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The Citadel fell behind Old Dominion (5-3) early but scored five unanswered runs to pull out a win in the Homewood Suites Shootout at Riley Park.  The Bulldogs (2-4) were down 2-0 in the third inning before stringing together five runs over the next six innings as sophomore starting pitcher Austin Pritcher (2-0) settled down and handcuffed the Monarchs hitters down the stretch.

The Citadel split its two games on Sunday in the final day of the Homewood Suites Shootout at Riley Park. The Bulldogs dropped a 6-2 decision to Wright State before rallying in the late game to defeat Old Dominion, 4-3.

BOONE, N.C. -- Senior Cameron Wells scored 21 points in his final regular season game for The Citadel, but it wasn't enough for the Bulldogs to overcome red-hot Appalachian State.  Omar Carter scored 25 points as the Mountaineers won for the seventh time in eight games, taking a 70-59 victory over The Citadel at the Holmes Center.

Citadel sophomore Brunson Miller repeated as men's 400 champion, running 48.11. The Citadel won the men's 4x400 relay in 3:17.76 with Daniel Till, Christian Graham, Chris Sievert and Miller.  In the team standings, The Citadel (49 points) placed fifth among nine men's teams. Charleston (49) placed sixth among 12 women's teams, and the Bulldogs (13) were ninth.

Charleston, 28 Feb 2011 In a mashup of 12th-century weaponry and 21st-century technology, employees of a Google data centre triggered a six-foot wooden siege weapon this weekend with an Android cellphone, a computer the size of a credit card, and a Bluetooth receiver.  The action came during the first 'Storm the Citadel Trebuchet Competition' on the parade grounds of the South Carolina military college.

Video taken from the top of the arm from the demonstration trebuchet built by Google for the "Storm the Citadel" competition held at The Citadel on February 26, 2011. Held in conjunction with National Engineers week, the competition requires that teams build trebuchets and throw oranges between 50 and 200 feet with smaller, student-designed units.

Your state government is listening. And it seems they are doing a lot of talking as well.  State records indicate about one out of every four of South Carolina's 67,200 full or part-time employee has access to an agency-supplied mobile. Last year, those 15,458 devices cost taxpayers about $4.9 million in air time just through the end of September.

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If not, you may want to Google it -- because apparently the company, at least Google's data center in Moncks Corner, knows a few things about what many of us think of as a medieval catapult.  On Saturday, Google teamed with The Citadel for a fun-filled afternoon featuring a trebuchet competition between 19 teams -- 13 of which were from area high schools -- on Summerall Field.

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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - In a mashup of 12th-century weaponry and 21st-century technology, employees of an area Google Data Center triggered a 6-foot wooden siege weapon this weekend with an Android cell phone, a computer the size of a credit card and a Blue Tooth receiver.  The action came during the first "Storm The Citadel Trebuchet Competition" on the parade grounds of the South Carolina military college here.

Citadel coach Chuck Driesell has seen a lot during his basketball career. He played and worked for a legend in his father, Lefty, and has coached at every level from high school to the ACC.  But he's never seen anything quite like this Bulldogs team.

The Citadel baseball team fell behind Old Dominion early on Saturday afternoon at Riley Park but scored five unanswered runs to pull out a 5-2 win. The Bulldogs (2-4) saw a familiar sight early on as they fell behind Old Dominion (5-3) in the third inning, 2-0.

Trebuchet competition sponsored by Google and The Citadel.

CHARLESTON, SC - February 24, 2011 - Forty elementary school teachers participating in the Berkeley County School’s Teaching American History program, a federally supported program administered by the Department of Education, passed archival bootcamp at The Citadel on February 5.

Twenty-four cadets will be studying and interning abroad this summer thanks to a $145,000 grant from the Star of the West Foundation.  The Star of the West International Summer Scholars is a one-time grant to support the academic enrichment of cadets whose project proposals presented a clear connection between the summer experience and their goals after graduation.

"I believe only one Class AAAA wrestler has won four titles and that was Robby Bell from Hillcrest," Tucker said.  Bell wrestled at the high school level in the late 1990s and went on to wrestle for The Citadel Bulldogs.

(Click on the  thumbnail to view the new clips.  Excerpt from TV transcript included) ...gives to The 10 teaching collegeness south carolina. this year usc upstate got about $1900 per full-time student. about $500 less than lander received. $900 less than College of charleston and The Citadel gets $3600 more per student. The question is why?

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- When The Citadel basketball team fell behind by 19 points to start Thursday night's game at Western Carolina, a gloomy eighth straight loss seemed inevitable for the Bulldogs.  Instead, The Citadel roared back from 21 down in the second half for a 70-62 victory at the Ramsey Center, snapping its losing skid at seven and giving the Bulldogs new hope as the Southern Conference tournament draws near.

The Catamounts, battling Chattanooga for the top  spot in the SoCon North Division, were upset, 70-62, by The Citadel on Thursday.  Appalachian State evened its overall record at 14-14 and is 9-8 in the league heading into a Saturday home contest against The Citadel.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Cameron Wells scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half as The Citadel rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit to beat Western Carolina 70-62 Thursday night.  The Bulldogs (10-20, 6-11 Southern Conference) shot 61.5 percent (16 of 26) in the second half to end Western Carolina's seven-game winning streak with their second win this season over the Catamounts (16-14, 11-6).

The School of Business Administration at The Citadel will host a half-day workshop for Lowcountry nonprofit organizations’ board leadership as part of its second annual Corporate Directors’ Institute. The workshop is scheduled for 1:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 17 in Bond Hall on The Citadel campus.

Women business owners have become so numerous they can no longer be ignored. Today, worldwide, one woman in 11 is an entrepreneur, women-owned firms comprise more than one-third of all entrepreneurial activity, and their numbers are growing.  (Dorothy Perrin Moore, Ph.D., is professor emerita of business and entrepreneurship at The Citadel. )

Say it with us: Tre-bu-chet (That’s treh-byə-SHET’ for us non-francophones) Kinda flows, doesn’t it? Kinda flows like a thousand-pound boulder flying into your castle wall.  The medieval siege machines will be the focus of an engineering fair co-hosted by Google and The Citadel on Saturday.  The “Storm The Citadel Trebuchet Competition” will reinforce the importance of science, technology, math and putting it all together to make things fly through the air to knock over other things.

