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‘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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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