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(10/03/25 4:20am)
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If you’re a STEM student and you’re not doing research, you’re leaving half of your education on the table. Studies have found that undergraduates who take part in research often earn higher GPAs, and long-term involvement is linked to improved retention and a greater likelihood of graduating.
Let's call AI what it is: intellectual cheating. When students let AI think for them, they’re not just unfaithfully completing an assignment; they are robbing themselves of the struggle and thought processes that make education meaningful. Sure, a machine can spit out coherent sentences, but it cannot teach you to argue, empathize or imagine. If this quiet epidemic of outsourcing thought continues, the next generation of students will only be fluent in copying and illiterate in all else.
The first panel shows a phone with a red dead battery screen. The second panel shows a computer with a dead battery screen. The third panel shows a person sitting at a desk with a charger in hand and a look of contemplation on their face. The fourth panel shows the person slumped over their desk with a computer charger plugged into their ear.
"Crap." That’s how some South Carolina Republican representatives described their own state budget.
I understand if you don’t agree with Charlie Kirk. He said plenty of polarizing things, ranging from controversial takes on the legality of abortion to a staunch defense of the Second Amendment. I don’t think he always expressed his opinions in the best way. I didn’t agree with quite a few of them myself. Even so, for many in my generation, especially young men, he became someone to look up to, a reminder of what we believe makes this country remarkable, the conviction, grit and the willingness to stand publicly for what you believe is true.
If a chatbot can ace an assigned essay in 30 seconds, that’s not a scandal about students — it’s an indication of the assignment's quality. AI tools are often blamed when the real problem is our grading system. For as long as degrees reward fact recollection, software that automates recall will win. The solution to this isn’t bans and detectors, it’s changing what counts as work: framing questions, judging evidence and producing original synthesis.
A few months ago, USC and the Division of Information Technology announced a pioneering partnership with OpenAI to give every student, faculty and staff member on the Columbia campus access to ChatGPT Edu.
USC has long prided itself on letting students scan into football games without paying at the gate. However, this convenient aspect of the home game experience now comes with a hefty price tag, one that many students didn't realize they were covering.
In Lexington County, the sound of progress is often a jarring thud from a car’s suspension hitting another pothole. While Lexington’s population has nearly doubled since 1990, according to the U.S. Census, and continues to skyrocket, the infrastructure meant to support this growth is visibly failing. The number of county-maintained roads in good condition has plummeted to 62% since construction in the ‘80s through ‘00s and is projected to fall by another 30% by 2030.
This year's incoming class stepped onto a campus full of disarray. Rising housing costs and construction delays have left the USC housing scene in shambles. As each school year passes, seemingly more and more apartment buildings are erected and open their doors with shiny, state-of-the-art accommodations, while first-year students are required to live in old, outdated dorm rooms that rarely see improvements.
Update: According to University Spokesman Collyn Taylor, the university must obtain a subpoena in order to view what students put into ChatGPT. This information was provided after initial publication.
Every four years, like clockwork, the Department of Education becomes a character in America’s favorite political performance: “The Culture War — Now With Book Bans.” Here in South Carolina, that drama hit a fever pitch when the State Board of Education voted to ban four additional titles leaving teachers scrambling and students protesting across the state.