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Faculty playing larger role in student recruiting
“Our visit at Furman started out no differently than any other college visit,” says a parent in a note of thanks to biology professor Laura Thompson. Recalling the self-guided tour he and his daughter took...
Continue ReadingImproving grades one letter at a time
Shortly after entering Furman in 2012, J.R. Walker found himself in a losing race. He had come 2,300 miles from his home in Los Angeles, Calif., to be part of the Furman student body and...
Continue ReadingFurman cycling team rides on
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Rusty Miller is back where he started. He’s in his hometown, Greenville, and at his alma mater, Furman University, where he graduated in 1998. The only thing different now is that he’s in charge...
Continue ReadingPh.D destined
Students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. after leaving Furman may just find themselves ideally positioned to prepare to take that step. The Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual census of all new research doctorate recipients...
Continue ReadingTancredo rails against ‘cult of multiculturalism’
OCTOBER 19, 2011 by Chloe Kowalski ’12, Contributing Writer Rocks breaking windows and yells of violent protest prevented Tom Tancredo from speaking on immigration policy at the University of North Carolina in 2009. But on...
Continue ReadingGowdy discusses Tea Party, downgrade and debt
OCTOBER 21, 2011 by William Mitchell '13, Contributing Writer Representative Trey Gowdy addressed a thinly populated Patrick Lecture Hall Wednesday night in a lecture on the debt, the downgrade and the Tea Party in America....
Continue ReadingMock Trial team wins Robert E. Sanders Invitational
NOVEMBER 2, 2011 by Katie Love '12, Media Relations The Furman mock trial team won first place in the Robert E. Sanders Mock Trial Invitational tournament held this past weekend in Lexington, Ky. The tournament,...
Continue ReadingIs 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...
Continue ReadingCan 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...
Continue ReadingDiscussing 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...
Continue ReadingSpeaker 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...
Continue ReadingKeene: “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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