Posts made in March, 2010

Rhett Marley grabbed his camcorder and hit record at last week’s Hoopapalooza at CSU. Check it out...

Seventy-two Charleston Southern students have been inducted into Alpha Chi, the national college honor society. Inductees represent all university majors.                      Induction is limited to the top 10 percent of an institution’s junior, seniors and graduate students. Alpha Chi 2010 inductees are: Jennifer N. Alexander, Tressie La Shae Barber, Carrie A. Barnhart, Sarah E. Beary, Brittany J. Beckham, Stephanie Renee Bird, Nancy A. Brockhouse, Megan J. Bruner, Thomas A. Busser, Kristen Melissa Butler, Joseph Carey, Nina V. Carnright, Charity G. Carpenter, Everest H. Carrison II, Nancy L. Castillo, Sarah Collins, Ashley Connor, Nicole A. Copland, Alexandra Crookenden, Casandra Leigh Cumbee, Rebecca Jordan Davis, Kristin Marie Denning,...

Charleston Southern’s Body Image Week (March 15-19, 2010) was a great success! The Counseling Center and Recreational Services Team planned and organized events for each day last week that focused on a positive view of one’s self. Monday was “No Mirrors Monday” in which public mirrors around campus were covered to urge students to look inside for beauty. Tuesday was “Take Heart Tuesday.” The Counseling Center and Recreational Services employees provided information in the Caf about heart healthiness. The caf prepared meals that were “heart healthy” and displayed the nutrition information for each dish. The Greeks performed a step demonstration, and students were encouraged to make stickers that said, “I...

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Planning a new 5k run, and raising money for troops overseas, was no big deal for Chelsie Snipes, a Bristol native attending Charleston Southern University in Charleston, S.C. After all, Snipes said, it really is the least she can do. “Until you have someone close to you leave to go to war, you get so caught up in your day-to-day that it is easy to forget that most of the people around you have someone they love who goes to sleep at night in a war zone,” said Snipes, a 19-year-old nursing student and a graduate of Tennessee High School, where she played softball. Snipes also is the sister and cousin of two young Marines now serving in Afghanistan. Her older brother David Snipes, 20, also was a student at Tennessee High School. The family...

The SEFER, CSU’s literary magazine, is looking for submissions for the 2010 edition! If you like to write poetry or short fiction and would like to be published in the SEFER, send your admissions to csu.sefer@yahoo.com by MONDAY, March 22, 2010.