 digs, while Jessica Maas recorded a hitting percentage of .435 after tallying 11 kills on 23 total attacks and only one error.

State Rep. Wallace Scarborough's gunshot in the dark is coming back to haunt him.  A flier distributed by Anne Peterson Hutto, who is opposing state Rep. Wallace Scarborough, pictures an actor as a criminal. Thousands of James Island voters this week received a home mail-out reminding them of the bullet Scarborough fired just moments after two South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. workers wandered onto his parents' property at night looking for storm damage. ...

Can the media shape how voters view presidential candidates? Do the media have the power to sway an election? Those questions and others like it will be the discussed at this month’s John C. West Lecture Series event at The Citadel. Former CNN Washington correspondent Charles Bierbauer will discuss the media’s role and impact on the November elections when he visits campus at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30. The lecture in Bond Hall Room 165 is free and open to the public.

A key legislator discouraged leaders at the state's public colleges and universities from passing on to students the pain of budget cuts through a mid-year bump in the cost of tuition.  Most of the state's higher education institutions took a 15 percent hit to their 2008-09 budgets in the latest round of budget slashing in Columbia. The state Senate approved the cost-cutting plan Thursday. ... At the College of Charleston, The Citadel and Trident Technical College, leaders said they would try to keep from cutting instructional programs and student services. ...

Voters will have the opportunity Nov. 4 to decide whom they want to help lead the district through the uncertainty. Six candidates are competing for school board seats in Districts 3, 5 and 7. Larry Varn II of Lodge is running unopposed for the District 1 seat. PINCKNEY A. POURNELLE III (i)  DISTRICT: 3 DATE OF BIRTH: March 31, 1949. FAMILY: Wife Terry and two children. EDUCATION: Graduated from Walterboro High School in 1968. Received a bachelor's degree in physical education from The Citadel in 1973. OCCUPATION: President of the Cannady Insurance Agency in Walterboro.

Nov. 23: The Center for Women will host a holiday book signing 2-5 p.m. at The Citadel Holiday Alumni House, Hagood Avenue. Several local poets will take part, including Marjory Wentworth, Linda Annas Ferguson, Susan Meyers and Carol Ann Davis. Call 763-7333.

Harry Edward Bohlander

BIRTH DATE AND PLACE: April 1979, in Charleston.

RESIDENCE: West Ashley.

FAMILY: Mother, Laura Lee Buncher; one brother and one sister.

EDUCATION: Graduate of Camden Military Academy. Attended The Citadel.

OCCUPATION: Deputy sheriff with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.

NICKNAME: Bobo.

"I don't think Obama does have a chance in South Carolina. This is a pretty solid red state and the latest polls indicate McCain is up by a little over 12 percent," said DuBose Kapeluck, an associate political science professor at The Citadel.
Though it'll be an uphill climb in the Palmetto State, democrats remain confident that they'll be celebrating come November 4th.

Pop quiz: Which Southern Conference football team has enjoyed the largest increase in attendance this season? OK, aside from three-time defending national champion Appalachian State, which some people think is in the wrong league, anyway. It's not Elon, which has rocketed from the league basement into the FCS Top 10 in record time under coach Pete Lembo. It's not The Citadel, which opened state-of-the-art club seating and skyboxes to much fanfare at Johnson Hagood Stadium. ...

The streambed looks like a meandering Lowcountry tidal creek, its sandswept rocks swarmed by fish. Except that it's 25 miles out to sea from Charleston, on the ocean floor.  The ancient channel is a remnant of the Ice Age shoreline of South Carolina. Nobody knew it was there until a group of College of Charleston students beamed sonar across it two years ago. That's the value of the sea floor mapping cruise Leslie Sautter's marine geology class is about to take — the reason students fend off job...

Church presents Scottish Heritage -Summerville Presbyterian Church, 407 South Laurel St., will celebrate its annual Scottish Heritage event on Oct. 26. Two services will be offered at 8:45 and 11:15 a.m., with a reception between services 9:45-10:15 a.m. in the gym. The church has invited bagpiper Jonathan Sheegog, a Citadel cadet, to begin and end each service and play between services in the courtyard. Sheegog will play a bagpipe and organ duet with church organist Jim Moore. Scottish shortbread, light refreshments, punch, tea and coffee will be served. A slide show of the history of Summerville Presbyterian Church, dating back to 1859, will be shown. There also will be a display of historic artifacts and treasures of the church.

Sporting notes compiled while wondering if my chin strap is tight enough:

--Our Ivy League spies tell us the Brown University band did a clever halftime show last weekend where they dressed up like Citadel cadets and attacked the Princeton Band.

The House plans to quietly give final approval to $488 million in budget cuts mostly in health care and education and send the bill to the Senate. House members are expected to approve an automatic third reading Wednesday on cuts to the state’s $7 billion budget. They were told they didn’t need to be at their desks. The Senate is giving the bill a routine first reading Wednesday as well.  ...

Former U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings' children have much to be proud of. Their maternal grandmother was the librarian at Columbia College for many years.  When she retired, the new library was named after her: "Vonetta Milhouse Salley."  Now their father who graduated from The Citadel and the USC School of Law is having a library named for him at the University of South Carolina.  This is a wonderful heritage for them.

Elon has won some close ones this season (by two over Georgia Southern, six over Samford and four over The Citadel), and might be due to lose one. WOFFORD 31, ELON 28.

--No. 18 Furman at No. 2 Appalachian State — The Paladins are 3-1 in the SoCon and are coming off what coach Bobby Lamb called "our best game of the year," a 34-20 thrashing of The Citadel.

The Citadel (6-16, 0-9 Southern) played one of its best matches of the season against USC Upstate (7-14, 3-9 Atlantic Sun), but fell 3-1 (19-25, 24-26, 25-21, 22-25). Rachel Sanders recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 16 kills and 14 digs, marking a season high in kills. Tatum Jestila and Emily Hill each recorded double-digit digs with 19 and 15, respectively.

Entered into eternal rest on October 18, 2008, Mr. Alonzo W. Nesmith, Sr., beloved husband of Mrs. Joyce M. Nesmith; father of Ms. Linda Nesmith, Mr. Alonzo W. Nesmith, Jr., Mr. Larry V. Nesmith (Valerie), Mrs. Chalena McIlwain (Roddy), Mr. Kevin L. Nesmith (Rafaye); and brother of Mr. William Nesmith, Mr. Willie James Nesmith and Ms. Deloris Scott. Friends may call FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, 722-3348 or 1-800-290-5954. Funeral notice later.

