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CULLOWHEE, N.C.- The Citadel Volleyball team extended their winning streak to three games, following a road sweep of Southern Conference foe Western Carolina, 25-21, 25-23 and 28-26. Tatum Jestila came through for the Bulldogs with another outstanding performance, 18 kills and 17 digs, to capture consecutive conference victories for the first time in program history.

Spartanburg, S.C. - The Citadel Rifle team won their second straight NCAA competition, defeating five participating teams, at Wofford. The Bulldogs ended the competition with an 11-point victory over North Georgia College.

Charleston, S.C. - Freshman walk-on quarterback Tommy Edwards and The Citadel defense led the Bulldogs in a second half rally as The Citadel won the battle of the Bulldogs against Samford, 28-16, on Saturday at Johnson Hagood Stadium.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel cross country teams will compete in the 2009 Southern Conference Championships at the Belk Track/White Field on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 in Elon, N.C. with Elon University serving as the host. The event will begin with the men's 8k race starting at 10 a.m. and the women will start their 5k race at 10:45 a.m.

Christian Patton scored in the 24th minute to lift the College of Charleston (12-6-1, 8-3) to a 1-0 Southern Conference road victory over The Citadel (5-12-2, 2-7-2) at WLI Field. The victory ensured the Cougars will play in the SoCon Tournament, which will include only the top four teams in the league standings.  Cougars keepers Sarah Wiggers and Katie Tate combined for six saves in the win. Whitney Nave had three saves for the Bulldogs.

Amid the delirium of a Citadel locker room after a victory over rival Furman last Saturday, there was one solemn moment.  That was when coach Kevin Higgins presented a game ball to safety Rod Harland, capping off a turbulent two weeks for the sophomore from Hartwell, Ga.  "That really was a great moment for me," Harland said. "It's really helping me to get over what I've been going through."

Nothing aids success as much as the ability to negotiate. Inside the organization, getting the position, promotion, pay increase, corner office or the authority to launch your project requires negotiation with superiors and colleagues. ...Dorothy Perrin Moore, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship Emeritus, The Citadel.The Job Coaches are experienced volunteers from the Center for Women's Job Counseling Program.

Charleston, S.C. - Ken Britt, ace of the pitching staff when the Bulldogs participated in the 1990 College World Series, highlights a list of five who will be inducted into The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night, October 30, at the Holliday Alumni Center. Also entering the Hall as members of the Class of 2009 are baseball and basketball player Chuck Cordell '74, football standout Scott Thompson '87, wrestler John Wood '70 and Gene Moore, III '50, who enters as an honorary member.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel soccer team (5-12-2, 2-7-2 SoCon) fell, 1-0, to College of Charleston in front of a crowd of over 120 at WLI Field on The Citadel's campus. Nikki Mares and Nikkita Persaud led the Bulldogs on the field. Mares tallied two shots on goal while Persaud finished with four shots with one on goal. Whitney Nave collected three saves at the net.

The Center for Women, 129 Cannon St., sponsors the following programs. To register, go to www.c4women.org or call 763-7333.

Eighth Annual Entrepreneurs Networking Event: Speed Networking: With the "speed networking" concept, participants will meet 30 women quickly and effectively as they move from table to table. Light refreshments will be provided. Bring business cards. $15/$20. 6-8 p.m. Nov. 16. Citadel Holliday Alumni House, Hagood Avenue.

Retired Army Lt. Gen. W. Michael Steele of Seabrook Island has been elected to The Citadel Board of Visi-tors.  Steele replaces retired Maj. Gen. Arthur H. Baiden III as the alumni-elected representative on the college's governing board.  Baiden's six-year term expired in June.  Steele's term runs through June 2015.

The Citadel's Daniel Library will host the Nov. 6 opening of an art exhibit featuring the work of Thomas McQueeney, Citadel Class of 1974 and a member of the college's Board of Visitors.  A reception will be held at 2 p.m. in the Daniel Library courtyard.  A local State Farm insurance agent and a 2009 recipient of the state's Order of the Palmetto award, McQueeney is a lifetime artist whose works depict the Lowcountry and other worldwide destinations that he has visited.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Football will host the Samford Bulldogs on Saturday, Oct. 31 at Johnson Hagood Stadium. The game will kickoff at 1 p.m. and can be viewed and listened to on Bulldog Insider at www.CitadelSports.com or on ESPN Radio 910 The Team with the Voice of the Bulldogs Darren Goldwater and color analyst Walt Nadzak.

On Thursday, Nov. 5, The Citadel will kick off Homecoming weekend and get psyched for the gridiron matchup with Wofford College with its annual bonfire and pep rally.  Cadets at the 2008 Homecoming bonfire and pep rally helped get the team pumped for football Saturday. The 2009 bonfire and rally will do the same thing on Thursday, Nov. 5.

(SPARTANBURG, SC) -- The Southern Conference named its football players of the week for the games played on Saturday, Oct. 24. The Citadel quarterback Miguel Starks was named Offensive Player of the Week while teammate Van Dyke Jones earned Freshman of the Week honors.

Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson will visit The Citadel on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.  Wilson will speak to Professor Bill Bloss’ criminal law class beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Grimsley Hall Auditorium. The class is open to all faculty and students.  Wilson is the first woman to hold the office of Solicitor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit for Charleston and Berkeley counties and a veteran federal and state criminal prosecutor. A brief question and answer session will follow her remarks.

CHARLESTON, S.C.- The Citadel Basketball team will host the 19th Annual "Meet the Bulldogs" on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 4:15 p.m. in McAlister Field House. The event allows fans to meet and greet the 2009-10 Citadel Bulldogs while catching the 20-minute Blue-White intrasquad scrimmage.

Charleston, S.C. - All Citadel baseball fans are encouraged to join your favorite baseball alumni, coaches and friends for a Hawaiian Luau on Homecoming Friday, Nov. 6 from 7-10 pm at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.  Guests will enjoy a Hawaiian buffet, drinks and live entertainment. Tickets are $30 each and may be purchased at the door or by contacting Megan Chambers at mchambers2@citadel.edu or (843) 953-7265.

Charleston, S.C. - Sophomore Bree Baumgartner leads The Citadel Golf team, that wrapped up day two in 18th place at the Palmetto Intercollegiate in Kiawah Island, S.C. with a team score of 340 (+88). The three round event, hosted by the College of Charleston, includes 18 teams at the Oak Point Country Club.

(The two workers (picture) in the article are Citadel Veteran Cadet Day students.) COLUMBIA - Relief is on the way for thousands of out-of-work South Carolinians who have run out of weekly unemployment checks during these distressing economic times.

Citadel students had a wild time on Sun., Oct. 25. The night ended with local police assisting campus security in quelling rioting cadets at one of the barracks.  Hours before that incident, city police were called to a French Quarter hotel because of a drunken disturbance involving as many as 18 cadets stumbling out of a private party at a nearby club.

No one can argue against wanting to live in an area with great schools. The debate, mainly among non-educators, is how to create better schools in order to attract quality teachers and staff and how to create an environment where students are learning and thinking instead of being taught to take a test.

Coastal Carolina will make enough money from its game at Clemson this week to buy a new film editing system and new headphones for the coaching staff, according to Chanticleers coach David Bennett. ...

--The Citadel made $450,000 for its trip to Florida last season...

