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A geology class of College of Charleston students is getting an up-close look this week, exploring a vent never seen before.
On Tuesday, they watched a live feed of a submersible exploring the vent in the recently erupted volcano -- Axial Seamount -- about 250 miles off the Oregon coast. On Thursday they will watch the broadcast finale of the research.

Fishburne Military School held the first of 700 formations set for the 2011-12 school year Tuesday, and the school’s superintendent offered a message to all cadets about the formations. And many of the school’s graduates are moving on to colleges with strong academic reputations such as the University of Virginia, William and Mary, The Citadel and VMI.

One of the unique aspects of the schedule is the All-Military Classic at Clune Arena, which will include Air Force, Army, Citadel and VMI. The two-day tournament will begin Nov. 11 with a game between Air Force and Army at 6:30 p.m. Citadel will play VMI at 8:30 p.m. The losing teams will play each other at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12, and the winners will play in the championship game at 8:30 p.m.

Former Citadel announcer Darren Goldwater was named to the broadcast team for the Southern Conference Sports Network's television package of football games this fall.  Goldwater will handle play-by-play, while former Marshall running back Doug Chapman serves as analyst for eight SoCon games to be broadcast on a network of public television stations in five states. The games also will be streamed on the SoCon website and ESPN3.com.

This is a rebuttal to a recent letter to the editor calling for The Citadel to return to yesteryear when male-only barracks had "rules" which were routinely ignored so they could mold strong men.  The Citadel has had a series of excellent presidents. Recent presidents have enforced rules which mirror those governing other service academies.

Gary Vassar installs new signage Tuesday on the electronic scoreboard at Johnson Hagood Stadium in preparation of The Citadel’s season opener Saturday against Jacksonville University.

The 1886 earthquake has remained a source of interest today. The most recent history, "Upheaval in Charleston," came out in June. Its authors, Susan Williams and Stephen Hoffius, will present an illustrated lecture on their research tonight and will sign copies of their book.  The event begins at 6 p.m. in Room 227 of the College of Charleston's Addlestone Library.

A geology class of College of Charleston students did that today, explored a vent never seen before. The astonishing start to the fall semester was courtesy of a live feed from a submersible off the research ship Thomas G. Thompson, 250 miles off the Oregon coast, and their teacher, geology associate professor Leslie Sautter, who is aboard.  Sautter has held the first few classes of the fall semester by Skype, a video hookup.

The first time Thad Money met Stephen McDaniel, he couldn’t help laughing. ...Money, from Monroe, a town between Atlanta and Athens, previously had attended The Citadel for a year before heading to the Air Force for a year and a half, where his dreams of being a fighter pilot were dashed. He was honorably discharged.

Newswise — James R. Martin II, ('85) a renowned expert on earthquakes, at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was tasked on August 26 with leading an investigative team of U.S. scientists and engineers to document after-effects of the August 23 East Coast earthquake centered near Mineral, Va. His investigation team had to move fast to take samples, create maps, and photograph regional damage to subsurface and infrastructure locations. Hurricane Irene made landfall August 27.

In recent years, The Citadel has reached far down the college football food chain for early season foes, racking up blowout victories over Division II Chowan and NAIA member Webber International.  Trouble is, those three wins -- by an average score of 62-7 -- told coach Kevin Higgins little about his team and predicted nothing about how good or bad the Bulldogs' season would be.

Two years later, he headed east after taking an assistant football coaches position at The Citadel, in Charleston, S.C.
"I was at The Citadel for 20 years," Dellastatious said. "But, I didn't coach all that time."  When he was coaching, Dellastatious took the Bulldogs to a conference championship in track and field in 1958, the school's first Southern Conference title in any sport in school history.

ORANGEBURG — South Carolina State University’s president Is joining several education officials on a trip to Tanzania as part of President Obama’s initiative to expand academic opportunities for students in Africa.  George Cooper says he hopes this week’s trip will expand opportunities for the Orangeburg school to collaborate with schools in east Africa.

Miriam Donnelly - Donnelly was born in Lancaster and now lives in Andrews. She graduated from Winthrop University in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, a subject she began teaching at St. Stephen High School that same year. 
She briefly left Berkeley County and returned in 1958 teaching home economics at Macedonia High School where she became a guidance counselor in 1973 after receiving a MAT in Secondary Education from The Citadel

South Carolina could have kept an open date before playing Clemson, but Waddell said USC coach Steve Spurrier prefers to keep his team playing games. So South Carolina will play The Citadel on Nov. 19.

W. Gary Nichols, emeritus professor of history at The Citadel, has published the most comprehensive book to date examining the life and Army career of Gen. Charles P. Summerall.  “American Leader in War and Peace: The Life and Times of WWI soldier, Army Chief of Staff and Citadel President General Charles P. Summerall” was published this summer by White Mane Books in Shippensburg, Pa.

MOUNT PLEASANT — The College of Charleston women's soccer team pulled out a 1-0 victory over Winthrop at Patriots Point on Sunday afternoon.  Maryam Buazza scored for the Cougars (2-1-0) in the fourth minute.

The German program in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures has invited Lutz Hermann Goergens, the German consul general in Atlanta, to speak at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in Bond Hall Room 165. 
Goergens will discuss German business and manufacturing in the region.

Nick Medica II, who spent his early youth in Pineville and still has grandparents who live in Alexandria, is a living testament to a quotation about one of America's legendary endurance runs.  A former student at J.I. Barron Elementary School in Pineville, Nick was determined to finish. He had endured hell week at the Citadel... A junior partner for a recruiting firm for private equity and venture capital, Medica said an inscription inside his Citadel ring captures the spirit of his 100-mile race finish.  "The third line inside my ring reads in Latin 'Fortitudine vicimus,' which means 'by endurance we conquer.'"

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The Parris Island Marine Band will perform a patriotic show to honor active duty members and veterans during halftime on Military Appreciation Day at the Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC.

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Navy will play two games in South Carolina this weekend, beginning with Charleston Southern on Friday and continuing with The Citadel on Sunday afternoon.

