I am a dedicated modern liberal, yet I disagree strongly with the petition to remove the name of Calhoun from the Clemson Honors College. We do absolutely nothing to improve diversity and inclusiveness in the present by trying to forget or reshape the past.
Dear Fellow Tigers,Two weeks ago, the Clemson Undergraduate Student Senate passed Senate Bill 18, which was a constitutional amendment to give more powers to you, the Undergraduate Student Body. This amendment to the Constitution will give you the power as the student body by petition to dir…
On behalf of the Natural Resources Graduate Student Association at Clemson University, we would like to commend our institution for the recent decision to discontinue the mass release of balloons at Memorial Stadium upon the entrance of university football players, heretofore practiced at th…
I am writing on the behalf of the city ordinace on underage drinking in Clemson. The wording of the ordinance is extremely loose and gives police an extreme amount of freedom as to what is considered illegal under the new law.
I'm writing to respond to Katie McCarthy's article of February 12, 2018, “Affected by hate or bias at Clemson? We want to hear from you.”
We understand that in this age cellphones are the predominant form of communication, but one thing about cell phones is that they are unreliable. Cellphones can run out of battery, get left in dorms and lose signal. We need to focus more attention on increasing on-campus safety in case these…
I'm watching the CU-FSU game and I'm appalled at the poor attendance for the last home game of the season. Clemson's team is finally ranked, almost assured of that elusive NCAA tournament bid, and the students are no where in sight. I've heard more enthusiasm from high school crowds. Is it a…
The mechanical engineering department of Clemson University is on the brink of blatant discrimination against graduate students from other countries. They have began to limit access to invaluable internships by forcing international students to enroll in a thesis program. US-born students, i…
Tigers,
Congress recently passed a proposed tax reform bill titled The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that puts harsh financial burdens on graduate college students and recent college graduates. Under this bill, graduate and doctoral students are taxed on the tuition waivers their schools provide. It is the …
Years from now, with the ravages of the Obama administration having torn apart the fabric of our country, Obama’s name and actions will be found in our history books, where your children and grandchildren will read about a man who made it his mission to divide everyday Americans. And they wi…
In her editorial, Olivia McQuarrie offers an uninformed defense of unjust Obama-era guidelines that promote a false definition of consent. Obama-era guidelines made a bad problem worse, and despite the Trump administration’s controversies, students everywhere deserve justice.
Clemson University President’s LGBTQ Commission statement on Scout Schultz, police-involved shooting
On Sept. 16, Scout Schultz was fatally shot by police on the Georgia Tech campus. Scout identified as bisexual, non-binary and intersex (and preferred using they/them pronouns), and they were very involved in the Georgia Tech Pride Alliance, pride.gatech.edu, including serving as the organiz…
Prior to the horrific events that unfolded in Charlottesville, VA, modern-day “Anti-Fascist Action” (Antifa) groups, were rightfully relegated to the fringe of political discourse. A far cry from their namesakes, Antifa are less a 1920’s freedom fighting groups fighting a fascist takeover, a…
Dear Clemson family-
Trust me when I say this: I’m just as sick of politics as you are. I’ve been arguing about politics for a good year and a half now, with friends, relatives and people I only know online. I went full all-in mode on political coverage leading up to Nov. 8 last year, and I thought that the …
One of the phrases I hear thrown around a lot on campus is the “Clemson Family,” and a question I've asked myself, as I know so many others have, is “What makes the ‘Clemson Family?’” People in the immigrant community and other marginalized communities are looking to Clemson for protection, …
Fire drills. For some it’s an unexpected minor inconvenience, and for others it is a subtle reminder of the situation that they have been put in. The situation for many disabled students living on Clemson’s campus is the
Dear Editor:
Dear Coach Swinney:
In the last year, the Clemson University administration has fostered a culture of discrimination on campus. The idea of “One Clemson” is a myth. In fact, there are now two Clemson’s: one campus that CU administrators discriminate for, and one campus that CU administrators discriminate against.
While the recent “Correlation, Not Causation” article raises an important point concerning victim blaming in sexual assault cases, it vastly oversimplifies the issue of sexual assault and alcohol consumption on college campuses. The author also claims that the Stanford alcohol policy is “uni…
I’m a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and while recent history demonstrates there is not much my Sooners can tell Clemson about football, it does give us the opportunity to advise you on how to handle racists on campus.
"Brothers or Fools"
Last week a play about white supremacy and racism called “God’s Country” was performed on campus. The play ended with a quote from Desmond Tutu that goes, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” This quote has stuck with me, as I think it …
Justice and Equality are two separate entities. Justice is defined as just behavior or fair treatment; Equality is defined as the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. Equality may have been granted with integration, however, due to current incidents that tak…
Please do not conflate bigotry with sexual violence. Just don’t. My name is Megan Fallon, and I am the interpersonal violence prevention coordinator at Clemson. I am an expert in violence prevention and have worked in the field for 13 years. Don’t confuse your lack of knowledge on both sexua…
In response to When you gotta go
To Whom It May Concern,
I just came from today's march, dialogue, and sit-in. These student-organized events protest the defacing of a banner that honors African-American history here, as well as the university's failure to respond fully to student demands for true equity.
This is what some Clemson students, faculty, and staff saw on their way to school this Monday morning.
Dear Editor,
Last month the Clemson University Board of Trustees issued a set of recommendations for how the school should go about telling its history, noting, “Every great institution is built by imperfect craftsman.”
I am writing because the article “Formation or Disorganization?” is racist and ignorant.
