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Bigstuff = Winthrop Cocky = Gamecocks Tiger = Clemson Written by: Mac Sports, Pining (maybe mutual), enemies to lovers, inaccurate portail of university mascots, please don’t report us, fade to black, I know too much about bird anatomy now, they/them (because = mascot), I don’t know how football works Bigstuff (what is my life) and Cocky, have been known as enemies for as long as everyone has known. They competed with each other as they grew up in various sports and academic events. Between these they have gotten to know each other well, even though they didn’t want to. At their last football match against each other, they shook hands both knowing that that was probably the last time they would see each other. You see Bigstuff was staying in SC and going to SCU while Cocky w...

Suit Over New Section 504 Guidelines Threatens the Rights of Disabled Americans "No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall solely on the basis of his handicap, be excluded from the participation, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance,” Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. When Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which contains Section 504, many disabled Americans believed that they were witnessing a turning point in disability rights in our country; however, the passage of Section 504 was preceded by years of intentional sabotage from the Nixon administration. President Richard Nixon (in)famously referred to the...

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Bigstuff X Cocky (Tiger)

Disability Rights Under Fire