Opinion: Free the elephants
The Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia has been rated one of the top 10 zoos in the country, but for elephants, South Carolina is the last place they want to be.
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The Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia has been rated one of the top 10 zoos in the country, but for elephants, South Carolina is the last place they want to be.
Despite what the groundhog predicted last month, it seems that spring has come early. In a rise in temperatures that certainly has nothing to do with climate change, the past few weeks of February have felt more like May, allowing everyone to spend more time outdoors. However, the 70-degree days also bring an old enemy: sticky, yellow pollen discharged from the blooms of the dread Bradford pear tree.
The past several years have been brutal for entertainment industry award shows. The Oscars, the Grammys and the Emmys have all seen their ratings drop to abysmally low numbers, losing viewers by the millions and rapidly receding from relevance. The cause of this drastic decline in popularity is no doubt multifaceted and can’t be blamed on any single thing, but one factor that likely plays a large role is the increasingly political nature of these awards shows.
I have been a student at this incredible university for three long years, and in those three years, I have changed so much as a person. Sadly, that is not the case for everyone who has walked across this campus.
On Valentine's Day, Parkland, Florida, was hit with one of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history; 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School lost their lives. Unsurprisingly, this tragedy quickly stoked the flames of the never-ending debate about gun control. Thousands took to social media to make their voices heard.
We can all agree that having to purchase textbooks for class is unpleasant.
BuzzFeed missed its revenue target last year by 70 million dollars. Vice missed its target by over $100 million. Since 2013, Upworthy has lost over 75 percent of its traffic. Mashable, once valued at $250 million dollars, sold for only $50 million and then had to layoff 30 percent of its staff.
Taxis are terrifying.
When freshmen first step on campus for orientation, we are taught that the Carolina Creed is like the Force. It surrounds us, binds us and holds our campus together. Nothing emphasized this point more than when President Pastides and Student Body President Lordo made a stand against the racist posters put up on the first day of class, citing the Carolina Creed’s promise to fight discrimination to rousing applause.
Last week, the University of South Carolina unveiled a statue of Richard Greener outside of the Thomas Cooper Library. Richard Greener was the first African American Professor at the University of South Carolina. A Harvard graduate, Greener also served as the Dean of Howard University School of Law. He relocated to Columbia, South Carolina, during Reconstruction where he taught until Reconstruction ended in 1877, the same year that Governor Wade Hampton closed the university.
President Trump just released some of his plans to possibly create a compromise regarding the current gun controversy saturating the media. One of his proposals is raising the age of being able to buy a rifle or handgun to 21.
It’s been a rough year for the presidential cabinet. After a slew of firings and resignations, the turnover rate of Trump’s White House is starting to look like that of your average McDonald’s. However, one member of this band of failed cabinet members has risen above the controversy and successfully re-entered public life without completely ruining her career. Her name is Omarosa Manigault.
We have all had a tech-averse professor who, for one reason or another, makes a point to avoid the online resources available to them. Those professors tell their classes straight away “I don’t post grades” and they leave their class Blackboard pages blank — without even a syllabus. While the use or avoidance of online resources has generally been regarded as an issue best left to professor preference, it is my contention that the university needs to hold them accountable to a more hardline standard.
If there is one overarching theme apparent in the GOP, it is reliance on Christian values. Whether or not Republican politicians follow or believe what they teach, they often talk about preserving Christian morals, ethics and family values in the American political system. After the controversy of the Parkland school shooting and heightened gun control debate, one question remains: What is the Christian belief behind gun control?
This is the first Student Government election cycle — and 2018-2019 will be the first term — to include a new speaker of the student senate position, as well as the transition towards a new role for the student body vice president. It has also seen a dramatic increase in solid, competent and qualified candidates for positions at all levels. However, there are still factors that differentiate the candidates, such as past experience, leadership and vision.
As part of the Opinion section's Sounding Board series, in which a columnist is sent out on campus to talk to USC students and find out what they have to say about current hot-button issues, we interviewed ten students about their views on school funding, tuition, and fees.
With South Korea being the third largest provider of international students to the United States and a major provider to the University of South Carolina, the lack of a Korean language major here is baffling. This language is only growing in importance, for both students with plans to pursue public and private sector careers. The University of South Carolina already offers eight languages as minor and major courses of study — surely another important language should be added to this list.
One of greatest features of the University of South Carolina is its large variety of student organizations, which range from Greek social fraternities and sororities to academic unions. A sports club is a specific type of student organization that is built around a specific sport while also receiving funding from the university.
If there is one thing that all college students hate with a fiery passion, it is the astronomical price of textbooks and access codes. Seeing that a book or access code is “required” for a class and ordering it is the saddest part of my semester, for sure. Though I understand the need for supplemental texts and homework to aid in learning, I feel the the overwhelming use of access codes in classes represents a teaching defect. If a class requires a $100-$150 access code in order to learn the concepts, I think teaching capability should come into question.
My experience using dating apps and websites as an individual on the asexual spectrum has been very difficult and isolating at times. I have never felt comfortable using Tinder, as it has a reputation for being a “hook-up” app. Being somewhere between sex-averse and sex-indifferent, I am not prepared to receive the sexually explicit messages I heard my friends say they have received on the app.