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Letter from the Editor Hoechella targets slut-shaming
Clear weather, large turnout makes Soda City Comic Con Successful
Sorority Council proposals spark controversy SG announces new discount deal with Uber South Carolina football changes culture with win over Tennessee
College of Arts and Sciences faces lack of savings
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Letter from the Editor
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Column: Don’t shame women for menstruation Drennan, McCaskill set records in historic 21-win season CofC students seek shelter from hurricane Cockstock brings hip-hop vibes to Homecoming Gamecocks earn bowl eligibility in win over WCU Column: Favor need-based over merit-based scholarships Men’s basketball off to hot start with strong non-conference wins
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This is it. The final print publication with yours truly as the name under editor-inchief. In this semester in review, you will find the highlights of the semester. I cannot promise they are all feel good stories but I can promise that the staff worked hard on each one in order to efficiently deliver the facts to your attention. We went from four papers a week to bi-weekly and continued daily online content. For those who supported us through picking up a paper and reading online, thank you. For those who were disappointed on the decrease of crosswords puzzles, sudokus and horoscopes, I apologize. It was definitely an adjustment. Turning the
ABE DANAHER Media Manager CHRISTINE CHILDRESS Designers MARIELA RODRIGUEZ, MAGGIE NEAL, MELANEY MOTTSEY, ALEX CONE Copy Editors ANDREW CROSSAN JOY BRANTON MADDIE COMPTON ATHENA MAROUSIS Senior Writers DREW MUELLER, BRITTANY FRANCESCHINA, SARAH STONE Faculty Advisor DOUG FISHER Student Media Director SARAH SCARBOROUGH
mindset from print heavy to online heavy takes time especially when that's all I have known in the three and a half years I have been at The Daily Gamecock. I still refuse to believe print is dead. The staff I worked with was the one to have by my side to make the transition. We learned a lot. The resources, opportunities and obstacles that arose challenged all of us. Despite it all, they held their heads high and kept going. Our foundation is stronger and they will be the ones to carry on the paper. They will tweak what did not work so it will in the future. Despite the exhausting semester, we got through it and I am so proud. I had plans. For the paper,
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Business Manager KRISTINE CAPPS Creative Director EDGAR SANTANA Production Manager DEGAN CHEEK Social Media Manager SYDNEY PATTERSON Creative Services WANDA FELSENHARDT, ELIZABETH JENNINGS, CHARLOTTE PRICE Student Advertising Manager LOWMAN HARLEY Advertising Representatives ALEX BATEMAN, AMANDA GRANT, KAITLIN NIEMAN, ANDREW SNIGHT, DREW THIEL, PERRY WEST
for the staff, for me. Here I am though, staying up to write this letter, feeling that I did not accomplish even half of what I set out to do. That to do list keeps growing faster than what can be crossed off. And I guess that's how life takes hold. You can plan and plan again but sometimes the curve balls keep coming and there will be ones that you will miss or knock you down. And that's okay. Life keeps going. Just like this paper. The Daily Gamecock will not be going anywhere time soon. The staff will be doing some light hibernating (we can never truly stop working) over break and will be back in full swing when spring begins. So be on the look out online. — Editor-in-Chief Kamila Melko