COLUMBIA -- Gov. Nikki Haley and leaders from the state's public colleges and universities have come to an agreement on the factors on which the schools should be judged in order to get state money.  Haley said at a news conference Wednesday that the schools should receive state tax dollars based on targets they have some control over, such as the number of state residents they serve and how many of their graduates land jobs.

As The Citadel's offensive line coach, Bob Bodine doesn't restrict his recruiting efforts to high school football players. He's not above casting a covetous eye toward Bulldogs on other parts of the team.  "When you are an offensive line coach, you are always recruiting," Bodine said this week before a spring practice session.

Jeffrey Kilheffer of Charleston received the Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine degree from the College of Professional Studies at the National University of Health Sciences during commencement in Lombard, Ill.  While completing the degree, Kilheffer also served a one-year clinical internship with a special focus on integrative medicine. Before entering the chiropractic medicine program, Kilheffer completed an undergraduate degree at The Citadel.

A single photo of Maj. Gen. Lewie Merritt hanging in a lounge inside the operations building at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort struck a group of Citadel alumni as no way to honor the two-star general after whom the base is named.
Late last month representatives of several Citadel alumni groups presented the air station with a large display honoring Merritt, who graduated from the academy in 1917.

--The Citadel's Justin Sparrow was named Southern Conference wrestler of the week.  The redshirt junior beat both his 184-pound class opponents in duels in the state of North Carolina and at home against Gardner-Webb. Against UNC, Sparrow upset No. 22-ranked Antonio Giorgio in a 6-5 win. Since Jan. 1, he is 12-3.

--Citadel basketball player Mike Groselle was named the SoCon's student-athlete of the week. The center, who holds a 3.658 GPA in civil engineering, posted back-to-back double-doubles in points and rebounds.

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State lawmakers voted Wednesday on candidates for public college and university boards of trustees.  Tee Hooper Jr. won the open at-large seat on The Citadel’s Board of Visitors.

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The General Westmoreland/Charleston Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars will conduct its 13th annual Massing of the Colors ceremony at 3 p.m. March 6 in Summerall Chapel at The Citadel.  The Massing of the Colors ceremony is dedicated to the memory of military service members who have given their lives to preserve liberty. It also honors those who have served, and those who are serving.

The Citadel at Western Carolina

WHEN/WHERE: 7 p.m. / Cullowhee, N.C.

RADIO: WTMA 1450-AM

Line: Western Carolina by 10

The Citadel (9-20, 5-11 SoCon)

HEAD COACH: Chuck Driesell (9-20 in first season at The Citadel)

Harry Bancroft “Buck” Limehouse, Jr. is one of those great American success stories. He started with nothing and has ended up with a lot. But when he is not busy making money for himself, he is busy helping taxpayers save theirs.  Most people know Limehouse from his role in the South Carolina Department of Transportation. Actually, that’s a relatively recent phase in the long career of this youthful 72-year-old. That career has fluctuated between business success and public service.

The Southern Conference hands out four first-round byes for its basketball tournament, which go to the top two teams in each division.  How important are those byes?  Just ask College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins. Noah Dahlman (center) and the Wofford Terriers must beat Furman on Saturday to clinch a first-round bye in the upcoming SoCon basketball tournament.
"A couple of years ago, we lost that bye because of The Citadel," said Cremins, referring to the 2008-09 season.

Kiawah Island, S.C. – The Citadel Golf team shot a team score 979 (+115) to finish 30th out of 33 teams in the largest women’s golf tournament in the country held at the Cougar Point Golf Course and Oak Point Golf Course on Kiawah Island, S.C. The three-day competition spanned Sunday through Tuesday.

The Citadel's rifle team won the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference title by two points over four-time defending champion N.C. State last weekend.  The Bulldogs totaled 2275.4 points to edge N.C. State at 2273.4 at the SEARC Championships in Anniston, Ala. It was The Citadel's first SEARC title since 2001.

Citadel engineering majors test out their homemade trebuchet, that will be used in the "Storm the Citadel" competition challenge that will test accuracy and design as the trebuchet launches oranges at targets. The competition is part of the National Engineers Week activities at The Citadel.

How do you get young people interested in science, technology, engineering and math careers?  The Citadel and Google think you let them build trebuchets, which look much like ancient catapults, and launch oranges across Summerall Field.
Citadel engineering majors test out their homemade trebuchet, that will be used in the "Storm the Citadel" competition challenge that will test accuracy and design as the trebuchet launches oranges at targets. The competition is part of the National Engineers Week activities at The Citadel.

CHARLESTON, S.C.-Two senior members of the 2010 Citadel Volleyball team, Shannon Frain and Tatum Jestila, were honored by the NASPE (National Association for Sport and Physical Education) as the Outstanding Majors of Year for the 2010-11 academic year.

SUMTER -- If fans weren't in their seats within the first couple of minutes of Monday's Class AAAA girls basketball playoff game between Sumter and Goose Creek, then they missed about the only time when the game's outcome was in doubt. Goose Creek (26-2) will face West Ashley for the Lower State championship on Friday at 7 p.m. at McAlister Field House.

CHARLESTON, S.C.- Amir Khaledi, who took over The Citadel volleyball program in late November, has announced that Amanda Newell will be promoted to top assistant coach.  Since joining the Bulldog staff, Newell's primary responsibilities have been on-court coaching, developing setters as well as video exchange and distribution.

Conducting the public's business should be done, well, in public. And state agencies in South Carolina have begun stepping up to the plate.  Most recently, The Citadel and Lander University began posting their itemized expenditures online.  The Citadel's move, like Lander's, comes after Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom started asking public colleges to post their expenses.

Forty elementary school teachers participating in the Berkeley County School’s Teaching American History program, a federally supported program administered by the Department of Education, passed archival boot camp at The Citadel on February 5.

West Ashley defeated visiting Wando, 63-38, Monday night in the third round of the Class AAAA girls basketball playoffs. It was the third in as many tries this season for the Wildcats. And the result was the most rewarding.  The victory puts West Ashley just two wins away from an elusive state title, earning a matchup with Goose Creek in the Lower State championship game, which is slated for 7 p.m. Friday at The Citadel's McAlister Field House.

Eldon Brown will recount his career in the aviation industry and talk about his memoir, "Controlled Crash," at The Citadel on Tuesday.  Brown will talk about the humorous and often scary side of working with Braniff, Seaboard World Airlines and Japan Airlines.

