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Posted on October 31 at 11:53 a.m.
If the AIM does this polling in mid-December, Christmas will be #1...mid-June, July 4th...and honestly, why is this news? It's not even a "style" type story. Why not use the paper to educate us more about candidates, the proposed sales tax increase, the increase in crime locally as the economy is turning down.....
Posted on October 17 at 8:38 a.m.
As an employee of CU, I am genuinely scared of what may be coming. And my understanding of a 4-day work week was not that we could be paid only 80%, but that we would work 40 hours in 4 days, and money would be saved on energy and some staffing on the 5th day. And to be quite honest, there are a LOT of jobs that are already 40-hour/5-day jobs that actually take a lot more time than that, so the 4 day option would not really solve anything for these folks. I frequently work evenings, weekends, answer email and write reports from home, etc. Higher ed is not a factory.
On Clemson and other schools could face cuts in jobs and programs, according to officials
Posted on August 7 at 10:56 a.m.
Lord have mercy, why wait 3 more weeks for the restrictions and allow that much more wasting of water -- let your car be dirty and your yard turn brown....we may have NO drinking/bathing water soon! We should have had odd/even since June and mandatory since July. To heck with yard and car pride!
Posted on August 6 at 8:02 a.m.
I agree, especially with the use of the word "cr@p" -- crass of Abernathy to use it to a reporter, and even more crass for a family paper to print it in a front-page headline. I was particularly angered that my 5-year old asked what it meant.
Posted on May 8 at 1:19 p.m.
Every piece of info about this event said that it would start at 4 pm -- I sat in traffic for 50 minutes to get to a spot, and then my 2 little boys sat on the hood of our car from 4-4:50 in the hot sun before we had to leave (they were sweltering and miserable). I'm glad it turned out well, and I just wish the correct start time had been listed so my two INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED boys had been able to see it.
Posted on December 22 at 8:06 p.m.
It's going to take b*lls that no one at Clemson has to ban alcohol on football game days as a meaningful indication that the university is no place for the kind of drinking that occurs around game day. Stop tailgaters from setting up beer pong and other games, stop the kegs, arrest violators. While it won't stop the off-campus drinking (and nothing will), it will be a sign that this is something truly important to the health of Clemson as a university and for its students individually, not just a problem that flares up every few years that gets some media attention, some new required programming that students roll their eyes about having to attend. But then if they banned game day alcohol, alumni would bitch and moan and not give, and that's fundamentally what's most important, right?...so what if a few lives are lost along the way? At least the rich will still have their parties, their premium parking places and their slowly dying brain cells.
On Teen’s death spurs alcohol policy review at Clemson University
Posted on December 15 at 3:50 p.m.
As sad as this is for us to lose something that so importantly defined our community, it just can't be sustained with a shrunken tax base and a shrinking enrollment. 15ish years ago the county voted against a single county-wide high school that would have had an amazing facility and resources -- had we not been so short-sighted then, perhaps ACSD 60 would not be among the worst in the state. Ultimately, this decision will be in the best interest of the community, but for now, it's a fresh wound that needs to heal, with no salt (mainly race-baiting from either side) poured into it.
On Abbeville board votes to close Calhoun High and Middle School
Posted on December 13 at 9:02 p.m.
Reward one student who endangers everyone on the road DUI, even though one student was killed by a DUI driver earlier this semester and another just died of alcohol poisoning? Great priorities for the college.
Posted on December 12 at 7:51 a.m.
I choose not to go to the dentist but rather rub cedar berries on my teeth to keep them clean and strong. Please appointment me to head the SC Dental Association.
On Clemson homeschool mom could head S.C. Board of Education
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Posted on November 10 at 10 p.m.
This state needs to get over its collective low self-esteem regarding higher education (we all want our kids to go to college, then when they do, we think THEY think they're better than us -- this is a REAL attitude to learning in this state, and I say this as a born and bred), and the "leaders" of this state need to realize that higher EDUCATION is PART of the education system of the state, one that drives economic development and can keep the most talented engineers, entrepreneurs, doctors, educators and other leaders in state and MUST be considered and funded just as every other part of education is in SC, which, BTW, is still not enough for that part either.
On Clemson University staff to be required to take unpaid 5-day leave