Opinion: We should debate conspiracy theorists
The internet is an incredible tool for sharing information with people globally. The drawback is it allows misinformation to spread and is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories.
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The internet is an incredible tool for sharing information with people globally. The drawback is it allows misinformation to spread and is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories.
Carolina Food Co. provides an excellent service to students. Truly, we at USC have better on-campus dining than other schools in the state with our university being named one of the top 25 best colleges for food. But, there are various problems with the meal plans that disadvantage and harm students, especially freshmen on required plans.
Zodiac signs and horoscopes are used as a descriptor of personality and predictor of fortune in modern day society. They can be found in various newspapers — including The Daily Gamecock — and websites in order to tell people their daily fortune and lucky numbers.
Oh, Valentine’s Day, the day where everyone that has a significant other celebrates, and those that don’t spend the night watching Netflix and eating Ben and Jerry’s. We say that Valentine’s Day is a day for love, but we seem to ignore one of the most important types of love we have: friendship.
USC has a new logo. The thing is, it fails to reflect the beauty of the history of USC and should have taken advantage of student creativity.
Pets, specifically dogs and cats, are able to bring people happiness and comfort and definitely have a place on college campuses. They do not, however, have a place in residence halls.
Tabletop games are an excellent pastime, but college students often overlook them. The stereotypical view of tabletop and board games is that they are either extremely nerdy or generally boring. In reality, they are so much more.
Social media has become a grand medium for how we communicate with and react to our world. Because of this, throughout 2018, some people’s off-handed posts caused some major problems. There are two major lessons we can take from these mishaps to make 2019 social media interactions a bit more palatable: be respectful and check for accuracy before posting.
Thanksgiving break has come and gone, and while the break was undoubtedly a relief to many students, residence hall closures added stress to the lives of others. All of the traditional and suite style halls closed over Thanksgiving break, with the exception of Maxcy. While people living off campus or commuting in are not generally affected by this problem, freshman students that have been required to live in residence halls were effectively evicted from their new home for the break.
At the University of South Carolina, some professors see the use of personal electronics in class as a detriment to learning and therefore ban their use during lecture. While this can be argued effectively in that students are proven to retain more information when they handwrite notes, one can contend that banning electronics altogether hurts classroom dynamics and students.
November is upon us, and while for many of the students of USC this is a time of brisk fall air, pumpkin spice lattes and Thanksgiving break, many people around our community are suffering because of lack of shelter from the increasingly cold weather.