Diversions

Nyla Beans, a family owned business located on Pleasantburg Drive, sells a variety of eclectic decor and clothing to fulfill anyone’s free-spirited side.

Tandem has a wide variety of crepes on their menu. Some of the savory flavors include fiesta, mediterranean, club and vegetarian. Customers can watch their crepes being prepared as they wait for their own taste of France.

With the likes of Jason Derulo and Pitbull dominating the airwaves during the summer, it may have seemed like a hopeless few months for pop music. This, however, is anything but true. There were a plethora of great songs this year that didn’t get the kind of attention they deserved from pop radio. Here are 7 of the best.

The Indie Craft Parade brings a wide variety of local artists to showcase their work. This year the parade will feature 80 artists and vendors. The event begins Sept. 13 and continues through the afternoon of Sept. 14. The admission fee is $2.

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Festivals and the club scene are often filled with drugs or paraphernelia that incoming college students may be unware of. These drugs, including Molly and Ecstasy can give an euphoric feeling, but comes with the risk of dehydration, nausea, and overdose.

You may think that being stuck on campus during May or for the summer is going to be a drag. Without many of your friends on campus, you sigh, there won’t be anything to do.

With summer movie season rapidly approaching, it’s time to take a look at some of the big attractions that will hit the cinemas from May-July.

The Furman Lake, as if it were not already lethal enough, is now currently being occupied by an unidentified menace that resembles something between a shark and the Loch Ness monster.

Once exams are over, consider taking a few trips across the state in the week before May Experience begins or while participating in a May Experience program. South Carolina is home to many former plantations whose structures are full of history and beautiful architecture.

As graduation approaches, a sense of finality has begun to settle over the Class of 2014. Many things both mundane and important gain consequence when one realizes they may be the “last” of whatever they are.

Brigadoon is a show which encapsulates the love story of a young boy and girl who meet at very different points in their lives and struggle to decide whether or not their love is worth changing their whole lives.

The end of the school year encourages reflection on the memories made over the past two semesters. Furman’s Bonhomie yearbook seeks to capture these memories through pictures, profiles, and stories.

Ending the year on a comedic note, Furman Theatre chose The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere as their final show for the year.

In Furman University’s Class of 2016, there are seven sets of twins. While many twins want to be seen as individuals and to engage in different activities in their college years, there is often an underlying sense of comfort to know that the other is close by. At the end of the day, many twins feel as if they are able to “come back home” to a comfort zone with the other.

Looking for a unique study break of an artistic bent? Consider a drive to small town Bishopville, S. C., home of Pearl Fryar’s topiary gardens.

Writer Rachel Chen catches up with Dr. Eiho Baba.