Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 30, 2016
Filed under Editorials
For the few who’ve known about my front-page story as it has developed, they’ve asked me the same question: Is the Clery Act a useful tool for letting students know what’s happening on campus?
My response – my opinion...
Editorial Staff
October 19, 2016
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"The bell doesn’t dismiss you; I dismiss you.”
The editorial staff at “The Patriot” has heard this line several times during high school as class periods ended, and that mentality has carried into college. As students...
Editorial Staff
September 22, 2016
Filed under Editorials
With 17.6 million Americans falling victim to identity theft in the year 2014 as reported by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), identity theft is one of the most prevalent white-collar crimes.
According to the Social Security...
Veronica Wilson, Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2013
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As I am wrapping up the end of my last year at FMU, I think of a song like Vitamin C’s Graduation (Friends Forever). I remember listening to it when I was younger and thinking that time is never going to come… then here...
Marsh Julian, Staff Writer
April 18, 2013
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Spring Break was great, right? Spring Break is the much-anticipated event usually occurring in mid-semester. I love the break. I try and take full advantage of my time off from the busy grind of the school regiment. Many will...
Robyn McNeil, Copy Editor
April 18, 2013
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As another semester ends and I prepare for my senior year, I consider how long it has been since I walked across the stage to receive my diploma. Within those three years, I have noticed a transition; and I feel more “myself”...
Martha Armstrong, Staff Writer
April 18, 2013
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As I see you all alone crying in the dark, thinking that by sobbing into a pillow it would hide the desperate cries for help. People hear you, you cannot hide. I thought that you may need some advice right now.
Just...
Martha Armstrong, Staff Writer
April 18, 2013
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She was an 18-year-old freshman at Francis Marion University (FMU) who excelled in high school and had a full academic scholarship. She had been living in the dorms on campus and was struggling to juggle her newly found freedom...
Martha Armstrong, Staff Writer
March 13, 2013
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
As college students trying to find our path in life, we have all heard the idiom: “The Sky’s the Limit!” I decided to research the meaning of this term, coming up with the following: the potential is limitless. Just as the...
Staci Poston, Managing Editor
February 28, 2012
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As Jon Stewart said on “The Daily Show” on Feb. 14, “You’ve confused a war on religion with not always getting everything you want.”
The Affordable Care Act has recently undergone a slew of controversy, even inspiring...
Tim Laurent, Sports Writer
September 7, 2011
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It’s the fall semester, which means new students, new classes and new goals. While these things occur every year, they aren’t the only things we can rely on to return when the leaves begin to change.
There’s another constant...
Hunter Deas, Copy Editor
March 30, 2011
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
As a member of the press, I have to admit a certain measure of wonder as I question the ethics and degree of practicality shown to be - I say - lacking in the coverage of the tragedy that has befallen Japan - in particular, the...