Growing up, many of us were taught the importance of obtaining higher education. After receiving the same message, high school students across the country are gearing up to attend college in the fall.
It’s one thing to be drunk in a bar and then get in a fight. But it’s another thing to be in the same situation, except you have a gun on you. Impossible, you say? Not now, South Carolina residents.
The main responsibility of any community is easier to sum up than you might think: “It takes a village to raise a child.”
Swear words essential part of modern expression
The Office of Sexual Assault and Violence held its third-annual Stalking Awareness Fair on Thursday.
Message of stars and bars nothing to be proud of
Standards unattainable, should be rejected
This week, Hungarian singer Boggie released a music video that seeks to demonstrate how dramatically Photoshop can transform an image.
This most recent and certainly unsurprising account of racial intolerance is a disgrace, and yet most people will probably say to themselves, “I guess we should then conclude that racially and physically harassing, demeaning, terrorizing and disrespecting NPHC (traditionally African-American) fraternities and sororities is merely being ‘satirical’ and ‘humorous’ as well.” Please, spare us.
Circumcision, in its male form, is granted a wide berth in society because of religious tradition. Abrahamic law demanding that the male penis be intentionally mutilated is an ancient and well-established custom.
Put simply, this “tuition timeout” is exactly what USC needs, and it’s to Pastides’ credit that he recognizes it.
Mayor Steve Benjamin sure had a lot to say in his annual State of the City address, but we’re not sure if the focus was where we’d have liked it.
Every year without fail, tuition is increased at virtually every college and university across the nation.
National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden made it back into international news headlines last weekend, following renewed accusations that he leaked U.S.
Execution touts retaliation, violence as form of justice
Olympia, Granby Mills residents short-changed
We’ve written about Pets Inc. before. They’re a West Columbia animal shelter that continues to fight against hard times as it grapples with debt, a short staff, and more puppies than they know what to do with.