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Tuesday - CREATIVE RETIREMENT LECTURES: 1 and 2:30 p.m. St. Joseph Family Life Center, 1695 Raoul Wallenberg Blvd. The Center for Creative Retirement presents two lectures. The first will be given by Dr. Penny Travis, a retired professor with The Citadel, who will present 'Through a Glass Darkly: Teaching in Kabul 2010.' The second lecture will be given by Dr. Patrick Briggs, a physics professor with The Citadel, on 'Evidence for the History of the Solar System.' 953-5488.

The Citadel fell behind 5-0 from the beginning and chipped away with two in the third, five in the fourth and four in the seventh before losing, 13-12. Justin Mackert drove in four with a pair of doubles and Drew DeKerlegand had three hits.

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In the opener of the final day of The Citadel Memorial Challenge, the Bulldogs fell to Towson, 7-1.  Justin Mackert produced the Bulldogs' only run, doubling and eventually scoring on a wild pitch. Towson starter Tyler Bugna and reliever Spencer Patton shut down the tournament hosts after that.

At the banquet last week, 10 Citadel cadets were among the volunteers. A red carpet was rolled out to receive the honored guests, and photographers snapped photo after photo. Volunteers greeted guests, ushered them inside the Seacoast building and served plates of food.  Cadets Chris Schnackenberg, Michael Brown and Rebecca Edwards were there because a Citadel "buddy dance" organized by the school's community service office showed them how rewarding this kind of interaction could be.

STATESBORO, Ga. -- Between them, The Citadel and Georgia Southern basketball teams had lost 21 straight games and gone a combined total of almost three months without a victory before Saturday night's game.

Right fielder Matt Simonelli fueled a 16-hit assault with three hits, including a home run, and Austin Pritcher struck out eight in seven innings to lead the Bulldogs over Towson University in the Citadel Memorial Challenge at Riley Park.  The win evened The Citadel's record at 1-1 with another game against Towson today at 11 a.m. and the weekend finale against Gardner-Webb at 2 p.m.

The devil's advocate question was not so devilish after all. For author Brad Taylor, who had given much thought to the matter, it was a softball pitch. Retired Special Forces officer Brad Taylor, author of the novel “One Rough Man.”  In the introductory pages of Taylor's debut novel, "One Rough Man" (Dutton), is the George Orwell quote, "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm."

The Citadel (8-12) wrapped up the regular season with a 29-9 home victory over Gardner-Webb. The Bulldogs won seven matches, highlighted by a technical fall by Turtogtokh Luvsandorj at 165 pounds.

...a spokesperson forum sc upstate says The athletic department has to be funded by fees because unlike larger universities they do not have a football program to generate revenue, The Citadel has a spokes pram. The Citadel is transparents and clearly identifying a 2,fee to support athletics, colleges and universities fund athletics through a separate fee, at The citadel..."

Three finalists have been named for the position of executive vice president for finance, administration and operations at The Citadel.

The finalists are:

* Thomas J. Elzey, senior vice president for finance, chief fiscal officer, and treasurer at Drexel University
* Eugene A. Gilchrist, associate vice president/executive vice president, Health Affairs at the University of Louisville
* Ashok K. Roy, assistant vice president for financial services/CFO, Kennesaw State University

The candidates visited campus in the fall.

Like a lion in winter, the Bulldogs in free-fall showed a few flashes of the old roar.  Cameron Wells rejected a shot in the lane and nailed jumpers. Austin Dahn dropped his patented quick-trigger 3s in the right corner, and Zach Urbanus clogged passing lanes.  Better on Thursday night at McAlister Field House to remember Southern Conference glory days and not an 85-63 Citadel loss to the sizzling College of Charleston.

The Citadel baseball players assembled at McAlister Field House the other night to receive their 2010 Southern Conference championship rings.  Bulldogs coach Fred Jordan got on the mic with a message for his returning players.  "Time to turn the page," said Jordan, entering his 20th season as the Bulldogs' mentor.

When they won 20 games as sophomores, the phrase could be heard often around McAlister Field House: 'Wait until these guys are seniors!'  That senior class, led by the Bulldogs' all-time leading scorer in Cameron Wells, plays its final home game at 7 p.m. today against rival College of Charleston

The Citadel (7-12) dropped its second dual match in as many nights, losing, 19-18, to North Carolina (9-9-1) in Chapel Hill, N.C. Richard Alarcon led the Bulldogs with a pin at 125.

College and university commencement ceremonies may be months away, but some of the state's higher education institutions already have announced graduation speakers:

The Citadel, George Will, political columnist and commentator, 9 a.m. May 7, McAlister Field House.

The Citadel School of Engineering will celebrate National Engineers' Week with the 12th annual Engineering Fair for middle and high school students 8 a.m.-noon Feb. 26 in Buyer Auditorium, Mark Clark Hall. The event is free.

"That's why they are such a good team," Citadel coach Chuck Driesell said. "If the other team does a good job on their go-to guy, which will happen from time to time, they've got other guys who can step up and make plays. That is a sign of a team playing well with a lot of confidence, and they certainly are."

The Citadel's Daniel Library Friends lectures are free unless otherwise noted, and begin at 6:30 p.m. in Bond Hall Room 165 at The Citadel. Call 953-7691.

...usc charges the 12th highest fee in the country at $950 a year and four other state schools in the top 12 including the citadel with the highest student athletic fee in the country. the chancellor of usc upstate says there is a reason for this, state budget cuts...

RALEIGH -- His last day in Charleston, new N.C. State running backs coach Everette Sands donned a light-blue Citadel shirt.   "I thought, 'Yeah, I better wear this now, because I can't wear this when I get up to North Carolina,' " he said, laughing.  Decked out in a new Wolfpack-red polo on Wednesday, Sands - who played running back for The Citadel, and spent the past six years there coaching the tailbacks - explained that he is already aware of the huge State-UNC rivalry (and thus, his need to put away all of his blue duds). And he's excited about the chance to help the Pack take the next step.

College of Charleston at The Citadel

WHEN / WHERE: 7 p.m. / McAlister Field House

RADIO: WTMZ 910-AM, WQNT 1450-AM

Cadet Col. Cory Moyer and Cadet Capt. Gregory Nolan will be honored on Friday, Feb 18, 2011, with two of The Citadel’s most prestigious awards recognizing cadet excellence and leadership.  Moyer will receive the Medal of the Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina Award while Nolan will receive the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation award.

