RUN RITO RUN!! Photos by: Cody Scoggins and Jeremy Marshall Harkness
Gov. Nikki Haley, USC President Harris Pastides, Athletics Director Ray Tanner and others share their brackets for the 2014 NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
The skies may have been a bit gray Saturday, but Five Points was nothing but green, as thousands of people turned out – and up – for St. Patrick’s Day. Partygoers decked out in green hats, beads and boots packed the streets and queued up to get into the bars to celebrate the Irish for the 32nd annual St. Pat’s in Five Points. Lines stretched out of the doors, onto the sidewalks and into the streets, which had been blocked off for the festivities.
With a flurry of glitter, tutus and a sea of blue and red shirts emblazoned with the letters “FTK.” USC’s 16th annual Dance Marathon fundraiser took place from Saturday to Sunday at the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center. This year’s Dance Marathon benefited the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. Participants in 24-hour dance-a-ton raised $318,649 for the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital/Children’s Miracle Network.
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Higher education and student affairs (HESA) graduate students ran from Wardlaw College to “The Torchbearer” statue in celebration after completing their final comprehensive exam Friday afternoon.
The Guinness World Record for most bow ties tied at once was broken by USC students Sunday at Tie Us Together event at the Columbia Metropolitan Covention Center. USC Dance Marathon hosted the event in support of Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, Columbia’s local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. The original idea came from Britton’s co-owner Lucky Levinson, who then brought the idea to Dance Marathon. Britton’s arranged for a Guinness World Records observer to attend, and as of 4 p.m. Sunday, the new record is 820 bowties tied at one time. Photos by Brian Almond/ The Daily Gamecock
