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Food insecurity leaves USC students hungry MEGHAN CRUM News Editor

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A third-year student was at Dance Marathon last semester when she weighed herself in the bathroom and realized she had dropped 17 pounds in two months after being unable to afford groceries.

“W hen I stepped onto the scale and looked at the number, I was like, ‘Oh my God. I’m actually unhealthily small,’” A n na, a pseudony m for t he student who asked to remain anonymous, said.

A nna said she struggles to pay for school, textbooks, her sororit y, rent a nd ever yday

necessities such as food. She has celiac disease and cannot eat gluten, which she said makes eating even more expensive.

“Sophomore year was one of the hardest years of my life because of finances. It put stress on me, and it made me ver y depressed. I had to start seeing a counselor at the health center,” Anna said. “I would stay up all night, and I wouldn’t be able to sleep. My body was not able to sleep. I was mentally stressed, physically stressed.”

Last semester, she mainly ate only when she went to work, which was during the weekend.

During the week, she would try to eat one big meal of gluten-free pasta or rice and try to make that

last for two days.

“Th roughout t he week , I was like, ‘Oh, great. What am I gonna eat today?’” Anna said.

Anna is not the only student at USC suffering from food insecurity, or the inability to afford enough food or enough healthy and nutritious food. A 2017 study by the Leadership and Service Center found that 23% of students who responded said they skipped meals in the previous 30 days, and 11% said they did not eat for an entire day because they could not afford food.

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University plans to stop Greek parking fee, create 800 spots ALYSSA RASP // THE GAMECOCK

Local drag queen and host Veronica La Blank performs at Thirsty Thursday at PT’s 1109 in the Vista on Thursday, Sept. 26. Many know the bar as an integral part of the LGBTQ+ community in Columbia.

Carolina queens offer look into drag culture MEGHAN CRUM News Editor

be in a gravel lot, which Gruner said “would be a temporary solution.”

“All of the parking that would be taken offline from any commuter would be given back in another location,” Student Body President Luke Rankin said.

“Everyone in this would be taken care of, everybody will get the parking that they have.”

Students who will use the new Greek lots in the future will pay a fee to use them to keep up with maintenance of the lot.

“You pay it forward. Those that paid for the houses in Greek Village didn’t live in the houses,” Rankin said. “We pay taxes to fix roads. The pothole in the road doesn’t get fixed the day you pay the tax.”

For years, the underground art form of drag — dressing in overly-exaggerated clothes of the opposite sex — was a foreign concept to most.

However, with the help of pop culture icons and “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” drag has slowly made its way into the mainstream, allowing for drag scenes such as Columbia’s to flourish.

“Drag is for ever yone,” local drag queen Veronica La Blank said. “Drag is over the top, it’s in your face; it’s taking what is a ‘normal woman,’ as far as drag queens, and going above and over.”

La Blank pointed out that drag is meant to overexaggerate the female figure. She also said drag emphasizes “the beauty that is a woman, because none of us would be here wit hout women.”

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The board of trustees, Christen Piccioni and Zach Goldberg discuss Greek Village parking on Friday, Sept. 27 at the Osborne Administration Building.

MEGHAN CRUM News Editor The university is planning to stop charging Greek students its $375 parking fee after this semester and intends to create 500 parking spots by August 2020 and 300 additional spaces by January 2022 with the $7.5 million collected from students.

“800 [parking] spots is the absolute best we can do,” university architect Derek Gruner said in a buildings and grounds committee meeting. “It’s all we can do given also the demands of, you know, commuters.”

The plan would give Greek students the AD3 commuter lot in between 650 Lincoln and Thirsty Fellow in August 2020, moving the commuter students to an intramural field at Gadsden and Devine. The new commuter parking spaces would

Board of trustees proposes new building for Honors Residence Hall ZAHIDA ASHROFF News Writer The board of t r ustees building and grounds committee proposed a $19.5 million renovation project in the Honors Residence Hall that would construct the third wing of the hall from the building’s original designs as a separate building.

The proposed renovations include 144 student beds, five new classrooms and common areas with an activity space, a kitchen space, a central laundry and study or community spaces. Derek Gruner, the university architect, said in an email interview the proposed expansion largely sticks to the original architectural design of the current Honors Residence Hall.

“The expansion will blend seamlessly with the appearance of the existing building and be five stories in

height matching the other wings,” Gruner said.

Steven Lynn, the University of South Carolina’s Honors College dean, said in an email interview this is the right step for the Honors College.

“Our current freshman class is larger than the building capacity, and this expansion will allow future Honors College freshmen the opportunity to live with their classmates in the Honors Residence Hall,” Lynn said.

Matthew Seraydarian, a third-year biochemistry and molecular biology student, said this proposed expansion would accommodate for the increased enrollment in the Honors College.

“Expanding the Honors College to allow more highachieving students out of high school to be able to be a part of this prestigious Honors College would be a good thing for the university,” Seraydarian said.

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South Carolina is one of three states discussing paying NCAA athletes.

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The work of famed artist Vincent Van Gogh will be in Columbia through January.

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OPINION Prayer at football games is a common occurance at USC, but according to the Supreme Court, it is unconsitutional.

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Do you feel safe on campus?

Why or why not?

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“I do feel safe du r i ng t he day, but at night if I’m coming home late from a lab I might be cautious of my surroundings.

I think because we have such a big campus, it is open to a lot of people to just wander on campus who aren’t students or faculty.”

—Kendra Webb, first-year biological science student

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“I do feel safe on campus when there’s a lot of people around me, but at night since I live all the way at the end near Stone Stadium, I don’t feel comfortable walking alone. I try to find someone to walk with me. That’s like one of my phobias — I don’t like walking in the dark. ... Also, there’s not as many security guards over there as there are on main campus.”

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“Yeah, for the most part. When you’re walking around Five Points at 2 a.m. and seeing some sketchy characters, sometimes you’re like ‘I got to stick to myself.’ ... I go out a lot at 2 a.m. on my own, and I never really am concerned.

T here’s b e e n s ome s k et c hy people that said hi to me at a gas station late at night. Yeah, that is probably pretty sketchy, but I’ve never been concerned about my safety.”

—Joe Madar, first-year business management student

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Lau ren K astei n, a t h i rd-yea r psychology student, said these proposed renovations would not be beneficial to the whole student body, especially in light of instances of illnesses caused by mold in residence halls.

“It’s targeting just the Honors College students, and there’s plenty of dorms that have much worse problems than just a bigger building,” Kastein said.

Lynn said the proposed renovations would help house the doubling student population in the Honors College since its opening ten years ago.

