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Atlanta native Cmdr. Greg McWherter ('90) always wanted to be a Navy pilot. He achieved his goal in 1992 when he was awarded his wings at the Naval Air Station in Meridian, Miss. Five years later, he became a Top Gun instructor and went on to command the World Famous Golden Dragons squadron. ...

The Citadel's Class of 1944 never had a commencement ceremony because every member was called up during their junior year to serve in World War II.

But all the remaining members of that group, known as "the class that never was," will be honored Saturday at the commencement of the Class of 2008.

Citadel President Lt. Gen. John Rosa will get a $50,000 pay boost this year, and another $25,000 in 2009, after the school's Board of Visitors approved the jump this month. ...

This segment featuring Junior Marine Officer Instructor Capt. Matt Kutilek and The Citadel aired on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" program on April 18. Click here to watch.

The Citadel - When: 9:30 a.m. May 3 - Where: McAlister Field House, Charleston -Speaker: Lindsey Graham

THE DETAILS: Greencastle-Antrim's goalkeeper has signed a letter of intent, accepting an athletic scholarship from the Southern Conference school. She also plans to compete in track & field. THE SCHOOL: The Citadel, located in Charleston, S.C., is a state-supported military college that was founded in 1842. Just over 1,900 under graduates are enrolled at The Citadel -- the largest military college other than the U.S. service academies -- which graduates between 93 and 96 percent of its student-athletes. The women's soccer program at The Citadel did not begin competing until 2001. ...

Two unrelated articles in the April 19 Post and Courier present a unique opportunity for Charleston. The first is on the city's intent to buy the site of the Sofa Super Store fire to build a firefighters' memorial. The second is on the need for a new stadium at Stoney Field. ...

Solid pitching told the story in the College of Charleston's first two victories against The Citadel over the weekend, but on Sunday the Cougars got back to what they do best.

It's hard to teach an old Bulldog new tricks. But there is nothing cliche about former College of Charleston baseball players Sam Moore and Lee Curtis, honored Friday night during a Wall of Fame ceremony at Patriots Point Stadium.

Never mind the College of Charleston's 12 runs. The Cougars' 12-2 Southern Conference victory over The Citadel on Friday night was all about Jake Goldberg.

... William Price will be the new principal at Tanglewood Middle, replacing Dennis Dotterer. Price comes to Greenville from McClellanville Middle School, where he started as a teacher in 1999 and has been principal since 2003. He's a graduate of The Citadel and the College of Charleston. ...

The 5-year-old Iraqi boy sat in the Marine's lap in a spacious Mount Pleasant home, worlds away from where the two had last seen each other about a month ago. The previous meeting was in Haditha, a city about 150 miles northwest of Baghdad. Ammar Muhammed was suffering from a heart defect that turned his skin blue. Maj. Kevin Jarrard and his fellow U.S. Marines stationed in the area had vowed to get the child lifesaving open-heart surgery in the U.S. ...

The College of Charleston hasn't really had a staff ace this season, but Jake Goldberg has pitched like one lately and that's why he'll be on the mound tonight when the Cougars take on The Citadel at Patriots Point Stadium.  "Jake has done a great job for us and certainly deserves that opportunity," said Charleston coach John Pawlowski. "He has really been pitching well." ...

10. Greg Davis (The Citadel), Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ninth round, 1987 — Stuck around for 12 seasons and kicked 224 field goals.

The Citadel Women's Club will hold its annual yard sale 8 a.m.-noon May 31 at the Altman Center in the end zone at Johnson Hagood Stadium on Hagood Avenue at Fishburne Street.

Two teams from The Citadel's American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter placed in the 2008 Carolinas Conference held at North Carolina A&T University.

Cleaning up dog waste is a dirty job, so four Citadel engineering students are trying to make a robot do it. As its senior project, a team of students designed and built a high-tech, robotic poop scoop that ultimately might be able to rove backyards picking up dog waste. The device is in an early stage of development, said team members Jose Montes, 32; Geoff Stephens, 28; Stephen Black, 37; and Adam Frowein, 22. ...

