We understand that the new owners of the building are contemplating a Starbucks for the ground floor of the building for those of you who need your caffeine fix before class.
— Charleston School of Law Dean Andy Abrams, begging students not to transfer out of the beleaguered school in a letter obtained by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. The only thing sadder than wooing wary students with a Starbucks is wooing students with a “possible Starbucks,” because note that the building is only contemplating the new coffee joint. Perhaps fittingly, Charleston’s survival plan remains teasing money out of students with a future that may never materialize.