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BOONE, N.C. — Since spring practice, Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins has been talking about the need for playmakers to emerge alongside All-America receiver Andre Roberts. In a 47-21 loss to Appalachian State on Saturday, that need was thrown into sharp relief. ...

The Citadel women and men placed third and fourth, respectively, in the FLrunners.com Invitational in Titusville, Fla. Katheryn Gatewood placed 14th individually to lead the Bulldogs women in a time of 19 minutes, 29 seconds. The Citadel's Brendan Kight was eighth in the men's race in 26:53.

The Citadel volleyball team recorded 16 blocks in a 3-1 loss to visiting Davidson.  The scores were 29-27, 16-25, 25-20 and 25-11.  Sophomores Blaine McAllister and Jessica Maas recorded double-digit kills for the Bulldogs (6-10, 0-4 SoCon).

The Rev. Nicholas C. Trivelas, who served as presiding priest of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Charleston for 45 years until his retirement in 1993, died Saturday. He was 87. Trivelas, a choir director and teacher of Byzantine music, served as principal of Charleston's Greek School and taught modern and New Testament Greek at The Citadel where he also was a campus minister. ...

Any change at The Citadel often receives harsh criticism from cadets and graduates who hold tradition in high regard. Sometimes the criticism is grounded. Other times, it is merely the ranting of someone upset that current cadets are getting off easy. I dislike any sentence that begins "back in the old corps," as cadets from each era face their own challenges that those from different periods don't understand.  ...

The Reverend Father Nicholas Christ Trivelas, 87, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, October 4, 2008, in Charleston, SC. Father Trivelas served as priest at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church from 1948 to 1993. He retired in 1993 and continued to serve Holy Trinity as Priest Emeritus. ...

Again, the Atlanta Braves are not in the playoffs and don't bother waiting 'til next year. But aside from one of the few Smoltzless Octobers in your recent lifetime and Clemson missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 22 years, the 2008 season was full of highlights for players and teams with Palmetto State and Lowcountry ties.  By the numbers: 

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Home runs hit by former Citadel star Dallas McPherson while playing for the triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. McPherson led all minor leaguers in homers and earned a promotion to the Florida Marlins.

... Bleachers were reserved for the 75th Air Depot Wing. As I waited for my friends to arrive, I began to be concerned when the band and the corps marched onto the field, and the vets had not arrived. The guest of honor for the parade was introduced. As I recall, the visiting dignitary (VIP) was the acting assistant for the under secretary of finance for the secretary of the Army. The members of the 75th were not allowed entrance to The Citadel grounds for the parade. The reason given was that a VIP was present and for security reasons, tour groups were not allowed on campus. ...

Bus fare and passes are going up 20 percent on most fares starting today to compensate for the increased fuel prices, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has announced. 

--Route 213 - Lockwood/Calhoun: This new DASH route will link the Citadel and Medical Centers to Express service and will also link hotels on Lockwood Drive with the Visitor's Center.

Bus fare and passes are going up 20 percent on most fares starting today to compensate for the increased fuel prices, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has announced. 

--Route 213 - Lockwood/Calhoun: This new DASH route will link the Citadel and Medical Centers to Express service and will also link hotels on Lockwood Drive with the Visitor's Center.

Bus fare and passes are going up 20 percent on most fares starting today to compensate for the increased fuel prices, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has announced. 

--Route 213 - Lockwood/Calhoun: This new DASH route will link the Citadel and Medical Centers to Express service and will also link hotels on Lockwood Drive with the Visitor's Center.

BOONE, N.C. — Upset-minded Citadel fans who made it up the steep grade past Possum Hollow and Blowing Rock had a chance Saturday to sample free chili from Sledgehammer Charlie's at a tent set up outside Kidd Brewer Stadium. Then it was mostly a diet of football indigestion, a 47-21 Southern Conference loss to Appalachian State's mighty Mountaineers. The halftime score was 41-7. ...

BOONE, N.C. — Armanti's ankle? It's fine. Appalachian State's football identity? Intact. Any other questions were answered by the scoreboard at the south end of Kidd Brewer Stadium, where the 47-21 score provided a stark reminder of just how far The Citadel still has to go to join the elite football teams in the Southern Conference. ...

I feel I speak for the Princeton alumni community in extending a sincere apology for our band's behavior while guests of The Citadel recently. Our band has long been notorious for irreverent nonsense. To those of us who have suffered this immaturity for years, it is boring at best. To a host school, it is a pompous insult. The antics of our band is in no fashion representative of the majority of Princeton students, its football team or its alumni. ...