"We miss Duran" was one of the laments posted on The Citadel's football message board after the Bulldogs' 34-20 loss to Furman on Saturday. But erstwhile quarterback Duran Lawson, who graduated after leading The Citadel to a 7-4 record in 2007, is not the only player the 3-4 Bulldogs are missing this season. A high attrition rate in the recruiting classes of 2005, 2006 and 2007 is catching up to the team this year, forcing a lot of freshmen into action before coach Kevin Higgins might prefer. ...

COLUMBIA — The state House is set today to get down to the dirty details of axing a half-billion dollars in a new spending plan that zaps services for poor South Carolinians and cuts deeply into colleges and universities.

Spartanburg, S.C. – The Citadel (6-16, 0-9 Southern) played one of their best matches of the season against USC Upstate (7-14, 3-9 Atlantic Sun) Tuesday night, but were unable to take home a victory after falling to the Spartans, 3-1 (19-25, 24-26, 25-21, 22-25). Rachel Sanders recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 16 kills and 14 digs, marking a season-high in kills. Tatum Jestila and Emily Hill each recorded double-digit digs with 19 and 15, respectively. ...

Birmingham, Ala. – Bulldog soccer fell to the Samford Bulldogs, 4-0 on Sunday at Bulldog Field in Birmingham, Ala. The Bulldogs began the game having full possession as Dianna Martin had a good shot in the first minute but flew high of the net. The ball quickly changed positions and Samford’s Paige Lanter took the ball for a goal with 42:30 on the clock.  ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldogs (6-15, 0-9 Southern) will travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to face the Spartans of USC Upstate (6-14, 3-9 Atlantic Sun) in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. The Citadel will look to add another win to their record and break their losing streak against the Spartans. ...

Engineering - Rick Day has been named to lead Stantec's transportation services practice in Charleston. He is a transportation engineer and has more than 30 years of experience. He has a degree from The Citadel and is a registered professional engineer in South Carolina and eight other Southeastern states. Engineering

AP) -- Jordan Sorrells threw three touchdown passes to help lead Furman to a 34-20 victory against The Citadel on Saturday. 
Sorrells completed 21 of 29 passes for 253 yards for the Paladins (6-2, 3-1 Southern Conference).  Bart Blanchard completed 20 of 37 passes for 196 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for the Bulldogs (3-4, 1-3). Adam Mims added 89 yards and two touchdowns on seven receptions. ...

The Purpose
The Goals of the Holiday Clinic are to teach the proper techniques and proper fundamentals of hitting, pitching, and the essentials of defense while preparing for the upcoming season.

Medical Provisions
A baseball trainer will be available at all times. Insurance: includes accident and medical during camp (in coordination with personal insurance).

The Holiday Baseball Clinic at The Citadel
Session I - $100
Session II - $100
Session I and II - $175

... Most departments are trying to reassure their employees that jobs will be the last thing cut. The Citadel's president, Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa, sent a memo to his staff last week to let them know he doesn't see staff cuts in the military college's future.  To make do, the college is leaving positions open, reducing the library's information technology budget and delaying a salary study.  "Please know that The Citadel remains committed to doing all that we can to minimize the impact of further budget cuts on our personnel," Rosa said. ...

Rock Hill, S.C. – Brendan Kight led The Citadel men for the fifth consecutive week while Sarah Strickland paced the women as The Citadel cross country teams competed at the 2008 Winthrop Asics Classic in Rock Hill. The men’s team finished third while the women finished fourth. ...

GREENVILLE — The nice lady in the Furman purple blouse turned to her friend on the steps leading into Paladin Stadium.  "We used to play The Citadel in the last game every year," she said. "That's when they were our rival. Now, it's Georgia Southern."

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldogs fell to the shooters from TCU on Oct. 18 in The Inouye Marksmanship Center located on The Citadel campus. TCU took match honors with a score of 2,336 points in Air Rifle and 2,299 points in Smallbore. The Bulldogs followed with total scores of 2,208 and 2,154 points. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldogs (6-15, 0-9 Southern) dropped a 3-0 (18-25, 17-25, 14-25) decision to Samford (19-3, 8-1 Southern) Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs recorded five service aces and only three service errors, marking their first positive serve differential since their victory over South Carolina State. Rachel Sanders led the Bulldogs on offense with eight kills, while Ashley Winter led the defense with 11 digs. Alyssa Holum contributed 10 assists. ...

GREENVILLE — In a poignant postgame scene Saturday, Citadel offensive line coach Kevin Olecki almost carried senior tackle David Morbitzer up a small hill to the Bulldogs' locker room. Morbitzer had a brace on his oft-injured right knee, and could barely make it off the field following The Citadel's 34-20 loss to Furman. The Citadel had to reshuffle its offensive line against the Paladins, sliding right guard Thomas Suggs out to Morbitzer's right tackle spot and elevating backup right guard Corey Pope to starting role. ...

ELON, N.C. — Erin O'Connell took the tour last week at Elon University, a handsome, up-and-coming college with a $31,000-a-year price tag. That's hefty, but $20,000 less than some "uppity" schools she may have to cross off her list.  "I'm going to be pulling out my hair to make ends meet," said the high school senior from suburban Boston. "I'll apply for anything and everything I possibly can." As for more expensive schools, she said: "While the title would be nice, I might not get out with both arms and both legs."

When he was hired as The Citadel's football coach in 2005, Kevin Higgins had a lot of questions. One of them was this: Who is our rival?  "Furman" was the overwhelming answer from alumni and former players, and so Higgins has set about stoking a rivalry that had become quite one-sided. From 1978 through 2006, Furman won 22 of 29 games with The Citadel, the Paladins' domination broken only by a four-game Bulldogs win streak from 1991-94.  ...

House and Senate budget writers approved plans Friday to slice $488 million from the state's $7 billion budget, with higher education taking the big hits. The full Legislature returns Monday to consider the cuts. -- Education Department, 3.6 percent cut, $88.5 million.

