Cops

 There is a huge problem in my eyes with the police force here at Clemson. I feel that there are way too many of them and they are too strict in general.  Now don’t get me wrong I know they are keeping the peace but they need to tone down their ticket happy mentality. Last semester I was driving 44 mph in a 40 and I was pulled over. Like are you kidding me?, I thought he was joking when walked up to me. He then proceeded to lecture me for over ten minutes on the importance of driving safe. On another occasion I was pulled over one night while I was pledge driving. When the cop approached me, he instantly had an attitude and was convinced that I had been drinking. I told him that I was sober driving and I haven't had a sip of alcohol that night. He didn’t believe me and decided that I needed to perform a sobriety test. It was late I was clearly tired and this really ticked me off. The Clemson police also have been doing random dorm room checks lately. This has become very annoying as they knock on your doors and check up on you. It feels like they are trying to get you anyway that they can. 
-Connor 

Terrible Food

Everyone’s main fear with starting college is the dreadful “freshman fifteen.”  It is general knowledge that all college freshmen gain fifteen pounds the first year of food just from eating more and the unhealthy food that they eat.  But since I’ve been at Clemson, I’ve actually lost weight!  The dining halls have such terrible food, I don’t see how anyone can eat too much food from there.  All of the food is very unhealthy, but it tastes so bad I usually just don’t eat.  And since the dining halls close so early, if you get hungry after dark, there isn’t really anywhere to go eat.  Clemson has to change the dining hall food or I’m going to starve to death before I graduate!

-Dylan Burton

Crazy Roommate

My roommate is a complete psychopath.  I’m afraid to go to sleep at night with him in the same room.  When I applied for rooming at Clemson, I just did random roommate assignments because I didn’t know anyone else that went here.  That was a huge mistake.  My roommate gets arrested every other weekend for ridiculous stuff, and I’m pretty sure he deals drugs out of our dorm.  He is the sketchiest person I’ve ever been around.  I’m just counting the days to the end of the semester so I can move out and never see his face again!

-Dylan Burton

Redfern Robber

For the last few weeks of school, I have been terrified to walk outside at night.  A while back, a crazed maniac brutally robbed our campus pharmacy, and since that day, I feel unsafe when I’m alone.  The “Redfern Robber” has terrorized our entire campus and has made us realize that we are never safe, no matter where we are.  It is a reality check to everyone that a psycho could rob them and steal all their drugs from them when they’re just minding their own business, walking to class.  I for one cannot even imagine how scary it would be for a guy in sunglasses and a hoodie to take all  my drugs from me.  Clemson must do something to make it safer for their students.

-Dylan Burton