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Is global capitalism the solution to world poverty?

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 By Summer Woods '14, Contributing Writer What if there were a country with a government that placed no limits on industry? Andrew Bernstein, a philosopher and author, asked this question during a...

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Can Christians be capitalists?

NOVEMBER 18, 2011 By Zachary Treu '13, Contributing Writer On a chilly Thursday night, Jay Richards addressed a crowd of about 50 in the Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow Cultural Life Program "Can Christians...

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Discussing the state’s immigration law

NOVEMBER 20, 2011 By Emily Mitchell ’14, Contributing Writer For the curious and determined, verbatim copies of the new S.C. immigration law are freely available online. However, its language is so difficult and unwieldy that Furman students seemed...

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Speaker articulates pro-life argument

JANUARY 23, 2012 by Summer Woods ’14, Contributing Writer “Daddy, can I kill this?” While at first glance this question appears to have nothing to do with the ongoing Republican primaries, Scott Klusendorf believes that...

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Keene: “Guns save lives”

MARCH 23, 2012 by Shannice Singletary '14, Contributing Writer “Our influence, our ability to protect the second amendment, comes from you . . . and if we don’t renew those rights, then our rights will...

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Joseph A. Vaughn Benefit concert to be held on Jan. 28

January 20, 2012 Tina T. Underwood, Media Relations A concert benefiting Furman's Joseph Allen Vaughn Scholarship fund will be held Saturday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. Tickets are $15 for reserved...

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The least bad option: Sweatshops in the developing world

FEBRUARY 10, 2012 by William Mitchell ’14, Contributing Writer “Bad jobs at bad wages are better than no jobs at all.” This is a controversial statement from a controversial speaker, but Benjamin Powell is used...

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Furman team earns trip to Mock Trial championship

MARCH 27, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Media Relations Furman earned its 16th consecutive trip to the American Mock Trial Association’s championship finals with a strong performance in the Ney National Tournament held on campus March...

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Ferreira on being “Gay, Black and Jewish”

APRIL 6, 2012 by Shannice Singletary '14, Contributing Writer “I always knew I was different, I just didn’t know how different I was.” Aneesa Ferreira, of MTV’s "Real World Chicago," introduced herself as “gay, black and...

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700 Furman volunteers come together to give Poinsett Highway a good spring cleaning

APRIL 13, 2012 Nearly 700 students, faculty and staff converged on Poinsett Highway April 11 for a day of service that officially kicked off the Poinsett Corridor Revitalization Coalition (PCRC) project.  From noon until about...

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Video: Xu named club sports athlete of year

APRIL 24, 2012 by John Roberts, Newspage Editor Weilun Xu, the founder of Furman’s ping pong club, was named Club Sport Athlete of the Year last Wednesday. Xu, a senior, won the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association’s...

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AG Wilson speaks on Obamacare, state’s rights and U.S. Consititution

OCTOBER 19, 2012 by Shannice Singletary ’ 14, Contributing Writer South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has been on the front line of the battles between South Carolina and Obama Administration. From healthcare to labor...

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