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(03/08/13 7:45am)
Growing up in a rural area has made me, like most Americans, very accustomed to the idea of having a car. But that might have to change if gas prices continue to rise at the current rate. The average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. this week is $3.76, not an insignificant sum. It is time for America to take a hard look at its gas consumption and take serious action to combat the reality of ridiculously high gas prices.
(03/07/13 7:41am)
Florida Atlantic University’s football team, the Owls, will be playing college football in GEO Group Stadium next year. The GEO Group bought the naming rights earlier this year, raising a firestorm of controversy surrounding how the GEO Group could even afford to buy the stadium through the operation of its for-profit prisons, among other things. Students have protested the change, but university officials have stated that the name is here to stay. But the biggest issue here is why we have for-profit prisons in the U.S. anyway.
(02/25/13 8:33am)
It seems like every few months the nation’s political climate is on the verge of another apocalypse. Less than two months after the debacle that was the fiscal cliff, we find ourselves on the verge of yet another disaster. At the end of this week, automatic cuts will take place as part of a plan to force Congress to reduce the deficit. And while the deficit is a problem, evidence shows that sequestration might not even reduce the deficit, not to mention the affect it will have on our military and the fragile economy. At this point everyone generally acknowledges that sequestration isn’t good, so the pertinent issue becomes how to effectively reduce the waste in our government to help the national debt.
(02/22/13 8:20am)
Earlier this week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association sent a notice of allegations to the University of Miami concerning multiple violations within their athletics programs. The NCAA has leveled the dreaded “lack of institutional control” charge against the university, reserved for the most severe infractions. The investigation began in 2010 when Nevin Shapiro, a former University of Miami booster who had just pled guilty to perpetrating a Ponzi scheme that amassed $930 million, notified the university of improper benefits he allegedly provided for student athletes. Miami imposed harsh penalties on the program internally after notifying the NCAA which has been investigating the claims ever since. However, the NCAA has made some missteps of its own, showcasing the institution’s ridiculous hypocrisy.
(02/21/13 7:25am)
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for a raise in the minimum wage from $7.25 to an even $9. Critics immediately questioned his contention and claimed that going through with a raise in the minimum wage would hurt the slowly recovering unemployment rates that just crept back to less than 8 percent nationally. Conventional wisdom says the critics are right; raising the minimum wage should hurt employment numbers. However, the hard data shows this is not necessarily true. Numerous studies have found no correlation between raises in the minimum wage and employment numbers.
(02/15/13 4:12am)
As Pope Benedict XVI announced that he was resigning his position earlier this week, it’s the perfect time for the church to distance itself from its scandalous past and move into the new century.
(02/12/13 6:53am)
In the early 1990s, when Rudy Giuliani was elected mayor of New York, he promised to be tough on crime, and to prove he was serious he hired Bill Bratton. Bratton, a former Boston chief of police worked with Giuliani and revolutionized the way the New York City Police Department approached crime.
(02/08/13 7:12am)
On Monday, a memo from the Justice Department justifying the assassination of U.S. citizens abroad was released by NBC News. The “white paper” gives the legal argument behind the death of suspected terrorists like Anwar al-Awlaki, who are still American citizens and, as such, seemingly entitled to due process. The Obama administration’s stance on the issue is quite alarming, and the legal justification sets up a very slippery slope.
(02/06/13 11:49pm)
(02/04/13 12:49pm)
Glenn Martin thinks he and the rest of Columbia’s homeless population are normally overlooked, but Sunday was different.
(02/01/13 9:07am)
The Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event of the year, and last year’s game was seen by an estimated total of 160 million viewers, or more than half of the nation. Unfortunately, that means that the week leading up to the Super Bowl is filled with copious amounts of unnecessary coverage of mundane stories and pointless interviews. One such interview was conducted by comedian Artie Lange with a former Gamecock football standout, Chris Culliver. Near the end of the interview, Lange asked Culliver whether his team, the 49ers, had any gay players. Culliver said no and went on to say that no gay players were welcome on the team. The 49ers organization released a statement saying that they “reject” Culliver’s sentiments and have discussed it with him, and Culliver himself has apologized. But the damage is already done. Culliver is not the only NFL player who feels this way; he is just the latest to actually express it. But until the homophobia that pervades American athletic culture is gone, gay athletes will continue to hide who they are.
(01/31/13 7:11am)
The Issue: Catfishing, or the act of creating fake online profiles, has caused problems for countless individuals
(01/25/13 8:00am)
On Monday, President Barack Obama officially retook the oath of office to begin his second term. He also gave an eloquent speech that touched on many issues that America faces and emphasized unity in the face of trials. It was reminiscent of the speech that propelled him into the national consciousness back at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. But as inspiring as the rhetoric may have been, words alone are not going to fix the issues that ail this nation. In his second term, Obama must work with Congress to pass more substantial legislation to address the problems that he mentioned in his speech.
(01/18/13 7:07am)
The biggest sports story of the new year broke in the middle of yesterday afternoon on the sports gossip blog Deadspin. Notre Dame Linebacker Manti Te’o was either the victim or perpetrator of a hoax revolving around his dead girlfriend who never actually existed. The Heisman runner up, whose hopes were helped immensely by the captivating narrative of his performance against Michigan State shortly after losing his grandmother and his girlfriend, did actually suffer the loss of his grandmother that fateful weekend. However, Deadspin was unable to find any evidence that his girlfriend ever existed, besides a Twitter page featuring a picture of a completely different girl who was oblivious to the entire ordeal.
(01/17/13 8:26am)
The Issue: Mississippi's controversial health care law has made it the only state without an abortion clinic
(12/07/12 9:03am)
America’s ethnic makeup is rapidly changing. Projections show that by 2050, white Americans will no longer comprise a majority of the country. The region seeing the most change in the U.S. is the South. The horrors of slavery, the Jim Crow era and zealous resistance to the civil rights movement still haunt and shape the South in many ways. But in recent years, a “New South” has emerged that mixes some of the traditional conservative attitudes with large metropolises and ever-expanding suburbs. The economy has grown, and so has the population. Low cost of living, beautiful weather and good old-fashioned hospitality have made the South a promising destination. But for it to continue to grow, some political attitudes must change.
(11/30/12 7:18am)
College has become an integral part of the American experience. There are all kinds of post-secondary institutions that focus on helping high school graduates attain skills and preparation necessary to enter the job market. Public universities, technical schools, and private universities share a common goal of educating a workforce. They also share another extremely important feature: They cost money.
(11/16/12 8:35am)
South Carolina ranks No. 2 in the nation for the number of women killed by men in incidences of domestic violence. The state has been consistently ranked in the top 10 in the nation and jumped from seventh to second this year. That alarming number is more than a statistic — it represents many families that have been irrevocably scarred. A concerted effort is needed on the part of local officials to address what has become one of the biggest problems this state faces.
(11/09/12 9:56am)
On Tuesday at around 11:12 p.m., NBC first declared that President Barack Obama had won Ohio and, by extension, the presidency. At 11:13 p.m., I cast my ballot at my local precinct after waiting a total of six hours in lines throughout the day. This was a problem across Richland County, and there is no excuse for it. The citizens of the county had to show up to vote, and they did. The responsibility of the officials was to make things run smoothly and allow the citizens to vote with minimal issues, and they failed miserably.
(11/02/12 4:25am)
Earlier this week, Hurricane Sandy devastated the coasts of many Northeastern states, dropped several feet of snow in West Virginia and affected almost the entire East Coast. This is the second time in many years that a storm of significant magnitude has struck the region, which is not at all known for tropical activity. But that may be changing.