“The Honors College is thriving and growing, and as a result, we’re now fortunate to have this new wing being built to complete the original building design from over a decade ago,” Lynn said.

X z av ia n Slaughter, a f i r st-yea r computer science student and current resident at the Honors Residence Hall, said these renovations could create new opportunities for students.

“Last time I checked in on the current residency rate, we hit 100% occupancy this year,” Slaughter said. “So if they were to add that third wing there would be a lot of new rooms open and a lot more people that are available to come in to Honors College.”

Naomi Kemp, a third-year biology student currently in the Honors College and a resident mentor at Women’s Quad, said other residence halls have a greater need for renovations.

“It’s hard to kind of justify adding and investing more time and money into the residence hall at honors, just because it’s at the same stage as, like, Women’s Quad or Patterson, for example, but even better because it has its own dining hall, it has nice classrooms and things already,” Kemp said.

This project also raised questions about some of the possible unintended consequences of this construction.

Christina Schweitzer, a first-year nursing student, said there would be a loss of green space in the Honors Residence Hall courtyard as a result of the proposed renovations.

“It wouldn’t give [students] as much space to sit outside or do homework. So they could take that into account and give them other spaces to go study outside and get fresh air,” Schweitzer said.

G r u n e r s a id it i s a challenge to incorporate a new building into the Honors Residence Hall site, in addition to those already posed by the constrained nature delivery, storage and the actual work on site.

The new building will not be connected to the current residence hall in order to maintain fire access on Sumter Street.

“Challenges include constructing a complex project in a constrained site where student safety and access to the existing Honors residences and movement along Sumter Street must be the primary consideration,” Gruner said.

Kemp said the equity in the standard of living for all incoming freshman should be upheld before expanding honors or other newer residence halls.

“It would benefit more students to put that time and energy and money into other residence halls that would be affecting the standard of living for many incoming freshman versus just making honors that much better,” Kemp said.

Seraydarian addressed the reasoning behind the importance of these proposed renovations to the Honors Residence Hall on the university as a whole.

“I k now that there are definitely older buildings that could use more renovations, but at the end of the day, I understand why universities make money, why universities do what they need to do,” Seraydarian said.

Kemp said the Capstone program also benefits students, but does not receive the same attention as the honors program.

“Some people f ind that being in Capstone is even more beneficial than being in honors, and yet their residence hall is not up to par with the Honors College, even though it has so much opportunity and so many students that are excelling in that program,“ Kemp said.

Gruner commented on this project’s potential implementation in regards to future maintenance and renovations in other residence halls around campus.

“Renovations have been occurring annually and are planned to continue in the future regardless of the Honor’s College Residence Hall Expansion project,” Gruner said.

If approved, construction for these renovations would start in 2020 and potentially be completed before the 2021 fall semester.

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“During the day, I definitely say I feel safe, but I guess you always feel safer when there’s a bunch of people walking around. I will say though, being on campus, I never saw at night many people who weren’t students.

Being at some of these buildings, that are sometimes on the outskirts, if you’re walking back to your car, sometimes I guess it can be kind of scary if you’re alone and it’s dark and you don’t really know what people are out doing. ... Nothing’s ever happened to me, so I guess I don’t have a reason not to feel safe.”

—Summer Huechtker, fourth-year broadcast journalism student

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“ Fo o d i n s e c u r i t y i s a n issue in t he state of South Carolina, or even nationally,” Jabari Bodrick, the associate director of the Leadership and Service Center, said. “A ny t hing more than zero people is a problem and something that we should try to address.”

Gamecock Pantry Bodrick is the adviser for Gamecock Pantry, USC’s student-run food pantry.

The pa nt r y prov ides services for students, faculty and staff. A nyone with a CarolinaCard can use it.

Bodrick said last fall, 121 people visited the pantry a total of 864 times, and in the spring semester 168 people came a total of 607 times.

Na nc y Jone s is t he Gamecock Pantry executive director and a third-year international business and economics student who is working to spread the word of the pantry’s services. She said for her first full year at USC she had never even heard of it, and she wants to reach students who are unaware of it. She hopes if they spread the word, they can reach more students and make an impact. “ Fo o d i n s e c u r i t y i s incredibly pervasive, and it has ramifications for all parts of people’s lives,” Jones said.

“Their education, therefore their ability to get a job, therefore the wages they’ll earn over their lifetime, therefore the economic class that their children are born into.”

Jones sa id she t h i n k s of food i nsec u r it y as a spectrum, as there are some people who can’t af ford any food at all and there are some who can’t eat at cer t a i n t imes. She sa id one pantry customer is on

a sorority meal plan that doesn’t provide meals over the weekend, so she uses the pantry to eat on Saturdays and Sundays.

“People assume that food insecurity has to be that one ext reme end of t he spectrum where if you’re food insecure, then you don’t have a roof over your head or anything to eat,” Jones said.

Jones emphasized t he importance of eating as a student going to college.

“You are not going to do well in your studies if you are hungry,” she said. “If a can of green beans or some applesauce helps somebody in some little way, then we’re doing what we set out to do.”

Student Health Service’s outreach dietitian Lindsay Shazly said some of t he healt h center’s cook ing classes teach students to cook on a budget and offer food insecurity awareness training. She said the center has research showing less than 5% of USC students eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables.

“I think you can definitely eat healthy on a budget, but you just have to plan and you have to be creative,” Shazly said.

Anna said she is worried about what she is going to eat in the next few weeks because her rent is due soon.

She said she is better off than she was last semester because she had a job over the summer that is helping her pay for t h i ng s t h is semester, but she hopes she doesn’t fall back into the place she was at in the spring.

“People are really lucky when they are able to afford things that other people can’t and take it for granted,” Anna said.

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The pla n for a 30 0 -space parking lot next to Thirsty Fellow could potentially be completed

by January 2022. It would include k nock ing dow n t wo USC buildings which currently hold a recently renovated theater that cost almost $250,000 for theater st udents and art st udios for students in the School of Visual A rt and Design. The theater and studios would be relocated to a warehouse, which would be renovated at an estimated cost of $1 million.

Gruner plans for students to be able to park under the Blossom Street bridge that leads to Cayce and walk under the bridge to access Greek Village.

Gr u ner sa id ma ny lot s i n t he C olu mbia a rea cont a i n foundations from old industrial buildings and said he believes this might be the case in the area where they plan to put the 300-space lot. The university doesn’t have to just pave the area,

they will have to grade the site, drain it of storm water, pave it and install cameras, lights and call boxes for student safety.

