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Ninety-Six Press celebrates 20th anniversary
NOVEMBER 11, 2011 by Katie Love ‘12, Media Relations Ninety-Six Press will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a series of readings on the Furman campus Saturday, Nov. 19. The readings, which are free and open...
Continue ReadingPaladins defeat rival CCU, close fall with 5-2 mark
Furman closed the fall season with a successful 5-2 record defeating rival Coastal Carolina 41-26 in the consolation finals of the Palmetto Tournament. The team dropped a disappointing 10-8 decision to Division I Clemson in...
Continue ReadingSpotlight on Chris Forcier
Furman quarterback Chris Forcier is the subject of an Associated Press story about how he has rediscovered his game while playing for the Paladins. The UCLA transfer has persevered through a shoulder injury, a coaching...
Continue Reading“Once Upon a Mattress” opens tonight in McAlister
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 By Sara Morano ’14, Contributing Writer A fairy tale is always more fun when it’s fractured, or at least that’s the case for the Pauper Players’ production of Mary Rodgers' Once Upon...
Continue ReadingPresident Smolla keynote speaker at conference on First Amendment
Furman president Rod Smolla is delivering the keynote address this month at a University of Minnesota conference focusing on the First Amendment. The week-long event, “They All Began Here: Minnesota’s Landmark Supreme Court Cases Then...
Continue ReadingFurman’s YouTube stars
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 By Allison Davey '14, Contributing Writer As a college student, having 15,000 subscribers and 1.5 million views of your work can be considered quite a difficult and impressive feat. For Blake S....
Continue ReadingAlumnus Lassiter writes New York Times op-ed
Matthew Lassiter, a 1992 Furman graduate who teaches history at the University of Michigan, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times about America’s “great silent majority.” Lassiter graduated from Furman with a degree in...
Continue ReadingFurman alum Matthew Lassiter writes op-ed for New York Times
Matthew Lassiter, a 1992 Furman graduate who teaches history at the University of Michigan, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times about America’s “great silent majority.” Lassiter graduated from Furman with a degree in...
Continue ReadingAssociated Press reports on Duke Endowment grant
The Associated Press reported the news of the $2 million grant that Furman received from The Duke Endowment. The grant will be used to expand the university’s fine arts program and strengthen its ties to...
Continue ReadingServing up the upset special
NOVEMBER 7, 2011 The Paladins recorded a thrilling 20-10 upset win over third-ranked Appalachian State Saturday. The victory snapped a six-game losing streak to the Mountaineers and moved Furman into the playoff picture. University photographer Jeremy Fleming...
Continue ReadingPaladins enter FCS playoff picture
After this weekend’s football games, the Sports Network examined the FCS playoff picture, which now includes the Paladins. “Following Saturday's 20-10 upset of No. 3 Appalachian State—which built on wins over then-No. 5 Wofford on...
Continue ReadingWhy we should lose our shoes
NOVEMBER 6, 2011 By Daniel Smith ’13, Contributing Writer On any given day you may struggle with time management, negotiating traffic, or making a nice dish of Le Cordon Bleu. Yet according to Daniel Howell,...
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