East Tennessee State shot a final-round 296 and won the Palmetto Intercollegiate women's college golf tournament by 16 shots with a three-round total of 879. The tournament was played at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Oak Point Golf Course. 
Kansas finished second at 895, while Kennesaw State was third at 896. Charleston finished 13th with a 924, while The Citadel finished 18th at 1,001.  Leigh Whittaker led the College of Charleston, tying for 17th at 224. The Citadel was led by Bree Baumgartner, who tied for 37th with a score of 230.

Henry Herman Kangeter, Jr. CHARLESTON - Entered into eternal rest on the afternoon of October 26, 2009, Henry Herman Kangeter, Jr., widower of Mary Thomas Kangeter. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services Friday, October 30, 2009, at twelve noon, in Lutheran Church of The Redeemer. Interment, Live Oak Memorial Gardens.

When state Rep. Greg Delleney ('74) makes up his mind to do something, the Citadel graduate locks on like a bulldog.  Delleney, a 10-term Republican from Chester County, is the driving force behind the push to remove Gov. Mark Sanford from office for disappearing to Argentina for five days and lying to his staff in June. Sanford later admitted an extramarital affair.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel's redshirt freshman quarterback Miguel Starks was named to the College Sporting News National All-Stars list this week for his efforts this past Saturday against Furman.  In his first collegiate start, Miguel Starks (Atlanta, Ga.) was responsible for 327 yards and accounted for all five touchdowns in The Citadel's 38-28 win over Furman on Saturday at Johnson Hagood Stadium.

Does the name Charlie Taaffe ring a bell?  Actually, Taaffe once made the cannon fire at Johnson-Hagood Stadium in Charleston, S.C., as head coach at The Citadel from 1987 to 1995 - pretty much during Marshall's golden era as a Division I-AA school.  The 1992 Bulldogs were the answer to the trivia question of who won the Southern Conference over eventual national champion Marshall.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Tennis team and head coach Toby Simpson announced their 2010 spring schedule on Wednesday.  The Bulldogs will open the 2010 season on Jan. 28 against Big South member Coastal Carolina at home at the Earle Tennis Center in Charleston. The Cadets will then travel to Knoxville, Tenn. on Feb. 3, for the lone evening battle of the season to take on Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponent Tennessee at 6:30 p.m.

On Friday, 367 seniors were given one of the highest honors a cadet can receive from The Citadel.  They now wear the ring. 
It is a symbolic thing, but a powerful one. To wear the ring, a cadet has to be doing well in academics, military duty and discipline, all those things that the military college has stood for over the last 167 years. Most people who receive the ring wear it the rest of their lives.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel wrestling team will be hosting the finals of their Blue/White competition on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. in the wrestling room at Vandiver Hall.

...a group of cadets at The Citadel were arrested for disorderly conduct. The post and courier report they threw bottles, trash cans and chairs while fighting one another. The entire incident lasted about 30 minutes.

Citadel cadet was arrested over The weekend.. sparking mayhem on The military school campus. The Citadel calls an on-campus outburst ""unacceptable behavior"". school officials say cadets yelled.. screamed.. and threw trash cans in watts barracks sunday night after The arrest of another cadet. campus police called charleston police for back-up. The school says everything was back under control about 20- minutes after it started. The original cadet---- 20-year-old bryan crosson--- was arrested by a campus safety officer for unruly behavior. The Citadel says that incident sparked The outburst. school officials aren't sure how many cadets were involved.

...a Citadel cadet was arrested over The weekend.. sparking mayhem on The military school campus. The Citadel calls an on-campus outburst ""unacceptable behavior"". school officials say cadets yelled.. screamed.. and threw trash cans in watts barracks sunday night after The arrest of another cadet. campus police called charleston police for back-up. The school says everything was back under control about 20- minutes after it started. The original cadet---- 20-year-old bryan crosson--- was arrested by a campus safety officer for unruly behavior. The Citadel says that incident sparked The outburst. school officials aren't sure how many cadets were involved. none of them have been arrested.. but@ The scol is investigating.

A group of Citadel cadets threw bottles, trash cans and chairs and fought one another Sunday night during an on-campus melee that started shortly after campus police arrested a cadet for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.  Scared and outnumbered, adult supervisors inside the Watts Barracks made a "distressed call" to Citadel public safety officers shortly before 11 p.m. because cadets refused to return to their rooms, according to a public safety incident report. One supervisor was struck by a water balloon.

William R. Klich, state president of BB&T in Florida, has been selected Alumnus of the Year by The Citadel School of Business Administration.  The award will be presented on Nov. 6 during Homecoming activities at The Citadel. Alumnus of the Year honors a Citadel graduate who has enjoyed success and made significant contributions to the community through the principles of integrity, fairness and concern for others, as well as the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge to promote enlightened changes in society.

William R. Klich, state president of BB&T in Florida, has been selected Alumnus of the Year by The Citadel School of Business Administration.  The award will be presented Nov. 6 during homecoming at The Citadel. The award honors a Citadel graduate who has enjoyed success and made significant contributions to the community through the principles of integrity, fairness and concern for others, as well as the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge to promote enlightened changes in society, the college said in a statement.

Beginning Dec. 1, Winthrop University will house South Carolina's Campus Compact organization, an association of 14 colleges and universities who urge students to become civically engaged.  Winthrop President Anthony DiGiorgio will serve as the chair of the Presidents' Council for the organization.  Other South Carolina Campus Compact members are: Benedict College, The Citadel, Claflin University, Charleston Southern University, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, The College of Charleston, Converse College, Columbia College, Midlands Technical College, The University of South Carolina, USC-Beaufort and Wofford College.

CHARLESTON -- A group of Citadel cadets threw bottles, trash cans and chairs and fought one another Sunday night during an on-campus melee that started shortly after campus police arrested a cadet for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. 
Scared and outnumbered, adult supervisors inside the Watts Barracks made a “distressed call” to Citadel public safety officers shortly before 11 p.m. because cadets refused to return to their rooms, according to a public safety incident report. One supervisor was struck by a water balloon.

Numerous Citadel cadets partied a little too hard on Sunday, resulting in two arrests and a rash of disorderly outbursts both on and off campus. On campus, one Citadel cadet was arrested while numerous others refused to return to their rooms, causing a ruckus. Police said the incident began about 10:50 p.m.  Off campus, police officers arrested one and cited nine cadets with disorderly conduct in front of The Anchorage Inn at 26 Vendue Range.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - A fight among cadets at a barracks at The Citadel military college Sunday night has police and school authorities investigating.  Charleston police and campus public safety officials at The Citadel were called to Watts Barracks in regards to a group of cadets creating a disturbance in the residence hall about 11pm Sunday.

COLUMBIA -- Former 9th Circuit prosecutor Robert Bolchoz ('86) launched his bid Monday to become South Carolina's next attorney general, the third Republican to enter the field.  The Democratic field is wide open to replace Attorney General Henry McMaster, a Republican who is running for governor.

They've got a long way to go before they match the exploits of Duran Lawson and Tory Cooper. But Citadel quarterback Miguel Starks and running back Van Dyke Jones took a big step in that direction in last week's 38-28 victory over Furman.  Starks, with 144 yards, and Jones, with 102, became the first Bulldogs duo to each rush for 100 yards in the same game since Lawson and Cooper did it two years ago against Furman.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The wait is over for fans of South Carolinian Robert Jordan's beloved "Wheel of Time" fantasy series.  The 12th book, entitled "The Gathering Storm," hits book stands on Tuesday.  Charlestonian James O. Rigney, who wrote under the pen name Robert Jordan, died of a rare blood disease two years ago at the age of 58.  His widow and editor, Harriet McDougal, later chose Utah fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson to finish the saga. Sanderson and McDougal sign books Tuesday in North Charleston to kick off a 20-city promotion tour.