“There is a building with us on every block, so when you build something new either something has to be transformed or rebuilt,” Rankin said.

College Panhellenic Association president Christen Piccioni and I nterf raternit y Council president Zach Goldberg met w it h t he bu ild i ngs a nd grounds committee to discuss Greek st udent s’ opi n ion on the parking plan, as it did not include the originally promised parking garage with 1200 spaces and meeting spaces for Greek organizations.

They ran a survey in the Greek community to gauge the general consensus of what students wanted from this project and found that 78.7% of the 1220 respondents preferred a surface lot with a halt on the parking fee over the garage

with a continued fee.

“I think those results really show that the fee and the necessity of parking is at the forefront of their minds,” Piccioni said in the meeting. “Our students are like, ‘We need parking now.’”

It was noted in the meeting Greek organizations could use meeting spaces in the upcoming new student union in the future.

This plan will go to the full board of trustees for approval on Oct. 11.

“The conditions change and as conditions change the original plan may change, and we’ve got to be able to recognize and talk about that and be transparent about it,” university President Bob Caslen said in the meeting.

“Through t ransparenc y and communication we can get results … I think we’re moving forward to the right solution.”

Senior news writer Joseph Leonard contributed to the reporting of this story.

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Women’s Writing Workshop aims to bring women together MICHAELA CATOE News Writer

Last fall, Nellie Hildebrandt and a few of her friends met often to discuss each other’s writing in a small group.

As the group grew, they realized it could be helpf ul to ot her st udents who have creat ive writing backgrounds and decided to make it an official student organization — the Women’s Writing Workshop. The club aims to create a safe space for women to share their writing and ensure their voices are heard.

Hildebrandt, a third-year English student with a creative writing concentration, said it wasn’t difficult to start the Women’s Writing Workshop. “I had great co-officers,� Hildebrandt said. “They were super motivated to leave with a legacy.�

Other than that, they had everything else they needed — enough members for the Leadership a nd S er v ic e C e nt er t o c ou nt t he m a s a n organization, an adviser in mind and the support of creative writing professors. “The creative writing professors, I would say, here are generally pretty excited about the club, so they were super eager to find an adviser for us,� Hildebrandt said.

Hildebrandt said she likes the organization because having a small group f ull of women provides an openness and willingness to share that a class full of people does not. “It’s kind of nice when you do have a smaller group, because you get close to those people faster, you feel more comfortable sharing, kind of, more maybe v ulnerable work wit h t hose people. Maybe stuff that deals with sort of more sensitive topics than you might in a class that has like 30 people who are not all there because they enjoy writing,� Hildebrant said.

Sally Wardlaw, a third-year English student, said she feels the same way. “Certain fields are harder for women to be heard,� Wardlaw said. “I was looking for a space where women’s voices are more heard and where I don’t really have to explain certain aspects of just being a girl.�

For a traditional meeting, a member will submit her work for the week to a Google Doc, and other members will read it and prepare notes for the meeting. At the meeting, they talk about what’s

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Third-year English major and Women’s Writing Workshop president, Nellie Hildebradt, leads a session on Thursday, Sept. 26.

working and what isn’t and make suggestions for improvement.

The members range from freshmen to seniors.

Wardlaw said she enjoys mentoring the younger students because encouraging them to develop certain aspects of their stories reminds her to do the same when editing her own. “It’s kind of given me the opportunity to break down these skills that I’ve already learned in my classes ‘cause I’m a junior, gonna be a senior,� she said. “So I know how to do it, but explaining to other people how to do that helps me work on my skills.�

The members of the club said the Women’s Writing Workshop is a good way to reach out to underclassmen as well as develop a relationship with people who have their best interests in mind at a big university.

Anne Gulick, the club’s adviser, emphasized the importance of having a small group, especially at such a large school. “I have discovered in my career as an academic ... was how important it is to find a cohort of people that you can share your work with that you trust, and that you feel are going to support you and help you produce your best possible work and keep going,� Gulick said.

She said she believes the group of women are going to be game changers. “I see this club as one that has the potential to really bring to light the kinds of skills and values that often don’t get recognized as much as they should, and allow talent to really flourish,�

Gulick said. In the future, the organization said it is hoping to create a safe haven for collective improvement.

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Seventeen Zeta Tau Alpha sorority members moved out of their house in Greek Village more than two weeks ago after high mold spore levels in the air were discovered in the house.

A sh ley Sher ma n, t he sen ior communications director for Zeta Tau Alpha’s national chapter, said in an email interview the spores were “nonlife-threatening� and easy to remove.

Houses in the Greek Village are owned by the corresponding sorority or fraternity national chapter and are not the university’s responsibility, but the sorority members are receiving tempora r y housi ng i n a hotel, university spokesperson Jeff Stensland said in an email interview. “Poor design and installation of the original H VAC ducts� caused the issue, and the national chapter is working to address the problem, according to Sherman. “ C u r r e n t l y, t h e f a c i l i t y i s undergoing the complete removal and replacement of air ducts as well as

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an industrial cleaning of all surfaces inside the house,� Sherman said. “After that is complete, dehumidifiers and UV light purification systems within the HVAC system will be installed to prevent any future issues.�

With the Greek meal plan, members of the sorority are required to eat at the sororit y or fraternit y’s house.

According to Stensland, the university i s w o r k i n g w it h A r a m a r k , t h e university’s food service provider, to ensure sorority members are receiving meals until the house is safe to move back into. “It covers all of the members who would go to the house for the meal plan,� Stensland said.

Zeta Tau Alpha members can expect to move back in the weekend of Sept.

28, Sherman said.

According to Zeta Tau Alpha bylaws, chapter members are not allowed to comment on housing without the permission of the national chapter.

T he c h apter pre sident , Ca se y Magersupp, said she and the other chapter members are eager to return to their house.

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Students discover a world of possibilities through study abroad

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av ing t he chance to t ravel t hrough t he u n iver sit y is a onc e -i n- a-l i f et i me opportunit y students often miss out on because of a wide range of concerns.

Currently, there are nearly 2,000 st udent s en rol led i n t he st udy abroad program. The number of students interested has increased by 120% in the past decade. The study abroad office has also seen the number of international students double. Magdalena Grudzinsk iHall, study abroad office director, said there is still room to grow a nd plent y of oppor t u n it ies to encourage students to study abroad.

One threshold that has already been crossed is promotion within specific colleges across campus.

