PHOTOGRAPHY BY KERI GOFF & THOMAS WOODSON
oday, in 2010, only a decade after the inauguration of the feared millennium, your CarolinaCard doesn’t work off campus, Cocky’s Caravan absorbs the majority of your student fee and the Thomson Student Health Center is an eyesore rivaling the scoreboard after a Clemson football game. As questions arise about what the next decade holds, especially in these dubious times, we wonder what the University will look and feel like in the future. The continuation of the growth of infrastructure no longer solely depends on cost and the speed of implementation. In an age where green isn’t simply the last name of a senatorial candidate, the University understands the practical necessity of planning for the future of campus and college life in a sustainable manner. Now, optimistically, imagine this: your cell phone is a universal remote, your conversations regularly turn to talk of social security (reform, that is) and your bedtime is a little earlier than it was 10 years ago when bars seemingly couldn’t stay open late enough. It is 2020, and as you return to the Carolina campus for your class reunion, what changes do you see? Let’s dust off our iCrystalBall and take a look.
Athletics
With the Gamecocks winning the back-to-back BCS championships in the late ’10s and the sailing club’s emergence as a nationally ranked team in 2016, Gamecock athletics has become a huge incentive for future applicants. Athletics became competitive with the rest of the SEC schools’ athletic programs after the completion of the Dodie Academic Center in 2010. The University’s Director of Athletics Eric Hyman says this achievement is “an integral part of making USC’s athletic program America’s best.” When you were a student, the University had exactly one tennis court per 9,000 students; however, in 2020, the school has generously resurfaced and completed nine tennis courts on which the student body can lob, serve and volley. The immaculate Strom remains a crown jewel and shows no visible signs of wear or tear (not unlike the physi22 | GARNET & BLACK 2010
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