Color run paints Columbia rainbow
(03/03/14 4:00am)
The world’s largest 5k paint event took to the streets of Columbia Saturday.
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The world’s largest 5k paint event took to the streets of Columbia Saturday.
Crowds packed the Township Auditorium Thursday night as One Book, One Columbia, a month-long city reading initiative, culminated in its signature event, a lecture by South Carolina author Pat Conroy about his life and writing motivations. His book, “My Reading Life,” was selected as the initiative’s official title.
While walking through the maze of displays put out by startup companies at the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator Showcase Thursday, David He said one of his goals would be to create and manage his own company.
The Residence Hall Association voted on Tuesday to use a total of $9,306 from its renovations fund to make improvements to seven residence halls.
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City officials have named five finalists to be Columbia’s next police chief, but interim Chief Ruben Santiago, who has led the department since April, isn’t one of them.
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Administrators, faculty, students and alumni traveled to the State House Wednesday morning to lobby for USC’s proposed tuition timeout on the 11th annual Carolina Day.
The Association of African American Students donned black attire Wednesday and march through Columbia in remembrance of Trayvon Martin on what would have been his 19th birthday.
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Cromer’s P-Nuts is a well-known establishment in the Columbia community. You’ve probably encountered their products if you’ve seen any balloons or eaten popcorn on campus.
Representatives from Columbia Christians for Life handed out brochures and held up signs on Davis Field for several hours on Feb. 3 to protest sodomy and fornication and share their own beliefs. “I want to share Christ here today. I’m mostly sharing a message about chastity. I realize that fornication on this campus is something that’s accepted,” Steve Lefemine, director of the group, said. “There’s a mentality here it seems of fornication being acceptable.” According to their website, the mission of Columbia Christians for Life is to “be a witness for the Lord Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, through establishing a faithful and compassionate Christian presence at the child-killing centers, and by communicating God’s Truth that His Kingdom prevails over the sin of shedding innocent blood.” The protesters held signs with phrases such as “sodomy is sin” and “hell is avoidable.”
Local high school commemorates former teacher Blythewood High School students, faculty and staff will host a “Chef Day” this Friday to commemorate former teacher William Turner, who passed away on Feb. 1 after battling colon cancer for several years, The State reported. Turner founded Blythewood’s culinary program when the school opened its doors in 2005, and made it one of the top programs in the state and in the nation. He earned the nickname “The Chef” after leading the school to a top five finish at the State Culinary Competition five times and to a win at the state championship in 2010. Blythewood also earned a 14th-place finish nationally that same year. “Chef has made an undeniable difference in his students’ lives, and his dedication to this school and our community is something that we absolutely want to celebrate,” said Fletcher Spigner, Blythewood High School student activities director, when Turner retired in 2012 due to health reasons. “Chef teaches culinary skills to his students every day but what they learn is responsibility, dedication, hard work and character.”
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The Retreat at Columbia will be participating in a nationwide fundraising program this year to help support the Boys & Girls Clubs of The Midlands by raising $5,000 and giving 500 volunteer hours. Landmark Properties, a developer and operator of student housing across the nation, will lead this Landmark Gives Back fundraising program. Landmark Gives Back has a goal of raising more than $30,000 and donating at least 2,500 volunteer hours in 2014 to local Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. To reach this goal, Landmark will donate $1 for every bed it fills in the eight fully operational student housing communities. Currently, Landmark will donate $756 for The Retreat at Columbia’s 756 residents. Additionally, residents and staff at each community will come together to host fundraising events Landmark will match all funds raised, dollar for dollar. According to Rob Dinwiddie, the Leasing and Marketing Director at Landmark Properties, this will be the bulk of the company’s donations. “Through the development and ongoing management of our student housing, we have access to communities full of college students who have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and teens in their local community,” said James Whitley, vice president and COO of Landmark Properties and vice chair of the board for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens. “We are excited to see the positive impact that our residents and employees will have on children across the nation through Landmark Gives Back.” Dinwiddie said that the company’s focus is “building a great sense of community,” and that the Landmark Gives Back campaign will be a great component for The Retreat’s staff and residents to work together to help the community. He said Landmark Properties are engaging and empowering the staff at the individual communities that are involved in Landmark Gives Back. The staff members are encouraged to create committees and hold interest meetings to get residents and students involved in the campaign. Dinwiddie added that the fund raisers and events will be fun and exciting to get everyone involved and engaged in, and he hopes that students who volunteer at the Boys & Girls Clubs will form lasting bonds.
14 students from the USC School of Music performed in a 30-member ensemble directed by Greg Stuart, USC clinical assistant professor of music, on Nov. 18 at the Columbia Museum of Art. This concert received national recognition in The New York Times on Jan. 15. Stuart teaches an experimental music course taught for USC honors college students. “I was overjoyed. I was thankful and quite surprised that a class got such press in its first year of being,” said Alexi McHugh, third-year public health student. “I was also happy for Greg Stuart, he’s such a talent and deserves the good press.” Steve Smith, the newspaper’s ArtsBeat columnist, described the performance as “patient, unpredictable, exceedingly beautiful mingling of simple structures, improvised textures and field recordings.” Michael Pisaro from the California Institute of the Arts composed the piece with the help of Stuart. The entire concert was a one-hour long piece separated into various acts. Smith pointed out in his column that even though Pisaro has released many great CDs, this piece of work with locals of Columbia is the most impressive. “The USC students involved in this event, both music and non-music majors, were engaged and enthusiastic,” Stuart said. “Each one deserves this notable honor.” The piece combined the sounds of wind, water, small animals and airplanes using voice and standard orchestral instruments. Pisaro got his inspiration for the song from the Congaree National Park. Students used plastic bags, cardboard boxes and other every day items to portray the environmental sounds. McHugh played mints, a tea cup, a copy of The Daily Gamecock and a medal, objects not typically thought of as instruments. “I liked the way the players could interact with each other silently and make changes as the piece was being created,” McHugh said. Pisaro traveled from Los Angeles in November to co-direct the piece with Stuart at the Columbia Museum of Art. Pisaro and Stuart met at Northwestern University and have been working together since 2006. This piece, “asleep, forest, melody, path,” is the third collaboration between Pisaro and Stuart for the Columbia Museum of Art. The song is not being sold, but can be accessed on SoundCloud. Stuart has been working to explore other alternative percussion techniques, such as sustained friction, gravity-based sounds via small grains, sympathetic vibration and electronic instruments.