Some col leges desig nate st udy abroad ambassadors to promote international opportunities. “ T h e r e ’s w o n d e r f u l t o u c h points throughout the university where ever ybody work s in t his very collaborative energy to then promote study abroad,” GrudzinskiHall said. “I think that’s why we’re seeing the growth in our numbers.”

O ne concer n st udent s of ten have is graduating on time and if studying abroad will deter their progress.

“St ud y abroad shou ld b e a n enhancement, a nice complement to what they’re doing here on campus, but it shouldn’t hinder or halt them in any way w it h t heir st udies,” Grudzinski-Hall said.

S omet h i ng of ten add re s sed, but w h ic h c a n ne ver f u l l y b e guaranteed, is safety.

Victoria Brigadier, a fourth-year internat ional business st udent, studied abroad in Jerusalem, Israel,

the spring semester of her third year and went to Spain directly af ter wa rds. Si nce Jer usa lem is considered a “destination of risk,” Brigadier filled out a mandatory for m ack nowledg i ng potent ia l danger.

Grudzinski-Hall said safet y is one of the study abroad off ice’s main priorities for students, but lack of trust is one of the downfalls that causes students to miss out on the opportunity to venture out of their comfort zones. Safety is not only the program’s concern, but should be an individual concern, she said. Taking ownership of one’s safety is important, and the study abroad office offers resources to help students prepare. Brigadier, who personally experienced it, said she agrees.

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‘Van Gogh and His Inspirations’ to arrive in Columbia SARAH CRONIN Arts & Culture Writer

Columbia Museum of Art is opening the doors to an in-depth look at the work of artist Vincent Van Gogh alongside art created by those who influenced him most.

“Van Gogh and His Inspirations” will be on display Oct. 4 through Jan. 12. The exhibit is an original concept that will only be presented at the Columbia Museum of Art (CMA).

The 60 -piece a r t col lec t ion spa ns si x of t he gallery rooms, featuring 40 pieces from Van Gogh’s inspirations and 12 pieces from Van Gogh himself.

“Van Gogh and His Inspirations” is heavily impacted by the New York Times bestseller “Van Gogh: The Life” written by South Carolina residents Steven Naifeh and Greg Smith. The duo spent 10 years researching Van Gogh for t heir book, all while growing their personal art collection from artists whom Van Gogh knew or helped him become the world-renowned artist he is today.

CM A’s chief curator Will South k nows Naifeh personally, which he said played a huge role in making this exhibit possible.

“I knew about this collection that they had built, and I knew Steve, and of course I know Van Gogh,” South said. “The idea was just, well, why not use his whole collection and layer it like a cake ... [and] Van Gogh’s going to be the icy frosting.”

Even with the major connection South had with Naifeh, pulling off a Van Gogh exhibit seemed nearly impossible. South came up with this “wacky idea” over four years ago, and after securing the collection from Naifeh came the long journey of trying to get loans of Van Gogh’s art from other museums.

“Nothing is harder to get than Van Gogh’s. Why? Everybody wants them. W hy? Because everybody loves Van Gogh. If you have a Van Gogh show, everybody is gonna go,” South said.

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Family, South was able to hire a full-time assistant to make a list of every Van Gogh piece featured in a public museum across the U.S. After contacting each of those museums and mostly receiving rejection, they were eventually able to secure 12 Van Gogh loans from various museums, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Boston Museum of Fine Art. “Van Gogh and His Inspirations” will include some of Van Gogh’s most famous works, such as “Flower Beds in Holland” and “Self-Portrait.” There will be representation of Van Gogh’s early years and the more recognizable works of his later years. There will also be an etching Van Gogh made on commission while he was still alive, South said.

Each of the Van Gogh works will be surrounded by the artists who most affected his artwork at that time.

Artists such as Jean Béraud, Matthijs Maris and Jules Dupré and pieces from artistic movements in places such as Japan will all be on display to help visitors better understand Van Gogh.

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La Blank has been doing drag for about 12 years, and she has no plans of stopping anytime soon. Her first run-in with drag was when she entered into a talent show in high school because she needed $150 to pay a parking ticket, which just so happened to be the prize money.

She didn’t win the contest, but she did become enamored with drag and how it made her feel.

“I’ve always had a drive just to be in front of people and perform, and drag is, to me, is the highest form of entertainment you can do,” La Blank said. “Drag is whatever you want it to be, and it’s everything.”

Another queen in the area, Ebony Wood, has been doi ng drag for almost nine years, getting her start at a Halloween party as a freshman at USC. The feeling she got from performing was addictive, Wood said, because she became a local celebrity of sorts. Hearing her name called onto the stage and having people compliment her after shows developed what she called her “drag queen ego.”

Like La Blank, Wood said drag can take many forms. It is art and entertainment t hat blurs gender lines, resulting in a multi-faceted impact on pop culture. Inf luential a r t i st s s uc h a s Lad y G ag a a nd Madonna started from drag culture.

Their over-t he-top makeup, clot hing and performances have roots in t he drag and LGBTQ+ communities.

However, a distinction is made b e t we e n t he m a i n s t r e a m d r a g viewed on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and t he drag Columbia’s queens perform. La Blank said she believes the exposure from RuPaul has been both a blessing and a curse for the drag community.

“A f ter ‘Ru Pau l’s Dr ag R ace,’ which got drag out there to every f— aspect of human culture around the world, which is great, but the downside is we’ve kind of lost some of that polish,” La Blank said. “A lot

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“WE’RE LOUD, WE’RE PROUD AND WE’RE GAYER THAN EVER.” of girls now don’t get that chance to learn how to actually grow.”

For Wood, drag goes beyond art into something much more personal.

She performs not only for the feeling or the money but also for the way in which it has changed her life.

“Really, every aspect of my life improved from having t hat level of conf idence — my body image improved, my self-respect, self-care improved, my percept ion of ar t and how to work with people and business and meet people; it’s all improved,” Wood said. “Everyone should do drag once because of the feeling of being onstage is riveting

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and it’s in the moment, and I think it’s an important life lesson.”

La Blank’s drag daughter (a new d rag queen La Bla n k bec a me a mentor for), Fendi Moore, is the reigning Miss Outfest and new to the drag scene. She said she has also experienced personal growth from being a queen.

“Dr ag c u lt u re is h istor y, it ’s empowerment, it’s something that unless you do, you don’t have that privilege of getting to experience w h a t i t i s ,” M o o r e s a i d . “ I t ’s somet h i ng t hat’s l iberat i ng a nd amazing and it’s hitting everything that I’ve needed in my life.”

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“Some day s were ha rder t ha n others, just because it’s a different culture and it takes a while to get used to, but I wouldn’t have traded that for where I was,” Brigadier said.

