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Letter to the Editor: Expressing concerns about Clemson’s social host ordinance

Nick Holman, Freshman Pre-Business major April 10, 2018

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...

Letter to the Editor: In response to “Affected by hate or bias at Clemson?”

Steven T. Ford April 9, 2018

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.” I applaud The Tiger for printing this article....

Letter to the Editor: Clemson needs to install additional emergency phones; fix those not working

Anna Longaker March 30, 2018

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...

Letter to the Editor: Student attendance at the Clemson v. FSU basketball game

Ed White, Class of 1967 March 2, 2018

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...

Letter to the editor: Discrimination against mechanical engineering international students through co-op approval

John Henry Murdy, senior political science major December 22, 2017

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...

Semester reflections

Saavon Smalls, Editor-in-Chief December 11, 2017

Tigers,What a semester. As I sit at my desk and write this letter, it’s awe-striking how fast this semester and year have gone by. This has truly been a memorable year. From Nazanin Zinouri’s...

Grad student voices

Moses Namara, Daricia Wilkinson, Bart Knijnenburg December 4, 2017

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...

A response to ‘…What you did’

Zachary Faria, Sophomore sports communication major November 13, 2017

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...

Why we must stand with DeVos for our rights to due process and the truth on consent

Paul Gennett, Contributor October 23, 2017

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...

Clemson University President’s LGBTQ Commission statement on Scout Schultz, police-involved shooting

CU President's LGBTQ Commission October 9, 2017

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...

Letter to the Editor: The “Antifa” movement is violent and unnecessary

Mitchell Gunter September 8, 2017

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...

Standing up for what a university is, does

Jonathan Beecher Field, Associate Professor February 7, 2017

Dear Clemson family- I am writing to share a story about my family with the Clemson family. I have been teaching English at Clemson since 2004. My late father, Daniel Field, was a Russian history professor...

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