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Editorial: Research before you donate

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2014 | October 14

Amidst all the pink colors splashed on buildings, on sports teams' jerseys and on ribbons across America, it is hard to miss October is breast cancer awareness month. With all the hype from breast cancer awareness, it is important to remember to donate to a charity that matters to you and spends money wisely.

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Editorial: Hazing should be treated individually

Clemson University disbanded 24 fraternities on campus after a sophomore died while with his fraternity brothers. According to CNN.com, Tucker Hipps, 19, went on a run with his fraternity brothers and somehow became separated. Officers discovered Hipps' body underneath a bridge that afternoon. Coroners said they suspect he fell from the bridge and died from blunt force trauma.

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Editorial: Class times are scheduled with purpose

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2014 | October 2

Class schedules, when done correctly, are planned and organized well before the semester starts. Some students commute an hour or more to and from classes and have chosen their schedules based on days they can drive to campus. Many students have part-time or full-time jobs on top of memberships in clubs and sports that must be woven into going to class, along with attempts to get necessary amounts of sleep and still have some semblance of a social life.

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Editorial: Disconnecting in order to connect

By Editorial Staff | Fall 2014 | September 29

The increase in technology has led to a decrease in social skills. This generation faces the unique situation of having limitless information available at all times with a stroke of a fingertip. We are surrounded by it. Phones have become bed partners, dates, gym buddies, class distractions and homework helpers.

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Editorial: The downside of upscale living

August 23

Finding a decent place to live shouldn't be part of what makes college difficult. Paying tuition, maintaining a good GPA, avoiding alcohol poisoning -- these should be high on your list of college-related concerns. Worrying whether or not you'll have to spend part of the semester in a hotel should be low on that list.

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Editorial: Dress codes are not created equal

By Ashtyne Cole | Community Editor | July 23

Clothing choice is a statement. What you wear speaks volumes about who you are as a person. It depicts what you like, dislike and how you show yourself to the public. College is the time when young adults are deciding who they are. The days of high school and inescapable conformity are gone. Students realize they can make whatever statement about themselves they want in college.

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OPINION: Advice from a former CWE counselor

By Maddie Yerant | Managing Editor | May 13

If you have any guidebook or how-to for freshman year, throw it away right now. In the space of nine months, I fell in love with Chacos, learned a new language (Southern English, a different breed than its Midwestern cousin), went to a bar for the first time, made friends and lost them, had my heart broken and learned what it really felt like to be homesick.

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OPINION: Art has more than just aesthetic value

By Elizabeth Wieck | April 25

People often question the validity of modern artwork and wonder what exactly makes a piece of art have value and a place in the art world. This is particularly true for minimalistic pieces, like the work of Ellsworth Kelly or, for abstract pieces, Jackson Pollock.

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OPINION: The flaws of a vicarious cultural experience

By Jordan Hays | Copy Editor | April 20

When I lived in Germany, I did it wrong. I spent three years in a foreign land and failed at obtaining a real cultural experience. I saw the castles and ate the food, but I did not learn the language and communicate with the locals as a guest in their homeland. I didn't take the time to get to know them and communicate with them as people, not as Germans.

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OPINION: Confronting modern journalism stereotypes

By Kailey Miller | Community Reporter | April 18

So to me it's frustrating when I hear people say that we are in the business of "ruining people's lives," or that we are twisting the truth to get a better story. Not only does twisting the truth harm whomever the article is about, but it also harms the journalist's credibility, which is arguably the most important credential that a journalist can have, and one that we don't want to lose.

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