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Student jazz combos to perform Dec. 2
NOVEMBER 28, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Three Furman student jazz combos will present a concert Sunday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The concert is free and open to...
Continue ReadingBuilding a tradition one dart at a time
Fountain hopping. The bell tower kiss. Getting thrown in the lake on your birthday. Most students are familiar with the list of Furman traditions. But if you ask students in the theatre arts department, you"ll...
Continue ReadingFloyd guest conducts at Carnegie Hall
Hugh Floyd, director of the Furman Singers, will be making his Carnegie Hall debut as a guest conductor when he directs the National Festival Chorus Monday, Feb. 27. The chorus includes students from Florida, Minnesota...
Continue ReadingFurman Percussion Ensemble and special guests present concert Nov. 19
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present a concert Monday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The concert is open to the public. Tickets...
Continue ReadingEnvironmentalism in Islam
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 by Maggie Johnson '14 What does Islam have to do with environmentalism? In a talk given Thursday in Patrick Lecture Hall, Eleanor Finnegan gave a presentation connecting these seemingly separate concepts.
Continue ReadingFurman English graduate Westervelt ’90 coauthors book
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman English alumna Saundra Davis Westervelt ‘90 has coauthored a book about life after death row. Published by Rutgers University Press, “Life after Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for...
Continue ReadingTheatre production gets good review
Lillian Hellman’s “The Children’s Hour” is about the corrosive power of a lie, how it can plague its victims and destroy lives. According to Greenville News arts writer Paul Hyde, Furman’s production of “The Children’s Hour”...
Continue ReadingIslam and democracy
NOVEMBER 5, 2012 by Maggie Johnson '14, Contributing Writer Is Islam compatible with democracy? In a presentation given Thursday in Daniel Chapel, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im asked the audience to take a cross-cultural look at...
Continue Reading$2 million for fine arts at Furman
The Duke Endowment has awarded Furman a $2 million grant that will help fund a new initiative to enhance and expand the university’s programs in music, art and theatre, including a collaborative partnership with the...
Continue ReadingThe Children’s Hour is a tense teaser
NOVEMBER 1, 2012 by Jenn Summers '13, Contributing Writer The effort that goes into a play's production? Countless hours, multiple rehearsals, and thirty or so student backstage workers all on night number one. Seeing the...
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