The Roots of a Student Bluegrass Ensemble
It began with a student’s idea but culminated in an official Performing Arts ensemble: Tigertown Roots
Tackling Dementia
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Michael StatonThe team huddles, gathering strength for the battle ahead. They face no ordinary opponent today, but then again, they are no ordinary players. They are residents of Brookdale Senior Living Solutions; the opponent is their own failing memory.
A Tiger’s Guide to Tailgating
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerDuring football season, there is no place like Clemson. No other place that’s so wall-to-wall with alumni and fans. No other place where you can find anything — and I mean anything — in orange.
Orange campers festooned with Tiger Paws roll into town on Thursdays and Fridays; orange tents are set up pole-to-pole on Saturday mornings; orange grills are lit; and Clemson-themed drinks are mixed in parking lots and fields across the campus and the town. Orange-clad fans you’ve never met before will pull up a chair, add some drinks to the cooler, and watch the game with you outside the stadium. It’s a party like nowhere else.
The Best Medicine
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Hannah HaluskerEach summer, Clemson students trade in their summer jobs and internships to spend two weeks on the hillsides of Costa Rica and Panama, conducting house visits and creating pop-up clinics in the most impoverished areas.
Stumphouse Tunnel Sleuths
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Jonathan VeitBats are dying off at alarming rates due to white-nose syndrome. Researchers are exploring how to foster bat populations to survive this disease.
Carving Creation
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerFrom a log cabin outside of Sumter, Grainger McKoy has become one of the South’s most prominent sculptors and artists. His dramatic and detailed bird sculptures have been exhibited across the country. But for McKoy, every sculpture has a backstory. And so does he.
Not Taking No For An Answer
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiNearly deaf and blind, Miriam Lozneanu thrives through perseverance and a positive attitude.
Witness to War
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiInjured troops could receive better care and benefits with new research aimed at better documentation on the battlefield.
Lessons from Her Parents
/ in Features / 19 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerThis daughter of immigrants has gone from a small town in South Carolina to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, all the while following the lessons she learned from her parents.
Coral Crusader
/ in Features / 3 Comments / by: Jim MelvinCoral reefs in the Florida Keys, Caribbean and throughout the world are in dramatic decline. Kylie Smith, a graduate student from Clemson, has made it her mission to help restore one of the ocean’s most endangered species.