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‘It’s Bell Tower Serious’

Look to your left. Look to your right. One of you is going to marry someone you meet at Furman. That's what former Furman president David Shi told Courtney Tollison's freshman class at orientation in...

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Thumbs-up for theatre production

According to a review in The Greenville News, a searing clash of values makes for a gripping evening of theater in Furman’s staging of John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt, A Parable.” The reviewer wrote that “Rhett...

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University mourns loss of David Morgan

David Wells Morgan, a professor of Modern Language at Furman, died Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Morgan, 53, had been battling liver disease. An on-campus memorial service to celebrate Morgan's life...

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Furman defeats Citadel 77-21

The Paladin backline overwhelmed the Citadel Saturday as Furman raced to a 77-21 victory over the Bulldogs to open the spring season at Roberts Field. Winger Cole Vance led the Paladins with three trys, freshmen...

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Furman to open spring season Saturday against the Citadel

The Furman Rugby team will open the all-important spring season Saturday with an 11 a.m. game against the Citadel at Roberts Field on the Furman campus. The first Citadel-Furman rugby game was played in fall,...

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Out on a ledge

    When you think of a typical college student's weekend, you might think of hanging out in coffee shops, playing intramural sports, or going downtown. But scaling up the side of a mountain? That's...

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Freedom Reexamined

    When Reagan Thompson and Lena Pringle were sitting in their high school geometry class in Lancaster, S.C., they had no idea just how important education was to their teacher, Melina Oueini. But when...

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Analyzing the Federal Reserve

Winter/spring schedule of lectures The Federal Reserve has said it will continue buying bonds until there’s substantial improvement in the U.S. labor markets.  Furman economist Bruce Brown will talk about whether that’s a good idea...

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No “Doubt” for Furman Theatre

John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt, A Parable” is the sort of play that Furman theatre arts professor Rhett Bryson likes best—one that doesn’t take sides. Bryson is directing the drama about a clash of wills between...

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No “Doubt” about it

John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt, A Parable” is the sort of play that Furman theatre arts professor Rhett Bryson likes best—one that doesn’t take sides. Bryson is directing the drama about a clash of wills between...

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20 questions with President Smolla

You want to know more about Furman president Rod Smolla? Where he was born? His major in college? His favorite type of music?  His least favorite chore? You’ll learn all that and more in a...

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Sowing the seeds for a sustainable future

by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer It didn’t take George Flowers long to realize his connection to the outdoors. Some of his favorite memories of his middle school years were the weekends he spent fishing and...

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