The wait is over for fans of South Carolinian Robert Jordan's beloved "Wheel of Time" fantasy series. The 12th book, entitled "The Gathering Storm," hits book stands on Tuesday.  Charlestonian James O. Rigney, who wrote under the pen name Robert Jordan, died of a rare blood disease two years ago at the age of 58.

JAMESTOWN -- The Lowcountry's tiniest town has a national reputation for two things: the annual Hell Hole Swamp Festival and traffic tickets. ... Citadel Cadet Moore, who goes by just his last name, walked out holding a ticket. He had to pay $175.  "I was passing a car (at 60 mph) and suddenly found myself in a 40 mph speed zone," Moore said. "My mother and grandmother told me this was a speed trap."

CHARLESTON - A group of Citadel cadets threw bottles, trash cans and chairs and fought one another Sunday night during an on-campus melee that started shortly after campus police arrested a cadet for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. 
Scared and outnumbered adult supervisors inside the Watts Barracks made a "distressed call" to Citadel public safety officers shortly before 11 p.m. because cadets refused to return to their rooms, according to a public safety incident report. One supervisor was struck by a water balloon.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Charleston police and campus public safety officials at The Citadel were called to Watts Barracks in regards to a group of cadets creating a disturbance in the residence hall.  About 11 pm Sunday, public safety called in Charleston police after reports of yelling and screaming as well as trash cans being thrown into the middle of the barracks. According to public safety officials, an arrest of a cadet for unruly behavior led to the turmoil inside the building.

Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson will visit The Citadel on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.  Wilson will speak to Professor Bill Bloss’ criminal law class beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Grimsley Hall Auditorium. The class is open to all faculty and students.  Wilson is the first woman to hold the office of Solicitor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit for Charleston and Berkeley counties and a veteran federal and state criminal prosecutor. A brief question and answer session will follow her remarks.

The Citadel has been approved to offer the state’s only master’s degree in project management, with its first class to start in fall 2010.  The program is building off a technical management certificate program that The Citadel’s school of engineering developed two years ago for SPAWAR. After seeing the success of that program, The Citadel decided to expand to a master’s program.

Miguel Starks and Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins stood side by side as The Citadel band played the alma mater Saturday afternoon at Johnson Hagood Stadium.  "Coach, thanks for the opportunity," the redshirt freshman quarterback whispered to Higgins in those few quiet moments. "And I'm sorry about those fumbles."

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel soccer team dropped 2-1 to the UNC Greensboro Spartans on Senior Day at WLI Field on Sunday afternoon in Charleston, S.C.  It was a physical match between the Bulldogs and the Spartans. UNC Greensboro outshot The Citadel 21-12 and the Bulldogs tallied three corners while the Spartans had six. Goalkeeper Whitney Nave finished the game with seven saves.

The cutline reads, " Senior cadets charge across The Citadel parade ground Friday after receiving their class rings during the college's ring ceremony, which kicks off Parent's Weekend. The military college presented a total of 367 rings."

CHARLESTON, S.C.-The Citadel Volleyball team battled through three close games with Elon, before the Phoenix prevailed 25-20, 25-23 and 25-20 on Parents Day at McAlister Field House. Tatum Jestila finished with a match-high 12 kills, while teammate Alyssa Holum dished out 36 assists for the Bulldogs.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Miguel Starks rushed for four touchdowns - including a fumble recovery in the end zone - and passed for another in his first career start to lead The Citadel over Furman 38-28 on Saturday.  Starks had scoring runs of 11, 17 and 23 yards. He also fumbled the ball from the 1-yard line into the end zone and fell on it for a touchdown to tie the Bulldogs' single-game scoring record.

Charleston, S.C. - Quarterback Miguel Starks led the Bulldogs to a 38-28 Parents Day victory over rival Furman in his first collegiate start at Johnson Hagood Stadium on Saturday before a crowd of 14,403. Starks was responsible for 327 yards of offense and four rushing touchdowns, while the Bulldogs totaled a season-high 296 yards on the ground.

For 367 seniors, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, will be one of the most memorable days in their Citadel career.  The Class of 2010 received class rings before a packed arena in McAlister Field House. The ring presentation is the kick off to Parents’ Weekend 2009. The weekend is filled with activities, including a military dress parade, performances by the Rifle Legion and Regimental Band and Pipes, academic open houses and promotion ceremony for the Class of 2013.

Charleston, S.C. - Several Bulldog cadet-student-athletes were among 367 seniors in the Class of 2010 to receive their class rings at the annual ring ceremony on Friday in a packed McAlister Field House.  The ring presentation is the kickoff to Parents Weekend 2009. The weekend is filled with activities, including a military dress parade, performances by the Rifle Legion and Regimental Band and Pipes, academic open houses and promotion ceremony for the Class of 2013.

If Citadel quarterback Miguel Starks is nervous about making his first college start Saturday, he's not showing it.  "Hey, Tolu! You gonna be on camera?" Starks teased teammate Tolu Akindele as he was interviewed earlier this week. "I'm gonna watch that tonight!"  Starks, a redshirt freshman, has played in every game for the 2-4 Bulldogs this season. But with starting QB Bart Blanchard nursing a sprained toe...

Representing Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union, President and CEO Mr. James (Jim) H. McDaniel Sr. has recently joined the Charleston Southern University Board of Visitors.  ... McDaniel completed the Credit Union Management Program at the University of Georgia, earned his bachelor of science at the University of South Carolina, and earned his master of arts from The Citadel. He remains actively involved at The Citadel where he serves on the Alumni Association Board of Directors and is past president of the Summerville Citadel Club and the Horry County Citadel Club.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel soccer team (5-9-2, 2-4-2 SoCon) only have three regular season matches left with all three at home at WLI Field. On Friday, Oct. 23 at 4 p.m., the Bulldogs will host Elon and on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 1 p.m., The Citadel seniors will be recognized as they host UNC Greensboro.

Cadets in Prof. Tiffany Silverman's Art History class at The Citadel are learning firsthand about the art world as they open the institution's first cadet-curated exhibition. Focused on painted interpretations of the familiar streets, glorious sunsets, and mysterious marshlands of the South Carolina Lowcountry, the show features works by local artists such as Johnson Hagood, Lese Corrigan, Gary Grier, Christopher Murphy, Amelia Rose Smith, and Gordon Nicholson. The exhibition will kick off with a reception on Oct. 23 from 1-2:30 p.m. and close on Dec. 4.

Dean C. Riegel - AGE: 61.  RESIDENCE: Virginia Oak Court. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University; Master of Arts, Central Michigan University; pursuing Master of Business Administration, The Citadel.

Art Beane - AGE: 58. RESIDENCE: Fair Spring Drive. EDUCATION: Attended Trident Technical College and The Citadel.

Blake Hallman - AGE: 46. RESIDENCE: Wayah Drive. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in political science and international studies from College of Charleston, master's degree in business from The Citadel.

The Citadel's Daniel Library will host the Nov. 6 opening of an art exhibit featuring the work of Thomas McQueeney, Citadel Class of 1974 and a member of the college's Board of Visitors. A reception will be at 2 p.m. in Daniel Library courtyard.

Cadets in professor Tiffany Silverman's art history class at The Citadel are learning firsthand about the art world as they open the institution's first cadet-curated exhibition in the Capers Hall Lobby this Friday.  The event is set during Parents' Weekend with support from The Citadel Foundation and the Gibbes Museum of Art.