The study abroad office website features a student identity section t h at i nc lude s f re quent l y a s k e d quest ions by st udent s who have st udied abroad in t he past. This addresses heavy topics students have on their mind prior to going abroad.

In large cities filled with potential dangers, the program eased some students’ concerns.

“I never really felt in jeopardy,” M ic h ael a Y i, fou r t h-ye a r m a s s communications student, said about her May mester to Rome. “It felt pretty safe altogether.”

A not her potent ial concern for students is the language barrier.

Olivia Williams, fourthyea r a nt h ropolog y a nd Spa n ish st udent, st udied in Cadiz, Spain the summer after her second year.

Being in a non-prominent English speak ing cou nt r y gives st udents t he opport unit y to expand t heir lang uage comprehension, or for Williams’ case, apply what she had learned.

“The lang uage component was hard because they didn’t speak any English, but I improved so much because I was really forced to just speak and listen,” Williams said.

Financial concerns are also often a deterrent in students’ enthusiasm of studying abroad.

“We have a number of scholarships through our office, but there are study abroad scholarships through other departments as well as national scholarships that are geared towards study abroad,” Anuja Parikh, study abroad adviser, said.

Like t he ot her queens, Moore said she believes pop culture and drag culture are one and the same.

However, while t he idea of drag might be mainstream, she thinks the reason queens perform drag will never be mainstream. While some aspects of drag are well-known by the general public, the true meaning of drag is only known by those who have made it a part of their lives.

“There w ill forever be st ig ma about drag and people who do drag,” Moore said. “No matter what we do, no matter how far we progress, there’s always going to be that one person that has stigma or stereotype towards it.”

Despite t hose who m ight not support drag, Moore said it is an art form that should be experienced by everyone, and the hate has not deterred her. “ We’re loud, we’re proud a nd we’re gayer than ever,” Moore said.

Gilman’s Scholarship is a national scholarship that can pay up to $5,000 of the trip, which sometimes covers an entire summer study abroad trip.

There is a workshop called “Money Matters” that discusses the financial aid portion of the trip.

For students who are interested in studying abroad and do not know where to start, t he st udy abroad office is the first place to go. Study abroad information workshops are offered Monday to Friday twice a day, and the times available are listed on the study abroad office website.

This 101 course is mandatory prior to scheduling an appointment with a study abroad adviser.

There are also six hours of dropi n adv isi ng ava i lable ever y day for st udent s who have persona l concerns, general questions or are looking for other available resources.

A f t er t h i s me et i n g, s t ude nt s should have an idea of where they want to go.

“Look outside of your traditional study abroad places,” Brigadier said.

“Don’t overlook t hose cou nt ries just because they’re not as popular, because I t hink somet imes your better experiences are doing things that aren’t popular.”

Preceding the trip, students will at t end prep a r at ion work s hop s , including pre-departure guidelines and meet-and-greets with students who have previously been abroad.

T he g o a l i s t o bu i ld s t ude nt s’ conf idence a nd ma ke t hem feel comfortable before leaving.

“Make sure that you’re just open to the new experiences,” Yi said.

“Even if you do get a little homesick, you’ve just got to think, ‘OK, well, this is only for a couple weeks, I can totally do this.’”

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‘Hangover Helper’: Hangover food cookbook offers international recipes

LILY SHAHIDA Arts & Culture Writer

When hungover, most people take an aspirin and stay in bed. Others choose to write a book about it.

That is not exactly how Lauren Shockey ca me up w it h t he idea t o w r i t e “ H a n g o v e r H e l p e r,” a cookbook feat uring recipes for hangover cures from around t he globe. Instead, she was inspired after reading an article about haejangguk, Korean hangover soup, which is made d if ferent ly all over Sout h Korea.

Shockey sa id she fou nd it interesting that Korean hangover food was so dif ferent f rom what Americans typically eat.

“We sort of associate eggs and pancakes and potatoes and k ind of greasy, egg y, starchy t hings,” Shockey said. “So that really just got me thinking, I wonder what people around the world eat when they’re hungover.”

Shockey herself knows a lot about food, having studied at what is now the International Culinary Center in New York City after completing her undergraduate st udies at the University of Chicago. She went on to spend an entire year learning to cook at high-end restaurants in New York, Vietnam, France and Israel, a n ex p er ience wh ic h prompted her to write her first book, “Four Kitchens.”

The experience gained from her culinary background allowed her to develop every recipe in “Hangover Helper” herself. Much of her insight

on foreign hangover dishes came from foreign acquaintances, those who held some knowledge of the subject and even social media sites such as Reddit. “ I d e f i n it e l y r e a c h e d o u t t o

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basically anyone I’d ever met who lives in a foreign country or is from a foreign country,” Shockey said.

She said since there are really no experts on hangovers, she spoke with

average people to gain a better sense of typical hangover foods across the globe.

After Shockey learned more about international hangover dishes, she said she was able to curate her own recipes based on her research. She said some were surprisingly difficult to create, such as the garlic soup.

“I think maybe just because it’s such a simple, homey recipe. That one actually took forever to develop,” Shockey said. “I feel like my husband and I ate garlic soup for weeks on end.”

Besides developing t he recipes for “Hangover Helper,” Shockey said she enjoyed her ex perience collaborating with London-based il lust rator Soph ie Mel issa, who created a full-page illustration for every recipe in the book based on photog r aph s Sho c ke y sent her.

Melissa’s eye-catching work matches the cookbook’s lighthearted topic. “[Shockey] knew she wanted really bold colors, very bright and cheerful, and my work is really colorf ul,” Melissa said.

W h ile t he pu r pose of t he cookbook is to c u re readers’ ha ngovers, Shockey herself has benefited from all of her research, she said.

“The very last recipe in the book is sort of my go-to when I personally am making hangover food. I really like to do a sandw ich which has pepper bacon, shrimp, eggs, cilantro and sweet Thai chili sauce,” Shockey said.

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Review: Brad Pitt looks to the stars for answers in ‘Ad Astra’

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“Ad Astra” Release Date: Sept. 21 Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

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On its surface, space is beautiful, alluring and vast. However, like the dark side of the moon, space hides a separate half that is dark, bleak and lonely.

Major Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) knows this all too well. After all, he feels more at home among the stars than he does grounded on Earth.

As a veteran astronaut, Roy has found purpose in space, but years of following orders have left him more machine

than human. When audiences first meet him, his coldness is obvious and illustrated in brief flashbacks with his estranged wife (Liv Tyler) and constant monologues that act as diary entries.