CLEMSON — Clemson University has received a $2 million gift to help create a new academic program and expand one of the school's stadiums. The school announced the gift by retired Equifax Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Chapman on Friday. Now a resident of Atlanta, Chapman was a student athlete at Clemson and received an athletic scholarship. ...

Enrollment at the Lowcountry Graduate Center is up nearly 80 percent this year, director Skip Godow says. He attributes the jump to a growing demand for graduate education in the area and to the center's programs, which are designed to meet the specific needs of potential students and the local business community. ...The center, which was launched in 2001, is a collaboration between The Citadel, the College of Charleston, the Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina. ...

Greenville, S.C. – The Citadel’s 14 fourth quarter points weren’t enough to overcome a 28-point deficit entering the final period as the Bulldogs fell to the 19th-ranked Furman Paladins, 34-20, in front of 9,644 at Paladin Stadium in Greenville Saturday afternoon.  Andre Roberts tied a career-high 10 catches on the afternoon while Bart Blanchard was 20-for-37 with two touchdown passes on the day. Blanchard struggled for time in the pocket as he was sacked four times by a tough Paladin defensive line.  ...

Chattanooga, Tenn. – The Citadel soccer team was defeated by the Chattanooga Mocs, 2-0 late Friday night at North River Complex. The Lady Mocs dominated most of the first half. Chattanooga’s D.K. Henry scored two goals allowing the Lady Mocs to lead, 2-0 into halftime. The Bulldogs were able to create some opportunities. ...

The Citadel - No longer the youngest college basketball team in America, The Citadel will have to settle this season for merely being young.

Four finalists have been named for the position of vice president for finance and business affairs at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

The finalists selected by a search committee from among 74 applications are:

• Retired Navy Cmdr. Stephen A. Bedard, chief financial officer for the city of Charleston
• Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Randall B. Howard, associate vice president of finance and assistant treasurer at Ball State University
• Retired Army Lt. Col. Michael D. McClatchy, Citadel Class of 1967, assistant superintendent for business services at the Lancaster, Calif., School District 
• Sue E. Mitchell, vice president for business affairs at Charleston Southern University

The Citadel Brigadier Foundation’s Official Electronic Newsletter

War journalist Joseph L. Galloway, co-author of the New York Times best seller “We Were Soldiers Once – and Young,” will visit The Citadel on Wednesday, Oct. 22 to talk about his new book “We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam.” ... The lecture is sponsored by The Citadel Leadership Studies program and The Citadel Alumni Association. It begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Holliday Alumni Center at 69 Hagood Ave. A book signing will follow the lecture. Both are free and open to the public.

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Basketball team will tip-off the 2008-09 season on Friday, Oct. 17 when they hold their first day of practice. The Bulldogs will start preparations for their Nov. 14 season-opener with the first practice of the season, which will start on Friday at 7 p.m. ...

Times are tough at the medical university and hospital. To preserve jobs in a brutal economic climate, one of South Carolina's largest economic engines is slashing costs by instituting a hiring freeze, cutting overtime and using less paper and electricity.  The Medical University of South Carolina and the Medical Hospital Authority employ about 11,000 people. At the hospital, underfunded Medicaid services are on the chopping block, and the workforce is being adjusted through attrition. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Football will travel to the upstate this weekend to take on the Furman Paladins in another Southern Conference matchup at Paladin Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 18th. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. and the game can be listened to on Bulldog Insider through CitadelSports.com or on ESPN Radio 910 The Team with the voice of the Bulldogs Darren Goldwater and color analyst Walt Nadzak. ...

... Teams like The Citadel (3-3), North Dakota State (3-3) and Richmond (4-3) went on life support following losses to Elon, Western Illinois and James Madison. ... The Citadel, ranked 24th this week, is another team that has to win out to have any shot at the playoffs and the Bulldogs have to go on the road against nemesis Furman, the 19th-ranked team. Even if The Citadel beats Furman, the Bulldogs must get past Wofford and Florida on the road to stay in the hunt. ...

n what was likely their final joint appearance before the Nov. 4 election, 1st Congressional District candidates Henry Brown and Linda Ketner on Tuesday offered two different priorities they would pursue, if elected.  Brown, the Republican incumbent, said he would work hardest to tap this nation's domestic sources of energy, sources that environmental groups have been wary of. Ketner, the Democratic challenger, said she would work to reinstate federal financial regulations that were removed in 1999 and that she said fueled the nation's current financial crisis. They appeared before more than 100 members and guests of the Rotary Club of Charleston. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldog Tennis program invites everyone to come out and support The Citadel tennis team for their annual homecoming fundraiser on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15 at the Earle Tennis Center on The Citadel’s campus. The Bulldogs have an exciting weekend planned for donors beginning with a social on Friday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. Fun, competitive tennis action will follow. On Saturday there will be more great food, drinks and tennis before the football game starting at 9 a.m. ...

COLUMBIA — In behind-the-scenes talks Tuesday, the state's top lawmakers agreed to call the Legislature into session to decide just how much and where to cut South Carolina's over-extended budget.

Here are some cuts that would affect the Charleston area:

The Citadel: $1.6 million. This money would come from delaying a few programs and cutbacks in travel and library funds, as well as leaving open positions unfilled. Some layoffs are possible.

Some of our state colleges hit the halfway point of the football season last week, and some got there this week. But the time is always right for midseason awards, so here we go.

--The Temper, Temper award — This goes to whatever is in the water on the visitors' side of Johnson Hagood Stadium. Two years ago, we had the female VMI cheerleader who put a Citadel cadet in a headlock during a sideline fracas. Earlier this season, the Princeton band caught heck on the visitors' side after a run-in with cadets.

Citadel basketball is tied with Davidson for the top graduation success rate in the Southern Conference, and all of the Bulldogs' athletics teams exceed the national average in their sports, according to the NCAA's latest figures. The Citadel and Davidson each had a GSR of 100 percent for players entering school between 1998 and 2001, well ahead of the national average of 62 percent. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel and Davidson lead the Southern Conference men’s basketball programs in graduation success rates according to the report released by the NCAA on Tuesday. Both schools have 100 percent graduation success rates for those entering school between 1998 and 2001. The national GSR is 62 percent for men’s basketball. ...