...you can now keep track of even more colleges' spending. both the Citadel and lander university have begun posting itemized spending online on their websites. that'll give taxpayers and click of a mouse access to information on their money is being used...

The Citadel (7-7) suffered a 28-18 dual match defeat at N.C. State (9-9). Richard Alarcon posted a pin at 125 pounds for the Bulldogs, and Justin Sparrow and Kelby Smith won decisions at 184 and 197, respectively. The Wolfpack's Nijel Jones pulled an upset at 165 over nationally ranked Turtogtokh Luvsandorj.

North Carolina State made its hiring of Citadel assistant football coach Everette Sands official on Tuesday, naming Sands the Wolfpack's new running backs coach. Sands, who coached at The Citadel for eight seasons in two different stints, will replace Jason Swepson, recently named the head coach at Elon.

If Mr. Ford would check the legal status of people who have been hired to work on local, state or federal government projects, I think he would be shocked by the results. To publicly say it is acceptable for illegals to work at the Boeing plant, The Citadel, highway construction, new fire houses, public schools, etc., is irresponsible on his part.

N.C. State has hired Everette Sands as a football assistant coach, replacing new Elon head coach Jason Swepson. Sands will coach running backs, which he did for the past six years at his alma mater, The Citadel.

Bluffton High School senior Sarah Davis will go from leading cadets to being one among nearly 2,100 in The Citadel's undergraduate Corps of Cadets next fall.  "I'm super excited," said Davis, who is a company commander in Bluffton High's Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps.  She learned Feb. 5 she would attend the state senior military college in Charleston, one of only six in the country.  "It has been my dream college since the beginning of my senior year to go into a military school," Davis said.  She will truly be one of the few and the proud, said Citadel Director of Admissions retired Marine Lt. Col. John W. Powell Jr.

Cameron Wells, a Bellaire High School graduate, played another terrific all-around game for the Bulldogs, but Savannah State defeated The Citadel 65-61 in overtime Monday.  Wells, a senior point guard, scored nine points, dished out six assists, grabbed four rebounds, tallied two steals, and blocked a shot in the loss.

It was just three weeks ago that The Citadel's basketball team scored 85 points in a rousing victory at traditional Southern Conference power Davidson. The Bulldogs seemed to have turned their season around with a four-game winning streak.  Those heady days are but a distant memory now. The Citadel dropped its fifth straight game Monday night before 1,347 fans at McAlister Field House, a disappointing campaign bottoming out with a 65-61 overtime loss to non-conference foe Savannah State.

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Oscar Eugene Savedge, a local attorney and former chief judge for the town of Mount Pleasant, died Saturday. He was 88.   Savedge was born in Charleston on Oct. 21, 1922. He attended The Citadel, leaving to join the Army during World War II. He eventually retired from the Army Reserve as a colonel.  After his military service, Savedge attended the University of South Carolina School of Law. After graduating, he began practicing law on Broad Street.

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A retired Special Forces officer who spent three years teaching cadets at The Citadel has published his first novel – a fictional tale of a clandestine operator named Pike Logan who must intercept an attack planned, not by a terrorist group or organization, but by two men operating independently and in possession of a powerful weapon.  Brad Taylor, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army’s elite Special Forces, will sign copies of “One Rough Man” from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday March 7 and 8 at The Citadel Bookstore inside Mark Clark Hall. The book will be released nationwide on Feb. 17. Taylor will hold a book launch party at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Windjammer on the Isle of Palms.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jovonni Shuler scored 25 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime, as Savannah State outlasted The Citadel 65-61 on Monday night for its sixth win in seven games.  The Tigers (8-18), who defeated the Bulldogs for the first time in their eight-game series, overcame a 10-point second-half deficit and led by three with 1:53 left in regulation. The Citadel's Mike Groselle scored on a layup, then hit 1 of 2 free throws to tie it at 55, forcing overtime.

Sunday, February 13, 2011 Citadel Soccer Training Centers: Soccer training for boys and girls ages 4-12 this spring. Visit www.citadelsoccercamp.com or call (843) 953-5844.

Google, The Citadel team up to put fun focus on science and technology - On Saturday, Feb. 26, teams made up of students, engineers, scientists and business leaders from around the state will compete in the first Storm The Citadel Trebuchet Competition. Co-hosted by Google and The Citadel, the teams are tasked with building a trebuchet that will hurl oranges across The Citadel’s Summerall Field. The competition is among several activities planned during National Engineers Week at The Citadel.

South Carolina's public colleges and universities offer a selection of online courses, but not many online degree programs. The College of Charleston, The Citadel Graduate College, the Lowcountry Graduate Center and Clemson University offer online courses, but no degree programs that are totally online.

The wrestling team will pay homage to the men and women who serve our country as it hosts The Citadel tonight at 7 p.m. on Military Appreciation Day. In honor of the United States military, Major General Karl Horst of the U.S. Joint Forces Command and Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Ratashak of the N.C. State ROTC will serve as honorary team captains for the match.

The Citadel rifle team placed second behind N.C. State in its conference air rifle match and third in the NCAA sectional final matches in air rifle and smallbore at The Marksmanship Center.  Winston Dorian and Julia McCullohs lead all Bulldogs shooters in the conference match, firing air rifle scores of 576 and 563.  Stephen Kinn led the Bulldogs in the NCAA smallbore match, carding a 553 to help his team place third behind Columbus State and N.C. State.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - On Feb. 26, teams made up of students, engineers, scientists and business leaders from around the state will compete in the first Storm The Citadel Trebuchet Competition. Co-hosted by Google and The Citadel, the teams are tasked with building a trebuchet that will hurl oranges across The Citadel’s Summerall Field. The competition is among several activities planned during National Engineers Week at The Citadel.

Two Lowcountry basketball standouts have been selected to play in the Carolinas All-Star Challenge, which will be held March 19 at Socastee.  James Island's C.J. Bray made the South Carolina boys team, which will play the top seniors from North Carolina. Goose Creek's Aleighsa Welch made the South Carolina girls team.  Bray, a 6-8 two-sport star for the Trojans, averaged 16.5 points and 11.4 rebounds. He will play for The Citadel.

