By Blake Freeland Bazile proves to be physical and mental leader The mental toughness of a football player is oftentimes as important as the physical toughness. Jacques Bazile excels in both areas and has used both parts to encourage and lead others. Physically, the senior from Naples, Fla., is one of the fastest players on the team, proven by his [...]

By Sherry Atkinson G.I. Jobs magazine has named CSU a Military Friendly School for 2011. This is the second consecutive year the University has received this award. According to G.I. Jobs, criteria for the title includes a school’s VA-approval of GI Bill benefits, CLEP acceptance, credit for military service, Reserve and Guard policies, access to flexible learning options, veteran programs, [...]

With a four percent increase in new full-time students and a total enrollment of 3,231, CSU’s 46th academic year has begun. University officials report that with an increase in resident students, as many as 50 upperclassmen are housed at the Wingate by Wyndham hotel, located on the campus. To complement the freshmen class’s summer reading assignment of Francis Chan’s Crazy [...]

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” — Isaiah 6:8 Slide after slide, images on a PowerPoint presentation flashed across the screen; reflections of life in Guatemala, some fun and others simply heartbreaking. Five years after Hurricane Stan leveled Guatemala [...]

Barely pausing to take a breath, freshman Kassandra Gonzalez talks excitedly about attending Charleston Southern – dorm life, meeting new people, the college experience, independence. “I have big hopes for my future. I’ve set goals for myself – I want to be a neonatal surgeon,” she declares confidently. Kassandra’s self-assurance is fueled by 19 years of overcoming multiple health issues [...]

On Aug. 20 the campus came alive with excited and nervous new students and parents. And like every other year, they were greeted with smiles, cold drinks and food in abundance.  This year LifeWay donated a Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) to every new freshman on campus. In fact, they donated HCSBs to new freshmen in 20-30 schools of differing [...]

John Kammeyer learned early on that life delivers some hard knocks. When he was 29, his father died of cancer. The following year his wife was diagnosed with cancer, and five years later she faced cancer again, beating the disease both times. “I grew up fast during that time,” he said. That’s when I realized how short life really is [...]

Brittany Beckham has never been to Asia. In fact, just weeks before she graduated with a degree in history last May, Asia was nothing more than a blip on the world map, making the country an unlikely destination in the future. Beckham already had a plan: finish her senior internship at Charles Towne Landing, graduate college and return home to [...]

Amanda Hobson knew she wanted to teach when she was a senior at Fort Dorchester High School in Summerville, but it wasn’t until her sophomore year at CSU that she discovered why and where her passion would lead her. “I went on a mission trip to Ghana, and it changed my life,” confessed Hobson. “Seeing the poverty there woke me [...]

Love Awakening, a three-night worship festival kicked off the fall semester. The Love Awakening theme — inspired by 1 John 4:19: “We love Him, because He first loved us” – is continuing throughout the semester during campus ministry events, Bible studies and other live events on campus. The festival focused on the Author of Love, The Object of Love and [...]