This article was cowritten by Liz Hipes and Grace Stringer On September 18th, a 13-year-old girl in Overland Park, Kansas was asked by a classmate to pick five people in the room that she would kill. Using a finger gun, she pointed at four other classmates then at her own head. Since then, the girl…
After two consecutive years of racially insensitive material and crude costumes surfacing during the holidays, new College of Charleston President, President Hsu, sent out an email warning and preparing students for this Halloween season. The premise of the email was to get Cougars to “think first” before making any costume or safety choices. “Make sure…
Ashley Peele is making history in North Charleston this year as both the first female candidate and the first LGBTQ+ candidate to ever run for mayor in the city. Peele is a native to the city, born there in 1985. After making her way through North Charleston’s public school system, she attended Clemson University as…
Ok first, I just want to say how much I appreciate that fact that President Hsu of the College of Charleston sent us a hand-selected playlist of various songs to help students study for midterms. In a time when students are experiencing the first stressful milestone of the semester, it’s nice to be able to…
Thanks to the Office of Multicultural Student Programs and Services (MSPS), students at CofC now have access to an on-campus prayer and meditation room. The space, located on the building’s fourth floor, is intended to be nondenominational and provides meditation cushions, yoga and prayer mats and Qur’ans for students to use. For many, it is…
As a country we are living in history. Current college students will eventually be telling their kids about what happened politically when they were younger. There is growing uncertainty in the Capitol right now; a sense that nothing feels quite right. We have a president that is so unpredictable his opinion on Twitter changes every…
Nearly a month after the first confirmed case of the Mumps on campus paranoia continues as the College of Charleston announces two more outbreaks.
As we approach election discussions is upcoming courses, Ellen is here to remind us that we’re all different, and that’s okay.
Summertime during your college years is usually time taken to reflect on yourself, make change, and binge watch a lot of TV before the next semester begins. I, like most people,spent a lot of time in the latter this year. For the fourth time in my life, I rewatched One Tree Hill. The iconic, some…
In around a year’s time, we will be electing the next President of the United States. That’s a big deal, and in these tumultuous times, it’s clear that we need to be more educated on the subject at hand. There is a lot of information to go through, a lot of subjects to learn about…
All the rage right now in holistic medicine, Charlestonians can now experience CBD [Cannabidiol] its benefits. The Charleston Hemp Collective, located at 473 King Street, is a new, high end CBD boutique on the peninsula that is passionate about providing the Carolinas with the highest quality CBD products. Charleston Hemp Collective’s CBD is grown on…
“Climate change? That’s a you problem — I’ll be dead soon,” declares an elderly woman on Acronym’s September 2018 video: “They’re doing fine, are you?.” Made for their ad campaign, “Knock the Vote,” the satirical video features several elderly white individuals gloating about their consistency in appearing at the polls to vote, while taunting America’s…