The annual "Meet the Bulldogs" autograph session and Blue-White scrimmage is today at Riley Park. Gates open at 11:30 a.m. with an autograph session and scrimmage at 1 p.m. Admission is free.  The Charleston RiverDogs will again provide free hot dogs and soft drinks for this year's event. Posters, magnets and team pictures will be available, along with other giveaways.  Following the autograph session at noon, the team will hit the field for the annual Blue-White game.

--David L. Preston, an associate professor of history at The Citadel, has won the Albert B. Corey Prize for 2010 for his recent work, "The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783." The Corey Prize recognizes the best book on Canadian-American relations or on the history of both countries. The prize is awarded every two years.

For most of Saturday night's 79-72 loss to Elon, Citadel basketball star Cameron Wells was a no-show.  The Bulldogs' senior missed his first five shots and didn't score in the first half. By the time he scored his first point, on a free throw with 16:49 left in the game, his team trailed by 21 points.  But when Wells finally showed up, he put on a show.

Cameron Wells scored all 24 of his points in the final 17 minutes of the game, but it was not enough to save The Citadel. The Bulldogs lost their fourth straight game, 79-72, to Elon on Saturday night at McAlister Field House.

Donald L. Sparks, a professor of international economics at The Citadel, taught at American University about eight years ago.  He described the regime change in Egypt as the biggest news since King Farouk was overthrown in 1952.  "The optimist in me says this will usher in a new beginning for the country," Sparks said. "But the pessimist in me says the military might hold on for months, if not years."

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College of Charleston is the consensus pick among league coaches and media to win the 2011 Southern Conference baseball title, and Cougars outfielder Cole Rakar and The Citadel pitcher Matt Talley earned the major preseason awards announced Thursday.

It began with two strangers named Wendy, and in the past three years has attracted 60 skaters and enough fans to regularly pack McAlister Field House.  The Lowcountry High Rollers' 2010-11 team kicks off its season, published 02/10/11
Now, the Lowcountry High Rollers has been accepted as an apprentice affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, the governing body for women's amateur flat track roller derby. The league is the first to be accepted from South Carolina.

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Roughly 20 minutes before he took the stage at CPAC, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) was spotted down a back hallway behind the stage huddling with some 50 cadets from The Citadel.  Santorum, like a football coach delivering a pep talk, stood smack dab in the middle of the group, thanking the cadets for attending the event. He spoke to them for nearly five minutes, most of which he spent warning them of the danger posed to America by "jihadists controlling more and more governments around the world."

Spartanburg, S.C. - After winning both the Southern Conference regular season title and the tournament title in 2010, The Citadel was picked to finish second by the media and fifth by the coaches on Thursday.  The Bulldogs are coming off one of their best seasons in school history after going 43-22 in 2010 with a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004.

They patiently waited for the doors to open.  Some walked down the line, slapping high fives like those hip, newly married couples do when they’re introduced at the reception. Someone had an automatic clapper — you know, the kind that goes off in the stands after a big play. The buzz inside the Verizon Wireless store on Columbiana Circle shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday was game-ready.

4.72: The number of 3-point baskets per game The Citadel is averaging this season, ranking 11th in the SoCon and down from 7.2 last season. It's the Bulldogs' lowest figure since 1997-98, when they made 4.21 treys per game.

The Citadel Football Association will host the inaugural Beautiful Bulldog Contest that will be held prior to the football team's annual spring game at Johnson Hagood Stadium on March 19. Bulldogs will be able to compete in nine categories at the Beautiful Bulldog Contest on March 19.  Nine categories -- including the most beautiful bulldog -- will be offered and they include farthest from the dog house, oldest dog, best costume, best smile, best tail-wagger, looks most like the owner, and Mr. Personality and Miss Congeniality. American Kennel Club rules will not be enforced.

Black History Month at The Citadel includes featured speaker Marva Smalls, a senior executive with Nickelodeon television and its sister networks, and a video and discussion of anti-black prejudice.  All Black History Month events are free and open to the public:

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CHARLESTON — The first European Union ambassador to the United States is speaking in South Carolina about relations between the two continents.  Ambassador João Vale de Almeida speaks at The Citadel in Charleston on Thursday.  The ambassador is a Portuguese national who has represented the European Union in the United States since December of 2009.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The first European Union ambassador to the United States is speaking in South Carolina about relations between the two continents.  Ambassador João Vale de Almeida (ZHU'-ow vah-LAY' de al-MAY'-dah) speaks at The Citadel in Charleston on Thursday.  The ambassador is a Portuguese national who has represented the European Union in the United States since December of 2009.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The first European Union ambassador to the United States is speaking in South Carolina about relations between the two continents.  Ambassador João Vale de Almeida (ZHU'-ow vah-LAY' de al-MAY'-dah) speaks at The Citadel in Charleston on Thursday.  The ambassador is a Portuguese national who has represented the European Union in the United States since December of 2009.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — An evolutionist and critic of the intelligent design theory is speaking at two South Carolina schools. 
Robert T. Pennock, a professor of science and philosophy at Michigan State University, speaks Thursday at the College of Charleston followed by a talk at The Citadel.  Intelligent design contends life can be so complex it must have been created by an intelligent being, as opposed to evolving through natural selection.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — An evolutionist and critic of the intelligent design theory is speaking at two South Carolina schools. 
Robert T. Pennock, a professor of science and philosophy at Michigan State University, speaks Thursday at the College of Charleston followed by a talk at The Citadel.  Intelligent design contends life can be so complex it must have been created by an intelligent being, as opposed to evolving through natural selection.

Ex-Citadel player John Brown had a fabulous homecoming last weekend when Liberty played at Charleston Southern. Brown, a 6-4 junior, got to see his old Citadel mates when the Flames had a shootaround at McAlister Field House on Saturday morning. At Charleston Southern that night, he went for 16 points and 10 rebounds, including a huge dunk and an offensive rebound in the final minute of a 70-69 win.  "It was good that people still remembered me," Brown said after the game.

-Lowcountry Scholars: Feb. 16, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Karen Stokes, archivist with the South Carolina Historical Society, presents "Faith, Valor and Devotion: The Civil War Letters of William Porcher DuBose." Immediately following, Dr. Scott Lucas, The Citadel English Department, presents "English Literature and the Birth of Protestantism," how Renaissance authors participated in the upheaval of the Catholic church out of England during the Reformation.