I am a student at the University of Maryland, where I am Mr. Black Student Union and an NAACP leader. Last spring, we petitioned our president, calling on him to support renaming our university’s football stadium, and our president formed a work group, which analyzed how similar issues had b…
Dear Fellow Tigers,Two weeks ago, the Clemson Undergraduate Student Senate passed Senate Bill 18, which was a constitutional amendment to give more powers to you, the Undergraduate Student Body. This amendment to the Constitution will give you the power as the student body by petition to dir…
On behalf of the Natural Resources Graduate Student Association at Clemson University, we would like to commend our institution for the recent decision to discontinue the mass release of balloons at Memorial Stadium upon the entrance of university football players, heretofore practiced at th…
I am writing on the behalf of the city ordinace on underage drinking in Clemson. The wording of the ordinance is extremely loose and gives police an extreme amount of freedom as to what is considered illegal under the new law.
I'm writing to respond to Katie McCarthy's article of February 12, 2018, “Affected by hate or bias at Clemson? We want to hear from you.”
We understand that in this age cellphones are the predominant form of communication, but one thing about cell phones is that they are unreliable. Cellphones can run out of battery, get left in dorms and lose signal. We need to focus more attention on increasing on-campus safety in case these…
I'm watching the CU-FSU game and I'm appalled at the poor attendance for the last home game of the season. Clemson's team is finally ranked, almost assured of that elusive NCAA tournament bid, and the students are no where in sight. I've heard more enthusiasm from high school crowds. Is it a…
The mechanical engineering department of Clemson University is on the brink of blatant discrimination against graduate students from other countries. They have began to limit access to invaluable internships by forcing international students to enroll in a thesis program. US-born students, i…
Tigers,
Congress recently passed a proposed tax reform bill titled The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that puts harsh financial burdens on graduate college students and recent college graduates. Under this bill, graduate and doctoral students are taxed on the tuition waivers their schools provide. It is the …
Years from now, with the ravages of the Obama administration having torn apart the fabric of our country, Obama’s name and actions will be found in our history books, where your children and grandchildren will read about a man who made it his mission to divide everyday Americans. And they wi…
In her editorial, Olivia McQuarrie offers an uninformed defense of unjust Obama-era guidelines that promote a false definition of consent. Obama-era guidelines made a bad problem worse, and despite the Trump administration’s controversies, students everywhere deserve justice.
Clemson University President’s LGBTQ Commission statement on Scout Schultz, police-involved shooting
On Sept. 16, Scout Schultz was fatally shot by police on the Georgia Tech campus. Scout identified as bisexual, non-binary and intersex (and preferred using they/them pronouns), and they were very involved in the Georgia Tech Pride Alliance, pride.gatech.edu, including serving as the organiz…
Prior to the horrific events that unfolded in Charlottesville, VA, modern-day “Anti-Fascist Action” (Antifa) groups, were rightfully relegated to the fringe of political discourse. A far cry from their namesakes, Antifa are less a 1920’s freedom fighting groups fighting a fascist takeover, a…
Dear Clemson family-
Trust me when I say this: I’m just as sick of politics as you are. I’ve been arguing about politics for a good year and a half now, with friends, relatives and people I only know online. I went full all-in mode on political coverage leading up to Nov. 8 last year, and I thought that the …
One of the phrases I hear thrown around a lot on campus is the “Clemson Family,” and a question I've asked myself, as I know so many others have, is “What makes the ‘Clemson Family?’” People in the immigrant community and other marginalized communities are looking to Clemson for protection, …
Fire drills. For some it’s an unexpected minor inconvenience, and for others it is a subtle reminder of the situation that they have been put in. The situation for many disabled students living on Clemson’s campus is the
Dear Editor:
Dear Coach Swinney:
In the last year, the Clemson University administration has fostered a culture of discrimination on campus. The idea of “One Clemson” is a myth. In fact, there are now two Clemson’s: one campus that CU administrators discriminate for, and one campus that CU administrators discriminate against.
While the recent “Correlation, Not Causation” article raises an important point concerning victim blaming in sexual assault cases, it vastly oversimplifies the issue of sexual assault and alcohol consumption on college campuses. The author also claims that the Stanford alcohol policy is “uni…
I’m a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and while recent history demonstrates there is not much my Sooners can tell Clemson about football, it does give us the opportunity to advise you on how to handle racists on campus.
"Brothers or Fools"
Last week a play about white supremacy and racism called “God’s Country” was performed on campus. The play ended with a quote from Desmond Tutu that goes, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” This quote has stuck with me, as I think it …
Justice and Equality are two separate entities. Justice is defined as just behavior or fair treatment; Equality is defined as the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. Equality may have been granted with integration, however, due to current incidents that tak…
Please do not conflate bigotry with sexual violence. Just don’t. My name is Megan Fallon, and I am the interpersonal violence prevention coordinator at Clemson. I am an expert in violence prevention and have worked in the field for 13 years. Don’t confuse your lack of knowledge on both sexua…
In response to When you gotta go
To Whom It May Concern,
I just came from today's march, dialogue, and sit-in. These student-organized events protest the defacing of a banner that honors African-American history here, as well as the university's failure to respond fully to student demands for true equity.
This is what some Clemson students, faculty, and staff saw on their way to school this Monday morning.
Dear Editor,
Last month the Clemson University Board of Trustees issued a set of recommendations for how the school should go about telling its history, noting, “Every great institution is built by imperfect craftsman.”
I am writing because the article “Formation or Disorganization?” is racist and ignorant.
I am a student at the University of Maryland, where I am Mr. Black Student Union and an NAACP leader. Last spring, we petitioned our president, calling on him to support renaming our university’s football stadium, and our president formed a work group, which analyzed how similar issues had b…