The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences has appointed Tandy C. Rice, Jr., Stacy L. Pearsall and Ann W. Elish to its advisory board.  “The addition of these three, extraordinarily accomplished people to our advisory board diversifies its ranks and will provide our students and faculty with important new opportunities for development in a variety of fields,” said Bo Moore, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Last year, Ben Dupree began The Citadel's football season as the starting quarterback. By the end of the first game, he had lost the job. Sophomore quarterback Ben Dupree was named one of the four Citadel captains for this season.
This season, the Bulldogs are counting on Dupree to hold onto the position a bit longer.

-- The Citadel posted a pair of home victories at McAlister Field House, beating Bethune-Cookman, 3-1 (25-16, 25-21, 23-25, 25-15) and Savannah State, 3-0 (25-12, 25-7, 25-11).

When I think of Chal Port, I think of a great man whose words of wisdom about baseball influenced many people, including myself... I heeded his advice and produced many good pitchers, including my two sons, one who pitched at The Citadel and one who pitched for USC-Salkehatchie. The Citadel family has lost a great man.

Enrollment has grown at the College of Charleston until dorm space has run out. Three students are living in rooms intended for two, and five in suites for four.  Freshmen enrollment, in particular, has outstripped expectations. Consequently the incoming freshman class is 17 percent greater than expected.  So much for an enrollment cap.

These strategic alliances may take the form of advanced law degrees, such as a master's in law, as well as joint degrees, dual degrees and certificate programs with The Citadel, the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina. The educational possibilities for the institutions, students and the community are limitless and exciting.

These strategic alliances may take the form of advanced law degrees, such as a master's in law, as well as joint degrees, dual degrees and certificate programs with The Citadel, the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina. The educational possibilities for the institutions, students and the community are limitless and exciting.

No. 60 was Steve Jones’ number when he played high school football in Thomasville, and briefly at The Citadel. It is the number on the old high school letter jacket that still hangs in his wife’s closet. And because it was his dad’s number, it’s also the number Ben Jones had worn from the time he was 10, from playing pee wee, all through his days at Bibb County (Ala.) High School.

The Citadel
2010: 3-8 overall, 1-7 SoCon

Coach: Kevin Higgins (27-40 in six seasons at The Citadel, 83-65-1 in 13 seasons overall)

Returning starters: 18 (10 offense, 8 defense)

Key players returning: LB Tolu Akindele, QB Ben Dupree, FB Terrell Dallas, C Mike Sellers, DE Chris Billingslea

Outlook: The Bulldogs hope for major improvement in their second year in the triple-option, and history shows that can happen. With his 56-25-1 track record at Lehigh, Citadel fans hope Higgins is too good a coach to let the 10-23 slide of the last three years continue.

Friday's scheduled soccer match between the College of Charleston and No. 15 South Carolina at Patriots Point was postponed because of heavy winds and rain associated with Hurricane Irene. The match has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday.

A trip to the Bahamas, a visit to perennial power Louisville, a road game against Clemson and a home contest against Tennessee highlight the 2011-12 College of Charleston men's basketball schedule.

Don't miss the Lowcountry Highrollers in a rematch against the Charlotte Roller Girls on Aug. 27 at The Citadel's McAlister Field House, 171 Moultrie St. Doors for Blood Bath & Beyond open at 4 p.m. The Bruisin' Betties B-teams kicks off the action at 5 p.m., and the All-Stars hit the court immediately after. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Children 10 and under get in free. A portion of proceeds will benefit Teachers' Supply Closet, a local group that provides free school supplies for teachers to use in their classrooms.

Maree Eason was born May 21, 1933, in Florida but grew up in Charleston. She first enrolled at the College of Charleston in 1951.

The volleyball teams for Bethune-Cookman and Stetson, the Hatters men's soccer team and New Smyrna Speedway had events rescheduled or canceled Thursday as Hurricane Irene approaches the East Coast.  B-CU's volleyball team was scheduled to play in the Tiny Laster Memorial tournament at Hampton (Va.). But that event was canceled. So, B-CU and several of the participating teams will play a series of matches at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.

S.C. Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal, whose longtime friendship with Regan began when they attended law school together, noted that Regan's legal career began when he teamed up with Harry Lightsey, who later served as dean of the University of South Carolina's School of Law and as president of the College of Charleston.

Mariana Garcia's goal in the 81st minute lifted The Citadel to a 2-1 victory over Winthrop in the Bulldogs' home opener.  Amy Loughran scored the first goal for The Citadel (1-1), which next hosts USC Upstate on Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. Goalkeeper Laura Serafino finished with six saves for the Bulldogs.

Navy will make its second weekend trip to the Carolinas next weekend, taking on Charleston Southern and The Citadel. Navy is 0-1 against CSU and 1-0 against the Citadel all-time.

Sept. 27: 1 p.m., "China, the U.S. and World Trade." Dr. Stephen Silver, department of business administration, The Citadel. 2:30 p.m., "A Female Colonial Rice Planter." Patricia Henley, amateur historian.

The College of Charleston Center for Creative Retirement, 9 Liberty St., has planned a number of winter programs. Membership dues for September-December are $30.  Tuesday meetings: St. Joseph's Family Center, 1695 Wallenberg Blvd., West Ashley.  Study groups meet at various venues: $10 members, $20 nonmembers.

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Clemson then travels to Charleston, SC for a non-conference road game against The Citadel on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Other non-conference games of note in the month of November will be against in-state foes College of Charleston (Nov. ...

CHARLESTON, SC - The College of Charleston men's basketball team will face 13 opponents who reached postseason play a year ago as the 2011-12 schedule was announced by head coach Bobby Cremins on Thursday.

The College of Charleston men’s season opener on Friday at 6 p.m. will still be played as scheduled and will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel as the National Soccer Coaches Association Game of the Week. The Cougars take on South Carolina in a matchup of teams that played in last fall’s NCAA tournament.  The Cougars had been closely watching Hurricane Irene.

MOUNT PLEASANT -- There are plenty of storylines around today's 6 p.m. soccer match at Patriots Point between South Carolina and the College of Charleston.

Former Citadel basketball players Cameron Wells and Demetrius Nelson signed professional contracts with teams in Europe, the school announced Wednesday.  Wells, a 6-1 guard and the Bulldogs’ all-time leading scorer, will play with Landstede in the Dutch League’s first division.  Nelson, a 6-8 center, signed for a second season with Kapfenberg of the Osterreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest league in Austria. Nelson, a Johns Island native, averaged 10.1 points and 5.4 rebounds for the team last season.

