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Opinion: Say no to noon kickoffs

Samantha Connell, Asst. Outlook Editor • September 23, 2018

Two words that college students absolutely hate to hear: noon kickoff. Twelve o’clock games, more often than not, consist of the same three things: the blazing sun, drunk students calling it a day...

Opinion: Saturdays are not for the dining halls

Samantha Connell, Asst. Outlook Editor • September 16, 2018

If you live on campus, you're very aware of where you can eat throughout the day. If you’re without a car, like I was last year, you are very aware of WHEN you can eat throughout the day. Want to...

Opinion: Arguing on Facebook is stupid

Jon Walsh, Outlook Editor • September 13, 2018

The advent of social media has given unprecedented access to billions of people to be informed and voice their concerns and opinions on websites like Facebook and Twitter. Our world is more informed than...

Opinion: Why the Confederate battle flag should be denounced everywhere

Rebecca West, Asst. TimeOut Editor • September 9, 2018

Last week, CUSG released a document denouncing the display of Confederate battle flags on campus. Because of the white supremacy and violence that the flag is known to symbolize, not only was this decision...

Opinion: Mob rule is not the law, even when it comes to offensive statues

Zach Faria, Contributor • September 9, 2018

The debate surrounding the continued existence of Confederate monuments is a heated one, particularly in the South. “Silent Sam,” erected in 1913 and funded by the Daughters of the Confederacy,...

Opinion: Clemson made right decision in ending balloon release tradition

Jon Walsh, Outlook Editor • September 2, 2018

On Sept. 1, 2018, a longtime Clemson football tradition ended. The tradition of releasing thousands of orange, purple and white balloons into the air has ceased, largely due to the university’s concern...

Opinion: From the perspective of a recent Clemson graduate

Allison Hannah Simpson, Clemson ’18 • August 28, 2018

Oh, Clemson. I learned to love that seven-lettered word from a very young age, but it wasn’t until four years ago that I learned how important it really would become to me. Four years ago, I was...

From the Editor’s Desk: The Tiger to cutback to bi-weekly print editions

Katie McCarthy, Editor-in-Chief • August 26, 2018

Clemson is constantly changing, and The Tiger is no different.This semester, The Tiger is cutting back to bi-weekly print editions, meaning we’ll be putting out an issue every other Monday.By cutting...

Letter to the Editor: Clemson made right decision in ending balloon release

Bradley Wilkinson, President of Clemson NRGSA • August 18, 2018

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...

Opinion: Clemson refuses to stand for dreamers

Will McCorkle, Graduate Student in Education and Pauline de Tholozany, Assistant Professor of French • April 30, 2018

Clemson just announced that they will be bringing in Nikki Haley and Tim Scott as the commencement speakers this year. While there is certainly nothing wrong with having politicians or public officials...

Opinion: Gun safety, not control

Arianna Grevious, Contributor • April 23, 2018

When talking about the gun debate, consider an old piece of motherly advice: it’s not what you say, but how you say it. Specifically, the discourse surrounding gun legislation should be changed...

Staff editorial: Help us roar. How you can #SaveStudentNewsrooms

The Tiger Senior Staff • April 22, 2018

Imagine, just for a moment, what life would be like if The Tiger no longer existed. Who would you turn to for information when a CATbus catches fire? Who would call out CUSG when it does something shady?...