Twin brothers Christopher and Christian Graham of Dorman High School have signed National Letters of Intent to compete for The Citadel. Christopher and Christian, who both compete in the sprints and hurdles, will also be joining the Citadel football team. ...

Former Citadel football player Marc Buoniconti, a leader in the quest to cure paralysis resulting from spinal-cord injuries, has been named the 2008 recipient of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame Bobby Richardson Sportsmanship Award.  ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University's head women's soccer coach Chris Kane recently released the 2008 schedule for the upcoming fall season. ...The Thundering Herd's Fourth Annual Nike Invitational will be held Sept. 5 and 7 with Marshall hosting The Citadel, Radford and Mount St. Mary's. The Citadel and Murray State University games will also be first meetings among schools. ...

I enjoyed reading Brian Hicks' recent articles on Cuba and share the sentiments of most Americans, including Cuban-Americans, who are looking forward to the time when our former closeness will be re-established. I share, however, the strong sentiments of many Cuban Americans and their relatives on the island who continue to support America's insistence on substantial Cuban civil rights progress before dismantling the statutes that restrict trade and the free flow of American travelers with the island. ...

COLUMBIA, SC - Marc Buoniconti, who has become synonymous with the quest for curing paralysis resulting from spinal-cord injuries, has been named as the 2008 recipient of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame Bobby Richardson Sportsmanship Award presented by Peter and Ane DiVenere. ...

Columbia, S.C. – Marc Buoniconti, who has become synonymous with the quest for curing paralysis resulting from spinal-cord injuries, has been named as the 2008 recipient of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame Bobby Richardson Sportsmanship Award presented by Peter and Ane DiVenere. ...

... "It puts more of a burden on the student to prove why (companies should hire them)," said Brent Stewart, director of The Citadel's career center. "We tell all our students that you have to be able to answer what skills you bring to the table." About a third of Citadel graduates head off to jobs in the financial sector, working for companies such as accounting firms, insurance providers and banks, Stewart said. ...

... "It puts more of a burden on the student to prove why (companies should hire them)," said Brent Stewart, director of The Citadel's career center. "We tell all our students that you have to be able to answer what skills you bring to the table." About a third of Citadel graduates head off to jobs in the financial sector, working for companies such as accounting firms, insurance providers and banks, Stewart said. ...

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Air Force Lt. Kristin Setliff, a 2004 Citadel graduate likely to deploy soon to southwest Asia, must take her truck to the shop. So she rents a car to get to her three-day outdoor combat class. And since it is an outdoor combat class, Setliff removes her Citadel class ring and tucks it in the glove compartment. Then she returns the car.Then she remembers the ring."I didn't freak out," she says. "I figured they'd find it."

The relatives and friends of Harry W. Keuper, Jr., are invited to attend his Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, April 21, 2008 in Christ Our King Catholic Church at 1:00 pm. Burial will be private. ...

Skip Scarpa thinks he has solved the cumbersome tennis puzzle of converting courts from doubles to singles. He hopes to make "Reel Sticks" a worldwide standard.  ... "There are one million or more tennis courts in the world, and all of them except for a few are made for doubles. People are playing singles on doubles courts," Scarpa said Thursday after showing off his invention at The Citadel during the Southern Conference tennis tournament. Reel Sticks are being used by the tournament on the six primary courts at the Earle Tennis Center. Singles sticks usually are used for singles play in all major sanctioned tournaments.  ...

Chris Swauger homered and went 3-for-4 with a walk, but a pair of four-run innings by UNC Greensboro was too much to overcome in front of 898 at Riley Park. ...

"The Citadel Baseball team had a distinguished guest join the Bulldogs as actor Kevin Costner hit batting practice Thursday afternoon at College park.  Costner, a big basefall fan, his batting practice and then talked to the team for several minutes."