As the home of Paris Island, Fort Jackson, Shaw Air Force Base, The Citadel and hundreds of thousands of veterans, South Carolina has a proud military tradition. South Carolinians understand the importance of answering our nation’s call to duty and honoring the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. Those who have served our country in uniform also understand that our national security is best achieved by using a variety of methods, including diplomacy and foreign aid.

Experts say they want everyone to be prepared because earthquakes in the Lowcountry can be worse here than elsewhere in the U.S.  "We're on all these sediments, and when you shake them, the waves get bigger," Erin Beutel, geology professor at the College of Charleston, said.  Beutel also said there are more than 800 bridges in the tri-county area, and if a major quake hit, it could take up to five days for help to arrive.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference announced today (August 24) that WABM-TV in Birmingham, Ala., has agreed to broadcast the league's eight-game football television package this fall. An affiliate of MyNetworkTV, WABM covers approximately 750,000 households in Birmingham, Anniston, Gadsden and Tuscaloosa.

The College of Charleston department of athletics has announced that Water Missions International has been selected as the beneficiary of sports equipment, which will be sent to developing countries with the nonprofit's water systems.

For cadets in Instructor Tiffany Silverman’s art appreciation and photography classes, art is not just created by people from ages past. Instead, working professional artists come to The Citadel and share their skills and passion to bring a fresh, contemporary point of view to the study of art.

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Members of The Citadel’s African-American Society will travel to Washington, D.C., this weekend to attend the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial.  Nearly 250,000 people are expected to attend the official dedication on the National Mall marking the 48th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Seven cadets and their two advisors will be among the attendees.

The season gets underway with a home game on Friday, Nov. 11 against Gardner-Webb. Clemson then travels to Charleston, SC for a non-conference road game against The Citadel on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Other non-conference games of note in the month of November will be against in-state foes College of Charleston (Nov. 19), Coastal Carolina (Nov. 22) and Furman (Nov. 25).

Carolina First Arena has a new name.  The College of Charleston's basketball and volleyball arena will be renamed TD Arena this fall under the terms of a new licensing agreement with TD Bank. The naming agreement replaces the former agreement with Carolina First Bank, which was acquired by TD Bank last year.

CHARLESTON, SC - The Citadel's Demetrius Nelson and Cameron Wells, who have collectively led the team in scoring in five of the last six seasons, will continue their careers professionally in the 2011-12 season. Nelson recently signed a contract with Kapfenberg of the Austria 1 League, while Wells agreed to terms with Dutch League's Landstede Basketbal team.

"There was no wind blowing," said Holt, director of property management and special projects for the College of Charleston. The shaking lasted about seven seconds, said Holt, whose home is on James Island.

Dickens was also head volleyball and head boys basketball coach in Vernon, Fla. As coach for a men’s collegiate club at The Citadel, he finished four years with an 81-39 record and helped found the school’s first NCAA Division 1 women’s volleyball team. He was an assistant coach at South Carolina State.

Hell Night is nothing but a misnomer now at The Citadel. I witnessed it recently with my own two eyes. I am not trying to beat the "Old Corps" drums for the betterment of traditions, but to send a message to the parents of current students, recent graduates and future employers in both military and private sectors.

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In 1996, four women became students at The Citadel, a military school in South Carolina that had fought in court to remain all-male.

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Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Soccer team will begin their 11th season of intercollegiate competition on Thursday as they will host the Winthrop Eagles on Washington Light Infantry Field at 4 p.m. The Bulldogs and Eagles have split the previous two meetings in program history.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu stepped briefly into USC’s innovative energy research district Tuesday, touring a portion of the multimillion-dollar development the university hopes will spearhead the way to world leadership in fuel cell technology. 
Chu voiced his support for fuel cells as an alternative energy, saying critics had misrepresented his position amid budget discussions.

Many people in the Lowcountry felt waves from the earthquake in Virginia.  They say it shook cars, buildings and even a woman as she was lying in bed.  "We don't know when they could be coming," Erin Beutel, Professor of Geology at College of Charleston, said.

Backed by a solid six-inning pitching performance from Asher Wojciechowski the D-Jays defeated the Lakeland Flying Tigers on Tuesday (Aug. 23) 6-1.  The 22-year-old Citadel alum gave up just a solo homer to Jordan Lennerton, last week's Florida State League player of the week , while striking out five.  This was Wocjiechowski's second consecutive start where he allowed a single run in six-plus innings.

CLEMSON: The women's soccer team (2-0) defeated The Citadel 1-0. Junior Heather Marik scored the game's lone goal to give the Tigers the victory.

The amazing Bulldogs' march to the 1990 College World Series remains the greatest achievement in The Citadel's sports history. Yet Chal Port, who led the way, was no one-year wonder.  As he put it in 1995 after being named to the American Baseball Coaches' Association Hall of Fame: "Making the World Series was probably the highlight for me at The Citadel, but I don't want to take anything away from all those other teams. They were all good to me."

For cycling, Sessions uses a hand-cranked recumbent bike. For the run, he uses a racing chair commonly seen in road races. But he couldn't do it without someone to accompany him and help in transitions during the race.  At the last few sprint triathlons, former SEAL and fellow Citadel graduate Jesse Wiseman helped Sessions. They work at SPAWAR together, and Wiseman used the opportunity to get back into shape.

Georgiana DeMore Whitlock McNaughton, of Charleston, A gentle loving soul  who exemplified serenity and accomplishments are some of the ways to describe our precious Georgiana, who went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 21, 2011, at the age of 90 years and 9 months. She was born in Charleston, SC on November 8, 1920, to Jesse DeMore and Sanna Holder DeMore.  She received a Master’s Degree in Education from the Citadel after her children were grown, attesting to her love and regard of education.

CHANHASSEN, MN—August 23, 2011—IWCO Direct, a leading national provider of direct marketing solutions, announced that Joseph F. Morrison, currently executive vice president and chief financial officer, will take on an expanded role as president. Patrick Deck ('89) has been named executive vice president, chief marketing officer (CMO).

Five years ago The Citadel released the results of a survey in which almost 20 percent of female cadets reported being sexually assaulted since enrolling at the South Carolina military college.