Oct. 26 at 1:30 p.m. Eyes on the Prize tells the story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. John B. Bonds, History Department, The Citadel, will lead the discussion following each film.

Lisa Steed King has it all planned out, a tailgate party for about 250 family and friends in the parking lot at Johnson Hagood Stadium.  The occasion: Her son, Furman cornerback Ryan Steed, is coming home Saturday when the Paladins play at The Citadel.

The Citadel Graduate College is offering a graduate certificate program in leadership.  The multidisciplined program incorporates five graduate-level courses in psychology, business administration, engineering and the humanities to provide an in-depth study of leadership principles.

Putting on a road race is no easy task. Ask any race director.  But runner and graduate student Nicole Hitte took it on as a school project with a special purpose and a bent on Halloween fun.  "I really want to help fight the childhood obesity epidemic in any way I can," says Hitte, a graduate student in The Citadel's health, exercise and sport science department.

Elton K. Carrier  - AGE: 66.  RESIDENCE: 313 King St.  EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in business administration, The Citadel, 1965; certificate from The School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University, 1984.

Douglas Miller -AGE: 30.RESIDENCE: 23 Vincent Drive.EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts, The Citadel, 2003; Juris Doctor, Ohio Northern University.

Kenny Oubre - AGE: 30.  RESIDENCE: 1832 Chatelain Way.  EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University, 2001; pursuing an MBA from The Citadel Graduate School.

Tom Reilly  - AGE: 64.  RESIDENCE: 728 Angus Court. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, physical education and recreation, George Washington University, 1967; Master of Arts, special education, George Washington University, 1970; Master of Arts, administration and supervision, The Citadel, 1972;

Craig Rhyne  - AGE: 35.  RESIDENCE: 628 Oak Marsh Drive. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, The Citadel, 1996; Doctor of Dental Medicine, MUSC, 2001; certificate in oral and maxillofacial surgery, Womack Army Medical Center, 2005.

Ted Summerford  - AGE: 67.  RESIDENCE: 1070 Loyalist Lane. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, business administration, The Citadel, 1965; Master of Business Administration, Loyola University, 1976; the Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1977.

...If he too was “from off,” Wister, being a Middleton descendant, had Charleston blood of the first rank in his veins, and his Charleston novel Lady Baltimore (1906), rarely read nowadays, has a strong claim to being the best Charleston novel written by a non-native. The finest fiction set in Charleston was written by two Old Charlestonians, both members of the local aristocracy Pat Conroy seeks to malign at every creaking turn of this new novel, DuBose Heyward and his lifelong friend Josephine Pinckney. Written before the middle of the last century, their Charleston novelsremain unsurpassed for delineation of individual and collective character and for evocation of a place both knew intimately and loved passionately...

Daniel Island, S.C. - Members of The Citadel golf, tennis, track and field and wrestling teams, as well as members of the Athletics Department administration were among over 8,200 people who supported breast cancer research by participating in the 2009 Lowcountry Race for the Cure on Saturday, Oct. 17 on Daniel Island.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Football will host the Furman Paladins for the 57th annual Parents Day game on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Johnson Hagood Stadium. The game will kickoff at 2 p.m. and can be viewed and listened to on Bulldog Insider at www.CitadelSports.com or on ESPN Radio 910 The Team with the Voice of the Bulldogs Darren Goldwater and color analyst Walt Nadzak.

Gene Poteat is an electrical engineer (The Citadel) and a retired CIA scientific intelligence officer. He served abroad in London, Scandinavia, the Middle East and Asia. He is president of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), writes and lectures on intelligence matters and teaches at the Institute of World Politics graduate school in Washington. He may be reached at G2Poteat@gmail.com.

CSU (641) placed seventh in the team standings, and The Citadel placed 15th (697).

Thanks Concerned Parents Gentlepcrsons: I last wrote to the Press & Baniiur 5 years ago with my thanks to the teachers of the Abbeville School System for the education I received there. On thc occasion of my 60th yearas an Alumni ofthe Abbevillc High School Class of'49 (We were the first class to require a 12th grade.), I would like to again thank Abbeville for the many advantages I received there. By the time I left Abbeville High T had quite a few adventures.

Charleston, S.C. - The Golf team concluded the Wendy's Invitational in 15th place on Tuesday at Coosaw Creek Country Club in Charleston, S.C. The Bulldogs finished with a team score of 697 (+129) in the two-day event, hosted by Charleston Southern University.

CHARLESTON, S.C.- The Citadel Basketball team begins its first full week of practice, after holding the first official practice at McAlister Field House on Friday.  Ed Conroy's 2009-10 squad is being piloted by The Sporting News Preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year, Cameron Wells. Surrounded by junior guard's Zach Urbanus and Austin Dahn, the Bulldogs will look to increase production from a 2008-09 offense that averaged 66.8 points per contest.

Starting quarterback Bart Blanchard was injured early and backup Miguel Starks got hurt late in The Citadel's 14-10 loss at Western Carolina on Saturday.  Both were "hobbled" in practice Sunday and will be day-to-day for practice this week as the Bulldogs prepare for rival Furman, offensive coordinator Dave Cecchini said Monday.

Daniel "Dan" George Durst, beloved husband of the late Mary Evelyn Martin Durst entered into eternal rest on the evening of October 18, 2009. He died peacefully in his sleep and in the presence of his family and friends. Dan was born August 13, 1916 in Charleston, SC and was the son of George Washington Durst, Jr. and Essie Mae Smoak. Mr. Durst graduated from Bennett Elementary School, The High School of Charleston and attended The Citadel.

Charleston, S.C. - Sophomore wrestler Odie Delaney was tabbed as the 23rd best wrestler in the 197-pound weight class in Wrestling USA Magazine this week. He was mentioned as a darkhorse contender for the NCAA title in 2009-2010.

The first decade of the 21st century has been one defined by disasters -- from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the current threat of a global flu pandemic.  Carolinas MED-1 is the brainchild of Dr. Thomas Blackwell, a 1981 graduate of The Citadel, who first came up with the idea in 1999 as a backup unit for the bricks-and-mortar hospital in Charlotte.

Charleston, S.C. - Bulldog Golf concludes day one in 15th place at the Wendy's Invitational in Charleston, S.C. with a team score of 364 (+80). The two-day event includes 15 teams and is hosted by Charleston Southern University at the Coosaw Creek Country Club.  Sophomore Alanna-Jean Keith leads the Bulldogs tied at 55th place shooting an 85 (+14). Leading the individual competition is the winner of last season's competition, CSU's Olivia Jordan-Higgins shooting one under par for a score of 70.

Tuesday - GREATER ISSUES: The Citadel holds an installment of its Greater Issues Series. 11 a.m. McAlister Field House. Free. Scheduled speaker is Foster Friess, co-founder of Friess Associates, a privately owned investment manager that runs the Brandywine Funds family of mutual funds as well as a wide range of separate portfolios for both individual investors and large institutions. Topic: "Leadership Challenges of Today's Economy."

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- A mere 83 seconds from its first victory of the season, Western Carolina found a way to hand this football game to The Citadel. Punter Blake Cain somehow kicked the ball right into the back of one of his blockers, giving the Bulldogs the ball at the WCU 34-yard line with 1:12 to play.  "Yeah, I thought we were gonna win," Citadel quarterback Bart Blanchard said of that moment. "I thought we were going to find a way. But sometimes things don't go your way."

