The president of the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra is upset with a local critic who has been speculating in print that the CSO is “reportedly on the verge of collapse.” Ted Halkyard would like to know who, exactly, is reporting such a rumor to the critic, since the critic himself never contacted the orchestra to inquire into its financial situation. Halkyard insists that the CSO is regaining its financial footing after a cash crisis in the summer of 2003 threatened its future.