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Furman rushes past Gamecocks, next up: UNCC

The Furman rugby team continued its winning ways by posting an impressive 44-14 win over Division I South Carolina at Roberts Field Saturday. The Paladins were originally scheduled to host the Gamecocks’ second team. But...

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A History of Alabama

After retiring as director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Edwin Bridges decided to write a new book about the history of the state.  The book, Alabama: The Making of an American State,...

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The Past, Present and Future of NASA

Dr. Jack Hansen, Former Deputy Center Director for Research of NASA Ames Research Center, will speak about NASA and the organization’s future at the High Noon fall lecture series Wednesday, Oct. 12 at the Upcountry...

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A Darkly Comic Experience

According to a review in The Greenville News, Furman’s production of Harold Pinter’s “The Birthday Party” demonstrates that the show is “more than just an actor’s showcase.”  The play also “retains a crude comic power...

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Let College Students Register to Vote

An editorial in The Greenville News states that “Greenville County should set aside a rule dating to the early 1970s that makes it difficult for nonresident college students to vote here.” The editorial was written...

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March Madness Returns to Greenville in 2017

The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament is set to return to Greenville, South Carolina, in March of 2017, the NCAA announced today. Furman University and the Southern Conference will serve as co-hosts of NCAA Tournament First/Second...

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Shattering the Myth of Perfection

Furman University Modern Languages professor Dr. Marianne Bessy has written an article which has been accepted for publication in Vol 91.1 of The French Review: Journal of the American Association of Teachers of French. The article, “Shattering the...

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Weather Update for Furman, Greenville Area

As of Friday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m., the latest weather reports were predicting that the Greenville area will not be greatly affected by Hurricane Matthew.  Therefore, all of Furman’s scheduled events over the weekend, including...

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A New Conductor in Memphis

The public face of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra is new principal conductor Robert Moody, a trained cellist and vocalist who graduated from Furman in 1989. A native of Greenville, Moody majored in voice and cello...

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Furman to host South Carolina’s top side Saturday

The Furman men’s rugby team will face the University of South Carolina 11 a.m., Saturday at Roberts Field. That match-up is between two undefeated teams. Furman is 5-0 and is coming off a resounding 96-0...

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John Bleed founds public policy forum at Furman

The only thing that disappointed John Bleed ’17 about the American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) Summer Scholars June program in Washington, D.C., was that he couldn’t bring AEI back to Furman. Or so the political science/history...

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What “Brexit” Means for European Politics

Does the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union matter? It does to Furman senior John Bleed, who is bringing a prominent speaker to campus to discuss the issue in connection with the American Enterprise...

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