In Our Opinion: Parents Weekend gives good look at campus life
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Hello parents, and welcome to USC.
USC managed to make national news under less than ideal circumstances after a remarkable amount of students left Williams–Brice Stadium in the third quarter of the Vanderbilt game a couple weeks ago. There was a range of excuses for the mass exodus involving everything under the sun: lack of hydration, the unentertaining blowout score and quite literally being under the blistering sun for far too long.
Police found no evidence of a rape near the East Quadrangle in February. Consequently, the case was closed after the victim failed a polygraph test and provided inconsistent details regarding her alleged rape, and police leads led to dead ends. 5 The case was officially closed in August, and shortly after its closing, an online alert of the case’s status was deleted from the USC police website. No further update had been provided to the students from the police, and it wasn’t until a report of the investigation was released last week after a long delay that the information regarding the case’s closure has come to light. When Carolina Alert sent a text message about the incident back in February, many of us were scared. We were upset that USC took hours to let us know about what was going on.
At long last, steps are being taken to allow students to use their CarolinaCards off campus.
It’s no secret that USC’s housing conditions aren’t ideal, as most students are eventually forced to live off campus due to lack of accommodations on campus. On the tail end of the great migration are landlords of varying quality, from hospitable to downright malevolent.
There was a veritable buzz about campus Tuesday.
This year’s freshman class is making a habit of breaking records.
Harris Pastides entered the ring as USC’s president at as bad a time as he could have imagined. It was 2008, and the recession would deliver blow after blow in budget cuts. The first one came quick, then another, and another.
The last time USC’s website was updated was at least 10 years ago. To put that into perspective, in 2003: Myspace had just come out, Ruben Studdard won American Idol and Beyonce had just released “Dangerously In Love.” That was quite a while ago, in other words.
In last week’s editorial, we predicted that the improvement to this year’s ticketing system would help keep students at the games. We meant we hoped students would stay inside Williams-Brice Stadium, not out in the tailgating lots.
If you don’t live on, or at least relatively close to campus, then it’s almost a given that you have to drive to get your classes. That is, of course, if you can find a parking space remotely close to your classes.
For students putting themselves through school, finding the time and funds to get professional attire for interviews can be challenging. The sharp and polished look of business wear is a privilege many of us overlook, but some of us can’t afford it. To combat the problem, SG’s newest project, Carolina Closet, a service designed to alleviate this problem, is in the works and should be introduced in a short time.
Until 1963, black students weren’t allowed to enroll at USC.
Except for the students who somehow — we’re still confused about this one — managed to lose their CarolinaCards after 4 p.m. the Wednesday before the Thursday night home opener, the new student ticketing system seems to be running smoothly this year.
When you vote for mayor in Columbia, do you realize that you aren’t deciding who really runs the city? Instead, what you get to do when you go to the voting booths is an opportunity to vote for a part-time politician who has little control of city government.
Student Government has covered up a section of code in their constitution written to manage a proposed house of delegates for student organizations for years.
More than 150 people were ejected from Williams-Brice Stadium during Thursday’s game against UNC, marring the season opening victory, according to USC’s Division of Law and Enforcement Safety. Of the 151 removed, 16 face criminal charges that consist, unsurprisingly, of entering the student section without a wristband, possessing and attempting to conceal alcohol and disorderly conduct.
Carolina Productions paid comedian Ahmed Ahmed $5,000 to perform on campus last semester. Did you have to Google his name? That’s OK; we had to, too.
Columbia police have vowed to channel their focus away from underage drinking and onto gang violence and unlawful weapons, namely in the Five Points area.
City council’s plan to solve the homelessness problem through eviction isn’t much of a plan at all.