Midway through the 2008 season, The Citadel's football team has dropped out of the FCS Top 25 and stands tied for fifth in the Southern Conference. It's not what the most optimistic of Bulldogs fans might have hoped for after six games. And at 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the SoCon, coach Kevin Higgins acknowledges that there is much room for improvement — and a lot of football to be played before the story of his fourth season at The Citadel is written. ...

 Charleston - There are 21 days until election day and for the third and final time, Republican first district Congressman Henry Brown squared off against democrat Linda Ketner Tuesday at the citadel. The candidates fielded questions from the Rotary Club of Charleston. Those questioned ranged from how to fix the economy to what to do about illegal immigration. ...

... Earl Haltiwanger, 82, of Atlanta died Saturday from a massive hemorrhage at Piedmont Hospital. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. H.M. Patterson & Son is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Haltiwanger briefly attended The Citadel before enlisting in the Navy during World War II. After an honorable discharge, he went to Emory University and then Duke, where he earned a medical degree and completed post-graduate training in urology. In 1957, he was hired as the Veterans Affairs Hospital’s urology chief and as associate professor of surgery with the Emory School of Medicine. ...

Speculation multiplied by a dozen, in order of preference:

4. Ellis Johnson

Current job: South Carolina defensive coordinator.

Age: 56.

Plus: Former Clemson defensive coordinator and Citadel head coach might be the Gamecocks' midseason Most Valuable Person, and if you can hurt an archrival while helping yourself that's always good.

Minus: No major college head coaching experience.

Providing Current Citadel Students (Cadets & Graduate College) with an Opportunity to Meet Employers & Graduate School
Admission Representatives Regarding Full-time Positions, Internships, and Graduate/Professional School Programs of Interest.

Dan Kehoe, carillonneur emeritus of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., will perform two concerts this month at The Citadel’s Thomas Dry Howie Memorial Carillon and Bell Tower. The first concert will be before and after the 3:45 p.m. military dress parade on Friday, Oct. 24. The second will be at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25. The latter is part of a fund-raiser for the Trinity College Club of Charleston. ...

Even before he graduated from The Citadel in 2003, Clay Middleton had immersed himself in politics, working for Congressman Jim Clyburn in South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District.  These days Middleton is working for presidential candidate Barack Obama in South Carolina. Middleton will share his experience on the Obama campaign trail and with Clyburn, the third highest ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 in Buyer Auditorium in Mark Clark Hall. ...

The Citadel’s bachelor’s degree program in computer science has been accredited without qualifications by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc., the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and technology. Accreditation is a voluntary, peer-review process that requires programs to undergo periodic comprehensive evaluations. The evaluations focus on program curricula, faculty, facilities and institutional support.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked the College of Charleston ninth among the 128 private and public Southern universities that award master’s degrees. The college was ranked fourth for public colleges in the South and was on the magazine’s “Up and Coming Schools to Watch” list. The Citadel was ranked second-best public institution in the South, fifth among public and private colleges and universities in the South that offer up to a master’s degree, and seventh-best value among institutions in the South. The school of engineering moved from No. 38 to No. 34 in this year’s rankings of the best undergraduate engineering programs in the nation. In addition, the civil engineering program was ranked eighth in undergraduate engineering specialty programs.

Tuesday - "VIETNAM" LECTURE: 6:30 p.m., Room 165, Bond Hall, The Citadel, 171 Moultrie St., Charleston. Col. Tony Lackey, a Vietnam veteran and retired assistant commandant at The Citadel, will speak about America's involvement in the war and its lasting effects. The lecture is free. Call 953-6767 for more information.

Mount Pleasant, SC - After tipping around the $4 mark about a month ago, paying around $3.25 in Charleston is certainly better but not yet perfect. "Hopefully it would be more like $2, but wishful thinking on all our parts," said driver Beth Rainbolt. 
According to AAA, local prices are expected to keep going down as the Gulf Coast continues recovering from Hurricane Ike. Local economists also say our poor economic situation will aid that decline. "Just by looking at what's happening with the demand and the price of oil we should see prices come down dramatically," said Dr. Stephen Silver, a professor at The Citadel. ...

In their role as the public's watchdog, reporters often request criminal background histories on suspects, people in the spotlight or candidates running for public office. Such checks can flag shady pasts or lengthy criminal records and add important context to news stories that educate and inform the public.  But apparently, this service also is costly. At least, that's what the State Law Enforcement Division implied this week when it announced that it will stop providing courtesy copies to media outlets and will now charge $25 for each criminal background check. ...

Tempers were as nasty as the weather on Saturday afternoon at Johnson Hagood Stadium. Elon players and school officials had to separate head coach Pete Lembo and a Phoenix player during a third-quarter sideline scuffle. Citadel coach Kevin Higgins was irate with the referees at the end of the first half, and huddled briefly with the head referee again at game's end. ...

Elon, N.C. – The Citadel Bulldogs (6-13, 0-7 Southern) struggled offensively against the Elon Phoenix (15-7, 4-2 Southern) Sunday afternoon, falling to the Phoenix, 3-0 (12-25, 14-25, 14-25). Rachel Sanders led the defense for the Bulldogs, recording double-digit digs with 12. ...

The Citadel (6-12, 0-6 Southern) dropped a 3-0 road decision to UNC Greensboro (12-7, 4-2). UNCG won, 25-15, 26-24, 25-14. Tatum Jestila had a team-high eight kills for the Bulldogs. Emily Hill had 15 assists.

Absent for The Citadel's first five football games, Citadel sophomore Demetrius Jackson thought he had celebrated his return with a touchdown Saturday against Elon.  Jackson, a sophomore free safety, picked up a muffed punt by Elon and raced into the end zone in the second quarter, setting off a roar of delight at Johnson Hagood Stadium. ...

After high school, Amanda Berry wants to go on to the U.S. Military or Naval academy. So the sophomore signed up for the inaugural class at Charlotte's new Military and Global Leadership Academy.  A countywide magnet program of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, it's the state's first public school with a military focus.  ... Institutions offering these scholarships and appointments include The Citadel, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame College, UNC Chapel Hill and the U.S. Air Force, Naval and Military academies. ...

