![]() that the fourth annual Clemson Rave took place on Library Bridge on Decemat 12:19 p.m.? that the Traditions Calendar raises funds for a memorial to students who passed before graduation? provides the only soup kitchen in Pickens County? that Rollercoaster Road provides cheap, if illicit, thrills? that the Study Hall, The Bookstore, and The Library Club were all old Clemson watering holes? that the Clemson Corps has given out 352 scholarships since 1999? that 4/5ths of The Hoodoo Hounds are Clemson professors? that House Shows have become a Clemson tradition? that TigerPaw Productions help stage major events at Clemson? that Clemson Girl.Com is a blog dedicated to all things Clemson and Girly? that Greenville Memorial Auditorium was the venue for the last Lynyrd Skynyd show before the plane crash? that Capri's was a popular Italian restaurant for over a decade? that The Bridge at Clemson is an out-of-the-box youth ministry of the Church of the Nazarene? that the Lynch Drug Company served Clemson for 35 years? that the Rat Hop used to be the first musical dance weekend of the fall semester? that the university provided the Issaqueena Bombing Range for World War II training? that Lake Hartwell has 962 miles of shoreline and a holding capacity of 830 billion gallons of water? that Hunnicutt Creek helps drain some 2.72 square miles of the Clemson campus? that Company C-4 Pershing Rifles was founded in 1939? that Richard Newman Brackett was the last surviving and serving member of Clemson's original faculty? ![]() that the Clemson Little Theatre was founded in 1931? was a short-lived military training program during the Great War? that the Clemson Memorial Cannon is the same model that General John "Black Jack" Pershing took with him on the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916-1917? that Textile Hall in Greenville hosted the Southern Textile Exposition starting in 1915? that the Clemson Catechism is a lengthy 1910 document by President Walter Merritt Riggs to counter negative publicity about the College? that " The Charge of the Pendleton Guards" was a parody of a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson? Stewart MAY have been involved in the first professional sports betting scandal, in 1906? that the Tiger football team's first forward pass took place on November 29, 1906? that Clemson had a Confederate battle flag flap in 1904? that Clemson's highest football score was 122, to Guilford's 0? True! Also in 1901! that Clemson's first tied football game outcome was versus Tennessee in 1901? that August "Shorty" Schilletter scammed the college for thousands of dollars for over a decade? that the Clemson College Chronicle was the original university publication of record, from October 1897? that Fort Hill Presbyterian Church is Clemson's oldest congregation, dating from 1895? that Clemson's first Professor of Chemistry, Mark Bernard Hardin, witnessed the battle between the Merrimac and the Monitor? that Robert Cook Edwards was the longest-serving Clemson president? See President Edwards farewell letter. that Henry Aubrey Strode was the only president never to oversee students? that Richard Wright Simpson was the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees? that the Seneca River trestle contains some 1530 tons of steel? that the Blue Ridge Railroad brought the first train service to the area in 1860? that the Messenger was the first newspaper in the area, in 1807? that the Old Stone Church was first erected in 1797? that the Hanover House was first erected in Berkeley County circa 1716? that the 2011 Clemson Football Season concluded with a 10-3 record and a berth in the Orange Bowl? The Tiger Newspaper was chosen as Newspaper of the Year (2008)by the South Carolina Press Association (SCPA) in the category of weekly or bi-weekly newspaper. Recently featured: Danny Ford – Mock Turtle Soup – Bowman Field Although the newspaper used to receive funding each year from the University, The Tiger became financially independent in 2004. In October of 1997, the organization began the The Tiger: Online Edition which now manages to serve an average of 7,000 visitors a week. Previously, the newspaper had been located for many years on the ninth floor of the University Union. Today, The Tiger office is located inside Clemson University's Hendrix Student Center, its home since 2000. ![]() The weekly national award-winning publication has a circulation of about 12,000 and is distributed every Friday on and off campus. Established in 1907 as a bi-weekly news and sports journal, The Tiger is South Carolina's oldest college newspaper.
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