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification announced decisions today concerning the certification status of 37 Division I member institutions that have undergone the Association's second cycle of athletics certification. Wofford College was one of 35 schools to receive certification. ...The following 35 institutions were certified: University of Arizona; Austin Peay State University; University of California, Irvine; Chicago State University; The Citadel...

The Citadel Brigadier Foundation will hold its 20th annual Auction & Dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 19 at McAlister Field House on The Citadel campus. Tickets are $50 per person and include a buffet dinner, open bar, and silent and live auctions. The public may attend. Walk-ups are welcome. Call 953-5277.

L. Jeffrey Perez, executive director of the office of communications and public affairs at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, has been named The Citadel's new vice president of external affairs. ...

BEAUFORT — Marion deVeaux Jones, Jr., 49, died April 12, 2008. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at St. Helena’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Jones was born September 19, 1958, in Beaufort, SC, a son of the late Marion d. Jones, Sr. and Mary Jack Jones. He was a 1980 Citadel graduate and a licensed insurance agent, joining the Marion Jones Insurance Agency in 1985. ...

Each year The Citadel’s ROTC departments nominate their finest cadets and active duty students from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force detachments for awards recognizing scholastic and military excellence. This year’s award recipients were honored on Thursday, April 17, 2008 in McAlister Field House. ...

Since Les Robinson announced his retirement as The Citadel's athletic director last January, John Hartwell has received a steady stream of calls. Before they threw their own hats in the ring, potential candidates to replace Robinson wanted to know if Hartwell, a 1987 Citadel graduate who is senior associate athletic director at the University of Mississippi, was going to go after the job. As it turns out, the answer is no. ...

... The boy and his father, Ammad Muhammed, traveled from Haditha, courtesy of the U.S. Marines, who raised money in Iraq to pay their airfare. The elder Muhammed is an Iraqi police lieutenant who befriended Maj. Kevin Jarrard.  Jarrard, a 1995 Citadel graduate, reached out to the East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club to help Ammar. ...

The Citadel's Cliff Allen and Sam Greenwood each won bronze medals in the national collegiate boxing championships last weekend in Reno, Nev. ...

Wednesday - Leadership: The Citadel School of Business presents a lecture in its spring Leadership Forum. Speaker: Gary Durante, Scientific Research Corp. Topic: Ethical Leadership for the 21st Century. 5:45 p.m. Duckett Hall Auditorium. For information, call Charlene Gunnells at 953-2155 or visit pao.citadel.edu/ldrshipforum_08biz..

COLUMBIA — The result was ideal. The way it happened was far from it. Ellis Johnson made it home, sure. But it was far from a shortcut back to the Midlands. If the shortest route between two points is a straight line, what then is a trip from Mississippi to South Carolina with a detour through Arkansas? "All the change wasn't a big deal," said the Gamecocks' new defensive coordinator, "it's just the timing of it." ...

It is the most anticipated day of the academic year for freshmen – Recognition Day. An annual rite of spring, sophomores and juniors are anticipating a new academic year and their new leadership positions in the Corps of Cadets. Seniors are simply antsy to get their diplomas and get on with their military careers, graduate school or jobs in the work world. But the knobs are counting the days and minutes until the fourth class year ends. ...

Monday, we took a broad look at the schedules for the Division I-A conferences. Now, we’re getting more specific, with a list of the 12 most embarrassing games of the season. On Wednesday, we’ll look at the 12 best non-conference games of the season. ...11. The Citadel at Florida, Nov. 22: The Citadel isn’t horrible – the Bulldogs were 7-4 last season. But that was just its second winning season in the past 13. Plus, it’s a horrible date to be playing a I-AA team. This will be Florida’s final home game of the season. Playing a mediocre I-AA program – that’s sure a nice way to send out the seniors. ...