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Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Volleyball team heads into their final week of practice in preparation for Friday's doubleheader at the Hampton University Tournament. In the morning session, the Bulldogs will meet Maryland-Eastern Shore followed by a match with the host Pirates to complete the first day of action.

Longtime Citadel baseball coach Chal Port died Saturday morning after a long illness. He was 80 years old.  Rene Sistare of the J. Henry Stuhr Funeral Home says Port will be buried on Tuesday.  Port coached the Bulldogs for 27 years. He led them to five NCAA tournament appearances and a surprise berth in the College World Series in 1990, a season before he retired. He won seven Southern Conference baseball championships and won the league's coach of the year honor five times.

CLEMSON, SC - The Clemson women's soccer team defeated The Citadel by a score of 1-0 on Monday night at Historic Riggs Field. Junior Heather Marik scored the game's lone goal to give the Tigers the victory and improve their record to 2-0 on the season. The Bulldogs open their 2011 campaign at 0-1 with the loss.

It wasn't easy finding space in the dorms for an extra 144 students this year, the College of Charleston's dean of housing said.  It was a tight squeeze, but housing officials found a spot for all students who paid their $200 housing deposit by the May 3 deadline.

College of Charleston President George Benson greets about 2,360 freshmen at an opening ceremony Monday at the Cistern. The class of 2015 has 350 more students than last year's freshmen class.

The average voter in South Carolina - a key early voting state, following Iowa and New Hampshire - "will likely not be greatly bothered by this. Those voters want to see Obama defeated and will likely make a strategic decision on this basis," said Scott Buchanan, associate professor and executive director of the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics in Charleston.

Before joining Chamberlain Hrdlicka in 1982, Aughtry spent four years working at the IRS as a trial attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, where he also served as a Tax Shelter Coordinator. He graduated from The Citadel in 1975 with a B.A. in English, from the University of South Carolina in 1978 with a Masters in Accounting and a law degree, and from Emory University in 1982 with a Masters in Taxation (LL.M.) where he taught tax controversy for a number of years.

Rachel Boggess begins a new school year at the College of Charleston Tuesday. However the prospect of enduring her first hurricane failed to put a damper on her spirits.  "I don't think it will be like that big of deal," said Boggess. "It will just rain and help cool it down, it's so hot."

Cortez Allen, the 4th round choice out of The Citadel, is a project whose development has been slowed due to, yep, injury. If the Steelers think they can get him through waivers onto the practice squad, he may be a candidate, but he’s more likely to be on the 53-man roster and be a regular inactive.

Piles of possessions on the sidewalk, students and parents carrying armloads of stuff, final hugs and reminders to be good. College of Charleston freshman Alex Hagg has a cellphone conversation on the crowded sidewalk along St. Philip Street during move-in day to Joe E. Berry Hall.

The bus had just arrived on The Citadel campus from Miami, where the Bulldogs had shocked the college baseball world by advancing to the 1990 College World Series.  As Citadel players staggered into the locker room after spending all night on the bus, they were greeted by the words coach Chal Port scrawled on the blackboard:  "Don't take the World Serious."

When Sam Hazeltine was born, nobody thought a child with Down syndrome would ever be able to attend college.  But the 21-year-old sat in the kitchen of his family's home on James Island last week wearing a maroon College of Charleston T-shirt showing off the new laptop he would use for college work.

He then heard about the College of Charleston Avery Research Center's two-day symposium celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of Dash's film. They plan to gather scholars and artists from across the country to reflect on the film's impact.

Former Citadel baseball coach Chal Port, who led the Bulldogs to the College World Series in 1990, died early this morning after an extended illness.  Port was 80 years old.  Port was the baseball coach at The Citadel from 1965 to 1991, with a record of 641-386-2, a winning percentage of 62.4. He led the Bulldogs to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including a stunning run to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., in 1990.

Saturday: Fourth annual Trip Page Classic for The Citadel's Trip Page Scholarship Fund, Harbor Course-Wild Dunes Resort, $125 per player, trippageclassic.com.

The Citadel football team held its "Meet the Bulldogs" scrimmage Saturday, and some new players took the opportunity to introduce themselves to a few hundred Bulldogs fans.  Second-year running backs Dalton Trevino and Terrance Martin started with the first-team offense ahead of a couple of veterans, and true freshman quarterback Aaron Miller made a quick impression with a 54-yard touchdown run.

MOUNT PLEASANT -- Sarah Schaidle scored in the 28th minute and the College of Charleston went on to a 3-1 victory over Charleston Southern in the women's soccer season opener for both schools at Patriots Point on Friday night.

"It shouldn't really be a surprise, because the stimulus funds that we grudgingly accepted have pretty much run through the pipeline," said Donald Sparks, an economics professor at The Citadel. "Businesses are still afraid to hire because we seem to be in a downward spiral."

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Football team scrimmaged for two hours on Saturday afternoon in front of hundreds of fans at the Maybank Triplets Practice Facility at Willson Field.  Following the scrimmage, the team hosted their annual "Meet the Bulldogs" at McAlister Field House where fans got the chance to meet the 2011 squad and pick up magnets and posters for the upcoming season.

They saved the best for last Thursday night.  Day 1 of the 41st annual Sertoma Football Classic concluded with Goose Creek battling a young Berkeley team, and the Gators showed why many people think the Gators can run the table and win an elusive state championship. Goose Creek, despite five turnovers from its second-team offense, posted a 21-6 victory over the Stags at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium. Approximately 6,300 fans attended the first

Don’t miss the Lowcountry Highrollers' Blood Bath & Beyond: a rematch against the Charlotte Roller Girls on Saturday, August 27th at The Citadel's McAlister Field House.  The Highrollers are going to try and keep their perfect record for the season and the Charlotte Roller Girls are out for revenge.

High school football season arrived on time Thursday night.  Day 1 of the 41st annual Sertoma Football Classic was held at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium and there was plenty of talent on display as 14 teams showcased the skills they have been honing since practice started on July 30.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Students are heading back to college. Both the College of Charleston and Charleston Southern University are welcoming freshmen to campus on Friday for move-in day.

