Column: Student involvement crucial
While it might seem like clichéd advice, getting involved in academics, clubs, organizations and other social settings on and around campus may be of greater significance for students than it seems.
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While it might seem like clichéd advice, getting involved in academics, clubs, organizations and other social settings on and around campus may be of greater significance for students than it seems.
Much controversy arises over the term “retard” when used either jokingly or conversationally.
When’s the last time you were at a church gathering?
When it comes to starting college, it's inevitable that students will be faced with situations and decisions that will force them into adulthood, if that has not happened before college.
On any given sunny Saturday afternoon when school is in session, it’s not hard to find a pup and owner strolling along on the lawn of the Horseshoe. Many in the student population either have or are in want of a dog of their own.
In today's society, it is not uncommon that a show or movie is rated TV-MA (for mature audiences) because of scenes of nudity or sexual intercourse. We all know the line “sex sells.” While this might be the norm on screen, I put to you that this generation should not find this acceptable but rather an atrocious act of over-sexualization that is harmful to women, men and society at large.
Using the measures of sanitation score, price and food quality, I compared Moe's and Chipotle restaurants in Columbia to determine which restaurant choice is the best choice for USC students, based on healthiness and affordability.
With the smell of saltwater wafting in the warm summer air and fresh local seafood joints surrounding the small town, it's not hard to fall in love with Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
Even though the traditional student doesn't reach the drinking age until junior year, 60 percent of college students drink alcohol. This might not seem like much of an issue until it is also considered that about 1,700 deaths and 500,000 injuries each year among college students alone are caused by alcohol use.
Nothing sets the mood for summer quite like a great soundtrack. Put these tunes on during a car ride with the windows down and feel the joy of summer as the warm breeze blows by.
While the trend of eating clean is highly renowned and popularized in today's society, it might work for some people but not for others. Those with busy lifestyles often can't make time for the preparation, planning and cooking which clean eating requires. So I offer a solution: Eat clean as much as possible, but don't sweat it if you can't fit it into your lifestyle every day.
French electronic band M83 released their seventh album, "Junk," on Friday.
Delightfully Southern and creative in character, the city of Augusta, Georgia, lies near the border of South Carolina, just across the Savannah River.
The low quality of our campus food service, Sodexo, can be attributed to the food's lack of flavor, repetition and subpar ingredients. Many students complain of getting tired of campus food after short durations of eating there and often turn to off-campus restaurants even if they cost more.
There's a good chance that if you throw a quote from the 2004 classic "Mean Girls" into a conversation, pretty much anyone will understand the reference. It's hard to go wrong in a movie that features Lindsey Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey as some of the main characters. So much of the iconic film revolves around the bedazzled Juicy Couture tracksuits and classic high school drama getting caught up in a landline telephone, that taking it out of the beloved early 2000s timeframe would also take away the movie's original charm. Many of us have never seen the sequel, "Mean Girls 2," which was released in 2011 — and we should keep it that way.
Situated near Greensboro, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a beautiful and diverse city with a charming, ornately designed downtown.
Gwen Stefani’s new album "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" hit the ears of her audiences March 18. The album features a cover of Stefani pictured in a pose resembling Marilyn Monroe and is filled with tracks that deal with matters of the heart.
Just two and a half hours from Columbia sits a small beach town beckoning visitors to relax and enjoy its warm weather and salty air — Hilton Head Island. Hilton Head is not like other beaches, which are large, commercial venues bustling with an overflow of tourists. Instead, Hilton Head encourages a slow-paced, calming atmosphere and a chance to melt away worries in the sun.
There are so many great movies out there — ones with well-written and intriguing plots, multifaceted characters and stunning set designs. For every good movie made, a terrible, cheesy film hits the screens at the same time. While inherently cringe-worthy, here are four movies that are so completely horrible that they are almost good.
Blacksburg, Virginia. Aurora, Colorado. Fort Hood, Texas. What do all these places have in common? Gun massacres. People whose lives were ended or severely damaged by mass shootings. And what did the gunmen in each situation have in common? Mental illnesses that should have prevented them from ever having a gun.