Samantha Connell

Similar to any college student, I enjoy the pride I feel when I speak about my education. I love having the opportunity to say “I go to Clemson University,” or in just a few short months being able to say “I graduated from Clemson.” Lately, however,

If you’re a Clemson student, you’ve probably found yourself in Redfern at one point in time. Whether the Redfern Health Center and it’s employees serve as your regular medical care provider, your pharmacy, the place you stop by when you wake up with a mysterious bruise from a drunken fall or where you seek the...

At last, spring has arrived at Clemson University. Not spring break, as that questionable decision has passed, but the wonderful season. While fall and summer in Clemson are both incredible and bring our beloved football season, spring reigns as the supreme season in Clemson, SC.  First and foremost, the blue sunny skies and increased squirrel...

Without a doubt, Clemson faculty and students have struggled with the new adjustments to college life. Overall, Clemson has done a fair job of minimizing cases, but there are still a few mishaps arising from administration and students. Mainly, classes started too early and Clemson students are still learning how to wear a mask.  This...

With the COVID-19 pandemic enduring, college students find themselves (or they should, at least) spending more time in their apartment. Even when you’re living with your best friends, the daily toll of life as a college student can become stale. Before the pandemic, boredom or sadness could also fill your apartment on certain days. If...

It’s no secret that our return to Clemson is accompanied by several national outcries. After living through months of faulty government leadership and nationwide confusion, students are now adding hours of college courses to the mix. While the country that many Clemson students call home continues to unravel, young adults are being called into advocacy...

“Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,/ The wretched refuse of your teeming shore./ Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,/ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Statue of Liberty ­— Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. With over 180 colleges participating, including Clemson, the annual I Stand...

On Friday, small town Clemson was visited by a big town name: John Mulaney. Somehow, CLEMSONLiVE convinced Mulaney to drive down Tiger Blvd rather than 5th Ave for a night, much to the collective surprise of Clemson students. Thankfully, both Mulaney and Clemson students had a great time joking about the University’s poor choice of...

Most days, you can find Clemson’s campus adorned in various shades of orange and purple. Fridays, however, hold a slightly different narrative. At the end of each week, Clemson has “Solid Orange Friday.” A longstanding tradition that invokes school spirit and brings the student body together, Solid Orange Friday encourages students and staff to wear...

Clemson University has an astounding record for starting projects that seem to take ages to finish. Whether it is roadside construction, renovations to some of the older buildings or that work order that maintenance said they would take care of two weeks ago, it feels like nothing is tied up in a pretty bow. One...

Two words that college students absolutely hate to hear: noon kickoff. Twelve o’clock games, more often than not, consist of the same three things: the blazing sun, drunk students calling it a day at 12:30 p.m. and too many people lingering in Tiger Town Tavern. Personally, I advocate for the extinction of noon kickoffs. The...