After four tumultuous years on campus, USC students finally had a chance to celebrate their university after the womens' basketball team's rousing national championship win.
All too often, USC's historical markers tell an incomplete history which serves to prop up a rosy narrative of the school's history.
USC's Humanities Collectives hosted Princeton professor Imani Perry for a talk about her book "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation," which tells the story of the South through Perry's experiences growing up and traveling though the region.
Student government candidates want to be the voice of the student body, but they don't seem to realize that students are more than capable of using their own voices to fight for change.
We are hopeful — yet skeptical — USC's President-Elect Michael Amiridis' promises of change are not just to ease the student body into a new administration but hold more validity than those of his predecessors.
Interim university President Harris Pastides spoke inaccurately about diversity and sexual misconduct during USC's first budget presentation to the General Assembly in 2022. Additionally, the House of Representatives showed its reluctance to properly fund higher education.
Republican political interference in South Carolina's higher education system is a serious threat to academic freedom in SC. USC's administration must take a stand to protect faculty and the university.
The Save 5 Points organization has functioned as an unofficial student wing of city councilman Daniel Rickenmann's mayoral efforts. The group, which is funded by local bars and private donors, urges USC students to vote for Rickenmann in order to "save" the popular entertainment district.
Interim university President Harris Pastides, and whoever replaces him as university president, must be willing to prioritize student, faculty and staff interests.
All workers deserve a union, and all communities deserve a good newspaper. The unionization efforts at The State are important for both.
A historical marker recognizing Celia Dial Saxon outside of the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center in Columbia, SC, which is located on the former site of an elementary school named after Saxon.