Being Black Is Punk In Itself
(12/10/21 1:00pm)
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I was supposed to have three children.
In a world dominated by physical judgment, many men are victims of their own conjecture. With one of the world’s largest international bodybuilding competitions happening this month, it is important to acknowledge the reality of men’s fitness and physique, as well as the mental implications it has caused.
In recent years, some have started to shy away from traditional health clubs or gyms due to a sense of toxicity and competitiveness. This change has led to the boom of boutique fitness studios in the past few years. Boutique fitness studios are smaller gyms that specialize in a certain type of experience for their members. These studios often have intimate class sizes and a sense of community. Even with this sense of community, many of these clubs are shrouded with the veil of exclusivity that doesn’t cater to all members of our society.
Artfulness, glory, and prestige: a jazz student’s aspirations with a less than ideal or knowledgeable crowd.
After extending the availability of the vaccines to the entire population, crowds have begun gathering again. Schools, colleges and many workplaces are switching back from remote to in-person with vaccination cards or negative COVID-tests as a ticket. Here at UofSC, students undergo monthly testing regardless of their vaccination status.
Plants. Green plants, tall plants, poisonous plants, carnivorous plants, flowering plants. Our world, our country and our state is full of plants big and small, and they all come together to create the beautiful scenery we see everyday. Arboretums get a lot of love for their beautiful collections of plants, all shown in their rawest, most beautiful form. But there’s another method of observing and conserving plant life, and that would be the University Herbarium, located in the Coker Life Sciences Building. Collections of plants from all over South Carolina and even the world are dried and pressed into sleeves for preservation and identification purposes. Since this is a place many people aren’t aware of, it seemed like a good idea to reach out to the curator of the herbarium himself, Dr. Herrick Brown, to show exactly what the herbarium does, what they hope to accomplish and what fun adventures await in the field of botany.
As the discussion around climate change comes more into focus each and every year, people often wonder how to help. Without devoting all your free time to saving the Earth, it’s hard to find something with a tangible impact, something you can see rather than just assuming your recycling bin is actually doing anything. Reusables are expensive, and most realistic change involves just that: change. However, there is an alternative that aims to shake up the American standard that has long been overdue for a makeover: the freshly cut lawn.
What is bubble tea?
Walking into Brock Sansbury’s office, one can see a pile of books with, “Daring Greatly” by Brené Brown on top. He explained that he uses the book to teach about the power of vulnerability to the members of the Courage Center.
The State House has long been a reminder of a past that most South Carolinians don’t want to be reminded of. Its memorialization of white confederate men, many of whom were segregationists, glorifies South Carolina’s historical injustice, while ignoring the women and people of color who continuously contribute to the state’s prosperity. The Columbia City of Women project aims to change that narrative.
You may have dissed crocheting in the past because it was your grandma’s favorite pastime hobby (maybe her only hobby), but don’t make that same mistake twice.
“You can dance… You can jive… Having the time of your life…”
Sweatpants and a button down shirt may have been your professors' pandemic outfit of choice, but with reintroduction of in-person classes, professors are once again showing off their personal style.
Situated between Flora’s African Hair Braiding and The Music Store sits one of the oldest and most renowned tattoo shops in Columbia: Devine Street Tattoo. The black columns, bunted American flags in the windows and a vertical T-A-T-T-O-O sign are welcoming and recognizable as a shop steeped in tradition. Inside, I was greeted with a wall covered with painted flash sheets and comfortable couches.
Many of us growing up online have heard the famous line, “Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite.” Some of us have even wished to experience the drama and chaos that is Gossip Girl. But what would you do if suddenly Gossip Girl was no longer exposing the just wealthy elite of New York, but rather the students, faculty and staff of UofSC? Would you add fuel to the fire and send in gossip to be viewed by peers? Or would you rather be the Gossip Girl, front and center with the rumors, scandals and inside scoop of your community? Any fantasy can be accomplished with the resurgence of the app YikYak: an anonymous posting app that connects you with your local community.
College students accomplish extraordinary things, both inside and outside of the classroom. In order to be successful, it takes time, discipline and hard work. We see this among Gamecock athletes and Honors College scholars, but what about the students who sacrifice their time to financially sustain themselves? Perhaps you have seen them wearing their work uniforms around campus, or even jogging with their backpack and textbooks because their shift starts in thirty minutes. Maybe you yourself have scrolled through Indeed.com during class to see which employment options could benefit you. Tons of restaurants and corporations are handing out signing bonuses, wage raises and more benefits right now to gain back what they have lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They are offering what they can to keep their current staff and hire new employees. These benefits are undoubtedly alluring, especially to a young adult wanting or needing to find a job, but is now really the best time for full-time students to take on part-time jobs?
Walking into a lecture hall on the first day of classes is terrifying enough, but what about when you’re one of ten women in a room of 90 males? Your mind goes racing. Will you be taken seriously? Will you be included? Will you be treated fairly? Will you be spoken to? Female engineering, sport management, or computer science majors must get used to these classroom ratios, as they’re all at least 70% male-dominated. As intimidating as this may sound to a college-aged woman, there is much less to worry about than you might think.
Whether you loved or feared them as a child, the villains of beloved animated films aren’t characters you’ll forget any time soon. Their unique character designs, sassy comebacks and exaggerated gestures have cemented them into a generation of childhood minds. But these characteristics aren’t just for comedy’s sake-- many of them point to the harmful phenomenon of queercoding. Queercoding is when traits and mannerisms typically associated with the LGBTQ+ community are assigned to a character in order to subtextually code them as queer. This concept is not new, though it has gained critical attention as the issue of LGBTQ+ representation in the media has become more mainstream. This is harmful because it creates the association between queerness and immorality in a society that still struggles with positive queer representation.
Clocks are strange, they don’t have agendas but move promptly.