I started another semester of school Tuesday. Attending Charleston Southern University now. It is very different than the time I spent at Clemson University.
CSU is an "independent" school that promotes a christian environment.

Clemson is town that lives off the univeristy. CSU doesn't make a dent in Charleston.
It's off of I-26, and you pass it before you even know it.
Many people live on campus at Clemson. CSU gives you money to live off campus because there is not much housing.
Clemson students hit the bars because that is what there is to do, that is what is expected.
CSU students promote prayer and ministry. There isn't a bar within at least a mile radius. Only then are there small redneck bars.
Besides worship activities, I don't know what CSU students do.
Each of my classes now have no more than 40 people. At Clemson I had 3 classes with over 200. (Each of those classes I had the highest test grade on at least 1 exam.)
At Clemson, there were no black people. Coming from USC, where a large number of the student body was african-american, this was always notable at Clemson. It was like they just didn't go there.
CSU I'd say is half and half. Clemson being predominatly white always made me feel uneasy.
Clemson was a Greek school. It showed status. It showed the type of person you were/wanted to be. It was hard not being part of this lifestyle. It was everywhere around you.
I am sure CSU does have greek life, but it's not advertised. It's not enveloping you.

I've only been at CSU for a couple of days, but it is another world compared to Clemson.




At CSU, I don't feel at home.
I leave campus wishing I lived there. Then maybe I would feel like a part of it.
I take a right onto highway 78, and drive 45 minutes to Cottageville.
And I still don't feel at home.
Maybe my home was Clemson after all.
Maybe my home is where I tried to go in December.