-Great Decisions: Discuss the state of foreign policy today with Dr. Jack Porter, The Citadel Political Science Department. Feb. 22, 2-3:30 p.m., "Germany Ascendant." Course reading material is available at the center's front desk to take home.

The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition educational partnership will host a free public demonstration and lecture by SEWE artist and Citadel alumnus Larry Seymour.  Seymour will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 in Bond Hall Room 165 at The Citadel.

Sprinter Brunson Miller of The Citadel was selected as the Southern Conference men's indoor track athlete of the month for January.  The Murrells Inlet native won the 400 meters in a school- record time of 48.10 seconds at a meet in Annapolis, Md., on Jan. 29.

For the second time this season, Citadel sophomore Turtogtokh Luvsandorj earned SoCon wrestler of the month honors.  The Bulldog standout was also named wrestler of the month in December. Luvsandorj surpassed the 30-win mark in January by going 8-2 in the month with three pins

European Union Ambassador João Vale de Almeida is coming to Charleston on Thursday to give a talk on relations between the United States and Europe.  He is the first EU ambassador to this country since the Lisbon Treaty took effect in late 2009, a treaty that improves the union’s ability to act more cohesively in matters of foreign affairs and security.  Vale de Almeida will discuss trans-Atlantic at 6:30 p.m. in Bond Hall at The Citadel. The event is free and open to the public.

At the end of the fall 2010 semester cadets, active duty military students and veteran students were honored for their outstanding academic achievement and will receive Gold Stars and or have been named to the Dean’s List.  Dean’s List recognition is given to those students registered for 12 or more semester hours whose grade point ratio is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester’s work:

Bellaire HS graduate Cameron Wells had a fantastic game for the Citadel on Monday, but UNC Greensboro emerged with an 86-74 victory at the Greensboro Coliseum.  Wells scored 14 points, dished out seven assists, grabbed five rebounds and tallied thee steals in the loss.  Wells ranks first on the team in scoring at 17 points per game and assists at 4.2 assists per game. He is second on the team in rebounding at 5.1 boards per game.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- UNC Greensboro forward Brian Cole is a 6-8 sophomore who entered Monday night's game against The Citadel averaging 5.1 points in about 12 minutes per game, modest numbers for a reserve with two starts this season. 
But in the first half Monday night, Cole went all superstar on the Bulldogs. He scored 20 of his game-high 24 points in the first 20 minutes, and the Spartans blitzed The Citadel, 86-74, at Greensboro Coliseum.

Media-Newswire.com) - David L. Preston, associate professor of history at The Citadel, won the prestigious Albert B. Corey Prize for 2010 for his recent work, “The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783.” The Corey Prize recognizes the best book on Canadian-American relations or on the history of both countries

(Media-Newswire.com) - Coast Guard Week at The Citadel will feature a static display of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter and fast boat from 10 a.m. until noon on Wednesday, Feb. 9 on Summerall Field.  Sponsored by the military college’s new Coast Guard Auxillary, the purpose of the event is to provide information to cadets interested in the Coast Guard Reserve program or Officer Candidate School. A Coast Guard officer will be available to answer questions.

Branford — Dr. Edward G. Haskell Jr., age 88, passed away Feb. 1 in Virginia Beach, Va. after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Edward G. Haskell, Sr. and Sarah Walters Haskell.  Born July 23, 1922 and raised in Jacksonville, he attended Fishweir Elementary School, John Gorrie Junior High School, and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1939. He continued his education at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Upon graduation, he went to Duke University School of Medicine where he obtained his medical degree.

A retired Special Forces officer who spent three years teaching cadets at The Citadel has published his first novel – a fictional tale of a clandestine operator named Pike Logan who must intercept an attack planned, not by a terrorist group or organization, but by two men operating independently and in possession of a powerful weapon. Brad Taylor, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army’s elite Special Forces, will sign copies of “One Rough Man” from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday March 7 and 8 at The Citadel Bookstore inside Mark Clark Hall. The book will be released nationwide on Feb. 17. Taylor will hold a book launch party at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Windjammer on the Isle of Palms.

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Political commentator and columnist George Will has been selected to give the commencement address at The Citadel this spring.  The state military school made the announcement Monday. Graduation is set for May 7.

Curtis C. Stewart has been promoted to chief operating officer of Companion Property and Casualty Group. He has a bachelor's degree from The Citadel, a master's degree in accountancy from the University of South Carolina and a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

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Coast Guard Week at The Citadel will feature a static display of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter and fast boat from 10 a.m. until noon on Wednesday, Feb. 9 on Summerall Field.  Sponsored by the military college’s new Coast Guard Auxillary, the purpose of the event is to provide information to cadets interested in the Coast Guard Reserve program or Officer Candidate School. A Coast Guard officer will be available to answer questions.

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CHARLESTON — Political commentator and columnist George Will has been selected to give the commencement address at The Citadel this spring.  The state military school in Charleston made the announcement Monday. Graduation is set for Saturday, May 7.  Will writes a twice-weekly columnist for The Washington Post and his syndicated columns appear in 400 newspapers across the country, including The Post and Courier.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Political commentator and columnist George Will has been selected to give the commencement address at The Citadel this spring.  The state military school in Charleston made the announcement Monday. Graduation is set for Saturday, May 7.  Will writes a twice-weekly columnist for The Washington Post and his syndicated columns appear in 400 newspapers across the country.

Led by five individual champions out of ten weight classes, the U.S. Naval Academy wrestling team cruised to the 2011 All-Academy Championship team title Sunday in Charleston, S.C.  Navy won the title with 117.5 points by placing nine wrestlers among in the top three. It was the tenth time in 17 years that Annapolis had won the annual service academy mat championship.  The Citadel came in second with 86.5 points, having two individual champs.

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A listing of Black History Month events in the area, including at The Citadel.

Whatever mojo The Citadel basketball team had cooked up during its four-game win streak has gone up in smoke this week in two games at McAlister Field House. The Bulldogs lost their second in a row on Saturday night, shooting 36.4 percent and committing 17 turnovers in a 74-60 loss to Wofford before 2,206 fans

The Citadel Wrestling team took home second place at the 17th annual All-Academy Championships on Sunday at McAlister Field House. The Bulldogs improved on their third place finish a season ago by sending six wrestlers into the finals and taking home individual titles by top-seeded Turtogtokh Luvsandorj at 165 pounds and by second-seeded Kelby Smith at 197 pounds.