While visiting Charleston from far-off California, my husband and I attended a Retreat Parade at The Citadel on Oct. 9. It was a quiet afternoon and Gen. Rosa was off campus. The parade was so impressive, I have goose bumps on my goose bumps.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Western Carolina students rushed the field at Whitmire Stadium on Saturday night, and why not? Their Catamounts had just won their first football game of the season. In fact, WCU’s 14-10 victory over The Citadel snapped a seven-game skid for the 1-5 Catamounts, and was just their fifth win in their last 38 games. Western Carolina improved to 1-3 in the Southern Conference, and left the 2-4 Bulldogs in the SoCon cellar at 0-3 with three straight losses.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Dion Wilson ran for two touchdowns in the second half and Western Carolina beat Citadel 14-10 on Saturday.  Wilson scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter as the Catamounts (1-5, 1-3 Southern Conference) pulled to within 10-7, then scored the game-winner early in the fourth on a 5-yard run.

CHARLESTON - When Citadel veteran Dewitt Jones got his first look at the Bulldogs' new defensive end recruit last year, he knew the kid had a chance.  And why not? At 6-foot-5 and 233 pounds, Chris Billingslea had plenty of raw material. 
"Definitely, I thought he could be good," said Jones, the Bulldogs' senior defensive end. "Chris has a lot of the attributes you look for in a defensive end - he's tall, has long arms, can move his feet quickly.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel cross country teams will race in their last meet before the Southern Conference Championships when they head to Rock Hill, S.C. to compete in the 2009 Winthrop Asics Fall Classic on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Winthrop Coliseum and Farm. The men's 6k race with begins at 10 a.m. while the women's 4k race starts at 10:45 a.m.

CHARLESTON, S.C.-The Citadel Volleyball team looks to carry momentum from a mid-week home victory over Savannah State on the road against Southern Conference opposition Samford and Chattanooga. The first match, against Samford, takes place on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. On the following day, the Bulldogs square off against Chattanooga at 1 p.m.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel soccer team (5-9-0, 2-4-0 SoCon) will look to earn two wins on the road when they travel to Boone, N.C. to rally against Appalachian State on Friday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 18, against Western Carolina at 2 p.m. in Cullowhee, N.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C.-The Citadel Basketball will hold its first official practice at the McAlister Field House on Friday at 5 p.m. 
The 2009-10 Bulldogs will look to become the first team since 1961 to finish with back-to-back winning seasons in Southern Conference action.  SoCon Coach of the Year Ed Conroy returns 11 letterwinners, including three starters, and seven newcomers.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Football will travel to Western Carolina for another Southern Conference road game on Saturday, Oct. 17 at E.J. Whitmore Stadium in Cullowhee, N.C. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. and the game can be viewed on WTAT/Fox 24 in the Charleston area or listened to on Bulldog Insider at www.CitadelSports.com or on ESPN Radio 910 The Team with the Voice of the Bulldogs Darren Goldwater and color analyst Walt Nadzak.

SPARTANBURG -- Tatum Jestila, a junior outside hitter for The Citadel volleyball team, earned Southern Conference student-athlete honors for the week for Oct. 14.  Jestila posted double-doubles in both of the Bulldogs' matches last week.  Against Georgia Southern, she recorded 11 kills and 10 digs, and went on to tally 15 kills and 15 digs against Davidson. 

Daniel Henry Williams N. CHARLESTON - Entered into eternal rest on Thursday, October 8, 2009, Mr. Daniel Henry Williams, the beloved brother of Hazel Williams Porter, Mildred Williams Isaac and Ruthie Williams Brownley (deceased), uncle of Tameaka Parker, Yvette Nelson, Takeana Williams, Geraldine Isaac and Ronald Quailey. Mr. Williams resided at 3038 B Easton Street, North Charleston, SC. Professional services entrusted to the care of NORTH AREA FUNERAL HOME, 4784 Gaynor Ave., North Charleston, SC. Telephone (843) 744-7511. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths

You can go just about anywhere in the world today and find a Citadel graduate. Afghanistan is no different – three Marine generals who are all Citadel graduates are now on the front lines of the war on terror in Afghanistan.  Maj. Gen. Michael R. Regner, ’76; Brig. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, ’79; and Brig. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., ’79, all deployed to Afghanistan this year and are currently serving there.

CHARLESTON, S.C.-The trio of Tatum Jestila, Jessica Maas and Alyssa Holum led The Citadel to a sweep of Savannah State, 3-0, on Wednesday evening at McAlister Field House. Jestila (11 kills, 9 digs), Maas (10 kills, 3 assisted blocks) and Holum (30 assists) finished the Tigers off by scores of 25-8, 25-13 and 25-17.

To celebrate its 13th year The Citadel’s Daniel Library Friends will donate all contributions to its fall books and lecture series to the Daniel Library renovation project, adding to a $1.6 million gift from Bill (’65) and Lyndra Daniel of Birmingham, Ala.  
The renovation will add elegance and atmosphere to the library, and cure some long-standing functional problems,” said Library Director Angie LeClercq. “Thanks to the incredible generosity of the Daniels and the Daniel Foundation, we begin this process with nearly half our goal of $3.4 million already in hand. “

Not many teams could absorb the loss of a preseason all-conference running back without missing a yard or two.  But Furman, 3-2 heading into this week's game with Samford, has come close.  Junior Mike Brown was named to the preseason All-Southern Conference team this year, and with good reason. The 5-8, 191-pounder was the third-leading returning rusher among SoCon running backs after totaling 823 yards and five touchdowns for the Paladins last season, averaging 5.1 yards per carry.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Tatum Jestila, a junior outside hitter for The Citadel volleyball team, has been honored as the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for October 14, as announced by the league office Wednesday.  The Scottsdale, Ariz., native has a 3.746 GPA and is majoring in health exercise and sports science.

A fungus-like red flared up recently on the leafless marsh plants off the James Island connector. Don't be alarmed. In fact, enjoy the show.  The plant is a type of salicornia, said David Whitaker, S.C. Natural Resources fisheries management director. It's an herb native to high marsh areas in the Southeast that blushes red in the fall.

MBA students give The Citadel School of Business Administration high marks, according to the 2010 ratings recently released by The Princeton Review.  The New York-based education services company put The Citadel School of Business Administration’s MBA program in its list of the top 301 business schools in the country.

Why not replace the battle flag with a copy of the recently discovered Citadel spirit flag? That represents a more honorable and authentic part of "Southern Heritage" than the divisive and insulting battle flag.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is long gone; Rick Warren, just an Inauguration Day memory. The hordes of ministers around town who were hoping they'd somehow wind up with the first family in their pews have (mostly) given up.  The president has been pastorless for quite a while now. Well, sort of.  Seventy miles from Washington's prying eyes, Barack Obama has been attending church from time to time at Camp David, where services are led by a 39-year-old Navy chaplain with a famous last name, a compelling life story and a fervent belief in a God who works miracles.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel tennis team would like to invite all alumni, friends and fans to the Eighth Annual Homecoming Tennis Fundraiser and Cookout on Friday, Nov. 6 from 5-7 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9-12 p.m. at the Earle Tennis Center on The Citadel's campus.  Please make plans to join the Bulldog tennis team for two days of tennis, food and fun! All alumni, friends and fans are reminded that this is a fundraising event for The Citadel men's tennis program. Registration form is attached.

