It has been freezing in Columbia recently. Temperatures in Columbia and all over the country are extremely low and don’t seem to be rising any time soon. It’s a miserable time for all of us, but we...

“‘Cause you know I love the players, and you love the game.” These words, beautifully written by my favorite person in the world, Taylor Swift, hold very true for girls everywhere. There is an undeniable...

A Facebook post that I saw a couple days ago had me thinking about something almost all of us face: expectations. It is one of the reasons why we go to college. Our teachers worked hard teaching us in...

Three students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus were shot dead last week. Investigators still don’t know if the shooting was a hate crime or an isolated incident over something...

Last Thursday, Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court announced that he would continue to resist the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state. His statements came after U.S. District...

I am sure most of you know about the tragedy that occurred earlier this year. At the beginning of the semester, a scholar visiting from China was struck and killed by a car in Columbia. This is one of...

Girl code isn’t limited. If someone actually tried to sit down and write out all of the innate rules that girls are expected to follow, I wouldn’t be shocked if it was longer than all seven Harry Potter...

Diets. _Shudder._ Diets have gotten a pretty bad rap in the past several years, and frankly, it’s about time. There has been a major cultural shift from dieting with the goal being weight loss to permanently...

Do you know that we are still in the year of 2014? According to the Chinese Lunar New Year calendar, there is still a week until we step into the year of 2015. It might sound crazy as we are already two...

Russia recently launched a new offensive into Ukraine following months of unrest after the country annexed Crimea last year. [Russia has sent troops and weapons over the border into Ukraine](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russias-new-invasion-of-ukraine-should-lead-the-west-to-reassess-its-strategy/2015/01/21/4c146368-a0de-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html)...

With the new year fully underway, you’re probably already feeling full to capacity with classes, jobs and a dwindling social life. But try fitting something new into your schedule: giving back. Volunteering...

There are two different kinds of holidays out there. There are holidays like Christmas, which almost everybody seems to love whether or not they celebrate it. Then there are holidays like Valentine’s...