If you filmed Citadel center Mike Groselle in black and white, you might think you were watching some 1950s highlight reel of the Minneapolis Lakers. Old school works for Groselle, who has emerged as one of the biggest surprises in Southern Conference basketball this season. Despite not starting the first eight games of the season, Groselle is averaging 11.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, ranking second in the SoCon with a field goal percentage of 63.4.

Noah Dahlman scored 22 points and Cameron Rundles added 19 to lead Wofford to a 74-60 victory over The Citadel on Saturday night. The Terriers (13-11, 10-3 Southern Conference) shot 68.2 percent from the field (15 of 22) to remain in second in the South Division, one-half game behind College of Charleston (17-7, 10-2).

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Although Clay Sr. was the first NFL player in the family, he won't take credit for the family's football prowess.  Now 82, he said it actually began with his father, H.L. "Matty" Matthews, a boxing coach at The Citadel who grew up in a military family, not a football family. One of Clay Sr.'s brothers was a Navy submarine commander, another an ace Air Force jet pilot in the Korean War.

Three Florida high school standouts signed to join The Citadel women's soccer team starting in the fall, Bulldogs coach Bob Winch.  They are Nicholle Griffith, a 5-6 center-midfielder of Jacksonville; Anastasia Mesa, a 5-0 defender/midfielder of Cooper City, Fla.; and Melanie Meyer, a 5-5 forward/midfielder of Weston, Fla.

When John Brown was forced to leave The Citadel in August 2009, ex-Bulldogs coach Ed Conroy predicted big things for the 6-foot-4 forward from Savannah.  “I don’t have any doubt he will go on to have a fantastic career somewhere,” Conroy said.
Conroy’s prediction has come true — at Liberty in Lynchburg, Va.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Noah States and Darryl Evans scored 12 points apiece and Furman held off The Citadel 59-55 on Thursday night to sweep the season series. .The Paladins (17-6, 9-3 Southern Conference), who have won six of their last seven, snapped the Bulldogs' four-game winning streak.

President and CEO, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority -  Background: Gordon, 60, embarked on quite the regional tour. Raised in Southeast D.C., he lived in Mount Rainier before moving to Rockville. He was schooled in Northwest D.C., taught in College Park and took his first job in Arlington before launching a 27-year career at Fairfax County’s economic development powerhouse, one that’s lured the likes of Volkswagen, Hilton, SAIC and, most recently, Northrop Grumman.

NEWBERRY, SC-- Marjorie Lenore Chandler Fretwell, 82, of Newberry, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.  Born on November 22, 1928, in Lane, SC, she was a daughter of the late William Roslyn and Mary Harriet Small Chandler. She was married to the late Burlington Alexander Fretwell, Sr. for nearly 52 years.  Mrs. Fretwell remained an educator and learner throughout her lifetime. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College in 1949, her Master of Arts in Teaching from The Citadel in 1977, and her Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Education from the University of South Carolina in 1996.

Sticky zone defenses neutralized two of the top scorers in Southern Conference basketball on Thursday night at McAlister Field House.  But Furman's Amu Saaka had a little more help than did The Citadel's Cameron Wells, and the Paladins eked out a 59-55 victory before 2,289 fans, snapping the Bulldogs' win streak at four games.

The title of Scott Buchanan’s new political biography is sure to catch your eye and it might make you do a double take.  “Some of the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn’t Vote for Me” is the title of Buchanan’s new book about former Georgia Gov. Marvin Griffin, best known for being racially inflammatory, politically vindictive and a voice of resistance to integration in the Deep South in the 1950s. The title was taken from remarks Griffin made following his last, and unsuccessful, gubernatorial bid in 1962. Griffin was Georgia’s 72nd governor and is a 1929 Citadel graduate.

Darryl Evans and Noah States scored 12 points apiece to lift the Furman Paladins over The Citadel Bulldogs by a 59-55 final in a Southern Conference tilt.  Brandon Sebirumbi tallied 11 points for Furman (17-6, 9-3 SoCon), which got 10 points from Amu Saaka.  Mike Groselle and Austin Dahn netted 15 points apiece in the narrow loss for The Citadel (9-14, 5-6), which received 10 points from Cameron Wells. Groselle also ripped down a game-high 10 rebounds.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Sons of Confederate Veterans holds its annual Stephen Dill Lee Institute in Charleston, featuring talks by scholars and exploring Southern views on the Civil War.  The institute opens Friday night with David Aiken of the Citadel speaking on the bombardment of Charleston and the burning of Columbia. 

Wofford, which travels to The Citadel on Saturday, fell to 12-11 and 9-3. Charleston is a half-game ahead of the Terriers and Furman (9-3), which beat The Citadel on Thursday. The Paladins, who also lost earlier in the season to Charleston, visit Carolina First Arena on Saturday for a 4 p.m. game that will be televised on CSS. The game is homecoming for the College of Charleston.

...black history month.... and today trident technical College celebrated with a number of events on campus... one of which included The man who brought african american studies to a local College. our josh cascio has more. dr. marcus cox founded The african american studies program at The Citadel in 2004. as The keynote speaker at a black history event at trident tech today...

The Citadel's Christopher Castagno, a senior track and field athlete, was named the latest Southern Conference student-athlete of the week.  At an indoor meet in Annapolis, Md., Castagno broke his own school record in winning the 35-pound weight throw with 57 feet, 1/4 inch (he had a 53-2 3/4 in 2010). Castagno finished three feet ahead of the closest competitor. He holds a 3.888 GPA in criminal justice.

The Citadel's Daniel Library Friends spring schedule will feature a variety of lectures by artists, authors, journalists and entertainment industry pros.  Created in 1996, the Library Friends Book and Lecture Series brings noted authors and lecturers to the Charleston area. All lectures are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted, and begin at 6:30 p.m. in Bond Hall Room 165 at The Citadel.

