Print Edition: 3/16/11
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Especially given the current economic crisis, state budget cuts have threatened the University of South Carolina’s ability to meet the needs of its students, and USC has relied on the generous donations of alumni and other private donors to continue to provide us with a quality education. Our editorial board has often challenged Gov. Haley and other elected officials to make every effort to allocate adequate funding for USC and other state universities. We understand, however, that no university can survive on state funding alone. So today, on behalf of thousands of students who have benefited from donations made by alumni — over $147 million during the 2009-2010 academic year — we thank these donors. These individuals deserve our thanks now more than ever before, as their contributions were made during some of the toughest economic times our country has ever faced. In spite of the difficult economy, our alumni gave generously to support the mission of our university. Because of their gifts, students received scholarships that helped defray the cost of attending USC, departments were able to hire faculty to maintain the quality of education our university is able to afford its students, old buildings received much needed upgrades and, most importantly, USC has survived increased budget cuts from the state.
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USC has this emergency alert system, but you probably don’t know about it. Why? Because it’s never fully functional.
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This is no Ivy-League institution with frequent Nobel Prize winners and United States presidents. But we're also not a community college.
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We fully understand the excitement.
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This idea is absurd. While it's true that in-state enrollment has dropped 18 percent in the last decade, putting a cap on out-of-state enrollment diminishes the overall academic quality of the USC student population, and the value of our degrees. The reason that in-state enrollment is down is because students are not meeting the qualifications for acceptance, which only requires scoring at least 1000 on the SAT and earning a 3.0 GPA.
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You’re driving back home after spending nine hours on campus. As you travel down Assembly Street, your phone starts making that annoying sound, the one it makes when a friend texts you to find out what the plans are for the evening or when your parents send you the random, “luv u cnt w8 2 c u” message two hours after you’ve left home.
We’ve seen the recycling bins and argued over the optional green fee. We’ve also lived in LEED-certified dorms, used dual-flush toilets and seen people dressed up as recyclable cans running around campus during RecycleMania week. But USC is about to take green to an entirely new level — with a $10 million initiative.
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The first time Blackboard went down, we thought it was just a system glitch that wouldn’t happen again. The second time it happened, we couldn’t get our homework done, and we were a little more annoyed.
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This past week, USC was a beautiful place, and not just because of the weather. A group of organizations including Carolina Productions, Athletics and the Office of Women’s Student Services put together Carolina Beautiful, a program to promote what people our age desperately need: a positive body image and a reminder that true beauty is much more than physical appearance.
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It was the topic of debate at an on-campus forum Wednesday night, and there were surely diverse and well-argued opinions.
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