As 2025 is on the horizon, students should stay goal-oriented and focus on maintaining their New Year's resolution. Keeping resolutions may help students reduce stress and stay organized.
Griffin Goodwyn and Griffin Barfield — the sports editors at The Daily Gamecock and The Tiger, respectively — first discussed a rivalry collaboration between the two newspapers in April. Now, with South Carolina and Clemson's annual football game on the horizon, The Daily Gamecock and The Tiger have decided to launch a project unique in both publication's histories.
"South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer and his "battle-tested" Gamecocks have not shown any signs of slowing down," sports columnist AJ Mann writes. "A lot can be said about the Gamecocks and the team's ability to compete this year, giving up second-half leads and conservative play calling at times. But one thing is clear: They've proven they're not just some miracle-like contenders — they're a force to be reckoned with."
It is quite common to experience feeling “lost” when transitioning to college, however a fresh start could be exactly what you need.
The Daily Gamecock, The Minaret and The Paladin collaborated on a story about the experiences of each school's students during 2024's busy hurricane season. We spoke with students about their ordeals and faculty experts about why the storms were so damaging.
Rush attracts thousands of USC students to campus at the end of every August. Even though the process gets a lot of social media attention, hidden beneath the posts of viral dance trends and get-ready-with-me's is one flawed system.
While the election results may not have been ideal to many people, it is important to stay positive. Students need to continue to advocate for what they believe in, regardless of who is in office.
As Thanksgiving arrives, students seem to only be focused on Christmas. Students should take it one holiday at a time and appreciate the aspects of Thanksgiving.
It feels like only one night a year students have the freedom to get creative through their style. Halloween brings out this creativity that should be reflected throughout the whole year to enhance students' style.
In the wake of the Dobbs decision, abortion has been pushed to the forefront of the 2024 election and has been directly in front of USC students. Upon returning from fall break, students traversing Greene Street were met with a display of posters with post-abortion images, images of "genocide" and pro-life sentiments. Events like these highlight the importance of these issues to voters.
"Food insecurity is prevalent in the Columbia community," columnist Kara Rottmann writes. "Students should be more aware of these areas and educate themselves on the specific issues that cause food insecurity to diminish their own biases, reducing the stigma that surrounds the issue in the process."