The Citadel School of Business Administration has inducted the following people into its Business Hall of Fame: Dr. James B. Edwards, an oral surgeon and former U.S. representative; retired Lt. Gen. John H. Moellering, chairman of USAA; and Peter Sulick, president and CEO of AmeriSite LLC. Also, Daniel J. Kohl, president and chief executive officer of PSA Healthcare, received the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award.

Daniel Grafton has joined Sunbelt Business Brokers of Charleston as an intern broker. He is a business administration student at The Citadel.

SMOAKS — Lillie Plowden Waldrep, 85, of Smoaks, South Carolina, died early Thursday morning, April 10, 2008, in Charleston, South Carolina, after a brief illness.  ... She graduated from Lander College in 1934, with a BA degree, double majoring in history and science. She did further graduate study at Furman University and The Citadel. ...

Sorry about the alliteration; it's a cheap trick, we know ...  The Lowcountry's resident experts in piping, The Citadel's Regimental Band and Pipes, invited us to a free concert at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. It will be Tax Day. Maybe you could use some cheering up. The Regimental Band has horns and things and will play British marches, Sousa marches, patriotic songs and Big Band jazz tunes. The concert will be in McAlister Field House. ...

Whatever your favorite Family Circle Cup memory may be, chances are it will be recounted during this year’s tournament, which is celebrating its 35th year. ...Tuesday’s evening session will feature festivities that include performances by the Burke High marching band, The Citadel color guard, a commemorative video and the introduction of the tournament’s entire player field by Collins. ...

Three weeks ago, Citadel baseball coach Fred Jordan shifted Matt Crim's workday from Saturday to Friday.  The move has paid off in three straight Friday night wins for the Bulldogs, the latest a 9-3 victory over Davidson to open a three-game Southern Conference series before 1,257 fans at Riley Park. ...

R. Leonard Harrill, of Glen Ridge, NJ, and Martha's Vineyard, MA died on April 8, 2008, at Van Dyk Manor, Montclair, NJ. Born and raised in Charleston, SC, Leonard graduated from The Citadel Military College of South Carolina as First Battalion Commander, Cadet Captain. ...

For most kids, a trip to baseball practice involves Mom's SUV and a stop at Sonic for slushes on the way home.  Asher Wojciechowski's experience was a bit different. "It was about a 45-minute trip to practice," says The Citadel's standout freshman pitcher, recalling his youth in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. "We had a guy who lived with us from Nigeria, named Daniel, who would take me to practice every morning. ...

Five-year-old Ammar Muhammed fell asleep, curled on his father's lap. The blue tint of his skin matched his tiny patient gown. His father, Ammad Muhammed, carried his son all the way from Haditha, Iraq, for a lifesaving heart surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. ...With the help of translators from The Citadel, Muhammed said, "My job is to fight off people who try to kill Iraqi citizens."

Donna Rosa lives life four months at a time. She knows that the melanoma that's ravaged her body on and off for the past 12 years could return at any time. After a cancer scan every four months, she learns whether she'll have four more. Rosa also knows that being alive means she's beaten nearly insurmountable odds. ...

Sonny Meade went 3 for 5 with two RBIs while Matt Talley recorded his first collegiate victory Tuesday as The Citadel (19-13) earned a season sweep of the series against Charleston Southern (12-18) with a 7-4 victory over the Bucs at Buccaneer Field. ...

Two teams from The Citadel's American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Chapter competed and placed in the 2008 Carolinas Conference, which was held at North Carolina A&T University March 27-29, 2008.  The Carolinas Conference is an annual ASCE student competition where student chapters at The Citadel, Clemson University, the University of South Carolina, Trident Technical College, Duke University, North Carolina A&T, Georgia Tech,  North Carolina State, and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte compete in a variety of civil engineering events. ...

The Citadel's Regimental Band and Pipes will perform its spring concert at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2008, in McAlister Field House. The concert is free and open to the public.