You can’t really blame him, though.

As the son of famed astronaut H. Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones), Roy has always lived more in his father’s shadow than he has as his own person.

His father, a trailblazing astronaut, was presumed dead for years after a mission to find extraterrestrial life didn’t go as planned. For most of Roy’s life, his father was a stranger, but the nation’s immortalization of him as a hero was enough for Roy to pretend he knew his father, too. As a result, many of Roy’s life choices have served as responses to his father’s absence.

Th is is proven especial ly t r ue after strange power surges begin to wreak havoc across the planet. The U.S. government recruits Roy to stop them because they believe his missing father is actually alive and might be the culprit. Consequently, Roy must travel

to Neptune, the location of his father’s last known whereabouts, to confront his past and preserve our planet’s future.

Though Roy’s journey to Neptune is littered with dangerous obstacles such as space pirates and crash landings, the bulk of his mission revolves around his desperate attempts to connect with this mysterious figure who has acted as a lifelong, looming presence despite being light-years way.

In “Ad Astra,” Brad Pitt is definitely t he m a n of t he hou r, a s ot he r supporting characters only serve as footnotes to his character’s mission.

Because of this, one might assume Pitt would overact or overcompensate for the lack of dialogue and other fleshedout characters. However, there’s power in his subtlet y. Pitt says so much without saying anything at all, as he uses his eyes and other physical ticks to speak for him.

Space is just as much of a character as Roy. Not only is it the answer to all of life’s most burning questions, but it is also the answer to Roy’s more personal

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Van Gogh was largely i nspired by nat u re itself, South said, and he painted landscapes based on how he felt while he was in nature.

Va n G o g h w a s a l s o i n s pi red b y t he hardships of life, especially those of the poor. “He had a real sympathy for suffering,” South said, which led h im to pa i nt average people doing what was nece s sa r y to s u r v ive

ones and it uses its desolate landscape to exacerbate the fear of the unknown regarding both inquiries.

In addition to its philosophical ponderings, the film’s other strengths lie in it s breat htak ing shot s and gorgeous visual effects. Its take on a commercialized version of space is just as fresh, and it feels more familiar than it does unattainably futuristic.

Like most modern sci-f i f ilms, “Ad Astra” forces us to grapple with humanity through a protagonist who is just as clueless as we are. However, for those expecting a more traditional sci-fi adventure, you’ll get that in moderation. At its heart, “Ad Astra” is a melancholy mystery and it works best in this way.

A lt hough t he f ilm ends rat her abruptly, “Ad A stra” surprisingly a nswers just as ma ny ex istent ial questions as it poses, and they left me content and even hopeful. Through his dangerous journey to Neptune, Roy goes on record as enduring the most grueling therapy session ever.

each day.

South said what really set s Va n G ogh apa r t from other artists can b e e x pl a i ne d i n o ne word — passion.

“On a sca le of one t o 10 0 , Va n G o g h’s passion wou ld be a 110,” South said. “He is going to squeeze every drop of passion out of everything he looks at.”

The museum hopes to gai n inter nat ional recog nit ion f rom t he e x h ib it , S o ut h s a id .

Besides get t ing to see some of t he most famous paintings in the world, CMA is offering

event s a nd ac t iv it ie s to go along wit h t his exhibit.

Jackie Adams, CMA’s director of educat ion a nd engagement, has put toget her mult iple lect ure series on Van G ogh, including Van G ogh-t hemed mov ie nights, art classes, an exclusive opening party for museum members and an Arts & Draughts night that will feature b eer, l ive mu sic a nd scavenger hunts.

More information on these events and exhibit can be found on CMA’s website.

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South Carolina is considering paying NCAA athletes

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PAIGE DAVOREN AND ELYSE PELLEGRINO Sports Writers Two South Carolina lawmakers are planning to follow in the footsteps of California and New York, who have proposed bills to pay college athletes.

California’s state legislature sent a bill to the governor Sept. 11 that would permit college athletes to sign endorsement deals and gain profit for their fame.

New York Sen. Kev in Parker proposed a controversial bill a few days later that would allow college athletes to “sell the rights to their own names, images and likenesses,” according to ESPN. Parker told ESPN he added an amendment to the bill that would require colleges to divide 15% of their annual revenue among all student-athletes.

“It’s about equity,” Parker told ESPN. “These young people are adding their skill, talent and labor to these universities.”

In South Carolina, Sen. Marlon Kimpson and Rep. Justin Bamberg are working to file a bill similar to California’s.

“The legislation passed in California is a sign of the times,” Kimpson said. “The NCAA is not an amateur sports league. This is a multibillion dollar sports empire where everyone involved makes money except the players on the field who earn it.”

According to The State, Kimpson and Bamberg would like to enable the state’s larger universities to pay $5,000 yearly to athletes in successful sports such as football and basketball. Athletes would also profit from sponsorships and general fame.

The NCA A released a statement that if the bill becomes law, the schools would have unfair recruiting advantages, which would result in teams being unable to compete in NCAA competitions.

It also called the bill “unconstitutional” and

“harmful” and said it will erase the distinction between college and professional athletes.

Despite the threats from the NCAA, its “no pay” rules violate section one of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which works to prevent unfair business practices. If the NCA A bans these members, it might lead to an antitrust lawsuit.

South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner told 247Sports it seems like a “pay for play” and it worries him. He also mentioned some players might feel left out if more popular athletes were getting all the endorsement deals.

Some Gamecock students support the idea of allowing college athletes to be endorsed and paid.

“I feel like college athletes should get paid, considering schools sell merchandising and they get money off of it,” Caleb Horton, a third-year biomedical engineering student, said.

Madison Blanding, a third-year anthropology student, said she agreed because she believes the time commitment for athletes is “super intense and demanding.”

Other students felt skeptical or opposed the idea.

“I am mostly against it. I mean, I’m not very well informed, so, like, I’m not hardcore against it or for it, but I think for the most part, it’s sort of going down a dangerous path. It depends on how it’s executed,” Caroline Clemson, a second-year public relations student, said.

Fo u r t h - y e a r s p o r t a n d e nt e r t a i n m e nt management student Nathaniel Ku said he does not support the idea.

“I don’t think athletes should be paid. Athletes really just get a lot of benefits when you think about it. They get school paid for, apartments paid for, food paid for,” Ku said. “They usually just try to fight back saying athletes should be paid, but in reality, they have basically this whole university in their hands and they don’t know how to utilize all their benefits.”