Noted stock-fund investor and philanthropist Foster Friess, co-founder of Friess Associates, is scheduled to speak at the Citadel as part of the military college's Greater Issues Series. His free talk, titled "Leadership Challenges of Today's Economy," will be at 11 a.m. Oct. 20 in McAlister Field House.

Getting away from it all to write is the idyll of many an aspiring novelist, the more isolated the setting the better. No TV, no phones, no family, no distractions of any kind. Just interior and exterior vistas. Del Staecker found his retreat in a two-room cabin in Idaho -- real Jack London stuff -- though the locale was chosen by necessity, not preference. He produced his first two novels there by hand, in quick succession, beginning the sequel to his mystery-thriller "The Muted Mermaid," the same day he completed the original manuscript. All with the echoes of tragic events.

Look at the blood-red cloth spread across a table at the Iowa State Historical Museum and imagine the scene nearly a century and a half ago along the coast of South Carolina. The first shots of what would become the American Civil War were fired by cadets of the Citadel military college that January day in 1861. Their artillery barrage successfully turned back a ship, the Star of the West, that was attempting to bring supplies to the Union-held Fort Sumter.

MENTIONED IN A PHOTO CUTLINE: Anne Hewitt (right) talks with granddaughter Kayla Beczynski (left) and Kayla's mother, Carrie Rhymer (center), at the finish line of the Courage for Kayla 5K Run/Walk on Saturday morning in Summerville. Dozens turned out to support the teen, who was paralyzed in an all-terrain vehicle accident in May. Supporters included a large contingent of Citadel cadets, as well as Summerville rescue personnel who helped save Kayla's life after the accident. A benefit barbecue featuring live music also was held Saturday at The Ponds Amphitheater.

ELON, N.C. -- Elon offensive tackle Chris Werden remembers well his first game against The Citadel.The Bulldogs welcomed new Elon coach Pete Lembo to the Southern Conference with a 44-7 whipping on a chilly November night at Rhodes Stadium back in 2006.

ELON, N.C. – On one sideline, Elon receiver Terrell Hudgins smiled into a video camera and happily banged two thundersticks together. On the other sideline, a Citadel assistant coach ripped off his headset and flung it to the turf in disgust. It was that kind of day at Rhodes Stadium, where 10th-ranked Elon whipped the Bulldogs in every way possible, storming to a 43-7 victory before 7,524 fans.

ELON, N.C. -- Scott Riddle threw two touchdown passes and Elon buried Citadel 43-7 on Saturday. Riddle went 18-for-33 for 230 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Hudgins and a 55-yarder to Sean Jeffcoat. Hudgins caught six passes for 65 yards.

ELON, N.C. - A dominating defensive performance and a few quick strikes early lifted the 10th-ranked Elon Phoenix to a 43-7 Southern Conference victory over the visiting Bulldogs of The Citadel from Rhodes Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Elon is now 5-1 overall and 3-0 in SoCon play and picked up its first-ever back-to-back wins over the Bulldogs. The Citadel dropped to 2-3, 0-2.

Citadel receiver Andre Roberts spends most of his film-room time looking at opposing defenses, picking apart the tendencies of cornerbacks and trying to find ways to get open.  But earlier this week, Roberts found time to watch tape of a fellow All-American receiver -- Elon's Terrell Hudgins.

The eyes of Luke Sollitt and his cadet students were glued to a pair of screens showing NASA’s latest visit to the moon. 
Sollitt, an assistant professor of physics at the Citadel worked among a team of scientists who developed the idea of crashing a rocket into a crater on the moon, in search of water. Despite an anticlimactic finish, Sollitt says it’s mission accomplished.

Although they may not see any results for months, scientists are excited about the evidence the moon's crash landing may provide. "Water on the moon is fascinating scientifically," said Citadel Physics Professor Luke Sollitt, who is a member of the team that came up with the idea to crash a rocket into the moon to find water.

WHITMIRE, James Martin Jr., 92, of Columbia, a retired Air Force colonel, pay- master at Slater Manufacturing Co., junior executive with W.T. Grant Co., exec- utive manager of the New York Yankees spring training camp, professor of aerospace studies with The Citadel, and widower of Laura Mizelle Whitmire, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Thompson's Funeral Home of West Columbia.

A Citadel professor who worked on the project to shoot the moon says he was excited when a rocket stage and satellite crashed into a moon crater. Luke Sollitt says the main objective of the Friday mission was to hit the crater near the south pole of the moon. He says it could be days or longer before data is analyzed to see if water was found there.

(written by Biology professor, Joel M. Gramling ) Fall has finally arrived, and we are experiencing some of our best weather of the year. This is the best time to get outside and work on your yard. I would like to call attention to the South Carolina Native Plant Society's fall plant sale going on Saturday morning from 9 a.m. until noon at the Charles Towne Landing parking lot.

In its first lunar expedition in more than a decade, NASA plans to crash a spent rocket into the south pole of the moon Friday to see if water exists there. If it does, scientists also want to see if there is enough to prove useful for space expeditions.  
Citadel Assistant Professor of Physics Luke Sollitt helped develop the expedition to the moon in search of water.
Luke Sollitt, assistant professor of physics at The Citadel, helped create the $79 million mission. "I get to smash something into the moon," Sollitt said. "How cool is that?"

And with the launch of the Lowcountry Digital Library, accessible at lowcountrydigital.library.cofc.edu, it's becoming a reality for anyone to retrieve this information, as well as special materials from The Citadel, Medical University of South Carolina, Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Drayton Hall and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina's Holocaust Archives.

Lawyer and author David O. Stewart will talk about impeachment at The Citadel tonight, and while he learned both on the job and by researching the impeachment of 19th century President Andrew Johnson, Stewart is expected to share some thoughts about what faces Gov. Mark Sanford in coming months. The talk will be at 7 p.m. at the Citadel Holliday Alumni Center and an optional $15 donation to benefit the S.C. Historical Society is requested. For more information, call 723-3225.

The Citadel's walk-on tryout each August is usually a parade of nervous knobs running painfully slow 40-yard dashes and lunging awkwardly through agility drills. But every once in a while, a walk-on stands out. Or, in the case of the Boyle brothers, every twice in a while.  Austin and Davis Boyle are identical twins, sophomores from Sumter who were among those jittery knobs last year. A year later, they are special-teams starters for the Bulldogs' football team and proof that there is life after tryouts.

Fewer than one percent have scholarships. Trident Tech students are willing to sacrifice to learn and improve their opportunities to grow in new ways. And the College of Charleston, Charleston Southern University, and The Citadel all have developed rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs that educate for success.

The Citadel '42 - The Citadel Class of 1942 will hold its 67-year reunion at noon Oct. 10 at Logbridge Farms on S.C. Highway 162 in Hollywood. Forty-seven members of the class remain; widows are invited.  Call Bernard Warshaw at 908-5547.

Eyes on the Prize Documentary Series: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (1960-61). Oct. 19 at 1:30 p.m. Series tells story of civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women who launched a movement that changed American life. John B. Bonds, History Department, The Citadel, will lead the discussion.

U.N. certification - Terry M. Mays, an assistant professor with the department of political science and criminal justice at The Citadel, has completed the highest level of formal certification offered in the field of United Nations Peace Support Operations.  The training is a 24-month program that includes an in-residence peace support operations course at an international center, 12 distance courses and an original thesis.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- When a rocket stage and then a satellite smash into a dark moon crater Friday in search of ice, the scientist who helped develop the concept will be watching along with the Citadel cadets he now teaches. Luke Sollitt worked at Northrop Grumman Corp. for five years before becoming an assistant professor of physics at the state military college this fall. Four years ago, Sollitt and a team of scientists developed the idea of searching for water in a crater permanently in shadow.

