#uofsc

[nike2times]

+++spent sum quality time w/ my mama yesterday💛👑⛹🏾‍♀️🔥

[propaganda-inc]

I'm so glad I went to the one college where I could shout "GO COCKS" in the most sissy voice possible and no one would bat an eye

[a-moment-captured]

Moments like this are why college football will always be superior!

[evanguthrielawfirm]

Evan Guthrie Law Firm volunteered for the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division Cocky's Reading Express event at Mamie Whitesides Elementary School in Mount Pleasant, SC on Thursday May 3, 2018. #southcarolina #bar #young #lawyers #division #cocky #reading #express #books #literacy #school #education #elementary #Charleston #lawyer #attorney #volunteer #lawfirm #spursup #uofsc #united #college (at Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary PTA)

[anna2018-scstudyabroad]

Budapest

Budapest was one of my favourite cities I’ve visited! Initially, I was upset to have to leave Vienna, but Budapest was incredible. It was beautiful and had a good range of popular spots and quiet back streets. One of my favourite cities to just wander through. The view from the river is breathtaking with the castle on one side and the parliament building on the other. Everyone says that “Pest is best,” but I really don’t think you can go wrong with choosing one side of the river vs. another. It was a bit more spread out than some other cities I’ve visited, but definitely still walkable. Everyone knows Budapest for their famous healing baths, and they are honestly so fun! I went to the Szechenyi Baths, which is probably the most popular spot, but if I went back, I would try to go to a less crowded one.

Parliament from across the river:

Fisherman’s Wharf:

(one of the most interesting buildings to see and a great spot to watch the sunset!)

Buda Castle:

Szechenyi Baths:

Budapest at night:

Street views:

Beautiful church interior:

[uscitaly17]

Day Two: Justifying Ravioli

Ahoy! I’m Corey. I will be your host for today’s blog post. *Jazz hands*

Before I get into the good stuff, let me tell you a little bit about myself. We should get to know each other before I divulge the details of our FIRST FULL DAY IN #SIENA. So what makes up the Corey pie? Well, so glad you asked. I’m a 22 year old senior from Rock Hill, SC and I study English (literature. please note grammar is not my strong suit and there is a 90% chance this post will contain comma splices. #sorry) and Journalism at USC. Talents include: loving cats. Talents do not include: parallel parking. 

So, our day began bright eyed and bushy tailed at the Piazza Gramsci. For those of you who don’t know what that means, in South Carolina talk; it was the big fancy intersection with all them Italian convenience stores and bus stops. We then were steered around the city by one of the on-site leaders (shout-out to Mike, you da bomb-diggity). Basically he was telling us helpful places to go throughout the city, ATMS, post offices, stores that will overcharge you, things like that!

We did other things today too, mostly official orientation business things, but what I want to focus this post on was our group activity.

Now, I’m not really one for icebreaker games or things of that sort (#introvert), so I will admit I went into this a little hesitant. And I’m not great at explaining things (Not an education major for a reason), but I will do the best I can. Basically, Mike split us up into two groups. Half of us were visitors and half of us were locals. The locals were given make believe cultural norms and it was the objective of the visitors to try and make a friend without knowing what these cultural norms were. If a visitor didn’t interact with a local in the correct way, the local would get “offended” and walk away.

Example: In the first make believe culture, people only greeted each other by saying “hey” and touching pointer fingers. If you started a conversation with “hi” or “how are you” the local would get offended and walk away. (I hope this makes sense)

This was a very frustrating game. I figured out the “hey” rule pretty quickly, but I was completely lost on the finger touching. Y’all I tried everything and still wasn’t getting it. I tried greeting them with Spock fingers, high fives, I even dabbed. Nothing. Eventually, after watching two locals greet each other, I figured it out.

This was a really cool activity because there’s the surface level of the matter, which is to keep an open mind when traveling to other places because you are literally in a different culture, and even though they don’t touch fingers as greetings where you are from, you will be the one that looks weird for not doing it. There’s more to this activity though.

Although people in Italy don’t greet each other by touching pointer fingers, it still can be difficult to communicate. MC (my fellow Gamecock roommate) and I have a host mother who does not know a lick of English, and we have never taken Italian before so it is quite the challenge. It gets difficult to talk with her sometimes, but it’s important to not give up on trying. I’m pleased to report that we have yet to pull out Google Translate or a dictionary! We just communicate as best as possible. A lot can be said through motions and *active listening*. A lot of words share the same roots as French (which I am semi-fluent in) and Spanish (which MC is completely fluent in). I repeat: *active listening is key* take notes, children.

Anyways, I’m going to wrap this up. Did I mention I tend to ramble? Well, now you know. PS: I realize the title has nothing to do with the post, I just thought it was cute.

[madisynolivia]

University of South Carolina Advertising

Hey guys so I need some help here. Does anyone on tumble know how hard it is to get into the advertising major at university of South Carolina? It'll a junior and it's my number one choice and I am dying to get in. I have all of the prerequisites and a pretty good weighted gpa and test scores. Does anyone have ANY information whatsoever? I've looked everywhere and can't find it.

[kawaiirey]

casually waiting for class to start?