... Next month, Carr becomes Charleston's new fire chief, taking the reins of a department still grieving and rebuilding from last year's Sofa Super Store blaze that killed nine city firefighters.  Mayor Joe Riley nominated Carr from a pool of 141 applicants, and City Council confirmed the selection Tuesday. ... Carr was born at the Charleston Naval Hospital in 1954. His mother, Haskell Carr, whose maiden name is Grimball, was raised in Charleston. His father, Thomas Carr, a 1950 graduate of The Citadel, served in the Army during the Korean War. ...

Autumn arrived Saturday afternoon, veiled behind a misting rain that swept the Lowcountry sports scene we know and love.  From high atop Johnson Hagood Stadium, the newly renovated edifice along the Ashley River, the view was a stunning reminder of how blessed we are to live in a sports town like no other. ...

(BULLET) The 12th annual Citadel Baseball golf tournament will be played Oct. 31 at Legend Oaks Country Club. The entry fee is $100, with proceeds going to The Citadel's baseball budget. Contact David Beckley at (843) 953-5285.

Charleston, S.C. - Bulldog soccer suffered a heartbreaking, 7-0 loss to Davidson in Davidson, N.C. on Sunday afternoon. The Citadel came to Davidson with high hopes after winning their first Southern Conference match in program history over Georgia Southern on Oct. 10. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel shooters took second in the first Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) match of the season Friday and Saturday afternoons at the Inouye Marksmanship Center. ...

For college students soon to emerge into a job market that's worsening by the day, the current financial crisis is more than an abstract development confined to the financial services sector.  It's a harsh reality that could have a direct impact on their lives.  ... At The Citadel, Mike Barth teaches his finance and risk-management students about the Dow Jonesindustrial average, the effects of a precipitous drop — or, rather, eight consecutive precipitous drops — and how this affects retirement plans, investments and the availability of credit. "We do try to get them to understand what's causing these gyrations," he said. ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. --Scott Riddle threw two touchdown passes, including the game-winner in the third quarter, to help lead Elon to a 27-23 victory against The Citadel on Saturday. ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Scott Riddle threw two touchdown passes, including the game-winner in the third quarter, to help lead Elon to a 27-23 victory against The Citadel on Saturday. Riddle completed 18 of 32 passes for 237 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for the Phoenix (6-1, 4-0 Southern Conference). Brandon Newsome added 134 yards on 14 carries. ...

COLUMBIA — Hundreds of South Carolina state jobs would be cut and some subsidized health care would be slashed under recommendations that state agencies sent Friday to Gov. Mark Sanford as lawmakers search for ways to trim spending.  ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. One of the time-honored traditions at The Citadel is when a senior, after enduring three years of military training, finally receives his class ring.  That tradition takes on new meaning with rings being distributed on Friday. ...

Leaders in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets were honored during Parents' Weekend events on Saturday as hundreds of family and friends of cadets flocked to campus.

Time was when a handoff at Elon was just an excuse for wide receiver Terrell Hudgins to catch his breath in between pass routes. No more.  The FCS 12th-ranked Elon team that comes to Johnson Hagood Stadium today to take on No. 25 The Citadel in a key Southern Conference matchup has discovered the virtues of running the ball and playing solid defense.  ...

Charleston, S.C. – No. 21 The Citadel suffered a tough loss to No. 6 Elon on Parents Day as they fell by a close 27-23 margin before a crowd of 12,585 at Sansom Field at Johnson Hagood Stadium. The Citadel falls to 3-3 on the season and 1-2 in Southern Conference action.

Greensboro, N.C. – The Citadel Volleyball team (6-12, 0-6 Southern) fell to UNC Greensboro (12-7, 4-2 SoCon) in three straight sets (15-25, 24-26, 14-25) Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, N.C. Sophomore Jessica Maas recorded three of the Bulldogs’ 10 blocks, with one being a solo block. Amanda Beal and Tatum Jestila each recorded two block assists.  ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel soccer team upset Georgia Southern, 2-1 in front of a 200 person crowd Friday night at WLI Field on The Citadel’s campus causing the Bulldogs to earn their first SoCon match in program history. The Bulldogs opened the rainy first half with a shot on goal by Nikkita Persaud within the first three minutes of the half. ...

Charleston (WLTX) -- Class of 2009 Cadets at the Citadel received their senior rings at McAlister Field House on Citadel's campus Friday.  And next to receiving a diploma, Citadel officials say a college ring day be the next best way for a student to show off their hard work and accomplishments. This year's rings have either own unique tale behind them. The Class of 2009 rings include...

One of the time-honored traditions at The Citadel is when a senior, after enduring three years of military training, finally receives his class ring.  That tradition takes on new meaning with rings being distributed on Friday. ...

Kevin Higgins' friendship with Pete Lembo dates back to at least 1998, when Higgins hired Lembo to be his running backs coach at Lehigh University.  When Higgins left for the NFL in 2001, Lembo succeeded him as the Mountain Hawks' head coach. And after Higgins moved to The Citadel as head football coach in 2005, Lembo followed him to the Southern Conference a year later as head coach at Elon. ...

Cutting high school sports, conservation efforts and crimes investigated by state law enforcement are all possibilities in the looming South Carolina budget crisis. Legislative leaders were negotiating on how to slash hundreds of millions from the state's $7 billion budget, following a move Wednesday by the state's economic advisers to cut revenue projections by a total of $554 million. ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. --One of the time-honored traditions at The Citadel is when a senior, after enduring three years of military training, finally receives his class ring. That tradition takes on new meaning with rings being distributed on Friday. This year's class rings include gold melted from rings returned by two 1949 Citadel grads. ...

Patrick Caddell, who has worked as a pollster on six presidential campaigns since 1972 and helped get Jimmy Carter elected in 1976, said Democratic contender Barack Obama's victory is looking more and more certain, but with a financial crisis unfolding, the race remains up in the air. "Barack Obama is the luckiest person I have ever seen in American politics," he told an audience of Citadel cadets Thursday. "You can almost be comedic about it."  ...

H.B. Limehouse Jr. ('60) is the S.C. Secretary of Transportation.

The leadership of this country is in the throes of heading off economic disaster. Every American has been affected by the crisis taking place on Wall Street and in Washington. Our economic situation will no doubt bring about changes in the way this country does business. Significant change does not occur without dramatic action, and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is no exception.