From TV transcript, "mara, you're the mother of william. tell me how this memorial started for him. >> william was a citadel graduate, and he also went to cardinal newman high school. some friends of his after his death decided they wanted to do something, so they asked me if they could do a race. we've ended up doing this. this is our second year, and last year was fantastic."

Savannah, Ga. – The Citadel Soccer team fell, 4-2, to Armstrong Atlantic State University in an exhibition match on Thursday. The game was used as a warm-up for the Bulldogs' season-opener on Monday, Aug. 22 in Clemson, S.C.

In order to put on the Sertoma Classic, the Sertoma Club has to find a way to pay for the venue. The Citadel charges $25,000 for the 2-night event – an additional $10,000 does to police and security.  Holscher says the non-profit pays for venue with ticket and ad sales. Then the rest is split among Lowcountry charities.

Billy Swails Jr. will watch his son, Cameron, play for Bishop England.  Swails Jr. is best remembered for his baseball days at The Citadel where he earned the nickname "Hard as Nails Billy Swails" because of his toughness. He was an All-Southern Conference selection three times and earned All-America status in 1989 after batting .420.

When local high school football teams hit the field at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium today and Friday for the 2011 Sertoma Football Classic, not all eyes will be on the field.

Charleston, S.C. – Fans of The Citadel Football team are invited to come out to the annual Coke Zero "Meet the Bulldogs" on Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Maybank Triplets Practice Facility at Willson Field. The event will kickoff at 1 p.m. and is free to the public.

The Citadel struggled last year, going 3-8, with one victory being a meaningless romp over Division II Chowan. The program has in recent years been a bit of a whipping boy in the powerful Southern Conference, which is often regarded as the SEC of the FCS. Head coach Kevin Higgins has been in Charleston since 2005, and he only has one winning season to his credit. The program is still waiting for Higgins to reenact the magic he worked at Lehigh, where he built an FCS powerhouse in the late 1990s.

Major Kathy Brown interviewed. She is the head of community coalition for Darkness to Light and a professor at The Citadel

Coming off the best season in the program's history, The Citadel's women's soccer team was picked to finish third in the Southern Conference this season by league coaches. College of Charleston was picked fourth.

Word that Swift was shopping on King Street had begun to spread through social media. And Swift was around the corner from the College of Charleston campus, where hundreds of students were moving into dorms, their ever-present smartphones in hand. The store quickly filled with young women who couldn't take their eyes off the superstar.

The group has collected petitions with thousands of names, resolutions from neighborhood groups as well as from the College of Charleston's faculty and student groups, supporting such a lane, she said.

In seven seasons as the football coach at Lehigh University, Kevin Higgins won 68 percent of his games, including two 12-win seasons, one 10-win campaign and four Patriot League titles.  Entering his seventh season at The Citadel, Higgins has won just 27 of 67 games, a winning percentage of 40. The highwater mark, thus far, was a 7-4 record in 2007, his third season with the Bulldogs.

The South Carolina Corps of Cadets Class of 2015 reported to campus 734 young men and women strong this past weekend, tying last year’s record-breaking class. Last summer’s freshman class was the largest at The Citadel in 35 years.
This class also broke the record for the largest number of applicants at 2,714 and has the highest high school grade point average of 3.52. The Class of 2015 tied the record for the most number of women (56) to enroll.

Construction tape and signs greeted upperclassmen when they returned to Benedict College Monday, but the students said the short-term inconveniences are outweighed by campus perks that are on the way.  “They’re doing more for us,” Shadia Davis, a 19-year-old sophomore from Philadelphia, said of Benedict’s administration. “It’s showing that they care.”

COLUMBIA -- The University of South Carolina plans to offer former students who didn't graduate a way to earn their degree online, and the opportunity to try it out for next to nothing, the college provost said Thursday.  The university plans to announce and promote its Back to Carolina program this spring. The online program will begin next fall for former students who left the school more than three years ago, for whatever reason.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – "I remember getting my haircut. Going from a full head of hair to a bald head, that was something new."  Anthony McCollum remembers his first day at The Citadel like it was yesterday. Now, it's his job to help the new cadets get acclimated.  "This is their introduction to The Citadel, you know, the military aspect of it," McCollum said. That introduction includes marching, saluting, uniform sizing and issue and of course, the haircut.

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Amanda J. Dearing has been promoted to senior accountant in the tax and consulting services practice in Moore Beauston & Woodham LLP's Charleston office.  She has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Clemson University and a master's degree in accounting from the College of Charleston. She has four years of public accounting experience.

Brandon Gettys, with help from his mother, Jackie Gettys, carries items into his dorm during the freshmen move-in at The Citadel Saturday morning.

FORT JACKSON -- Few women make it into the ranks of the Army's top drill sergeants, even fewer when they face the challenge of being a single parent. But there they are, running fresh recruits through the grueling boot camp that welcomes every new soldier.

Charleston RiverDogs play-by-play announcer Danny Reed will replace Darren Goldwater as the voice of The Citadel Bulldogs, the school and Kirkman Broadcasting announced Sunday. Goldwater is leaving The Citadel to pursue opportunities in television broadcasting.

Everett is eyeing regional tech-savvy cities like Charlotte and Atlanta for talent but said he would be open to Charleston employees, too. He's looking at office space on the peninsula and envisions interns from the College of Charleston.

For the first time in 19 months, Charleston County's hotel occupancy rate dropped in July over the same period a year earlier.
Occupancy was down 1.7 percent last month to 80.7 percent as the county is estimated to have sold about 4,900 fewer room nights than last year, according to the Office of Tourism Analysis in the College of Charleston School of Business.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Danny Reed, who has served as the "Voice of the Charleston RiverDogs" for the past 2½ seasons, has resigned his post to become of the "Voice of The Citadel Bulldogs" and Director of Citadel Broadcasting at Kirkman Broadcasting.  Reed will remain with the club through their August 18-21 series at Augusta, and College of Charleston announcer Jeff McCarragher will complete the season's final 14 games.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) - The Class of 2015 moved into The Citadel Saturday. The 750 freshmen cadets mark the fifth consecutive year The Citadel has enrolled 700 or more freshmen.  Saturday the future knobs took part in academic orientation. They also were given keys to their barracks.

