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(09/27/17 11:22pm)
A study done by the NPR Ed Team says that the average funding for schools comes from “45 percent local money, 45 percent from the state, and 10 percent federal.” In the same study, they found that between 2008 and 2014, 36 states had decreased their education funding.
(09/28/17 12:14am)
Kenneth Gleason, a 23-year-old, white male, was arrested last Monday on charges of shooting and killing two unarmed African-American males. In two separate instances, Gleason fired fatal shots from his car at the men on the street, then proceeded to get out of his car, walk up to the victims and continue shooting. Gleason later opened fire on the house of an African-American family in his neighborhood. No one was injured. Upon searching his home, police found that Gleason had a copy of an Adolf Hitler speech. Gleason had no relation to any of the deceased.
(09/24/17 11:16pm)
There are good game days and there are bad game days. A lot of what makes a game day good has little to do with Williams-Brice. Good friends, good times and a great tailgate can do wonders to any Saturday afternoon. The Gamecocks playing well (and winning) helps, but are the people around you too drunk or too angry? All of these things are critical to enjoying the weekend. However, whether you’re drunk or sober, there is one thing that everyone at some point finds difficult on Saturdays: standing in the student section.
(09/24/17 11:19pm)
If an impending hurricane was predicted to have a six meter storm surge, 180 kilometer-per-hour winds and bring 176 centimeters of rain, Americans would miss the evacuation trying to remember the metric conversions they learned in third grade.
(09/27/17 11:16pm)
People have always questioned our criminal justice system, or at least its efficiency — specifically the police officers tasked to enforce the laws.
(09/21/17 4:43pm)
If you’d asked me last year if Park Place or Aspyre were part of campus, I would’ve told you no. It's a fairly long walk to Park Place, and Aspyre has a brutal hill and a set of railroad tracks between it and the university. But now they are both technically considered on-campus housing. There are also freshmen living in both to satisfy the requirement that they live on campus their first year. The juxtaposition of the rule and the results shows that it’s time to re-evaluate the freshmen housing mandate.
(09/21/17 12:16am)
Diplomacy has always been an integral aspect of modern states. In everything from minor trade deals to world-shaping international defense agreements, diplomacy has led the way. Diplomacy has crafted America’s place and status in the modern world and now may very well take it away.
(09/20/17 11:02pm)
The last time I wrote about how Republicans and Democrats are both failing mentally ill people, there was some objection to my point. Namely, that I was being unfair to Congressional Republicans by saying that they don’t care about mentally ill people.
(09/20/17 4:09pm)
Earlier this month, PewDiePie, an extraordinarily successful YouTuber who streams video games on his channel with over 57 million subscribers, was caught up in controversy.
(09/17/17 10:59pm)
I have been trying to get one of my textbooks since the first week of school.
(09/17/17 9:49pm)
Once upon a time, in a land seemingly far, far away, there lived a president who actually cared about unifying his country during times of tragedy and crisis. Whether it was shedding a tear after innocent children lost their lives at school or singing “Amazing Grace” at a funeral after countless other innocents lost their lives at church, our last president always had the American people in his heart and mind.
(09/17/17 10:52pm)
When Houston flooded during Hurricane Harvey, there was strong media coverage and a strong national response. The National Guard and FEMA were active in Houston’s preparation and recovery.
(09/17/17 10:51pm)
Why don’t we just let Donald Trump build his wall? I know that it is an unpopular idea to a lot of people. The wall that Trump envisions, which more than likely won’t become a reality, would be a physical symbol of our attitude towards immigration and our neighbors to the south. It would show our isolationism, our unwillingness to accept immigrants or otherness. Also, like other great walls before it, it would not succeed in its intended purpose. Many of the illegal immigrants in America today are people who overstayed their visas and arrived predominantly by plane. Unless this wall reaches up to the stratosphere, I don’t think it's stopping them.
(09/17/17 11:16pm)
The extent of Hurricane Irma’s damage was still not fully known before several sites were already running to collect donations.
(09/13/17 11:00pm)
Most Americans likely couldn’t tell you where Myanmar is on a map. To some, their only information on the country might be from a Top Gear special.
(09/13/17 11:10pm)
President Trump's signing DACA's death warrant has exited the front pages after only about a week — not unusual in this administration, where the latest news item is always swept off the table almost immediately by the next scandal. After the initial frenzy of coverage, DREAMers have been relegated mostly to inspiring, often tear-jerking pieces.
(09/13/17 10:06pm)
No one can deny that the U.S. is currently facing an identity crisis. America has split into two sides, creating a chasm of uncertainty. This convoluted reality of American ideology is thrown into stark relief when you look at climate change denial.
(09/11/17 12:23am)
Six independent studies concluded that 90 to 100 percent of published scientists agree that global warming is real and is caused by human activities. Consistently, a review of nearly 12,000 scientific paper abstracts show a 97 percent consensus among climate experts, with the level of agreement rising with level of climate expertise.
(09/11/17 12:10am)
Let me begin by saying that my parents are still together and I do not know first hand the trauma a divorce can have on a family. That being said, I don’t think divorce should be as villainized in our society as it is. I know a lot of people whose divorced parents get along great, others whose divorced parents hate each other and some whose married parents hate each other. I would offer that, to many, divorce is the healthiest option in an unhealthy and unsustainable situation.
(09/11/17 12:04am)
The United States is having a bad month in hurricanes. Between the recent destruction in Houston, the largest metropolitan area on the gulf coast, and Irma's path going through Miami, the second largest, just about everything that could go wrong is going wrong.