Citadel cadets are going on a hunger strike today to protest the conditions in the Coward Mess Hall. Posts on social media show undercooked chicken and brown-colored water, as well as sightings of rodents in the mess hall. Mess hall meals are included in the price of tuition, which for first year students is $30,022 for in-state and $53,278 for out-of-state. Source: P&C
State Attorney General Alan Wilson signed on to the settlement with Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin and other opioids. The Sacklers, the family that owns Purdue Pharma, would pay $3 billion over seven years and give up control of the company, which recently declared bankruptcy. Twenty-three other states have already signed on, but the deal is facing criticism that it lets the family, which Forbes estimated in 2016 was worth $13 billion, off too easy. Source: The State / Washington Post
With a cold front moving in, Thursday and Friday of this week could feel like fall. The cold front is expected to bring temperatures down by 10 degrees, bringing the lows down to the mid-80s and the lows into the the 50s. Source: P&C
Speaking of weather, Tropical Storm Jerry is swirling in the Atlantic, “960 miles east of the Leeward Islands (and a lot farther than that from Charleston!)” Source: Chswx
Cokie Roberts, a venerated journalist and commentator known for her work with ABC and NPR, passed away from breast cancer complications at 75. Roberts was a part-time resident of Pawley’s Island. Source: New York Times
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