Charleston, S.C – The Citadel will host the first Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) match of the season on Friday, Oct. 10, and continuing on Saturday. Rifle action will take place in the Inouye Marksmanship Center. Shooting in this weekend’s competition will be North Carolina State, Mercer, Augusta State, Clemson, Georgia Military, as well as The Citadel Bulldogs. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Volleyball team will travel to North Carolina this weekend for a pair of conference matches against the Spartans of UNC Greensboro (11-7, 3-2 SoCon) and the Phoenix of Elon (14-7, 3-2 SoCon). The Bulldogs (6-11, 0-5 Southern) look to break their five-game losing streak after falling to the College of Charleston on Wednesday.  ...

...Werden has come a long way since that game in 2006. And so have the Phoenix, who come to The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium on Saturday as the fastest-rising team in the Southern Conference. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldogs (6-11, 0-5 Southern) dropped a 3-0 (19-25, 22-25, 19-25) decision to the College of Charleston (12-5, 5-0 Southern) Wednesday night during the first night of the 2008 Dig for the Cure campaign. The Citadel, dressed in pink socks and pink ribbons to support breast cancer research, lost a hard fought battle to the Cougars. ...

... In South Carolina, tuition at a four-year college or university has risen by an average of 35 percent in the last four years, according to figures compiled by the S.C. Commission on Higher Education. Average student loan debt has risen, too. For recent graduates of the state's research universities, the average student loan debt hovers around $18,000, according to the S.C. Student Loan Corp. Obama and McCain both have plans they say will make college more affordable. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Football will host the Elon Phoenix on Saturday, Oct. 11 for the 56th Parents Day Game at Sansom Field at Johnson Hagood Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. and the game can be viewed live on Bulldog Insider or listened to on ESPN Radio 910 The Team with the voice of the Bulldogs Darren Goldwater and color analyst Walt Nadzak.  ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Bulldogs will welcome the Georgia Southern Eagles on Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. at WLI Field and on Sunday, Oct. 12, the Bulldogs travel to Davidson, N.C. to take on the Davidson Wildcats at 2 p.m. Here is a quick look at The Citadel versus the opponents. ...

Sixty years ago, cadet Melvyn Sandler picked up his 1949 Citadel Class ring while the Korean War loomed on the horizon.  Classmate James DeVane got his ring at the same time, but as a much older veteran student. He'd already seen fighting in World War II and served 105 days as a German prisoner of war. ...

... Washington entered this season with eight catches in two years, then had half that total Saturday, leading the Mountaineers with four catches in a 47-21 victory over The Citadel. ...

The Bamberg Country Chamber of Commerce will host its annual banquet on Thursday, 30 October 2008.  Lonnie Carter ('87) will be the keynote speaker. Carter is the president and chief executive officer of Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state owned electric utility company.

Pat Caddell, an expert on public opinion polls, will speak at The Citadel on Thursday, and the event is open to the public. Caddell began working in presidential politics in 1972 and became nationally known while working on Jimmy Carter's campaign in 1976. ...

COLUMBIA — The way things looked Tuesday had state Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell thinking it's likely the Legislature will be back in session before Election Day. Any decision on when legislators could return to the Statehouse will be more concrete after today when South Carolina's budget forecasters meet to assess the state's financial situation. ...

If any coach can attest to the evolution of Southern Conference football in recent years, it is Furman coach Bobby Lamb.  Furman was a charter member of the SoCon's erstwhile "Big Three", the triumvirate of Furman, Appalachian State and Georgia Southern that ruled the league for so long. But the rise of defending league champion Wofford and the emergence of one-time doormats Elon and The Citadel have transformed the league, which has consistently had six teams ranked in FCS polls this season. ...

Hollywood, S.C. – Alana-Jean Keith led The Citadel in the Stono Cup golf tournament with a two-day total score of 248 on the 72 par Links Course in Hollywood, S.C. Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished in eighth place with a team score of 1053. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Volleyball team will battle SoCon rival College of Charleston on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the confines of McAlister Field House. Wednesday’s match will mark one of 10 matches that will be a part of Dig for the Cure this season with another Dig for the Cure match being played on Wednesday when Elon host UNC Greensboro. ...

Pat Caddell, one of America’s most knowledgeable and experienced interpreters of the public’s opinions, attitudes and changing values, will be the guest speaker for Thursday’s John C. West Lecture at The Citadel.  ...Caddell, a native of Rock Hill, S.C., will speak at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in Bond Hall Room 165. It is free and open to the public. ...

The Citadel will present a live web cast of Friday's ring ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. Go to www.citadel.edu for a link to the live webcast. Sixty years ago, cadet Melvyn Sandler picked up his 1949 Citadel Class ring while the Korean War loomed on the horizon. Classmate James DeVane got his ring at the same time, but as a much older veteran student. He'd already seen fighting in World War II and served 105 days as a German prisoner of war. This week, The Citadel's Class of 2009 will get their rings — complete with melted bits of the coveted 10 karat gold bands DeVane and Sandler earned long ago. ...

Pumpkins are OK, cooler weather feels good, but true autumn ecstasy comes from one source only: football. Eager guys, their egos exploding, and their wives swarm to the gridirons every Saturday. There, the machos can get drunk on old buddies and old bragging while they watch the muscular youngsters swat, batter, crush and maul each other.  And sometimes the show is better than that. Recently, while many O-burgers spectated, The Citadel got into an all-day feud with the Ivy League Princeton (University) Tigers. It kicked off in the morning. ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - CSU's IRIS warning alert system malfunctioned last night, preventing some students from receiving updates. University officials state the notices were sent out but the school body never received them.  CSU is working with TechRadium, the company that administers the IRIS warning system, to find out why the system failed and ensure the problem does not arise again. ...

BOONE, N.C. — Since spring practice, Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins has been talking about the need for playmakers to emerge alongside All-America receiver Andre Roberts. In a 47-21 loss to Appalachian State on Saturday, that need was thrown into sharp relief. ...

The Citadel women and men placed third and fourth, respectively, in the FLrunners.com Invitational in Titusville, Fla. Katheryn Gatewood placed 14th individually to lead the Bulldogs women in a time of 19 minutes, 29 seconds. The Citadel's Brendan Kight was eighth in the men's race in 26:53.

