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USC UPSTATE MUST GO!
Whether it’s sex scandals or, um … whatever this is … the University of South Carolina-Upstate hasn’t exactly distinguished itself this year.
The Spartans’ year of distinction continued over the holiday weekend when the USC-Upstate women’s basketball team was throttled by Kentucky.  Final score?  100-34.  That’s right … 100-34.
“Spartans Struggle at No. 9/8 [...]

Rich: On Government “Waste”

By Howard Rich || Generations of big-spending Republican politicians would have you believe that “waste, fraud and abuse” are the root causes of government’s deficit spending problem. Meanwhile generations of bigger-spending Democrats would have you believe that the problem of waste, fraud and abuse in government is overblown.
Both perspectives are flat-out wrong.
Waste, fraud and abuse [...]

Money For Nothin’

S.C. Sen. John Scott (D-Columbia) has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by Anderson County as a “transportation consultant” – but it’s unclear if he has actually earned any of that money because his contract with the county doesn’t require him to produce any “deliverables.”
In fact, Scott’s appearance at a county finance meeting last [...]

Student Candidate Rips Innovista

The biggest, costliest and most notorious boondoggle in the history of the University of South Carolina is drawing criticism from a candidate for student body president.
James Strickland, who is running for USC’s top student government post, blasts the “Innovista” boondoggle on his campaign website by linking this failed government-run economic development project to USC’s skyrocketing [...]