Q: I don't understand why The Post and Courier continues to allow the term "Yankee" to be used in letters to the editor and other sections of your paper. It is obviously being used as a pejorative. If somebody wrote a letter to the editor complaining about "N..." music played by the Citadel, I'm sure it would never have been published. You folks continue to foster this idea that the word is used "all in fun". Well, it's not. It's used as a slur and it's about time you faced up to it.

A: There is no question that some people use "Yankee" as a slur. Some people also use "Democrat" that way or "Republican" or "politically correct." Had the reference been gratuitous and clearly insulting, the editor might have omitted it.

The recent letters which have used "Yankee" have referred specifically to martial music played by the Union (Yankee) troops during the Civil War. It is akin to referring to the Rebel yell.

If there is one problem Appalachian State football would seem not to have, it's an identity problem. After three straight FCS national titles and last season's epic upset of Michigan, the Mountaineers have been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and featured in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, earning untold millions in free publicity on ESPN alone. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel’s head tennis coach Toby Simpson announced on Friday that the tennis program would like to update their tennis alumni database. Simpson is asking any former tennis players to please contact him with your name, address and email. ...

In the Sept. 17 Post and Courier, a letter writer denounced the use of "Yankee Songs," such as "The Battle Cry of Freedom" [originally a Northern song] and "Battle Hymn of the Republic," at ceremonies that included a "Southern institution" such as The Citadel. ...

The Citadel is scheduled to face Appalachian State in a Southern Conference football game 3 p.m. Saturday in Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C. The game is slated to be televised on SportSouth, cable channel 32 in Rock Hill. The Bulldogs are led by quarterback Bart Blanchard, who played at Northwestern. ...

The Citadel Cross Country heads to the Sunshine State for the FLrunners.com Invitational presented by Nike. The Bulldogs are coming off their lone home meet of the season, The Citadel Invitational, and will compete against several similarly-sized schools in Titusville, Fla. this weekend.

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel soccer team will travel to Greensboro, N.C. on Friday, Oct. 3 to take on the Southern Conference top-seed UNC Greensboro Spartans at 7 p.m. and then on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m., the Bulldogs will face the Elon Phoenix in Elon, N.C. Here is a quick look at The Citadel and its opponents. ...

CHARLESTON — On the morning of September 30, 2008, Jay D. Rogers, Jr., beloved husband of “Lou” Sharpe Rogers and father of Sara Jayne Rogers, passed away. ... He was a graduate of The Citadel, Class of 1980, Charlie Company, and a proud member of the Alumni Association and the Association of Citadel Men. ...

The Coastal Bank's executive vice president and chief operating officer has been named to the Savannah Technical College Foundation Board of Directors. As part of Savannah Tech's board of directors, Jim LaHaise will help shape the vision and the future of the regional technical college. ...

Charleston and the Islands --Main Library, 68 Calhoun St., downtown: 805-6930. The Early Cold War Series: 2 p.m. Monday. Marshall Plan: 1947-52. Join the group for the third program in a six-part series offering documentary films and discussion on a most memorable and turbulent period in the 20th-century American experience, from 1917-53. John B. Bonds, history department, The Citadel, will lead the discussion following each film.

Punt returns and punt blocks have played a key role in The Citadel's 3-1 start this season. ...

Punt returns and punt blocks have played a key role in The Citadel's 3-1 start this season. ...

Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel Football will travel to Boone, N.C. this weekend to take on three-time defending FCS national champion Appalachian State in the Mountaineers’ first Southern Conference game of the season on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Kick-off is set for 3:04 p.m. as the Mountaineer Homecoming game will be broadcasted on SportSouth with play-by-play announcer Tom Werme and analyst Sam Wyche.  ... 

The Citadel Wrestling team and head coach Rob Hjerling welcomes Billy Linane as a new assistant coach for the Bulldog wrestling program. Coach Linane is a 2005 graduate and former wrestler of The Citadel. ...

Appalachian State's newest cornerbacks were tested early and often last Saturday night against a Presbyterian team that threw 61 passes. Sophomore Jared Reine made his first start, replacing injured Dominique McDuffie at right cornerback. He alternated with Ed Gainey, a freshman from Winston-Salem who wound up getting the majority of playing time in the second half and finished with seven tackles and one pass breakup. ...

Mr. Charlie M. Forrest, Jr., of Anderson, died Monday, September 29, 2008 at his residence. Born in Johnston, SC, Mr. Forrest was a graduate The Citadel, Class of 1945. He served in the United States Army during World War II where he received three Purple Hearts and was a part of the invasion of Normandy, France. After serving as a Professor of Business Administration at The Citadel, he relocated to Anderson, SC in 1951 and founded The Carolina School of Commerce, later known as Forrest College.