The Citadel volleyball team recorded 16 blocks in a 3-1 loss to visiting Davidson.  The scores were 29-27, 16-25, 25-20 and 25-11.  Sophomores Blaine McAllister and Jessica Maas recorded double-digit kills for the Bulldogs (6-10, 0-4 SoCon).

The Rev. Nicholas C. Trivelas, who served as presiding priest of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Charleston for 45 years until his retirement in 1993, died Saturday. He was 87. Trivelas, a choir director and teacher of Byzantine music, served as principal of Charleston's Greek School and taught modern and New Testament Greek at The Citadel where he also was a campus minister. ...

Any change at The Citadel often receives harsh criticism from cadets and graduates who hold tradition in high regard. Sometimes the criticism is grounded. Other times, it is merely the ranting of someone upset that current cadets are getting off easy. I dislike any sentence that begins "back in the old corps," as cadets from each era face their own challenges that those from different periods don't understand.  ...

The Reverend Father Nicholas Christ Trivelas, 87, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, October 4, 2008, in Charleston, SC. Father Trivelas served as priest at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church from 1948 to 1993. He retired in 1993 and continued to serve Holy Trinity as Priest Emeritus. ...

Again, the Atlanta Braves are not in the playoffs and don't bother waiting 'til next year. But aside from one of the few Smoltzless Octobers in your recent lifetime and Clemson missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 22 years, the 2008 season was full of highlights for players and teams with Palmetto State and Lowcountry ties.  By the numbers: 

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Home runs hit by former Citadel star Dallas McPherson while playing for the triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. McPherson led all minor leaguers in homers and earned a promotion to the Florida Marlins.

... Bleachers were reserved for the 75th Air Depot Wing. As I waited for my friends to arrive, I began to be concerned when the band and the corps marched onto the field, and the vets had not arrived. The guest of honor for the parade was introduced. As I recall, the visiting dignitary (VIP) was the acting assistant for the under secretary of finance for the secretary of the Army. The members of the 75th were not allowed entrance to The Citadel grounds for the parade. The reason given was that a VIP was present and for security reasons, tour groups were not allowed on campus. ...

... The University of South Carolina, the College of Charleston, Bowling Green State University and the University of Arizona are among those across the country that have shuttered their yearbook programs in recent years.  The College of Charleston closed the door on its yearbook, The Comet, this past spring because of waning interest from students. After selling about 145 copies in 2005, yearbook sales dropped to about one-third that amount in 2006 and 2007. ...

Bus fare and passes are going up 20 percent on most fares starting today to compensate for the increased fuel prices, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has announced. 

--Route 213 - Lockwood/Calhoun: This new DASH route will link the Citadel and Medical Centers to Express service and will also link hotels on Lockwood Drive with the Visitor's Center.

Bus fare and passes are going up 20 percent on most fares starting today to compensate for the increased fuel prices, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has announced. 

--Route 213 - Lockwood/Calhoun: This new DASH route will link the Citadel and Medical Centers to Express service and will also link hotels on Lockwood Drive with the Visitor's Center.

Bus fare and passes are going up 20 percent on most fares starting today to compensate for the increased fuel prices, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has announced. 

--Route 213 - Lockwood/Calhoun: This new DASH route will link the Citadel and Medical Centers to Express service and will also link hotels on Lockwood Drive with the Visitor's Center.

BOONE, N.C. — Upset-minded Citadel fans who made it up the steep grade past Possum Hollow and Blowing Rock had a chance Saturday to sample free chili from Sledgehammer Charlie's at a tent set up outside Kidd Brewer Stadium. Then it was mostly a diet of football indigestion, a 47-21 Southern Conference loss to Appalachian State's mighty Mountaineers. The halftime score was 41-7. ...

BOONE, N.C. — Armanti's ankle? It's fine. Appalachian State's football identity? Intact. Any other questions were answered by the scoreboard at the south end of Kidd Brewer Stadium, where the 47-21 score provided a stark reminder of just how far The Citadel still has to go to join the elite football teams in the Southern Conference. ...

I feel I speak for the Princeton alumni community in extending a sincere apology for our band's behavior while guests of The Citadel recently. Our band has long been notorious for irreverent nonsense. To those of us who have suffered this immaturity for years, it is boring at best. To a host school, it is a pompous insult. The antics of our band is in no fashion representative of the majority of Princeton students, its football team or its alumni. ...

Q: I don't understand why The Post and Courier continues to allow the term "Yankee" to be used in letters to the editor and other sections of your paper. It is obviously being used as a pejorative. If somebody wrote a letter to the editor complaining about "N..." music played by the Citadel, I'm sure it would never have been published. You folks continue to foster this idea that the word is used "all in fun". Well, it's not. It's used as a slur and it's about time you faced up to it.

A: There is no question that some people use "Yankee" as a slur. Some people also use "Democrat" that way or "Republican" or "politically correct." Had the reference been gratuitous and clearly insulting, the editor might have omitted it.

The recent letters which have used "Yankee" have referred specifically to martial music played by the Union (Yankee) troops during the Civil War. It is akin to referring to the Rebel yell.

If there is one problem Appalachian State football would seem not to have, it's an identity problem. After three straight FCS national titles and last season's epic upset of Michigan, the Mountaineers have been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and featured in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, earning untold millions in free publicity on ESPN alone. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel’s head tennis coach Toby Simpson announced on Friday that the tennis program would like to update their tennis alumni database. Simpson is asking any former tennis players to please contact him with your name, address and email. ...

The College of Charleston received a $60 million gift from businessman Guy E. Beatty Jr., the largest single donation ever given to a public South Carolina higher education institution. The college will receive $2 million a year for 30 years from a trust Beatty set up in his estate, College of Charleston President George Benson said Thursday. Beatty, 75, has requested that $1 million per year be used for scholarships and $1 million for buildings and infrastructure. ...

The U.S. Department of Defense announced $159 million in construction contracts this week that include work at several military facilities in Charleston, Sumter, Columbia and Beaufort.  A $100 million contract announced Wednesday includes new construction and renovation of industrial facilities, infrastructure, airfields, aircraft hangars, aircraft traffic control systems, administrative offices, training facilities and dormitories, according to the Defense Department. The facilities listed under that contract are the Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek, Charleston Air Force Base, Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, and the Marine Corps Air Station and Naval Hospital in Beaufort. The Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Ga., also is part of the contract.

