COMIC: All the reasons to be upset
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I’ve spent the last four years running experiments, managing undergraduate researchers and authoring multiple papers. I’ve poured my early adult years into becoming exactly what this country claims it needs: a trained scientist ready to tackle the next generation of challenges. So when I sat down a few weeks ago to apply for graduate funding through the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, I assumed my credentials would speak for themselves.
The days of Five Points being a college staple for having a drink on Friday nights are disappearing, and we have one culprit to thank: South Carolina's asinine $1 million liquor liability insurance requirement. It's killing Columbia's nightlife while lawmakers sip their cocktails and pat themselves on the back for "reform" that won’t save a single struggling bar.
While USC offers a reasonable number of vending machines located around campus, students often face issues with actually receiving the products they paid for. The university's vending machines are notorious for leaving students out to dry in tandem with a poor refund system that is almost worse than the already low percentage of actually received beverages.
When hunting for cheap clothes or a one-wear Halloween costume, students often turn to ultra-fast-fashion sites such as Shein. The brand’s bargain prices, near-constant flash sales and seemingly endless inventory are notorious among consumers looking for trendy styles at low prices.
History surrounds the University of South Carolina. Stroll the Horseshoe and you’ll see plaques, monuments and well-worn bricks hinting at a long, complicated past. In his Oct. 16 column for The Daily Gamecock, Samuel J. Cancilla argued for a digital, self-guided history walk to bring those stories to life. He’s absolutely right, and the good news is that it already exists, and it’s growing.
After seeing its budget slashed from $340,000 to $185,000, the University of South Carolina’s Student Government has found an ingenious way to achieve fiscal efficiency: Make the funding process so cumbersome that students simply stop using it. In response, student organizations are now lining up for funding from the new Student Organization Funding Assistance Board — a university-run alternative that is safer, less bureaucratic and more streamlined.
Picture this: You’re scrolling through your phone when a breaking political story appears — maybe a tragic mass shooting, a controversial court ruling or another upsetting headline. Instantly, your pulse quickens, and your chest tightens — frustration and anger surge. Before you know it, you’ve fired off a heated comment on social media or started arguing with the first person who will listen.
The clip hit my phone first; Charlie Kirk collapsing behind the table after a gunshot, blood seeping into his collar. Then came the political factions rapidly splitting into teams — “I’m glad he’s dead,” and “This is war.”
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.
USC’s central quad, the beloved Horseshoe, is one of the country’s most historically rich university spaces, a place where the past is literally underfoot. Every day, thousands of students, visitors and prospective students walk beneath its canopy of oaks, admiring the brick paths and antebellum facades with hardly any context for what they see. This is a missed opportunity for learning, for pride and for an honest reflection of our great university. The University of South Carolina should launch a self-guided history tour that makes the Horseshoe’s story accessible to anyone with a phone and a few minutes to explore.
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.