By L Edington Two words describing the Shoestring Players presentation of "Born Yesterday" are “power and corruption," explained director Rich Robinson, although power and corruption can only describe one side. "It's a comedy, but also really romantic," added Robinson. Written
Brittany McFadden Broderick Ooh What’s that smell inside the Health Education Complex? Something cheesy? Mmm… maybe a little bacon? If you keep sniffing, your nose (and probably your stomach too) will lead you to Sandella’s Flatbread Café, the newest eatery
Brittany McFadden Broderick If there was one situation students at USC Upstate complained about the most—no it wouldn’t be classes or an issue with the new building still not being 100 percent complete—it would be parking. One major problem for
Although very different, all humans have one definite thing in common we all procrastinate. Whether you are procrastinating right now or you have in the past, the act of procrastination is a universal trait. More then likely we will all
by Mark Gittner The ancient Greek philosophers said it, Oprah had it on her show, and Dr. Phil pushes it by the ounce. ÒKnow Thyself.Ó Why is this such a big deal? Psychological researchers Erik Erikson and James Marcia agree
It was Shakespeare’s Juliet who’d ask "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet", not Plato, Smith and Marx would’ve thought otherwise. For in nature a rose is a rose, a
By Richard Mahler
As a child, my parents used to
remind me that money does not grow on trees. But, according to the
newly elected 111th Congress of the United States, there is not only a
tree behind the White House but also an orchard behind the capital
building.
Apparently, we can afford four more years of the
same. Or is it that President Obama wants to show us how much we can't
afford in four more years? Either way, we as the American public are
standing silent as our government is slowly slipping away from U.S. In
the fall, Congress pressured the president to act due to the impending
“recession” to come. Thus, President Bush declared that $700 billion
(the bail-out) would be used to acquire damaged bank assets to help
ease the credit markets. Yet, when given the authority to do so
Secretary of Treasury, Henry Paulson somehow changed his mind saying
that the reason for the economic hardships was due to bank troubles.
Three hundred and fifty billion dollars later, not one in is better
shape than before. On Sept. 15, 2008, Bank of America announced its
intentions to purchase Merrill Lynch & Co Inc. in an all-stock deal
worth approximately $50 billion, about 86 percent of the Bank of
America stock price at close.
by Richard Mahler In a speech Holder gave for the African American History Month program at the Justice Department, he called Americans "cowards" with respect to race relations. "Though the nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting
On the campaign trail, then presidential hopeful John McCain had daily rallies calling Obama’s foreign relation skills "not enough" and "unintelligent". Obama, on Good Morning America, responded to these statements as "attacks" and "more of the same". "Well, actually, my
Every Saturday during the college football season, tens of thousands of people congregate to their favorite schools around the country. They go to have a chance to see their team win, and most arrive early to take part in