Wendell Snapp thinks small. ... He created a set of Citadel pipers...

In the Sept. 17 Post and Courier, a letter writer denounced the use of "Yankee Songs," such as "The Battle Cry of Freedom" [originally a Northern song] and "Battle Hymn of the Republic," at ceremonies that included a "Southern institution" such as The Citadel. ...

The Citadel is scheduled to face Appalachian State in a Southern Conference football game 3 p.m. Saturday in Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C. The game is slated to be televised on SportSouth, cable channel 32 in Rock Hill. The Bulldogs are led by quarterback Bart Blanchard, who played at Northwestern. ...

The Citadel Cross Country heads to the Sunshine State for the FLrunners.com Invitational presented by Nike. The Bulldogs are coming off their lone home meet of the season, The Citadel Invitational, and will compete against several similarly-sized schools in Titusville, Fla. this weekend.

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel soccer team will travel to Greensboro, N.C. on Friday, Oct. 3 to take on the Southern Conference top-seed UNC Greensboro Spartans at 7 p.m. and then on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m., the Bulldogs will face the Elon Phoenix in Elon, N.C. Here is a quick look at The Citadel and its opponents. ...

CHARLESTON — On the morning of September 30, 2008, Jay D. Rogers, Jr., beloved husband of “Lou” Sharpe Rogers and father of Sara Jayne Rogers, passed away. ... He was a graduate of The Citadel, Class of 1980, Charlie Company, and a proud member of the Alumni Association and the Association of Citadel Men. ...

The Coastal Bank's executive vice president and chief operating officer has been named to the Savannah Technical College Foundation Board of Directors. As part of Savannah Tech's board of directors, Jim LaHaise will help shape the vision and the future of the regional technical college. ...

Charleston and the Islands --Main Library, 68 Calhoun St., downtown: 805-6930. The Early Cold War Series: 2 p.m. Monday. Marshall Plan: 1947-52. Join the group for the third program in a six-part series offering documentary films and discussion on a most memorable and turbulent period in the 20th-century American experience, from 1917-53. John B. Bonds, history department, The Citadel, will lead the discussion following each film.

Punt returns and punt blocks have played a key role in The Citadel's 3-1 start this season. ...

Punt returns and punt blocks have played a key role in The Citadel's 3-1 start this season. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Football will travel to Boone, N.C. this weekend to take on three-time defending FCS national champion Appalachian State in the Mountaineers’ first Southern Conference game of the season on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Kick-off is set for 3:04 p.m. as the Mountaineer Homecoming game will be broadcasted on SportSouth with play-by-play announcer Tom Werme and analyst Sam Wyche.  ... 

The Citadel Wrestling team and head coach Rob Hjerling welcomes Billy Linane as a new assistant coach for the Bulldog wrestling program. Coach Linane is a 2005 graduate and former wrestler of The Citadel. ...

Appalachian State's newest cornerbacks were tested early and often last Saturday night against a Presbyterian team that threw 61 passes. Sophomore Jared Reine made his first start, replacing injured Dominique McDuffie at right cornerback. He alternated with Ed Gainey, a freshman from Winston-Salem who wound up getting the majority of playing time in the second half and finished with seven tackles and one pass breakup. ...

Mr. Charlie M. Forrest, Jr., of Anderson, died Monday, September 29, 2008 at his residence. Born in Johnston, SC, Mr. Forrest was a graduate The Citadel, Class of 1945. He served in the United States Army during World War II where he received three Purple Hearts and was a part of the invasion of Normandy, France. After serving as a Professor of Business Administration at The Citadel, he relocated to Anderson, SC in 1951 and founded The Carolina School of Commerce, later known as Forrest College.

ANDERSON — Mr. Charlie M. Forrest, Jr., of Anderson, husband of the late Hester Padget Forrest, died Monday, September 29, 2008, at his residence. Born in Johnston, SC, Mr. Forrest was a son of the late Charlie M. Forrest, Sr., and Permelia Hudgens Forrest. He was a graduate of Johnston High School in Johnston, SC, and The Citadel, Class of 1945. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He received three Purple Hearts and was a part of the invasion of Normandy, France. ...

When the Princeton scramble band walked down Citadel’s “Avenue of Remembrance,” sacred ground that honors the university’s alumni killed in action, they knowingly or unknowingly offended some Cadets.

U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett said his vote against the $700 billion financial rescue plan was the biggest he has ever cast in his career. He was the only one of South Carolina's six congressmen to oppose the bailout, and he said Tuesday he is confident Congress will get back to work and pass something different — and better — soon.

BOONE, N.C. — All tickets available to the general public for Saturday’s homecoming showdown between No. 2 Appalachian State University and No. 12 The Citadel are sold out, ASU athletics ticket manager Steve White announced on Wednesday.
Appalachian students may still print their tickets by clicking here right up until Saturday’s kickoff but NCHSAA coaches’ passes and Mountaineer Summer Reading Program passes may not be redeemed for homecoming.  ...

Citadel Cadets Rough Up Princeton Band - Few were impressed by the on-field antics of the Princeton University "scramble band" during the Sept. 27 football game at The Citadel. But apparently the real action came before the game, when the band walked through campus and got into a scuffle with Citadel cadets. ...

Jay Rogers Jr. died September 30, 2008. He was a graduate of The Citadel, Class of 1980, Charlie Company, and a proud member of The Alumni Association.

Lt. Col. James M. Hagan, Sr., U.S. Army (Ret.), age 73, of Murrells Inlet, SC, died Tuesday September 30, 2008, at his home.
Mr. Hagan was born in Due West, SC, March 18, 1935. He was raised in Greenwood, SC, graduated from Greenwood High School in 1953 and from The Citadel in 1957.

For the past two seasons, Samford University’s football program has finished 3-13 in the Ohio Valley Conference. This year, it was formally inducted into the Southern Conference, the Football Champion Subdivision’s toughest league. ...

"Standing on the Shoulders of Our Elders" was the title of a MOJA Arts Festival ceremony recognizing 21 black women who have broken racial and gender barriers. The brunch, attended by more than 200, was Tuesday at the Charleston Place Hotel.

--Dr. Marlene O'Bryant Seabrook was the first black and one of only two women to be employed as full-time faculty at The Citadel in 1975.