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Furman to host Debate Watch Wednesday night, Oct. 28
Furman will host a Debate Watch on campus Wednesday night in conjunction with the Republican presidential debate taking place in Colorado. The watch, which begins at 8 p.m. in Patrick Lecture Hall of the Townes...
Continue ReadingMalici sounds off on campaign tough talk
Amid the 24/7 sound bites spewing across the airwaves from presidential hopefuls are words like “we need the strongest military on the face of the planet,” or those from Republican front-runner Donald Trump who says...
Continue ReadingCornel West, Robert George square off in Tocqueville program
Robert P. George, Ph.D., and Cornel R. West, Ph.D. (pictured), two prominent thinkers on the right and left, respectively, will speak on campus about Christianity and politics Thursday, Oct. 22, at 5 p.m. in Watkins...
Continue ReadingEmily Wirzba ’13 addresses climate action resolution
An article by Emily Wirzba ’13 was recently published in The Hill in support of a recent House Republican resolution on climate change, calling it “a strong vehicle to carry within Congress a renewed spirit of bipartisan dialogue...
Continue ReadingAlum Alexander Stubb talks about European integration
In an Oct. 7 speech at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, former Finland Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said his interest in European integration began in a classroom at Furman University in the 1980s....
Continue ReadingThe Berlin Wall revisited
2012 Furman University political science and German major Brandon Tensley attempts to uncover the root causes of xenophobia among people from former East Germany. In a piece he wrote for the Washington Post, Tensley teases...
Continue ReadingAloha ‘Aina: for the love of the land
Lush tropical greenery, beautiful beaches and waterfalls, spectacular sunsets. While she spent part of her summer sailing through Hawaii, Kelsey Orr ’17 wasn’t on a leisure trip. Her 12-hour days as a student and rookie...
Continue ReadingStanley speaks about picking a president in 2016
Harold Stanley, Ph.D., political science professor and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Southern Methodist University (Dallas) will speak on the campus Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 5 p.m. in Watkins Room of the Trone Student...
Continue ReadingDEA chief Rosenberg speaks about battles on two fronts
Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), will speak on campus Monday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Watkins Room of the Trone Student Center. His talk, "Battling ISIS and al Qaeda...
Continue ReadingFurman celebrates beginning of new school year
More than 1,400 faculty, staff, students, alumni and members of the Greenville community gathered in McAlister Auditorium Thursday as Furman celebrated the beginning of the 2015-16 school year with its annual fall convocation. In addition to...
Continue ReadingHow will Bernie Sanders do in South Carolina?
[caption id="attachment_18742" align="alignright" width="181"] Dr. Danielle Vinson[/caption] Over the weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders was in the key early primary state of South Carolina. He's been drawing huge crowds around the country in his campaign for...
Continue ReadingFurman senior explores gentrification and compassionate housing
Fewer families in Greenville are making less money. Every income bracket less than $50,000 decreased from 1999 to 2013. Sounds good, right? Not so fast. Poring over Census data and a report by Harvard professors,...
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