Pitcher Heath Hembree (College of Charleston) has racked up 33 saves this season, but didn't earn his first victory until last week. He recorded the final four outs for the Giants' Double-A Richmond club against Harrisburg on Wednesday, improving to 1-1 with a 2.11 ERA this season.

The company also announced its 25th anniversary season Friday, with performances scheduled for downtown and North Charleston. The large-scale "Don Quixote" will be first on the schedule Oct. 15 and 16 at the Sottile Theatre at the College of Charleston.

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Reason to believe: The Citadel, even with an inept offense, managed last year to finish third in the Southern Conference in total defense. Give head coach Kevin Higgins a chance and just a little more production and maybe the Bulldogs make more than gradual progress.

The problem is a schedule that's great for the marketing department but harsh for coaches.

Record: 4-7.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – Danny Reed, who has served as the "Voice of the Charleston RiverDogs" for the past 2½ seasons, has resigned his post to become of the "Voice of The Citadel Bulldogs" and Director of Citadel Broadcasting at Kirkman Broadcasting.

Scott Buchanan, associate professor and executive director of The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics in Charleston, has noted that “every GOP nominee since 1980 has had to win the Palmetto State on the way to the nomination. 
“In many ways, South Carolina would be as absolutely vital for Perry in 2012 as it was for Fred Thompson in 2008. When Thompson was unable to win the state four years ago, he quickly ended his campaign. If Perry is unable to sway Republicans here, he would find it extraordinarily difficult to win other states,” Buchanan said

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The Citadel's class of 2015 will mark the 5th consecutive year the school has enrolled a freshman class of more the 700 students - a first in the college's 169-year-history. The Citadel expects between 725 and 750 freshmen to report for academic orientation and military training. Classes start Aug. 24.

Citadel political science professor Scott Buchanan says it's a good political move to announce a presidential run here in South Carolina as opposed to his home state.  "He's putting a lot of effort on South Carolina because it will be the first southern primary. If Perry's going to win the nomination, he's really got to win South Carolina," Buchanan said. "It is a little bit unusual he would do so outside of his home state, but at the same time he is very popular in Texas and the thought he would not win Texas is incomprehensible."

Citadel political science professor Scott Buchanan says it's a good political move to announce a presidential run here in South Carolina as opposed to his home state.  "He's putting a lot of effort on South Carolina because it will be the first southern primary. If Perry's going to win the nomination, he's really got to win South Carolina," Buchanan said.

As many as 750 freshmen are reporting to The Citadel as new cadets arrive for academic orientation.  The Charleston military college says the Class of 2015 coming to the campus on Saturday represents the fifth consecutive year that more than 700 freshmen have enrolled.  The students have academic orientation for two days. On Monday, they officially become knobs, getting their close-cropped haircuts that make their heads resemble door knobs and beginning their military training.

As many as 750 freshmen are reporting to The Citadel as new cadets arrive for academic orientation.  The Charleston military college says the Class of 2015 coming to the campus on Saturday represents the fifth consecutive year that more than 700 freshmen have enrolled.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - As many as 750 freshmen are reporting to The Citadel as new cadets arrive for academic orientation.  The Charleston military college says the Class of 2015 coming to the campus on Saturday represents the fifth consecutive year that more than 700 freshmen have enrolled.

As many as 750 freshmen are reporting to The Citadel as new cadets arrive for academic orientation.  The Charleston military college says the Class of 2015 coming to the campus on Saturday represents the fifth consecutive year that more than 700 freshmen have enrolled.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- As many as 750 freshmen are reporting to The Citadel as new cadets arrive for academic orientation.   The Charleston military college says the Class of 2015 coming to the campus on Saturday represents the fifth consecutive year that more than 700 freshmen have enrolled.

At least 57 fires are thought by fire officials to be the work of an arsonist or group of arsonists over nearly a decade. Many of the fires have been in older homes rented by College of Charleston students.

Inside the head of your average center lurks a speedy running back or a svelte wide receiver, scoring touchdowns, grabbing headlines and getting all the girls. Few football players, after all, dream of bending over and staring through their legs all game.  Citadel sophomore Mike Sellers, a standout fullback at Fort Dorchester High School, certainly did not.

Kemper Baker was named the new head coach of the The Citadel’s tennis program.  Kemper, who spent the last nine years coaching tennis at Samford, led the Bulldogs to the 2011 Southern Conference Championship and an NCAA tournament appearance. The Bulldogs went 19-7 overall and 6-4 in SoCon action in 2011 and ranked No. 6 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s final regional listings.

A Nov. 16 visit from the Clemson Tigers highlights The Citadel's basketball schedule next season.  Second-year coach Chuck Driesell's Bulldogs will face six teams that played in postseason tournaments last season.  The Bulldogs' home opener will mark ACC member Clemson's first visit to McAlister Field House since the 1989-90 season.

A Nov. 16 visit from the Clemson Tigers highlights The Citadel's basketball schedule next season.  Second-year coach Chuck Driesell's Bulldogs will face six teams that played in postseason tournaments last season.  The Bulldogs' home opener will mark ACC member Clemson's first visit to McAlister Field House since the 1989-90 season.

The Battery will be without a key defender in veteran John Wilson, who got a red card last week against Orlando City and has been suspended for the next two games. Taking Wilson's spot in the lineup will be Sean Flatley, a rookie out of the College of Charleston.

The Citadel baseball team rounded out its staff on Wednesday with the addition of Adam Vrable as an assistant coach.  "Adam had an outstanding playing career and we are excited about the energy he brings to the program," said head coach Fred Jordan of the 2007 Coastal Carolina graduate.

The presidents of MUSC, the College of Charleston, The Citadel and South Carolina State University were among those who made their presentations. Leaders from the University of South Carolina and Clemson will make their presentations today.

The chief executive officer of Ladson-based armored vehicle maker Force Protection Inc. has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the West Point Society of Charleston.  Michael Moody received the Gen. William C. Westmoreland Friend of West Point Award Tuesday for his contributions to the U.S. military and the Charleston region.

Lowcountry students head back to school next week, and while many students and parents will recognize the principals greeting them on the first day of class, others will see new faces.  To help ease the transition, we asked the new public school administrators a series of questions about their goals for the upcoming year and the challenges they may face.