When John Brown was forced to leave The Citadel in August 2009, ex-Bulldogs coach Ed Conroy predicted big things for the 6-4 forward from Savannah.  "I don't have any doubt he will go on to have a fantastic career somewhere," Conroy told me that day.  Conroy's prediction for Brown has come true -- at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., of all places.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Noah States and Darryl Evans scored 12 points apiece and Furman held off The Citadel 59-55 on Thursday night to sweep the season series.  The Paladins (17-6, 9-3 Southern Conference), who have won six of their last seven, snapped the Bulldogs' four-game winning streak.  Furman won the previous matchup 88-67 on Jan. 8.

Kent M. Harrington, a specialist in intelligence analysis and Asia, will speak to the Charleston Foreign Affairs Forum at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 16.  Harrington has 30 years' experience on trade, economic, defense and foreign policy issues, with senior management responsibility in public affairs in the U.S. and abroad. He heads the Harrington Group, which focuses on assessments of international political, economic and strategic issues.  This event will be at The Holliday Alumni Center, 69 Hagood Ave.

Still, his body of work on film - including an eye-popping playoff performance against Statesboro as a junior - was enough to convince the coaches at The Citadel that they were getting a special talent.  On Wednesday afternoon, Parker signed a national letter of intent to play for the Bulldogs, who play in the Southern Conference alongside Georgia Southern.

Senior executives and board members from some of the top organizations and corporations in the country will serve as the faculty for The Citadel Directors’ Institute (CDI). Hosted by The Citadel School of Business Administration, and in partnership with the Research Triangle Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, the second annual event is scheduled for March 17-18 at Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston.

The Citadel signed only 13 players on Wednesday, the smallest among football coach Kevin Higgins’ six recruiting classes with the Bulldogs.  That’s good news, however, because it means The Citadel’s last two recruiting classes have not suffered the attrition that earlier classes did. Higgins said there are 85 players currently in the program, and he had only 12 scholarships to award this year.

Senior executives and board members from some of the top organizations and corporations in the country will serve as the faculty for The Citadel Directors’ Institute (CDI). Hosted by The Citadel School of Business Administration, and in partnership with the Research Triangle Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, the second annual event is scheduled for March 17-18 at Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston.

In watching tape of The Citadel for the last few days, Furman coach Jeff Jackson has seen a much different basketball team than the one his Paladins clubbed less than a month ago.  These Bulldogs have won four straight games while holding foes to an average of 58.5 points on 36.3-percent shooting.  Those Bulldogs allowed Furman to shoot 59.3 percent in an 88-67 loss at Furman on Jan. 8.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Football signees announced Wednesday by Citadel, with name, position, height, weight, school and hometown...

Black History Month at The Citadel kicks off Saturday, Feb. 5 with the Black History Bazaar and continues all month with featured speakers Lowcountry artist Jonathan Green and Marva Smalls, a senior executive with Nickelodeon television and its sister networks.

Here's another entry in that category. Lynn O'Shaughnessy, a journalist and blogger, has compiled a list of the 25 public colleges and universities of any type with the highest four-year (not six-year) graduation rates. The list lumps the service academies together with research universities such as U-Va. and liberal arts schools such as St. Mary's College of Maryland.

23. Citadel Military College of South Carolina, 59%

The John C. West Lecture Series at The Citadel will welcome European Union Ambassador João Vale de Almeida to campus on Feb. 10. The ambassador will discuss trans-Atlantic relations at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 in Bond Hall Room 165. The event is free and open to the public.  Ambassador Vale de Almeida is the first EU Ambassador to the United States since the Lisbon Treaty entered into force on Dec. 1, 2009.

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Alex Glover knows The Citadel will offer tough athletic and academic challenges. He also knows the military lifestyle presents a unique test.  Glover, a tight end for the Wando Warriors, has accepted all three challenges. He makes it official today when he signs a national letter of intent to play football for the Bulldogs.

Butler High School football coach Mike Newsome says "it's a mystery to me" as to why defensive end Colin Parsons was not offered a scholarship by a major Division I-A school.  "To "As good as a player as Colin is, he's a better young man," Newsome said. "I've talked to The Citadel's coaches, and they feel like I do, that they are getting a steal. Colin has a great motor that won't quit, and he was just about unblockable as a defensive end for us."

As a College of Charleston alumnus, I’m proud of its growth and accomplishments, especially in athletics. But at The Citadel-College of Charleston game recently, my chest swelled even more when, during player introductions, the students turned their back on The Citadel players being introduced. I beamed!

As athletes from across the Plano ISD take pen to paper and sign to secure their college future, one alumnus is showing what a successful transition to the next level looks like.  That player is Citadel center Mike Groselle.  The Plano West graduate has broken into the starting lineup as a sophomore and been continually climbing the team’s points and rebounding list as the Bulldogs are in the midst of their longest winning streak of the season.

The Citadel Head Football Coach Kevin Higgins released the names of 13 athletes who will join the Bulldogs as members of the 2011 recruiting class during a press conference held at the Pearson Club Level of Johnson Hagood Stadium on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The 2011 class is the sixth recruiting class for Higgins since joining the Bulldog staff in 2005.

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The Citadel's Winston Dorian shot personal bests in both smallbore (569) and air rifle (582) in a home weekend series against the U.S. Air Force Academy in which the Bulldogs placed second.

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One of the nation’s leading critics of intelligent design theory will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10 in Grimsley Hall’s Graham Copeland Auditorium on The Citadel campus as part of Darwin Week.  Robert T. Pennock, a professor of science and philosophy at Michigan State University, is best known for his expert testimony in the landmark Dover, Del., school board case testing the constitutionality of teaching in public schools the theory of intelligent design, which argues that the universe is so complex it must have been created by an intelligent being.

Citadel Professor of International Economics Don Sparks was chairman of the Economics Department at American University in Cairo eight years ago and has been in contact with associates there.  "They're anxious, they're waiting to see what happens next, and they're hoping this will help put Egypt back on track," Sparks said.

Mauldin High School's Doug Shaw calls linebacker Carson Smith one of the smartest players he's ever coached.  "If you want a kid to be the quarterback of your defense, he's the guy," Shaw said Monday.  Smith, a 6-2, 230-pounder who was selected to the Shrine Bowl last season, verbally committed last week to play football for The Citadel. He had also considered Dartmouth and Harvard.

Why do The Post and Courier and other media focus on The Citadel primarily when there are negative stories to be told? 
Your recent coverage of the athletes who pleaded guilty to robberies proclaimed on Page 1B: 'Ex-Citadel quarterback, two others admit robberies.'