The Citadel's Regimental Band and Pipes will perform its spring concert at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2008, in McAlister Field House. The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will feature a variety of musical selections from Sousa and British marches to patriotic songs and the sounds of the Big Band jazz era. This year, the Regimental Band’s drum line will present a Drum Corps style performance and the pipes and drums will be featured performers. ...

Some Lowcountry families will be seeing their loved ones in the 218th Brigade Combat Team return from Afghanistan this week.  Others will have a wait up to a month or more. The first of 1,600 S.C. National Guard troops serving in Afghanistan flew into Pope Air Force Base at 5 a.m. Monday. The 160 soldiers from the 218th have spent the past year in Afghanistan, and they will spend three to four days at Fort Bragg, going through demobilization. The process will take them from active-duty soldiers to traditional Guard members. ...

After one season at Wilson Hall, Jimmy Noonan is making another move. Noonan will join the Wando High football team’s coaching staff as an offensive coordinator. It is his third position in as many years. “Who wouldn’t want to get back to Charleston?” said Noonan, a Citadel graduate. The move was initiated when his wife, a lawyer, got an attractive offer from a Charleston law firm, he said. The Wando opening seemed a natural fit for Noonan. ...

Short of receiving a letter inviting you to become a member of Augusta National Golf Club, the most cherished correspondence a golf fan can receive is notice that he or she is now eligible to purchase tickets to attend the Masters.  ...Ben Legare "63) of Charleston will never forget the day he received his letter. "I got on the list in 1972 and it took me 16 years to bubble up to the top," said Legare, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army who also worked for The Citadel for 25 years. ...

In mid-September 2007, my 39-year wait to meet Sen. John McCain came to an end at the Citadel field house in Charleston.In June 1968, 1 was assigned to the 6485th Air Evacuation unit at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. On June 29, I was one of nine crew members selected for a secret mission. ...

The Citadel will unveil a permanent exhibition honoring the late author Jim Rigney at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Daniel Library on campus. Rigney, who wrote the "Wheel of Time" series under the pen name Robert Jordan, was a Citadel graduate. His books have sold millions of copies and have been published in 18 languages. Rigney died Sept. 16 at age 58 after a fight with the rare blood disease amyloidosis. ...

SPARTANBURG — Bryan Altman went 3-for-6 with a home run and four RBIs as The Citadel coasted past Wofford in the first game of a doubleheader Sunday to secure the series victory. Wofford salvaged one win in the series by taking the second game in 10 innings.  ...

Even in hindsight, it's hard to define the beginning of the end for Brian Ruff Jr. But we'll start with the wreck.  It was a football Saturday in September 2005. Three Citadel cadets were driving down I-95 en route to Tallahassee to see the Bulldogs play Florida State. A tire blew out, the SUV rolled and all three were killed. There was supposed to be a fourth cadet in the car that day, but he decided at the last minute not to go. He had a dream about the accident. He tried to talk his buddies out of going. One of the dead boys was his roommate. ...

6:30-10 p.m.: Barbecue dinner by the Citadel Alumni Association, Cantey Building on the State Fair grounds.

Col. (Ret.) William James Buchanan Jr., 72, of Puyallup, Wash., died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, Washington, following a brief illness. Born December 10, 1935, he was the son of William James Buchanan Sr. and Helen McKay Buchanan Cothran, formerly of Charleston, SC. He was a 1959 graduate of The Citadel in Charleston, SC, and earned a masters degree from the University of Alabama in 1968. ...

Three Berkeley instructors with different educational focuses are candidates to receive the district's top teaching prize in two weeks.  Dorothy "Dottie" Adams, Creighton Eddings ('07) and Harold Tabor were named the district's Teacher of the Year finalists at a Friday afternoon ceremony at Immaculate Conception Church in Goose Creek. The district's overall winner will be announced at an April 17 breakfast.

