Column: USC should value graduates over speakers
By Steven Asbill | April 14, 2014Graduation is a time where students who have dedicated years to developing knowledge and talent are given the spotlight to highlight their achievements.
Graduation is a time where students who have dedicated years to developing knowledge and talent are given the spotlight to highlight their achievements.
“Location, location, location” is one economic mantra that doesn’t seem to be losing its potency anytime soon — especially if you’re young, a student and looking for somewhere to live in downtown Columbia. A housing boom is resounding in Columbia, and business is responding accordingly.
The General Assembly hasn’t exactly been generous with spending on education since the Recession started, but there’s still a considerable need to invest in South Carolina’s future. A bill in the state Senate could mark a step in that direction by aiming to improve education in South Carolina by investing in students’ education early on.
Some days you feel glad to be an American. Our government may be spying on us or shutting down over party disagreements, but at least we aren’t forcing our women to marry men they don’t want to.
Tuesday was National Equal Pay Day, a date chosen to symbolize how far into the year the average woman must work to equalize with the average man’s pay from the previous year.
Two years ago, we used this space to criticize USC’s lackluster lineup of commencement speakers. That editorial was one of many critical voices; hundreds, if not thousands, of graduating seniors were upset.
This semester, I’ve taken a senior seminar about suffrage and women’s rights, and I have been fortunate enough to meet and interview incredibly influential feminists from the women’s movement in South Carolina. These women are from different creeds and different backgrounds, and they fought for various rights within the feminist movement.
The “Paycheck Fairness Bill” failed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. This bill, proposed by Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., purports to close the income gap between men and women by ensuring “equal pay for equal work.” According to the U.S.
The one-mile pedestrian path could have been a contender: The crown jewel of the oh-so-topical Bull Street baseball stadium.
“Excuse me, would you mind turning down your volume? We can hear everything you’re listening to.” Just last week, I was sitting beside a girl in class who was catching up on her favorite shows on Netflix.
Yes, as a Gamecocks fan, I am a little biased. But despite being influenced by seeing Jadeveon Clowney shred through opponents at Williams Brice over the past two years, and being in the stands in Tampa when he delivered the now infamous hit on Michigan’s Vincent Smith, I think he is the best choice for whatever team ultimately ends up with the top pick in May’s NFL Draft.
The United States of America was founded on the principle that all men are created equal. In time, we have come to understand this to mean that all Americans have certain basic, unalienable rights, chief amongst them being the right to voice their opinions.
Even though the midterm elections are the political equivalent of cold porridge when it comes to pumping up the electorate, you’d think that the people interested in running for elected office would manage to shamble out of bed on Nov. 4.
We live in a golden age of steroid use in professional sports. No matter how many times you hear that the “steroid era” of the ‘90s and early 2000s is over, there is still widespread drug use across Major League Baseball.
Solidly conservative South Carolina is more than expected to have a handful of virulent social conservatives in its state senate.
Solidly conservative South Carolina is more than expected to have a handful of virulent social conservatives in its state senate.
Although efforts to forcibly merge the Medical University of South Carolina and College of Charleston were effectively quashed, a state House panel has shown no signs of hesitating to strike while the iron is hot.