Sidney Dills

Why do you go here? This question is often employed – in nicer terms of course – to get to know freshman. And sometimes you’re just dying to know how someone from Washington State found Furman. When we answer this question, we habitually mention class size, location or a major.

The Diversion’s Editor’s experience of competing in Havoc and the spirit of Havoc past, present, and future.

Next year there will be nine more professors on campus, the first step to accommodating the growing student population. This past year, the freshman class increased in size by 80 to 90 students. The expected increase for next year’s freshman class is around 50 students.

The “damn factor”—the origin of all successful advertising strategies used at Furman University.

It’s hard to see much potential in the 55 gallon tank of waste vegetable oil (WVO) currently sitting in a small green shed past the South Housing parking lot. A small group of Furman students, however, are making use of what others would discard, transforming the used vegetable oil into biodiesel that they can sell to Facilities Services and local vendors.