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Letter to the editor: CUSG Special Referendum

Matt Innocenti & Will Billbrough, Contributors • November 13, 2018

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...

Letter to the editor: Clemson wrestling club looks to turn varsity

Noah Wright, Contributor • November 11, 2018

The Clemson Wrestling program was removed as a varsity sport following the 1994-95 season. While the program had success, cancelling it meant more than losing NCAA championships that our wrestlers brought...

Teaching the Whole Relationship, Not Just Sex

Katie Harrison • November 11, 2018

“Hey mom, I think I broke my hand. How? Uh, Saturday I got a call from a close friend and her boyfriend had hit her. I got so mad I sorta unleashed on a door. I’m at the doctor right...

Is this our new normal?

Julia Korn, Copy Chief • November 4, 2018

On Oct. 27, 11 people were killed in a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. During a seemingly normal Saturday morning service, a man started shooting while shouting anti-semitic epithets. Being...

Opinion: Vote!

Samantha Connell, Asst. Outlook Editor • November 4, 2018

With Halloween in the past and Thanksgiving in the far future, it is time we focus on an incredibly important holiday inching towards the present: Election Day. On the first Tuesday of November, the United...

Why The Tiger has stopped printing

Nicole Clamp, Editor in Chief • October 29, 2018

The Tiger has been roaring for Clemson University in print since 1907. During those many years, we have had the privilege to cover a variety of subjects and historical events that have built Clemson up...

Opinion: One solid tradition

Samantha Connell, Asst. Outlook Editor • October 22, 2018

Most days, you can find Clemson’s campus adorned in various shades of orange and purple. Fridays, however, hold a slightly different narrative. At the end of each week, Clemson has “Solid Orange...

The problem with Rotten Tomatoes

Why you should read reviews instead of the Rotten Tomatoes score By Jon Walsh • October 15, 2018

Before I being this article, I want to acknowledge that it is bias of me, being the one who writes most of the movie reviews for The Tiger, to be stating that filmmakers should read the reviews written...

‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ – a modern ‘Pulp Fiction’

Jon Walsh, OutLook Editor • October 14, 2018

“Bad Times at the El Royale” is freshly-released neo-noir mystery thriller, written and directed by Drew Goddard (“The Cabin in the Woods”). The film takes place...

Opinion: Douthit Gym’s delayed openings

Samantha Connell, Asst. Outlook Editor • October 8, 2018

Clemson University has an astounding record for starting projects that seem to take ages to finish. Whether it is roadside construction, renovations to some of the older buildings or that work order that...

Opinion: The modern day McCarthyism of the Kavanaugh hearing

Zach Faria, Contributor • September 30, 2018

For us college students, McCarthyism is a just phrase that’s thrown around politics, one that we have no actual experience of watching in real-time. Unfortunately, we’ve been given a crash...

Opinion: Kavanaugh hearing: bipartisan nightmare v. respecting women and being a decent person

Rebecca West, Asst. TimeOut Editor • September 30, 2018

For just the last few days of the week of Sept. 24, the United States’ attention was captured by the story of a woman telling her story about a traumatizing assault and the man she accused denying...