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(10/28/19 1:36am)
Eleven presidential candidates touched down in Columbia this weekend for the 2019 Benedict College Second Step Criminal Justice Reform forum. The forum asked presidential candidates to follow up the passing of the First Step Act criminal justice reform bill last year and to promise their second step to address criminal justice reform.
(10/27/19 11:06pm)
After speaking to supporters outside of his Columbia office, Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-V.T., sat down for an exclusive interview Saturday morning with The Daily Gamecock to discuss his plan for America.
(10/04/19 11:09pm)
The USC faculty senate passed a vote of no confidence in the board of trustees Wednesday afternoon.
(10/03/19 2:26am)
The faculty senate failed to pass a resolution that would recommend changes in the university’s attendance policy.
(09/21/19 3:24am)
The rallying cry at the Climate Strike in front of the Statehouse was, "Who is going to save the globe?"
(09/19/19 3:41am)
The Faculty Senate passed a resolution calling for legislative action against the board of trustees in a a Wednesday afternoon meeting.
(09/16/19 4:15am)
Three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for 2020’s presidential race visited the University of South Carolina on Sunday in a town hall series hosted by the College Democrats.
(08/30/19 5:24am)
Students held a vigil honoring the life of a USC student and Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity member Thursday evening at Strom Fields. The student died by suicide in Greek Village this past Tuesday, creating a shockwave in the community.
(08/15/19 7:20pm)
Freshmen who are new to Columbia are quick to notice its one of its most defining characteristics: the weather.
(07/20/19 5:17pm)
In a dramatic vote at the Pastides Alumni Center Friday afternoon, the USC board of trustees voted Gen. Robert Caslen as the university’s next president to the dismay of students and faculty assembled at the center.
(07/18/19 2:26am)
USC faculty, alumni and students stood in nearly triple-digit heat at the Gamecocks4Integrity rally Wednesday afternoon to voice concerns against the upcoming board of trustees meeting this Friday.
(07/12/19 12:40am)
Due to a state law, the Board of Trustees has been forced to postpone its deciding vote on USC presidential candidate Gen. Robert L. Caslen.
(07/11/19 7:35pm)
Student Government executive members held an open forum for USC students in the nursing building auditorium Wednesday evening to discuss the state of the university’s presidential search. Over one hundred students and faculty attended the forum to voice concerns over how Gov. Henry McMaster inserted himself into the presidential search.
(10/22/18 5:18am)
Conor McGregor is back in the spotlight after his submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani fighter from Russia. The post-fight brawl that broke out in the audience, however, was the event that really captured headlines after Nurmagomedov leapt over the ring and attacked McGregor’s trainer. The entire end to the fight really is a good metaphor for McGregor’s public life, being that it took what should have been a good show and brought down any sense of class or decency.
(10/08/18 1:54am)
The other day country icon Willie Nelson got into some hot water with his more conservative fans over his very public support for Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic candidate for Congress from Texas. For those who don’t know, O’Rouke’s campaign has garnered public attention because he is directly challenging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and preliminary polls suggest he may even win.
(10/02/18 2:37am)
Like it or not, American culture is somewhat bizarre. We are one of the richest countries in the world, but we were recently ranked 27th in the world for healthcare and education by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. We never cease to proclaim our love for democracy and freedom, but we align ourselves with nations like Saudi Arabia that undermine those principles, and allow the ruling class to subvert those ideas with mass surveillance and anti-voting tactics like gerrymandering and purging voting lists.
(09/18/18 11:30pm)
In case you didn’t notice, shopping malls of today are shadows of their counterparts of last century. What once were bastions of consumerism and hubs of social activity, many malls around the United States are failing or lie abandoned, leaving hulking concrete structures in their wake. Anchor stores, the large department stores or sporting goods stores that usually prop up malls, are dying off. Stores like Sears, JCPenny, Macy’s and the like are going the way of the dinosaur, in a feedback loop that is pulling malls down with them. Is this the future of American colleges?
(09/10/18 12:29am)
Labor Day is another one of those American holidays that, while celebrated with a day off, has lost much of its original meaning. Like Columbus Day or Thanksgiving, among others, Americans love to find any excuse to take off work without understanding why. Given that we take less vacation than Medieval peasants, people are often eager to get a day off, no questions asked.
(09/04/18 12:27am)
I know one of the greatest appeals of reading the Daily Gamecock opinion section is to surround oneself with the brightest minds of our generation, who are never wrong nor contradict themselves. However, I am writing this to humbly express the revelation that I was wrong about Omarosa Manigault Newman.
(08/26/18 11:11pm)
“Fascism” is just one of many loaded words that seems to be thrown around too much these days. Whether or not the label can be rightly applied to anyone in the American political sphere, it is undeniable that totalitarian tendencies do rear their head in some aspects of civilian life.