Carrie Belle’s Coffee Shop is scheduled to open Friday at The History Store, at 133 E. Main St. in Lake City.  The new coffee shop, named after Daniels’ mother, will serve gourmet coffees, iced drinks, fruit drinks, hot chocolate, tea and desserts.  The History Store also is expanding its offerings with new South Carolina logo products, new collegiate items for the Citadel, reproduction Civil War items, and monogrammed soaps and candles, said Elaine Frye, who helps buy items for the store.

CHARLESTON -- When a rocket stage and then a satellite smash into a dark moon crater Friday in search of ice, the scientist who helped develop the concept will be watching along with the Citadel cadets he now teaches.

Charleston, South Carolina is a quiet little town, featuring their own military school in The Citadel. But, thanks to the exploits of a Bulldogs wide receiver/punt returner, the thunder emanating out of this city on Saturdays is caused by fans cheering or opposing defensive coordinators screaming in frustration after Andre Roberts regularly finds a way to set the table for yet another Citadel scoring drive.

A botched extra point at Furman, a busted coverage at The Citadel, a midfield fumble at Wofford.  Those were some of the plays that marked the narrow divide between victory and defeat in the Southern Conference last week.  Three league games were decided by an average margin of five points, and Elon's 19-12 win over Furman was really a one-point game (Elon, up 13-12, recovered a fumble in the end zone on the game's final play as the Paladins tried to lateral the ball).

Foster Friess, a pioneer in growth investing and co-founder of Friess Associates, will give a Greater Issues address at 11 a.m., Oct. 20, in McAlister Field House on The Citadel campus. The talk, entitled Leadership Challenges of Today’s Economy, is free and open to the public.

Foster Friess, a pioneer in growth investing and co-founder of Friess Associates, will give a Greater Issues address at 11 a.m., Oct. 20, in McAlister Field House on The Citadel campus. The talk, entitled Leadership Challenges of Today’s Economy, is free and open to the public.

ELON, N.C. - After defeating Furman in thrilling fashion last Saturday on Adam Shreiner's 37-yard field goal with two seconds remaining, the 10th-ranked Elon Phoenix football team returns to Rhodes Stadium to host The Citadel Bulldogs in a 1:30 p.m. Southern Conference game this weekend. Saturday's game will be Youth Day at Rhodes Stadium and tickets are still available by calling the ticket office at 336-278-6750.

(AP) -- When a rocket stage and then a satellite smash into a dark moon crater Friday in search of ice, the scientist who helped develop the concept will be watching along with the Citadel cadets he now teaches.  Luke Sollitt worked at Northrop Grumman Corp. for five years before becoming an assistant professor of physics at the state military college this fall. Four years ago, Sollitt and a team of scientists developed the idea of searching for water in a crater permanently in shadow.

Charleston, SC - A professor from The Citadel in South Carolina will watch closely Friday as a rocket stage as big as a school bus smashes into the moon in search of water.

CHARLESTON — A professor from The Citadel in South Carolina will watch closely Friday as a rocket stage as big as a school bus smashes into the moon in search of water.  Luke Sollitt is an assistant professor of physics at the state military school in Charleston and worked for Northrop Grumman until coming to The Citadel this fall.

That reason came Tuesday when Wells became the first man ever to speak at the 12th annual Silent Witness memorial to South Carolina's victims of domestic violence. It was held on the south lawn of the State House complex. ...Adding to the poignancy of the one-hour ceremony were songs, such as "Bridge over Troubled Water," from a USC women's chorus, and a Citadel cadet bagpipe group, which played "Amazing Grace."

When The Citadel's offense took the field Saturday in crunch time -- less than five minutes to play and the score tied with 10th-ranked Appalachian -- it was with backup Miguel Starks at quarterback, and not starter Bart Blanchard.  The Bulldogs had the ball at their own 27-yard line with 4:28 to play, and needed to get to the App State 30 for a reasonable try at a game-winning field goal.

LITTLE RIVER | Mr. Charles Jerry Rogers Sr., 92, died Monday, October 5, 2009, at his home following an illness.  Mr. Rogers was born February 10, 1917 in Covington, Virginia, to Virgil Rogers and Melissa Hepler Rogers.  Mr. Rogers attended The Citadel and Emory University. He was a man of great spiritual faith and worked tirelessly to promote and participate in helping others. Through his mind and hands he toiled to make the world's many objects safely available to everyone.

The Citadel trying to make sure Appalachian State doesn’t beat them twice. The Bullodgs lost to the Mountainers Saturday in overtime. It was their first conferecne game and first SoCon loss of the season. The Bulldogs have a 2-2 record.  No time for a hangover. It doesn’t get any easier as The Citadel heads to Elon to take on the 12th ranked Phoenix.

The Citadel’s Daniel Library will host the Nov. 6 opening of an art exhibit featuring the work of Thomas McQueeney, Citadel Class of 1974 and a member of the college’s Board of Visitors. A reception will be held at 2 p.m. in the Daniel Library courtyard.  "Sailing the Lake of Thun" is one of several works of art by Tommy McQueeney that will be on exhibit beginning Nov. 6 in The Citadel's Daneil Library. Proceeds from the sale of the art work will be donated to the Daniel Library Friends.

On Friday an unmanned spacecraft the size of a school bus will purposely crash land on the South Pole of the moon. What gets kicked up in the dust – and into the sunlight - will hopefully tell scientists if there is water on the moon. If there is water in large enough quantities, it is possible that human life could be sustained on the moon for future astronaut missions.  Propelling a multi-million dollar spacecraft -- the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) -- at the moon’s surface knowing it will not survive the impact is the brainchild of a team of scientists that included Luke Sollitt, an assistant professor of physics at The Citadel.

Charleston, S.C. - The Bulldog soccer team (4-8-0, 1-3-0 SoCon) will look to defeat Georgia Southern two years in a row in Statesboro, Ga. on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. at Eagle Field.  Georgia Southern is winless this season with a 0-11-0, 0-4-0 SoCon record. SoCon losses were to UNC Greensboro, Elon, Western Carolina and Appalachian State. The Eagles came close to a win on Sept. 6 when they suffered an overtime loss to Jacksonville.

Retired Air Force Col. Christopher “Hawk” Moore has joined The Citadel staff as assistant commandant for discipline. Moore has 28 years of professional experience in the United States Air Force and with Northrop Grumman Corp.  Moore replaces retired Army Col. Jim Dorton, who retired last spring after 15 years at The Citadel.

Retired Air Force Col. Christopher “Hawk” Moore has joined The Citadel staff as assistant commandant for discipline. Moore has 28 years of professional experience in the United States Air Force and with Northrop Grumman Corp.  Moore replaces retired Army Col. Jim Dorton, who retired last spring after 15 years at The Citadel.

Thursday - TRADE SOCIAL: Charleston Women in International Trade meets for networking and a scholarship fundraiser. 6-10 p.m. Citadel Beach House, 4700 Palm Blvd. the Isle of Palms. $35. To RSVP go to www.cwitsc.org.

The Citadel freshman running back Van Dyke Jones was named Southern Conference  Freshman Player of the Week after his 100-yard performance on Saturday against No. 10 Appalachian State.  After suffering major blows at the running back position, Jones has brought The Citadel running game back to life, recording four carries for 81 yards against the Mountaineers. He also had one reception for 21 yards. 

