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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....

OPINION: Race in America: Growing up biracial

Danielle Edwards, Contributor April 9, 2018

I am a mixed kid whose mother is white and whose father is black. Just from the pigment of my skin, I look black. Because of the color of my skin and my biracial lineage, I encountered racial issues and...

OPINION: What it’s like to be Hispanic at Clemson

Valadez Jaramillo, Contributor April 9, 2018

It’s not the color of my skin or the length of my name that shapes my personal identity. It’s my interests, my passions, my dislikes and, let’s be honest, my favorite shows to binge watch. The...

OPINION: Diversity at Clemson: Appearance and Reality

Pauline de Tholozany, Assistant Professor of French and Todd May, Professor of Philosophy April 4, 2018

On Jan. 16, Jennifer Pinckney, widow of the late South Carolina Senator and Pastor Clementa C. Pinckney, spoke at Clemson. She was the keynote speaker of the commemorative service of MLK celebration week....

OPINION: Why Clemson students should help build a healthier community in Las Malvinas

Kevin J. Burke III, Marisol Miranda and Lauren Cvitkovic April 2, 2018

As Clemson students, our primary goal is to walk across that stage at graduation knowing that we have made a positive impact on this university, and world, in some capacity. It is an instilled sense of...

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...

Fascist Organizing by the Numbers: A Report

Ian Anderson, Contributor March 25, 2018

Earlier this month, I accidentally found myself at a Nazi rally in Nashville, Tennessee. There were roughly 50-60 people gathered for what was revealed to be an Identity Evropa conference, all of which...

Celebrities: what does it mean to be an activist?

Jamie Yarborough, Contributor March 5, 2018

With the beginning of the 21st century also began the widespread acceptance that anyone who is good at acting must also have a good and informative opinion about an array of political topics. Very...

Cagle is no conservative

Mark Hinds, Contributor March 5, 2018

On Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, Georgia Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle tweeted, “I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship...

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...

#MeToo, but what next?

Rachel Andrews, Contributor February 26, 2018

When the #MeToo movement burst on the scene, it was revolutionary. Initially, the idea was to show how many people had experienced sexual violence because, as the old adage goes, there is strength in numbers....

#MeToo: conversation turned gender disparity

Justin Rogers, Contributor February 26, 2018

The #MeToo movement’s beginning as a platform for women to speak out and show solidarity with one another as a means of therapy was the start of the conversation that America needed to have. The...

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