FEATURE PHOTO: Late-night watercolor
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 18, 2019
Graduate art education students paint watercolor in room 2690 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday night. Tara Gorris (right) said the graduate students take online classes during spring and fall semesters but need to finish two classes on campus during the summer semester; this is their weeklong...
FEATURE PHOTO: Splendid strings
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 16, 2019
Jennifer Murphy, cellist for the Eastern Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Summer Strings, performs "Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)" on the string bass during a concert at First Christian Church Tuesday night.
FEATURE PHOTO: Spin those flags
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 11, 2019
Students in the Adventure Flag and Camp Rifle Clinic from Smith Walbridge Clinics practice color guarding at the South Quad Wednesday evening. Sydney Harris, an instructor at Smith Walbridge Clinics, said students are dispersed into different groups for color guard based on individual experience. Harris...
FEATURE PHOTO: Playing pickleball with a pal
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 9, 2019
Olivia Bommelje, a graduate from the Charleston High School Class of 2019, plays pickleball with a friend at the tennis court next to Andrew Hall Tuesday afternoon. Bommelje said she will attend the University of Missouri and major in engineering.
FEATURE PHOTO: Summer science
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 9, 2019
Hongshan He (left), a chemistry professor, instructs Beibei Liu, a research assistant, on how to use a spin coater in the Physical Sciences Building Monday afternoon. Liu said she joined the summer research program during spring semester. Liu said she works five to six hours per day and five days...
FEATURE PHOTO: Closing time
Analicia Haynes, Senior Staff Reporter
July 9, 2019
It was 9 p.m. Monday night, exactly one hour before closing time at the Charleston Starbucks on Lincoln Avenue. Shawn Walker, a senior kinesiology major, prepared a tall vanilla iced coffee with cream and classic on top of the other tasks that needed to be done before 10 p.m. He talked about his ...
FEATURE PHOTO: Conducting the Community Band
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 2, 2019
Director Ginger Stanfield conducts the Charleston Community Band as it performs “Pop Culture” and “The Beach Boys' Greatest Hits” in the Band Rehearsal Room of the Doudna Fine Arts Center Tuesday evening. The Band will meet on Thursday morning for the Red, White and Blue Days' Parade, which...
FEATURE PHOTO: Selling fireworks on Lincoln Avenue
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 1, 2019
Tristan Warner (right) from Warner Enterprises talks with a customer at a set of merchant tables at an empty space next to Arby’s Monday. He said Warner Enterprises provides premier consumer fireworks across the state. Warner said business hours for the fireworks sales go from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The...
FEATURE PHOTO: Charleston Community Band patriotic salute
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 27, 2019
Director Ginger Stanfield conducts the Charleston Community Band as it performs "Amazing Grace" at the Kiwanis Park Thursday evening. This was part of the band's patriotic salute; the band performed a number of patriotic songs and marches to kick off the Red, White and Blue Days.
