Nick Holt

Early in the summer, Bundy presented Professor Jay Bocook, Director of Athletic Bands, with the idea of actually starting a color guard at Furman. Bocook agreed to the proposal and even hired an instructor for the guard. Unfortunately, the hired instructor decided not to show up for band camp, and the new guard was left without any routines to learn.

Furman’s bell tower is perhaps the most beloved, recognizable symbol of the university, a major landmark of both the original downtown campus as well as today’s campus. Since 1965 when a replica of the original bell tower was built on the lake, the tower has represented Furman: Furman catering is Bell Tower Catering, the campus men’s a cappella club calls itself the Bell Tower Boys, and there is even a tradition of the “Bell Tower Kiss.”

Many students are familiar with the fish in a tank common in dorm rooms, but fewer are probably aware of the dogs and cats that live on Furman’s campus. Although housing prohibits students from owning any pet they would like, the university does allow for approved service animals.

Founded last year by sophomores Chase Fiedler and William Lewis, the Furman Aviation Association has been successfully building functioning, electric model aircraft through the utilization of basic engineering and design concepts.

You’ve just finished up an intense hour-long, but friendly, group discussion with a Furman professor on the situation of poverty in Greenville. You grab a beer, join some friends, and sit down to watch a show. No, no — you didn’t just get out of your poverty studies class on a Friday at Furman; you’re actually downtown participating in the Warehouse Theatre’s Forum Series.

What if anything you posted or tweeted could be perused by a site administrator and then posted onto the front page of a heavily-frequented website for anyone to see? What if all you had to do was add a casual “#FU” to one of your tweets, and BAM! the pictures from that party in North Village last weekend could be on the front page of the Furman website?

It is everyone’s sixth week at Furman, and it is also everyone’s sixth week away from home. Whether your family is just a few hours away or happens to be in Xian, China, they are there, you are here, and you probably miss them. Friday, Sept. 20, the Chinese Student Association hosted on a celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival, a traditional holiday about bridging distances to connect with loved ones.

More students attend classes at Furman’s Herring Center on a yearly basis than do regular day students in Furman’s normal undergraduate courses, and the center offers hundreds of classes.