Lowcountry students head back to school next week, and while many students and parents will recognize the principals greeting them on the first day of class, others will see new faces.  To help ease the transition, we asked the new public school administrators a series of questions about their goals for the upcoming year and the challenges they may face.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Citadel Head Coach Chuck Driesell's second season at the helm will feature six teams that experienced postseason tournament action, according to the 2011-12 Basketball schedule released by the Athletics Department on Thursday. The Bulldogs will make two separate trips to Colorado, opening the season in the inaugural All Military Classic in Colorado Springs against VMI, followed by a December meeting with Denver University.

Other South Carolina institutions that made Forbes' list and their rankings are as follows: The Citadel, 330th; College of Charleston, 382nd; Clemson University, 384th; University of South Carolina, 424th and Coastal Carolina, 597th.  For more information about college rankings, go to http://www.forbes.com/colleges/.

Cadet Col. Matt Collier’s brother told him about The Citadel, but being related to a graduate did not make Collier’s matriculation or knob year any easier.  “My older brother explained The Citadel structure to me but he never really told me any stories. I think he wanted it to be a surprise for me, as it had been for him,” Collier said. “I remember making the mistake of not shaving the morning of matriculation. Several upperclassmen made it a point to tell me I should have shaved while my brother stood in the background watching me. I knew then I needed to learn from my mistakes and move on rather than let it get to me.”

The year most of them were born gas cost about $1.16 a gallon, you could see a movie for $4 and the average single family home cost $113,200. Unlike their parents, they have always surfed the Internet, texted and connected with their friends on My Space and Facebook. The year was 1993 – Bill Clinton was president, Knots Landing and Cheers went off the air, Prince changed his name to a symbol, and Sleepless in Seattle and Jurassic Park were setting box office records on their way to becoming movie classics.

College of Charleston's Carolina First Arena will have a new name before the start of the upcoming basketball season.  The executive committee of the college's Board of Trustees voted Monday to allow college president George Benson to begin final naming rights license negotiations with TD Bank Financial Services, which bought Carolina First Bank last year.

Twenty minutes after The Citadel's first fall practice ended Friday, there was one Bulldog left on the field.  Slotback Rickey Anderson was all by himself, running sprints with a football tucked under his arm as the sun grew ever hotter. Anderson, a fifth-year senior who's played in just 11 games in four years because of an unlikely string of injuries, is determined to make his final season his best.

Twenty minutes after The Citadel's first fall practice ended Friday, there was one Bulldog left on the field.  Slotback Rickey Anderson was all by himself, running sprints with a football tucked under his arm as the sun grew ever hotter. Anderson, a fifth-year senior who's played in just 11 games in four years because of an unlikely string of injuries, is determined to make his final season his best.

The Lowcountry profits from all its institutions of higher education. The School of Law is a valuable addition to the list, which includes the College of Charleston, The Citadel, the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston Southern, Trident Technical College and the American College of the Building Arts.

The Lowcountry profits from all its institutions of higher education. The School of Law is a valuable addition to the list, which includes the College of Charleston, The Citadel, the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston Southern, Trident Technical College and the American College of the Building Arts.

The Lowcountry profits from all its institutions of higher education. The School of Law is a valuable addition to the list, which includes the College of Charleston, The Citadel, the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston Southern, Trident Technical College and the American College of the Building Arts.

Commitments from DiamondProspects.com: rising junior INF Bradley Jones of Travelers Rest to the College of Charleston, rising senior RHP Kyle Dyson of Hanahan to Charleston Southern and LHP Chris Orlando of Carolina Forest, C Stephen Windham of Summerville and RHP Billy Ferguson of North Myrtle Beach to The Citadel.

Commitments from DiamondProspects.com: rising junior INF Bradley Jones of Travelers Rest to the College of Charleston, rising senior RHP Kyle Dyson of Hanahan to Charleston Southern and LHP Chris Orlando of Carolina Forest, C Stephen Windham of Summerville and RHP Billy Ferguson of North Myrtle Beach to The Citadel.

The homeowners at Congress and Hagood streets didn't like the oak blocking their view of The Citadel's football stadium just down the street, so they had it cut down.  Now Tobin Stewart and Daniel Tollens have been ordered by a city court to pay $3,200 in restitution.  They're the latest to learn just how seriously the city of Charleston takes its street trees. And why not?

The Citadel Board of Visitors has set its meeting schedule for the 2011-2012 academic year.  Regular meetings are held four times a year on The Citadel campus. The board also holds a monthly teleconference and schedules additional meetings, including committee meetings, as needed.

Scott E. Buchanan, associate professor and executive director of The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics in Charleston, notes that every GOP nominee since 1980 has had to win the Palmetto State to gain the nomination.  “In many ways, South Carolina would be as absolutely vital for Perry in 2012 as it was for Fred Thompson in 2008. When Thompson was unable to win the state four years ago, he quickly ended his campaign. If Perry is unable to sway Republicans here, he would find it extraordinarily difficult to win other states,” Buchanan said.

Aboard Hanckel's E Scow is Nick Ewenson, who coached the College of Charleston sailing team but will soon be leaving to be head coach at the University of Rhode Island. "This event is the best send-off from Charleston," he said.

Scott Buchanan, director of The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, said Sanford’s principles on government spending and debt are more mainstream then ever.  “Sanford’s exile from the public spotlight is fairly customary for a controversial politician when he leaves office,” Buchanan said. “If anything, the former governor’s return to the public arena is a bit earlier than I expected. Look at how much President George W. Bush still avoids the limelight.”

Alex Sanders, a former judge and College of Charleston president who chairs of the school's board of directors, said the law school already has had an extraordinary impact on the nation's legal profession.

It's one of the basic building blocks of football, the act that triggers nearly every play during a game -- when the center snaps the ball to the quarterback.  Yet mastering that simple act proved elusive for The Citadel last season as the Bulldogs struggled to a 3-8 record, the center-quarterback exchange accounting for many of the Bulldogs' 44 fumbles and 32 turnovers.

Charleston Southern will play basketball games at Kansas State and at Florida State during the 2011-12 season, coach Barclay Radebaugh announced Wednesday.  Other highlights include a Dec. 14 game at crosstown rival The Citadel, a Dec. 17 game at College of Charleston and a full Big South Conference slate.

