"The opportunities, I believe, for the city are significant." — Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin just before city council voted on proposed student housing, which passed unanimously
"I do." — Nichols Bleckley to longtime partner Colleen Condon at their wedding, South Carolina's first for same-sex couples
"It's a historic accomplishment, but I'm just ready to get to work." — Tim Bryson, second-year athletic training student and the first black Fraternity Council president
“You battle for acceptance. You battle every day for those things. And you do that by doing your job. You do that by being the person that you are.” — USC's first openly gay member of ROTC, A.J. Needler
“I’ll miss everything about her. She had an incredible smile and total positive energy. I couldn’t remember seeing her unhappy.” — Douglas Wedell, department of psychology chair, on the passing of psychology instructor Kendra Ogletree-Cusaac