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Furman students take on Crowders Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpGhgWLwKEk&feature=youtu.be By Kylee Perez, Contributing Writer 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...
Continue ReadingBeyond Moneyball
by Bryan Betts ’13, Student Writer In 2002, the Oakland A’s proved that a player’s worth isn’t always defined by his batting average. The team won 20 consecutive games setting an American League record, despite...
Continue ReadingEyewitnesses to history
By Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer It’s a story Taylor Mitchell plans to tell her grandchildren. The United States’ first African-American president was sworn in for his second term, and she was privileged to be an...
Continue ReadingCampus flu cases this year about average
by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer Furman is seeing what Director of Student Health Services Mary Haselden described as a “typical” flu season this year. During the first week of classes in January, clinic staff saw...
Continue ReadingEverything’s coming up roses
Since the Furman campus is widely considered to be among the most beautiful in the nation, it comes as no surprise that Sheree Wright, senior grounds keeper at the university, was invited to write a...
Continue ReadingLiberal arts and the real world
In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman president Rod Smolla writes that “liberal college education is not disconnected from meaningful and productive jobs, callings or careers. To the contrary, it is often the gateway, the...
Continue ReadingRemembering the Wilmington Ten
Even though 2010 Furman graduate Andrew Barnhill was a native of Wilmington, N.C., it took him a long time to hear the infamous story of the Wilmington Ten, a group of individuals known for their...
Continue ReadingViewing emancipation through a digital lens
by Sara Morano ’13, Contributing Writer “It took many hands to loosen the chains of slavery and many on accident” Edward Ayers, an American historian, and the president of the University of Richmond, spoke about...
Continue ReadingWorship service features Singers, Chamber Choir
Furman University will present a worship service to close its annual Church Music Conference Friday, Jan. 25 at 4:30 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. “A Service of Psalms” is free and open to...
Continue ReadingProviding a helping hand on MLK Day
An Upstate community got some much needed attention this week thanks to a group of Furman students. In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, more than 130 students spruced up houses in...
Continue Reading“In the Mood,” coming to McAlister
The big band, swing dance musical revue known as “In the Mood” will be performed Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman campus. “In the Mood” celebrates America’s Greatest Generation...
Continue ReadingFurman Jazz Ensemble performs concert Jan. 25
The Furman Jazz Ensemble will present its winter concert Friday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are available at the door and...
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