Chris Starr, chairman for the Department of Computer Science at the College of Charleston, said the announcement increases the number of 21st Century literate workers here and gives the region an edge as cities across the Southeast compete to be a tech hub. Tech workforces tend to cluster in one place, Starr said, meaning tech […]
Author Archive | Mike Robertson
How the Robots Lost: High-Frequency Trading’s Rise and Fall- Bloomberg News
Steve Swanson was a typical 21-year-old computer nerd with a very atypical job. It was the summer of 1989, and he’d just earned a math degree from the College of Charleston.
From fringe to mainstream: The rise of the geek
W. Scott Poole, an associate professor of courses such as “Monsters in America” at the College of Charleston, brandishes his geek cred by showcasing movie-monster figurines such as the vampire Nosferatu and classic horror movie posters throughout his office. He attributes society’s newfound favorable view of geek culture not only to “Star Wars” but also […]
Charleston City Portrait- Garden & Gun
Class divisions remain. “One of the interesting things,” says Marvin Dulaney, a historian at the College of Charleston, “is the city has seemed to be in denial about its black history despite its being majority black for much of its history. But it’s beginning to change.” He cites the increasingly diverse college; the historic plantations […]
Where did the dance go? Piccolo Spoleto missing essential component of arts festival
“Dance is the most vibrant it has been in a very long time,” said Gretchen McLaine, head of the dance department at the College of Charleston. “In the past five years at least six new regional companies have been started. There was a dance festival in the fall where all local dance organizations came together […]
Jenny Sanford Donates Materials to SC College- AP
Jenny Sanford has donated her scrapbooks, emails and letters to the College of Charleston. The Post and Courier reports she donated 16 boxes of materials last year and college archivists recently finished cataloging the items. http://www.wltx.com/news/article/237525/2/Jenny-Sanford-Donates-Materials-to-SC-College
Cutting-edge research starts on Folly Beach County Park erosion
On a recent afternoon, Adam Griffith flew a kite at the county park here, a kite with an aerial camera attached. Down the beach, College of Charleston geologists hoisted a surveying rod and set up imaging equipment, using lasers to put together precise, 4-D records of how much sand is on the beach. Later, they […]
College of Charleston graduates say they’re ready for work
Charleston native and 1969 College of Charleston graduate Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell gave the 2013 commencement speech at the school’s commencement ceremonies Saturday. “It was summed up best by Sir Winston Churchill when he said, ‘You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.’ I congratulate you today […]
The economic growth fallacy of supporting casinos- Philadelphia Inquirer
One, by Douglas Walker of the College of Charleston in South Carolina and John Jackson of Auburn University, not only found that casinos don’t foster growth, they also found scant evidence that casinos positively affect employment (outside of an initial employment burst for construction, the jobs they add are minimal and low-wage) or aggregate tax […]
Personality-driven House race plays well for Colbert Busch- Reuters
“These latest allegations against Sanford have led a number of those voters who were on the fence to not plan to vote at all or to switch sides to Colbert Busch,” said Kendra Stewart, a political scientist at the College of Charleston. “She has an advantage among independents, and she is actually pulling some Republicans, […]