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel freshman running back Van Dyke Jones was named Southern Conference Freshman Player of the Week after his 100-yard performance on Saturday against No. 10 Appalachian State.

Army veteran John Baker, a "tunnel rat" during the Vietnam War, remembers his first gathering of fellow Medal of Honor recipients nearly 30 years ago.  It was an amazing assembly of men: more than 350 heroes from a century of wars who went above and beyond at a moment when terror reigned around them.  But today, there are just 95 living members of America's most select military fraternity left. And that's what makes next year's convention so important.

On the team Sunday at practice after the loss - e had practice on Sunday. One of the neat things is coming out to practice and looking into the eyes of your players, and to see Dewitt and the other seniors and how they handled themselves on the practice field yesterday. They did a great job, coming back, bouncing back and understanding that there is a lot of football left.  Yes it was very disappointing but also knowing that there can be a lot of improvement still to come and we can have a lot of success this year.

The Appalachian State football team escaped a 30-27 Southern Conference nail-biter at The Citadel on the strength of a 29-yard Jason Vitaris field goal Saturday.  The Mountaineers got off to a slow start, controlling the ball for only three and a half minutes of the first quarter.  After two botched field goal attempts in the first half, ASU entered the locker room trailing the Bulldogs 13-7.

Spartanburg, S.C. - The Citadel soccer team dropped their third SoCon match of the season when they were defeated, 4-0, by the Wofford Terriers on Sunday afternoon in Spartanburg, S.C. The Bulldogs are now 4-8-0, 1-3-0 SoCon while Wofford earned their first SoCon win of the season and improves to 2-9-0, 1-3-0 SoCon.

Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards hit Brian Quick with a 74-yard touchdown pass to tie the game with 4:28 left, and the 10th-ranked Mountaineers used a 29-yard field goal in overtime to defeat The Citadel by 30-27 before 14,238 fans at Johnson Hagood Stadium on Saturday.

As Jason Vitaris' 29-yard field goal sailed through the uprights behind him, Citadel defensive tackle Terrence Reese pounded the grass in frustration.  His No. 99 jersey soaked in sweat, Reese tried to get to his feet before he crumpled back to the turf. His legs no longer functioning properly, his face a mask of pain, Reese had to be helped to the locker room by offensive line coach Kevin Olecki.

Citadel players were quite honest last week about how much their 47-21 loss at Appalachian State last year impacted the rest of their season. That defeat was the first of six straight losses that led to a 4-8 record in 2008.  "It took us a few weeks to get over that," senior defensive end Dewitt Jones admitted.

CHARLESTON, S.C.- The Citadel Volleyball team lost in four games to visiting Furman University by scores of 25-19, 25-17, 23-25 and 25-18. The Bulldogs win in the third set marks the second time in Southern Conference action that the Paladins have lost this season. It also marks the fourth set victory for The Citadel in 10 matches against Furman, dating back to the 2005 campaign.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Rifle finished second in their first Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) competition of the season on Saturday at the Inouye Hall Marksmanship Center on The Citadel's campus. The Bulldogs hosted Clemson, Georgia Military and North Carolina State, who won the weekend competition.

The Citadel's Board of Visitors on Friday approved a plan to begin using as its "spirit flag" a replica of a red palmetto flag that likely flew over the cadet battery on Morris Island when it fired on the supply ship Star of the West in the days leading to the Civil War.

--Wofford (15-4, 2-1 SoCon) posted a 3-0 road victory over The Citadel (3-15, 0-3). The Terriers won 25-19, 25-21, 29-27.

Army veteran John Baker, a "tunnel rat" during the Vietnam War, remembers his first gathering of fellow Medal of Honor recipients nearly 30 years ago.  It was an amazing assembly of men: more than 350 heroes from a century of wars who went above and beyond at a moment when terror and uncertainty reigned around them. But today, there are just 95 living members of America's most-select military fraternity left. And that's what makes next year's convention so important.  Officials gathered at The Citadel on Friday to begin the one-year countdown until Charleston hosts the 2010 national convention of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

In the days leading to the Civil War, a battery of Citadel cadets on Morris Island fired at the supply ship Star of the West as it approached Fort Sumter, forcing the ship to turn around.  A red palmetto flag flew over the cadets during the attack on Jan. 9, 1861, which marked a victory for them, and was a significant precursor to the war.  The war officially began on April 12, 1861, with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. But some Citadel alumni and others consider the shots fired at Star of the West to be the first shots of the Civil War.

Appalachian State enters today's football game at The Citadel fresh off a three-game losing streak, and with a losing record. 
The last time those particular stars were aligned was in 2003.  No coincidence, then, that Sept. 27, 2003, was the last time The Citadel managed to defeat App State. In fact, the Bulldogs' 24-21 victory that day marks their only win over the Mountaineers in the last 15 years.

In the days leading to the Civil War, a battery of Citadel cadets on Morris Island fired at the supply ship Star of the West as it approached Fort Sumter, forcing the ship to turn around.  ...  The war officially began on April 12, 1861, with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. But some Citadel alumni and others consider the shots fired at Star of the West to be the first shots of the Civil War.  The red palmetto flag became a powerful symbol for the state's military college. The school adopted a replica of the flag as its "spirit flag" in 1992 and called it "Big Red."  But nobody knew, until now, what happened to the original flag. The school has found what almost certainly is the original Civil War-era "Big Red" in a museum in Iowa.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Researchers seem to have solved the mystery of what happened to the "Big Red" flag flown by Citadel cadets when they fired on a ship trying to resupply Fort Sumter three months before the Civil War. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports a 10-by-7-foot flag with a large white Palmetto tree and a white crescent on a red field has been located in storage at an Iowa museum.

They are calling it "The Samford Scramble" and "Nintendo Meets Harry Houdini." It was No. 2 on ESPN SportsCenter's top 10 plays of the weekend.  On the play in question, Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards avoided a Samford tackler, dropped the football and picked it back up, sidestepped a second sacker, then somehow found a wide-open Cedric Baker for a 16-yard gain and a first down while being hit by a third tackler.  "Just incredible," Citadel coach Kevin Higgins said this week

... He was educated in the public schools of Charleston and was a 1950 graduate of the University of Virginia. While a cadet at the Citadel, he enlisted in the Army and served with a rifle company of the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division...

CHARLESTON, S.C. Researchers seem to have solved the mystery of what happened to the "Big Red" flag flown by Citadel cadets when they fired on a ship trying to resupply Fort Sumter three months before the Civil War.  The Post and Courier of Charleston reports a 10-by-7-foot flag with a large white Palmetto tree and a white crescent on a red field has been located in storage at an Iowa museum.

Mature adults looking for continued academic enrichment and the benefits of being on a college campus have a variety of lecture events to choose from during the fall Senior Scholars Program at The Citadel Graduate College.  Topics will range from maritime history and model ship making to the qualities that make the South what it is today.

Like the rest of The Citadel Bulldogs, Jeremy Buncum was pulling hard for Mel Capers to play football again.  "I was really hoping he'd be able to come back," said Buncum, a sophomore linebacker from Stratford High School.  But when official word came two weeks ago that congenital spinal stenosis had ended Capers' football career, Buncum knew his role on the Bulldogs' defense had changed.

The Citadel '42 - The Citadel Class of 1942 will hold its 67-year reunion at noon Oct. 10 at Logbridge Farms on S.C. Highway 162 in Hollywood. Forty-seven members of the class remain; widows are invited. Call Bernard Warshaw at 908-5547.