COMIC: Brain away
(04/23/26 10:01pm)
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On Sept. 22, 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall in South Carolina. It had recently been downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph. The storm surge pounded the coast, with water levels reaching over 20 feet along parts of the coast. This hurricane was estimated to cause over $7 billion in damage — equivalent to about $18 billion in 2025 — along its path.
South Carolina’s loss to Clemson in the Palmetto Bowl this past year was seen as a tipping point for many. This is especially true for fans and players alike, especially those who are seniors.
For students at the University of South Carolina, using ChatGPT can feel less like using a tool and more like taking a gamble. In the 2025-26 academic year, the University of South Carolina entered into a $1.5 million contract with OpenAI to offer free artificial intelligence tools to all students, faculty and staff. The program was rolled out in the fall 2025 term with the goal of improving students’ academic outcomes and enhancing learning efficiency. However, ChatGPT’s rapid implementation has left the university playing catch-up, regulating how these tools are used in practice. As a result, students are left navigating vague and inconsistent expectations, where the line between assistance and cheating is often unclear. Students face increased academic liability not because of intentional misconduct, but because institutional policies and enforcement methods fail to provide clear, reliable guidance, leading to the common claim that the university’s deal with OpenAI is a trap.
As you look around campus, you’ll see an overwhelming number of students using phones and computers. We all depend on electronics to some degree daily, whether it's to check emails, scroll social media, play games or message friends.
Over 7,000 people have died since the start of the war between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the U.S.-Israeli coalition on Feb. 28, 2026 - including Iran's (now former) Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Across the Gulf Coast, oil refineries are burning. American military assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars are being hammered by Shahed drones. Yet, when the fog of war clears, this conflict might end up causing its greatest long-term damage to something unexpected: the ballooning U.S. national debt.
When walking through USC’s campus, many students have their earbuds in, mindlessly listening to music. They shuffle playlists, skip song after song and maybe even use Spotify’s AI DJ.
South Carolina is fat. It ranks among the most obese states in America, with an adult obesity rate of 36% as of 2023. What’s even more alarming is that nearly 40% of South Carolina public school students are considered overweight or obese. This disease not only affects adults who can understand the consequences of an obese lifestyle, but also children who are particularly susceptible to lifelong impacts from childhood obesity.
The release of the Epstein Files has been a hot topic in U.S. politics for months, accumulating attention as the Department of Justice made more than 3 million documents, 2,000 videos and 180,000 pictures available to the public.
In 2015, a historic 1 in 100-year flood — meaning the probability of occurring in any future year is 1% — severely impacted Columbia and South Carolina. More recently, in the fall of 2024, hot ocean temperatures made storms 400 times more likely to develop, creating Hurricane Helene, which devastated not only Columbia, but the upstate and Appalachian region as well.
Growing up in Washington, D.C., it was impossible not to be a Capitals fan. The team’s roster in the 2010s was loaded with elite-level talent, from 2014 Olympic hero T.J. Oshie to the greatest goal scorer of all time, Alex Ovechkin. Year after year, the team produced unforgettable moment after unforgettable moment, filling the hearts and minds of the local population with cherished memories and unity.
On a warm summer morning on the coast of The Palmetto State, the waves are crashing, seagulls are squawking and families are setting up beach chairs for a relaxing day. The smell of sunscreen and salt lingers in the air while kids dig in the sand and splash in the ocean.
Over 1.5 billion people — almost 20% of the world population — live in Africa. With the highest fertility rate out of any continent, its role in the global economy will only grow more and more important every year. One might expect, then, that students of the No. 1 international business program in the United States would be able to study in a variety of countries in this critical continent — or, at the very least, more than the grand total of four that are currently available.
While many Gamecocks were distracted by the snow and early rush of midterms, a legislative move in the statehouse was silently introduced and could cause financial chaos for the university. House Bill 3795 was proposed in the 126th General Assembly and would radically change Gamecock demographics.