COLUMBIA — In the latest version of the state's upcoming budget, several local projects survived the ax while public colleges and universities continue to walk a tightrope during hard economic times.  ...WINNERS - - $25,000 for The Citadel to purchase a computer system (House budgets about $1.3 million).  ...

Norman Robert Knight, Jr., a member of the greatest generation and a resident of Bishop Gadsden, gently entered into eternal rest on March 11, 2008. He was born on Good Friday, March 25, 1924 in Zelienople, Pennsylvania to Norman Robert Knight and Jean Wallace Knight. Mr. Knight was a graduate of Porter Military Academy and The Citadel where he earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. ...

The 12th annual Bulldog challenge is set for April 12 at The Citadel. ... Registration is $30 per person ($120 for a four-person team). Deadline to register is April 7. ... Proceeds will go to a scholarship fund in honor of Marine 2nd Lt. Almar Fitzgerald, Citadel Class of 2004. Fitzgerald died in February 2006 after being injured during combat operations in Iraq.

The committee searching for The Citadel's next athletic director met for the first time Wednesday, and already has whittled a field of 37 candidates down to six, according to the committee chairman, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Michael Duffy. ...

If you don't believe me, check out a list of just a few of the things they do for "fun": wade through pluff mud, climb obscenely high rope ladders, run up and down stadium stairs, scale huge walls — all while carrying 20-pound sandbags on their backs."What a bunch of idiots," you're probably saying. Not me. I would never say something like that. But you say what you want. "What would possess them to do stuff like that?" you might also be saying. Well, they are preparing for the 2008 Citadel Bulldog Challenge, a six-mile endurance course composed of various terrains, stations and obstacles on which about 300 people will compete on April 12. ...

The Citadel's Spring Library Friends invites the public to tour Medway Plantation April 6.  The tour will meet at The Citadel and leave at 1 p.m. Guided walks of the gardens, pinelands and swamps are planned, along with a picnic dinner at the lake lodge and will last until 6 p.m. Tickets are $60 and space is limited. To make reservations or for more information, call 953-7691.

Lowcountry stars Reese Havens and Justin Smoak did not manage a hit between them against The Citadel on Tuesday night. But their ninth-ranked South Carolina baseball team scored five runs in the final two innings to rally for a 7-4 victory over The Citadel before 4,895 fans at Riley Park, and that was enough to send the pair back to Columbia with smiles on their faces. ...

Last week, Citadel freshman pitcher Matt Talley acquitted himself well in his first outing against a ranked college baseball team, allowing two runs in seven innings of a 5-1 loss to then-No. 22 Coastal Carolina. Tonight, the 6-6 left-hander will step it up a notch as No. 9 South Carolina plays The Citadel at 7 p.m. at Riley Park. ...

Edward Coleman Jones of Mt. Pleasant, SC, died Saturday March 29, 2008. Ed was born in Brooklyn, NY, October 1, 1943, to Lt. Col. (Ret) and Mrs. Edward M. Jones and lived in Washington, D.C.; Tokyo, Japan; Orleans, France and Seoul, Korea where he earned a black belt in Tong Tsu Do. Ed was a 1967 graduate of The Citadel, Company "K." While at The Citadel he was a member of the Rifle Team. His Talents contributed to the team winning two National Championships. ...

Charleston, S.C. - Phil Disher's two-run single in the top of the eighth inning capped a four-run inning as South Carolina rallied to defeat The Citadel 7-4 on Tuesday evening at Joe Riley Park. The Gamecocks are now 19-7 with the Bulldogs dropping to 16-11 on the year. Gamecock reliever Parker Bangs hurled 2.2 scoreless innings of relief with five strikeouts to pick up the win and improve to 2-0 on the year. Carolina returns to action on Wednesday night at Sarge Frye Field to face Davidson. First pitch is set for 7 pm.  ...

..Funeral services will be 10AM, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 120 Broad St. Charleston, with burial following in Holy Cross Cemetery. ...