By: Rob Hotakainen

WASHINGTON - As one of 18,000 legally wed same-sex couples in California, Brad Levenson and Tony Sears file state income taxes as a married couple. But they file their federal taxes as single individuals, paying hundreds of dollars more each year. That&rs...

By: Bonnie Miller Rubin

CHICAGO - When Amar Bhatia was weighing his postsecondary options, he chose Indiana University over DePaul University because DePaul’s downtown Chicago campus was just too close to Mom and Dad. Now, as a sophomore, he’s even closer - at Harper...

By: Allie Ellis

C of C participants along with Planned Parenthood will be going door to door in the Charleston area to promote Planned Parenthood’s Prevention First campaign every weekend in October. Launched on Sept. 20 and running until Oct. 25, the campaign will...

By: Michael Fabbrini

The H1N1 flu virus is still spreading across South Carolina, and universities across the state are taking action to protect students from the virus. The College is seeing students on a case-by-case basis, while spreading the word that good sleep and a hea...

By: Students share victim stories at candlelight vigil

Candlelit paper bags with descriptions of violence written on them outlined the Cistern yard, setting the scene for an emotional event. Students gathered closely with white lights symbolizing the victims of violence at C of C’s Crisis Assistance Res...

By: Em Edwards

Public Safety released C of C’s 2008-2009 Annual Crime Statistics and Fire Safety Report on Sept. 20. Federal law requires the College to release this information to the public. Burglary and motor vehicle theft have decreased on campus and in reside...

By: Lauren Blake

This year the C of C College Republicans are fighting to bring everyone together through bipartisanship on campus. President Katie Moske and Vice President Austin Ruedrich are striving to gain more members and achieve a number of goals for this year. &ldq...

By: Heather Davis

The College passed an amendment to the current alcohol policy on Sept. 28 to encourage students to seek help during alcohol-related medical emergencies. The policy states that any student in need of medical care during an alcohol-related emergency may see...

By: Lindsay Frost

President P. George Benson announced on Sept. 25 that the College would purchase the McLeod Plantation on James Island from the Historic Charleston Foundation. “McLeod Plantation is rich in historical, cultural and ecological significance, and prese...

By: Ann Givens

MELVILLE, N.Y. -Prosecutors deciding whether to charge the woman who falsely reported that she was gang-raped in a Hofstra University men’s room last week will have serious issues to weigh, experts said yesterday. On the one hand, they will want to ...

By: Tom Meersman

“For lack of a better phrase, the Earth becomes a bit more like Humpty Dumpty,” said report co-author Jon Foley, director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment. “You push it, it falls over, and it breaks. Yo...

By: Peter Hecht

SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Yale University student Annie Le, a brilliant young woman from Placerville with an infectious laugh and a dream of medical healing, was eulogized Saturday as her mother read a poem in Vietnamese, saying, “Farewell, my child.&rdq...

By: Jodi S. Cohen

CHICAGO - Embattled University of Illinois President B. Joseph White has told trustees he will step down at the end of the year. In a letter to the board Wednesday, White said he will resign effective Dec. 31, but plans to remain involved with the univers...

By: Sara Olkon

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Inside this pricey new residence hall, Purdue University students enjoy maid service and private bathrooms. Each room has its own climate-control panel, and students don’t even have to confer about the settings. There are no r...

By: Em Edwards

October is not just about jack-o-lanterns and costume parties for college students anymore. The month of October is dedicated to observing National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The purpose of the month is to end violence and abuse towards women via ...

By: Allie Ellis

The new Cougar Alert system was successfully tested on Sept. 22. The new system has updated with mass text messages sent to students, faculty and staff in the event of an emergency. If an emergency occurs, students at C of C will now receive a text messag...

By: Sean Mclaughlin

With a Democratic Congress in both houses, the College Democrats is reasserting themselves as a growing force among student organizations. Under the direction of newly-elected president, junior Robert Williams, the club is working to get more students eng...

By: Lindsay Frost

It was a somber atmosphere on the evening of Sept. 23 as the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Friends of Kate Waring sponsored a candlelight vigil for missing women in S.C. on Rivers Green behind Addlestone Library. The vigil was in honor of Kate Waring...

By: Michael Fabbrini

The College was in the national spotlight when C-SPAN televised a Department of Communication Advisory Council student forum at Physicians Memorial Auditorium Sept. 24. The event, entitled “Political Scandals:  A Truly Bipartisan Activity,&rdqu...

By: Gene Trainor

FORT WORTH, Texas - Phil Banker said he “freaked out” when he saw his bank account balance after buying a $100 cell phone with his debit card. The receipt showed that $1,919 was missing from his checking account. The money was spent in the Bal...