STUDENT COUNCIL has a reputation as a do-nothing body among students. Lately though, not only has Council been proactive, but for once it has gone too far. On the upcoming ballot, Council has decided to put the question of the formal rush date before the students.
IT'S EASY to put on a drab suit, gather in Newcomb Plaza, and praise presidential candidate Bill Bradley for supporting welfare.
IN ALL this hubbub about the honor referendum to remove the seriousness clause in instances of academic cheating, no one has touched on the real issue.
I'LL ADMIT that lead editorials urging readers to vote for particular candidates make me nervous.
THE TIMES, they are a-changin. Reform movements are sweeping the globe, new leaders are coming to power, and the people are crying out for a change.
IT IS A universally acknowledged truth - college students drink. Too much. It's no wonder, then, that U.S.
ONCE AGAIN, that symbol of South Carolinian ignorance, the Confederate flag, has popped up in the news.
AS THE SUN dipped down below, a fiery band of scarlet encompassed the horizon, endowing the quickly deadening sky with a moment of subtle beauty.
ACCORDING to Webster's Dictionary, diversity is defined as "difference or variety." In a University setting, diversity sometimes is construed as difference in gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.
WHILE THE broadcast media loves campaign finance reform, it resists an attempt to change the way it covers politics.
I WALKED out of Old Cabell Hall at the end of the first part of the Charting Diversity: Honor, Commitment and Challenge symposium held last Friday with a distinct sense of discomfort.
SHE'S NOT a gold-digger, she just plays one on TV. Last week's multi-million dollar spectacle brought one woman closer to what every American female desires - marital bliss with a filthy-rich male specimen.
THE DAY after Valentine's Day, love was still in the air. Last Tuesday night, before 23 million engrossed viewers, two lovebirds married each other in a beautiful Las Vegas ceremony, and they didn't even know each other's last names. I hate to admit it, but I was one of the viewers who watched Fox's "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" In a blend of the hit game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and the Miss America pageant, 50 gold-digging women vied for a chance to spend the rest of their lives - pending the inevitable divorce - with one Mr. Rick Rockwell.
WHAT AM I doing here? What are my reasons for being here, what am I here to do, and why? This is not something I think about every day, but it is something that deserves being thought about from time to time. The University's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture (IASC) thinks now is a good time.
RECENT NUMBERS from polling stations have offered some hope that the trend of decreasing voter turnout will reverse itself.
IT'S SUNDAY at 2 a.m. After shakin' your moneymaker for hours at a party, you find yourself standing outside the venue as abruptly as Cinderella at midnight.
LAST SEPTEMBER, Jesse Gelsinger, an 18-year old volunteer in a gene therapy study at the University of Pennsylvania, died suddenly, apparently as a result of a complication of the experiment.
KUDOS TO the new Managing Board and staff for a successful transition during the past two weeks.
The thing about the First Amendment is that it doesn't always work in our favor. We trumpet freedom of speech when it allows us to voice our views and lends credence to our causes.
COLUMBIA, SC - Election day began with bustling activity at the campaign headquarters of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Cars honked incessantly in response to the "Honk for McCain" signs.
