Micromanaging employees could hurt bottom line


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It’s not news that the job market is currently in trouble. Horror stories of layoffs and home foreclosures are common and it seems like a shocking number of people are doing all that he or she can to avoid losing employment. But how are the companies themselves dealing with having fewer employees? “Wages are stagnant, […]

Letters to the editor


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The full responses to video of Prof. Sragow I was surprised to see a Political Science professor making national headlines for ‘indoctrinating’ students in class by ‘bashing Republicans.’ The evidence played out in an edited 15-minute video taken by a camera hidden in student Tyler Talgo’s lapel. The original video was sent by this student […]

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Responses to video of Prof. Sragow I’ve noticed students making audio recordings of professors without asking, which I also think it is at best impolite and, at worst, a violation of trust. Videotaping an educator and sending an edited video to a smear website is not the rational response of a student who is worried […]

Race still a factor in job searches


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Meet Yolanda Spivey: a vibrant and educated young woman in her 20s with more than a decade of experience in the insurance industry. During those that span, she worked as an assessor, broker and manager of other employees. She did well in her field too, with a client base including not just individuals but also […]

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Rallying against fossil-fuel investments  USC students take pride in the large sums of money the school receives to enhance our educational experience. It’s with a cumulative endowment of $3.5 billion that ’SC is able to maintain its standing as one of the top research institutions in the world. But while our university is grateful for […]

Pro-life rights also include life of mother


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On Monday, Praveen Halappanavar was questioned in an Irish court about the events surrounding the death of his wife, Savita Halappanavar. Savita Halappanavar, an Indian dentist who moved from southwest India to Dublin with her husband in 2008, was 17 weeks pregnant when she was sent to University Hospital Galway on Oct. 21, 2012 after […]

How effective will the new strict Conn gun reform law be?


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Lawmakers need to do more to restrict other kinds of guns and ammunition, as well as more strict background checks. According to CNN, the Connecticut state government, reacting to the Sandy Hook massacre from December, has created a new law designed to decrease the deadliness of American weapons in its state. The new law, which […]

‘Best-looking’ remarks opposite of sexist


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As a figure upheld for his tolerance and politically correct take on the world, President Barack Obama has taken an incredible amount of heat from critics for a comment he made last Thursday at a fundraising lunch in Atherton, Calif., at the Democratic National Committee. While praising California Attorney General Kamala Harris as “brilliant,” “dedicated” […]