Local Super Smash Bros. tournament an instant success
Super Smash Bros., a Nintendo-made fighting game originally intended for casual play, showed its competitive side Saturday as professional players gathered for Heart of The South tournament.
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Super Smash Bros., a Nintendo-made fighting game originally intended for casual play, showed its competitive side Saturday as professional players gathered for Heart of The South tournament.
Super Smash Bros. pandemonium is sweeping the Columbia area like never before. On Oct. 17, Columbia will host the inaugural play off in the Heart of the South tournament series, a tourney geared towards competitive gameplay of the mega popular Super Smash Bros. Melee and Wii U titles.
When South Carolina faces off against Vanderbilt on Oct. 17, crowds of cheering supporters will occup the seats of Williams-Brice Stadium. But for the handful of days leading up to the widely anticipated game, South Carolina students will bask in a week’s long cluster of festivities and celebrations, thrown within the unrivaled fashion that has captivated South Carolina’s Fall Homecoming over the years.
Pope Francis I officially wrapped up his monumental visit to the U.S. this week, flying back to Vatican City from Philadelphia International Airport last Sunday evening. The historic appearance made the Bishop of Rome the fourth Pope in the history of the papacy to touch down on American soil while serving as head of the Catholic diocese. His six-day tour of the country’s mid-Atlantic, lasting Tuesday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 27, allowed him to stop over in major urban areas including Philadelphia, New York City and the nation’s capital, where he received an official state welcome from President Barack Obama on the morning of Sept. 23.
Ready or not, here he comes.
The Leadership and Service Center organized another successful Service Saturday, a monthly day of connecting the community to service opportunities. Students, faculty and service leaders gathered on the terrace in between Thomas Cooper Library and Longstreet Theatre at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. By 9 a.m., volunteers had formed a sizable line stretching as far back as the Thomas Cooper Library.
Individuals congregated inside of the Benedict College gymnasium on Saturday morning as Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a captivating speech geared towards students, immigrants and various minority groups.