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Students Demand Action urge students to vote
Dual-enrolled students seek voters.
UPDATED: Homicide investigation initiated after USC Aiken student, mother found dead
News Editor Chi Nguyen covers the recent death of a USC Aiken student identified in killing.
Column: Stand against domestic violence
In this column, Angel-Hope Watts shares figures on abuse as well as tips to help out those who may be suffering.
Honoring the dead: Festivals, feasts and offerings
News Editor Chi Nguyen writes on the The Festivals of the Dead.
Major shaming: Impacting Fine Arts students
Reporter Paige Hicks covered an issue that has plagued Fine Arts majors in universities.
Lambda Chi Alpha experiments with (watermelon) bombs
Lambda Chi Alpha collects can with a potential watermelon explosion.
Opinion: Spirit is the best horse on campus
“Of the half a dozen horse sculptures found around campus, Spirit has to be my favorite, offering ever changing looks, with participation by many diverse groups, giving a lifeless piece of fiberglass a purpose to display cleverly and artistically what students have on their minds or what’s coming up.”
USC Aiken students prepare for election, consider candidates
Reporter Erin Weeks interviewed students on campus for political persepctives.
Bias Incident Response Team to examine trends, incidents on campus
The university put a new group into effect, designed solely to examine incidents of bias in the community.
South Carolina teacher passes from COVID, following mother
A South Carolina teacher passes from COVID-19, her mother succumbed next.
SCARY STORY CONTEST: I have to change
Happy Oct. 1, Pacers! This October we wanted to do something special, something engaging. Pacer Times decided to come together to create a story students could add on to. This is the beginning of something exciting, collaborative.
Students: submit 300 words or less of a continued version of this story — feel free to leave it hanging for the next student. Let’s see how twisted and spooky we can get!
The student submissions that are picked for publication will have a feature story written about them (with consent). Get writing (and spooky) Pacers!
"Maybe I can do this too:" Celebrating Broken Ink’s newest issue
Reporter Erin Weeks attended the annual release party for USC Aiken’s literary and visual arts magazine, Broken Ink.
Rally in support of USC Aiken coach canceled, player shares experience
Reporter Jillian Paige Hicks writes on the cancellation of the “I Stand With Coach T” Rally as well as including an opinion from a player of Thomas.
Column: What's it like in there?
Closing Suicide Awareness month, Reporter Angel-Hope Watts shares her experience with inpatient.
Coach ‘deserves to speak his truth:’ Interview with school board member
In an interview with Pacer Times, Jason Crane explains his position regarding recent campus controversy involving USC Aiken baseball coach Kenny Thomas.
OnRaé LaTeal: Musician and activist
OnRaé LaTeal: a strong, Black, queer musician composes music for the Black Lives Matter movements.
The impact of small towns and BLM protests
Chi Nguyen reports on small towns supporting the Black Lives Matter movements.
Broken Ink release party, open submissions for next edition
Broken Ink held a release party for their recent release of their 52 edition while also announcing submissions to be open for the next issue.
Dorm pets: GloFish
We have another fish friend for you this week, Pacers! This one is shockingly bright, sure to brighten up your dorm room.