Column: Improvements Gamecocks need to make during bye week ALLISON LAPLAINE Sports Writer After a rocky start to the season, the South Carolina football team has a lot to work on during the upcoming bye week if the Gamecocks want to turn their season around.

Offensive struggles Across the first four weeks of the season, South Carolina was outpaced by its opposition in terms of passing yards, with 1,143 total passing yards to the opposing teams’ combined total of 1,259. While this isn’t a large margin, the Gamecocks could improve their chances to score by completing more long passes and holding on to routine catchable balls.

Notably, freshman quarterback Ryan Hilinski threw for just three yards in the first half against Missouri. While he was reportedly dealing with elbow discomfort, large receiving yard deficits compared to

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Pressure on the pocket tends to result in rushed plays, misinterpretation and throws that miss the mark. Key mistakes were made in the Missouri game, including Hilinski throwing a 100-yard interception and spiking the ball backward, resulting i n M i s s ou r i s e n ior l i neb ac k er C a le Garrett easily scoring a touchdown. The Gamecocks would benefit from working on communication and reading plays in the bye week to prevent such mishaps in the future.

There is promise of chemistry between Hilinski and senior wide receiver Bryan Edwards. Edwards currently leads the team with 311 receiving yards.

Bu i ld i ng on t he cohesion bet ween Hilinski and Edwards and between Hilinski and junior wide receiver Shi Smith will improve South Carolina’s offensive game by allowing confidence in the team’s ability to complete long passes and avoid the thick of the opponent’s defensive line.

Defensive struggles In t he team’s loss against A labama, the Gamecock defense did not hold up as strongly as it could have against the Crimson Tide’s running game. Sout h Carolina attempted unsuccessfully to take down key long runs made by A labama, shoot i ng for lower body t ack les t he Crimson Tide was able to dodge.

South Carolina’s secondary is mostly comprised of true freshmen, who are in need of more pract ice and experience against strong offensive running to tighten up the defensive line back end. The players will have to strategize the best methods for tackling strong runners and prevent opponents from rack ing up scores the Gamecocks would struggle to catch up to.

Takeaway If Hilinski and his fellow true freshmen can get more practice and experience with tough situations under their belts, they’ll be key in South Carolina’s success going forward. The team still has to mesh in terms of collaboration and communication with each other in order for offensive plays to run smoothly and tighten up the defensive line to hold opponents at bay.

After a week for practice and rest, the Gamecocks look to upset No. 3 Georgia on Oct. 12. If they cannot iron out the kinks, the Gamecocks might miss out on the opportunity to play in a bowl game this season.

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Column: How Shi Smith compares to an NFL player

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JOSHUA MATTHEWS Sports Writer The jump from college athletics to professional competition is quite a huge gap. Collegiate athletes strive to earn a spot working for any number of professional teams for millions of dollars.

The leap to professional ball takes a lot of time and effort. However, students who put the effort in reap the benefits. Throughout the football season, hopeful draft prospects are constantly compared to current or previous professional athletes. These comparisons draw an idea of who this player may perform like, making their potential seem higher.

South Carolina has an extremely talented team with high level recruits. Despite the rough start to South Carolina’s season, there are a few bright points in the program.

Junior slot receiver Shi Smith is one of the most

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Junior Gamecock wide receiver Shi Smith scores a touchdown against the Crimson Tide at WilliamsBrice Stadium on Sept. 14.

athletic players and constantly puts work in. He has great yards-per-reception statistics with a whopping 14.1 yards per catch. Smith has proven to be one of new quarterback Ryan Hilinski’s main offensive weapons.

When watching Smith’s highlights, I was left with one player in my mind: Kentucky alumnus Randall Cobb. Cobb is currently a slot receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and is quite the firepower on offense. His quick feet and great route running help give his offense more opportunities. Smith, like Cobb, is a threat downfield, proving as much with his amazing touchdown against Alabama.

Both of these athletes strive to play fierce, competitive football with maximum effort always left on the field.

The current and former SEC players are extremely talented, and if Smith puts in the work, he can reflect Cobb’s career or even raise the ceiling for SEC slot receivers. Cobb and Smith bring a level of explosiveness to the game that very few athletes bring to the field.

Other than their styles of play, statistically Cobb and

Smith are fairly similar. At Kentucky, Cobb averaged slightly less yards per reception, with 11.5 yards per reception. On top of yards per reception, Smith is only five touchdowns behind Cobb’s college career number of touchdowns at Kentucky.

Both receivers have been in the top five in the SEC based on yards per kickoff return in their respective years. Cobb and Smith have both played a handful of plays on the defensive side of the ball, and both have solo tackles throughout their college tenure.

Cobb and Smith are athletes with a lot of tenacity in their game. They continuously are working for every yard they can earn on the field. These offensive weapons are serving as reliable outlets for their quarterbacks to feed the ball to.

As the season continues, the college football landscape will see Smith improve and compete on a high level. Cobb’s style of play seems to be reflected well in Smith’s play.

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There should not be prayer before football games Fans pray before kickoff at the South Carolina versus Alabama football game at Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 14.

Saturdays in South Carolina come with pregame rituals: tailgates, cheers and the national anthem.

However, amidst the bustle of the band and the singing of the alma mater, a prayer is always featured before South Carolina football games.

Although this practice may seem Stephanie Allen Second-year normal, it is neither constitutional English and art nor representative of the wide array studio student of beliefs USC students have. In 1962, the Engel v. Vitale case ruled public schools could not endorse prayer, even a nondenominational one.

As USC is a state institution, it should be required to adhere to similar principles.

Law professor Derek Black confirms this idea and said in an email that the “key question is whether the prayer has coercive effect or, more simply, whether the prayer involves the voluntary desires of students or is something that state officials are encouraging or requiring students to participate in.”

The prayer is neither student-led nor elective, and so it should not be permitted in a state school.

Perhaps this practice has continued because of the longstanding tradition of praying before sporting events. Jamie Rogers, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry director, led the prayer for the Charleston Southern vs. South Carolina football game. According to Rogers, prayer before games matters because it is an

acknowledgement “that we’re in need of [God’s] grace and mercy in every situation, especially in a contest as dangerous as a football game.”

Rogers argued in favor of keeping prayer before games, contending that a person in support of prayer should have the same right to “have their desire met as the one that supports its removal.” Rogers said his prayer was for God’s blessing over all people, saying, “if a person doesn’t believe in God that prayer shouldn’t offend them.”

According to Engel v. Vitae, however, a student’s ability to abstain from participating in prayer does not render that prayer constitutional.

