There was a veritable buzz about campus Tuesday. Perhaps literally, as most everyone’s phone went off with a text from Carolina Alert, USC’s communication system for local crime, inclement weather and otherwise compromising events that we need to be made aware of.
A child scurries to his mother whining, “Someone stole my cookie!” The mother wisely responds, “Just use your words, and talk it out.” It’s funny how some things you learn when you’re young reappear as valuable lessons someone of any age can learn from.
There was a veritable buzz about campus Tuesday. Perhaps literally, as most everyone’s phone went off with a text from Carolina Alert, USC’s communication system for local crime, inclement weather and otherwise compromising events that we need to be made aware of.
USC has also done a good job cultivating top-notch programs that successfully attract talented students, which our university needs to improve its reputation and national rankings.
Balancing work, school and a social life is a delicate task that is made both better and worse by the addition of cell phones and laptops.
Twitter feeds were overwhelmed with racist remarks towards the crowning of an Indian-American as Miss America with references made to 9/11, terrorism, Arabs and many other misconstrued stereotypes that our country can not seem to shake.
If USC is trying to make school more affordable and get students to graduate within four years, why is it that hardly anyone at our institution of higher education really knows what the CLEP is?
How much are you worth per hour? Debate has heated lately over minimum wage laws. President Barack Obama proposed to raise the federal minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $9, and Congress responded by introducing bills in both the House and the Senate that would raise minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2015. The House bill has already failed, and its Senate sibling is likely to meet the same fate.
First and foremost, I’d like to express my deepest sympathies to the people affected by the shooting Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. However, this shooting will once again bring gun control to the forefront of the national debate, and it is time to take a different perspective on these mass shootings.
USC will not raise tuition for three years as long as the state provides more funding, President Harris Pastides said Wednesday in his annual State of the University address.
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.
Just before we left for summer, the Maryland General Assembly voted to abolish the death penalty, becoming the 18th state to do so.
USC reached a milestone this semester by enrolling almost 32,000 students, which raises the question: Where are they going to park?
In the digital age, keeping up with website design and functionality is absolutely a must, so 10 years with no update is pretty sad.
As much as football is a sport popularized by physical contact and big hits, it must be acknowledged that eventually those same hits that deliver high tv ratings could eventually lead to the downfall of the NFL.
With high unemployment rates and the cost of living increasing, how are Americans supposed to be able to afford taking more money out of already cash strapped pockets?
If you can’t commit to staying in the stands the entire time, then give someone who will a chance to do so.