Next up for the Bucs is the annual cross-town clash, as CSU looks to make it two in a row against The Citadel on December 14 at McAlister Fieldhouse.

MCRD PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. -- A graduate from The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina, turned down the chance to become a Marine officer and chose instead to try the enlisted side of the Corps first. If you ask him why, Pfc. Philip Pinckney of Platoon 3062, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, will answer “I wanted to become a Marine before I try to lead Marines.” 

Behind Gay and Lewis are three guys who with a strong training camp could really shake up the roster: Crezdon Butler, and Rookies Curtis Brown and Cortez Allen.  After reading his bio. on cbs.sportsline.com, Allen is a guy that reminds me a lot of Ike Taylor. Great size (6′ 1″ 197 lbs.), good speed (4.5 sec 40), yet raw (started playing football Senior year of High School), and played at a small school (The Citadel).

Judith Ann Fluck N. CHARLESTON - Entered into eternal rest on the morning of August 2, 2011, Judith Ann Fluck of North Charleston, SC., passed away at a local hospital. Family and friends are invited to attend her funeral service on Thursday, August 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM in Advent Lutheran Church in North Charleston. Burial will follow after services in Carolina Memorial Park.

NORWAY — The son of a local couple took part in a $180 million drug bust as a crew member on board a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in the western Caribbean Sea.  Roland G. Blake III, of Orlando Fla., son of Ron and Maury Blake of Pikes Hill Road in Norway, was involved in the capture of a semi-submersible vessel carrying 15,000 pounds of cocaine, Maury Blake said. The street value of the cocaine was estimated at about $180 million.  Roland is a 1998 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and is a petty officer first class.

Dana Richardson of The Citadel Human Resources Department has been selected the 2011 Employee of the Year. 
Richardson, the HR benefits manager, came to work at The Citadel in 2007. A native of Beaufort, she received her bachelor of arts degree from Charleston Southern University. She lives in Huger.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 19, 2011) – ETSU head baseball coach Tony Skole will be inducted into The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame, the school announced on Monday evening. The Hall of Fame induction will take place on Oct. 28 at The Citadel’s Holliday Alumni Center.

No one said that it would be easy. Then again, not much is expected to come easy for the Bulldogs of the Citadel.  After running a spread offense for years, head coach Kevin Higgins decided it was time for a change, switching to a triple option offense. There have been many signs of the move pointing to success.

Columbia, SC (WLTX) --- Joe Jackson's first season with the Columbia Blowfish has given the Citadel catcher a chance to work on his skills during the dog days of summer.  It also provided fans in Columbia a rare opportunity to see someone who is directly related to a baseball legend.

Mr. Thompson graduated from Cedartown High, where he played football. He was a NASCAR man and Braves fan. He impressed on all his children to aim higher and, in particular, wanted his sons to look beyond a craft he embraced 47 years. Scott and Lance Thompson graduated from Riverdale High; each received an appointment to West Point, though they chose The Citadel.

Education: Law degree, 1951, S.C. State College, now S.C. State University; bachelor’s of business administration, 1948, S.C. State; high school degree, 1939, Booker T. Washington High School, Columbia; honorary degrees from Princeton, S.C. State, Benedict, USC, Clemson, Voorhees, Claflin, The Citadel, Francis Marion, Wofford, Presbyterian, Lander and Central Michigan

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- The commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) pinned on his second star in a ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Aug. 2.  Newly promoted Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters deployed to Afghanistan in February from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. In Afghanistan, Walters leads the aviation combat element in support of NATO International Security Assistance Force’s Regional Command Southwest.

Terry W. Cannon, retired Lt. Col., USMC, 79, of Lady Lake, FL died Saturday,  July 2, 2011 at the Villages Cornerstone Hospice House. A graduate of  Fairfax High, in VA, he enlisted in the Marine Corps serving as an aircraft  engine mechanic and attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. Remaining in the  active reserves, he attended The Citadel and graduated in 1959 with a
commission in the reserves.

William Spurgeon (Bill) Jones, Jr., 85, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 27,  2011. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday in Graniteville  Cemetery with Dr. Henry Chennault officiating. Mr. Jones was born in Orangeburg County, a son of the late William Spurgeon Jones, Sr. and Mary Rebecca Gue’ Jones. He was a 1950 graduate of The Citadel, served in the US
Navy during WWII where he was involved in the invasion of Okinawa, and was a research chemist for E.I. DuPont at the Savannah River Plant.

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Organizations participating have included the police and fire departments in the City of Charleston and Town of Mount Pleasant, 32 churches throughout the region, regional Kiwanis Clubs, Summerville YMCA, St. Andrews Parks and Playgrounds, Charleston County Library, school districts in Charleston County, Dorchester 2 and Berkeley County, The Citadel and numerous private businesses.

Banking - Brian J. Ball has been promoted at Regions Bank to Charleston market president. He has a bachelor's degree and a mater's degree in business administration, both from The Citadel.

Starting in the 1960s, a tradition of "riding the cow" began among high school students and cadets at The Citadel military college in Charleston. The fiberglass animal, known only as "the Coburg Cow," also has survived vandals, hurricanes and zoning ordinances.

'I'm basing that on excitement of the collegiate football season and the momentum of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks winning the national baseball championship back to back,' Webster said.  He cited interest in other schools, such as Clemson, the College of Charleston and The Citadel as well.

It’s been an interesting year in the Bodine household, with Bob taking over as the new offensive coordinator for The Citadel’s football team, a move to a new house and the continuing adventures of one-year-old twins Jake and Gracie. Bodine, in his second year with the Bulldogs after coaching stints at VMI and Georgia Southern, talked about the challenges of play-calling and parenting when he went one on one with The Post and Courier’s Jeff Hartsell:

No cannons fired and no knobs did pushups Saturday at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium, but there were still plenty of touchdowns scored.  Nearly 50 women participated in the second Lady Bulldogs Citadel Football 101, a clinic to teach women the finer points of Citadel football.

VAN BUREN, Ark., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Truck, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAK) today announced that David B. Hartline has been named as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Trucking effective immediately. Mr. Hartline has nearly 20 years of transportation experience.  Mr. Hartline holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The Citadel Military College of South Carolina and a Masters in Project Management from the Keller Graduate School of Management.