Regardless of the constitutionality of prayer, USC should consider something other than prayer that would be more inclusive for its student body. The leaders of prayer are often of Christian faith, leaving irreligious students or those outside of the Judeo-Christian faith unrepresented. A moment of silent meditation, or perhaps a secular word of hope and encouragement, could be a way to begin football games with the same spirit of positivity without endorsing a specific religion.

Rogers doubts the efficacy of replacing prayer and said he was honored to follow the moment of silence for the then-recent suicide of a student with a prayer, saying that prayer is a chance “to have the most of us together at the same place & time, to come together in solidarity to turn our hearts toward those around us.”

He said it would be a disappointment to get rid of that opportunity.

Religion is not what unites the students of USC. When faced with tragedy, students find peace, not because they all adhere to the same religion, but because they find a common hope beyond their different beliefs.

That ability to coexist and unify is what should be preserved, not prayer to a specific god.

If students want to live out their faith before the football games, Baptist Collegiate Ministry and First Baptist host tailgates, and Shandon Collegiate Ministry hands out waters. These activities are open to all students. “All three of us would love to connect with all students,” Rogers said.

Because these activities are not university endorsed, they are both constitutional and a great way to reach out to students who are interested in the Christian faith.

The key difference between a tailgate and a broadcast prayer is the volition of the students. If a student wants to pray before a game, they should be able to, but those who would rather abstain should not be subjected to others’ beliefs.

Prayer can be a hot topic politically and socially but, legally speaking, it is not something that should be endorsed by a government-funded school. This principle is not only good for nonbelievers, but is to the benefit of the very people who consider prayer important.

Without rulings like Engle v. Vitale, America would not have the religious freedom it boasts. As USC works continuously towards inclusivity, it should reconsider its stance on prayer.

College is a business Gamecocks united through resiliency, service Letter to the Editor:

The current nat iona l st udent debt in A merica collectively sums up to an astounding $1.5 trillion, according to a report issued by the Federal Reserve.

The average student Darian O’Neil will owe over $30,000 Second-year after graduating from mass communications a four-year program. student Over the years these numbers have grown tremendously, and they will continue to increase in the coming years as institutes for higher education transition more and more into thinly-veiled big businesses.

These numbers are beyond ridiculous, and there is no valid reason why an adequate education should cost so much.

This debt greatly affects our future before it really even starts.

Universities make a fortune off their students each year. At many institutions, the president makes well over seven figures while students continually plummet further into debt that will more than likely take decades to pay off.

A c om mon a n a log y i s t h at t he president is the CEO and students are the consumers. Many universities are in competition with each other to gain more students (“consumers”) and in turn the cost of school is steadily rising. This dynamic is burdening the college experience for students and lessening the value of degrees once we graduate.

At USC in particular, I believe there are several problems that are a direct result of this capitalistic model.

One problem is the overpopulation of students on campus. Because of the school’s need for more consumers to bring in more revenue, there is an abundance of students on campus. The universit y recently admitted one of its largest freshman classes ever and, as a result, 16 freshman students

were forced to stay in off-campus hotels because of the lack of available residence halls. It is clear the school is prioritizing funds over the well-being of its students.

Another issue is the shortage of student parking on campus. Last week, it took me 30 minutes to find a place to park when I got on campus. I usually don’t even drive, but I was running a little late and decided I would save some time by driving instead of waiting an extra 45 minutes for my apartment’s shuttle. I ended up still being 10 minutes late to class after I finally found a parking spot at a meter about a quarter of a mile away from the academic building I was supposed to be in.

The lack of accessible parking at USC is a huge problem. During prime school hours, it’s nearly impossible to find a parking spot in hourly garages such as Pendleton and Bull (especially after Bull’s recent implementation of card payment), and paying for a lot park ing pass is unnecessarily expensive for students on a tight budget. Even if students do pay for a pass, those lots and garages are often still unreliable and overpopulated.

In my opinion, students should not be forced to pay for a parking pass on a campus to which we already pay tens of thousands of dollars a year.

As the cost of tuition increases and universities continue to rake in even more money from the free labor of their athletes, colleges are becoming more like businesses instead of their intended purpose as providers of education. The prioritization of funds over the academic experience of students is becoming clear as day. Many students are viewing college as an investment rather than a guaranteed route for success because of its high cost.

As long as administrators continue to sacrifice the basic needs of their students in favor of making a profit, we will continue to feel more like consumers at a corporation rather than students at a school.

This week I’ll mark my 60th day as president of the University of South Carolina, and it seems as if very little time has passed since I was carrying boxes for new freshman on move-in day and preparing for convocation, my first big speech as president. Now fall break is rapidly approaching, and in about two more weeks, the semester will already be halfway over.

When I meet with various groups on and off campus, I inevitably get asked, “What is your favorite part about being president so far?” There are many great aspects to this job, but the honest reply is that I love interacting with students, and it’s easily the part of my day I look forward to the most.

Whether it’s part of a formal meeting or stopping to say hello on the way to class, students have defined for me what makes this university special.

During early morning workouts at the Blatt and Strom, I’ve seen students push themselves physically beyond where they thought they could go. I’ve met with the Association of African American Students and those from the LGBTQ+ community who want to make campus a more inclusive place.

Student Government leaders have shared with me their desire to amplify student voices when important decisions are being made. I’ve also stood beside members of our Greek community as they supported one another through the painful loss of a friend, turning the tragedy into an uplifting message to raise awareness about mental health.

In short, ours is a resilient student community that’s constantly seeking ways to make tomorrow even better than today. Many students aren’t content to just improve their own

personal circumstances but seek to lead a life of purpose and service to others.

Last year alone, more than 17,000 Gamecocks participated in over 118,000 hours in volunteer service — all for the benefit of helping local residents. That includes everything from engaging in tutoring sessions, gathering donations for local food pantries to raising muchneeded funds for charity organizations.

Just earlier this week, I received a note from a resident about several of our students who helped neighbors with a beautification and safety project in the University Hill neighborhood.

There are countless other examples of our students demonstrating personal character through service, and I learn of new ones each day.

I’m convinced we can build on that culture, especially in helping address the needs of our state. One example is one-on-one mentorship, and I’m exploring ways in which our students can take an active role in assisting K-12 st udents f rom local Sout h Carolina schools achieve academically.

Ultimately, that will increase the number of first-generation students from under-served communities who aspire to attend college.

For more information on how to get involved with service today, visit the Leadership and Service website. There’s a wide array of options available, even for students juggling busy class and work schedules. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact me at president@sc.edu and share your vision for how Gamecocks can help make South Carolina even better.

—University President Bob Caslen

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