Print Edition: 03/18/13
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With the recent scare of the South Carolina Department of Revenue hacks, USC is at last stepping up to bat in its efforts to beef up our cybersecurity systems. Over the next two years, Secure Carolina plans to double the size of its cybersecurity teams and spend more than $2 million updating the technologies and policies.
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USC may finally have created an outlet for students to flesh out innovative ideas. Created last summer, the USC Instigator program offered through the Moore School of Business is now revamping its efforts to gain attention from students of any major or background who may be interested in starting their own enterprises.
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That’s because the three bills up for debate were all related to Healthy Carolina’s controversial and poorly-thought-out Tobacco Free USC initiative. The initiative would effectively ban all forms of tobacco — cigarettes, dip, hookah, etc. — from USC’s large and expansive campus, and it would pigeonhole not only students but faculty and our already taxed police to enforce it.
The mold-infested Women’s Quadrangle has been festering on campus for a while now, waiting for severely overdue renovations to make it once again habitable for students. But now, these renovations may prove harder to get rolling than previously anticipated.
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After parts of Self Service Carolina went live last week, we’re glad to say it appears to outshine its predecessor in many ways.
This year, however, USCDM managed to outrave its previous years, raising $224,510 over the course of the weekend, a nearly 30-percent increase from the $177,229 it got last year. Not only did USCDM raise more money this year, its also saw a significant increase in participants, up more than 150 dancers from last year.
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Their new initiative, “Walk Home Cocky,” help makes sure students make it back safely to either their residence halls or to their parking garage. It’s based off the idea that there’s safety in numbers — at least two trained student volunteers with brightly colored shirts and walkie-talkies — and it’s an idea we wholeheartedly support.
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Under South Carolina law, all citizens charged with a non-capital offense are eligible to receive a bond hearing. While this law keeps in the American ideal of "innocent until proven guilty," its hard to fathom that someone with a rap sheet like Shiquan Tyon Cwiklinkski's, the main suspect in the case, could simply come up with bail and be set free on an unsuspecting public.
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USC’s student organizations haven’t been the best at budgeting expenses in the past, but that may not be entirely their fault. The current system, which requires student organizations to request money from Student Government one semester in advance, has generally yielded low rates of usage in the past — only around 50 to 60 percent.
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According to the latest Winthrop Poll, more than half the population of surveyed South Carolinians feel that our state’s economy is good and is getting better. However, when asked what the most important problem facing the state was, only 12.8 percent answered with education. This contrasts to the 24 percent who believed jobs and employment to be the most important issue, and the 14 percent who responded with the economy.
Nearly 50 percent more people voted in this election than last year, and, with more than 4,500 students casting their ballot for president, Student Government saw its largest election turnout since 2007.