In Our Opinion: Stadium renovations worth the hefty price tag
By The Daily Gamecock | Feb. 24, 2014Out of the way dusty gravel, TV trucks and pancaked beer cans: Williams-Brice Stadium ain’t going to be that kind of girl anymore.
Out of the way dusty gravel, TV trucks and pancaked beer cans: Williams-Brice Stadium ain’t going to be that kind of girl anymore.
In junior “House of Cards” fashion, the house of delegates were upset to discover that its refreshed codes didn’t make it out of the student senate’s rabbit hole in one piece.
Venezuela, a country already crippled by problems, has plunged farther into despair due to the actions of President Nicolás Maduro.
Many consider the War on Drugs a vicious feedback loop, but we can’t count on it ending anytime soon.
I’m an atheist. I’d never considered this to be a bold statement, until I moved to South Carolina. Growing up in a scientifically minded family, God was never a topic of conversation at the dinner table. My parents didn’t discourage religion — I went to Sunday school for a couple of months — but besides seeing my friend once a week and getting to be in the nativity, as a child I never really liked church.
If we learned nothing else from the last half-century, we should have learned that interfering in the revolutions of other countries is both expensive and ineffective. And while we pay the price in tax dollars that could instead be used to improve the lives of Americans, the citizens of Ukraine pay for our international political games in blood.
First, the good news: More people voted in this year’s Student Government elections than ever before.
The debate over the separation of powers in the government is never-ending. When a member of one party is elected to the White House, the other party is quick to accuse the new president of overstepping his authority as head of the executive branch.
I don’t want to keep calm anymore, and telling someone to keep calm is easily one of the worst tactics to use in an argument. I can promise you it will undoubtedly incite rage that may have not been fully formed before uttering those terrible words, but by the end of your sentence, the anger will be unmistakable.
The debate over the separation of powers in the government is never-ending. When a member of one party is elected to the White House, the other party is quick to accuse the new president of overstepping his authority as head of the executive branch. Such accusations aren’t limited to the president, however, as other officials, such as judges, are often accused of doing the same.
The Daily Gamecock’s staff spent hours considering this year’s Student Government candidates, and today, we bring you our endorsements.
When it comes to Student Government, Lindsay Richardson knows what she’s doing.
Iorio’s ideas are feasible, and they could make an impact.
In the end, our decision to support Ryan Harman for student body treasurer came down to his communication skills, as well as his composure and experience, both of which were impressive on their own. Put together, they are the qualities that a treasurer needs to function on a day-to-day basis.
By the end of the semester I will be able to defend myself against abduction, sexual assault, rape, violence, stalking and harassment. I will be trained to defend against choking, grabbing, ground fighting, multiple assailants and weapons.
We as a nation have spent decades taking out loans to pay for things which we cannot afford. “Spending money we don’t have” seems to be perhaps the most bipartisan issue in all of politics: our total debt had been falling since it spiked to pay for World War II, but President Ronald Reagan was the first president to leave office with the country in more debt than when he started since Roosevelt.
When you’re planning on putting tens of millions of dollars into a new construction development, the last thing you want to hear is that your future building is in danger of blowing up.