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Tuesday, Sept. 6
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Tuesday, Sept. 6
USC is planning to add a $15 million expansion to the Honors College dorms, according to a report by The State.
The Thomson Student Health Center invited students to the building on Wednesday for a drop-in reception titled "Welcome Home: Student Health Services Reception for LGBTQ Students & Allies." The event welcomed students to Carolina as well as providing information about resources available to LGBTQ students.
Current environmental issues were discussed at a forum hosted Tuesday evening by Lead the Way, a student-run initiative that encourages USC students to register to vote.
USC set a new record for research funding from July 2015 to June 2016. Various grants brought in more than $250 million, a 3 percent increase from the previous year.
The Arnold School of Public Health is seeking out participants for a new study involving smartphone technology and its relationship to weight loss.
In support of an academically and culturally diverse campus population, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs has introduced a new space to accommodate students.
Cooler heads prevailed Thursday evening when students and faculty gathered at the USC School of Law to attend a forum on policing in the 21st century.
The USC School of Medicine is accused of violating the Animal Welfare Act in a federal complaint to be filed Thursday by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. According to the organization, the emergency medicine training program might be engaging in questionable practices by using pigs to teach surgical practices.
John Von Lehe was elected the new chairman of the USC Board of Trustees on Friday. The Board also elected members to its various committees, and Hubert Mobley was elected vice chairman.
Starting college can be a big adjustment for anyone and even more so for the 40 percent of out-of-state students at USC who are unfamiliar with the varied culture of South Carolina, a state whose traditions and cuisine are anything but ordinary.
Long, hot August days of sorority recruitment came to a ceremonious end in Colonial Life Arena on Sunday with Bid Day. After approximately 1,700 young women participated since the start of recruitment on Aug. 11, approximately 1,200 participants received bids, or were accepted by a sorority chapter.
Columbia Fire Department responds to reports of the historic Horry-Guignard House near USC's law school catching fire.
The Horry-Guignard House, one of Columbia's oldest homes, caught fire on Thursday morning.
Much more than "a large formal meeting of people," as "convocation" is defined by Merriam-Webster, USC's new student convocation was an assembly of university officials and leaders welcoming the class of 2020 with open arms.
Beginning in December, students will initially be given six tickets for their commencement ceremonies, the university announced on Aug. 10. Students who don't use all of the tickets can return them, and leftover tickets will be redistributed to students who want to bring more than six guests.
UofSC Relief, which formed in October after South Carolina's historic flood, is organizing a donation drive to help flood victims in Louisiana following heavy rainfall and deadly flooding this past weekend.
Beginning in May, only USC President Harris Pastides will deliver commencement addresses at graduation, the university announced Wednesday.
Every year, the new class of freshmen is welcomed to USC at First Night Carolina. But this isn't actually anyone's first night at Carolina — that happens at orientation, the two-day session over the summer where new students learn the ins and outs of life as a Gamecock. Each group of freshmen is only on campus for two days, but the team of students that guides them is at USC nearly every day of the summer.
USC's most recent Student Government election cycle had its fair share of exciting moments, but any of you who are incoming freshmen or who simply decided not to keep track of the campaigns might not know much about SG or our student body officers. There was a lot of talk about what the student body officers — student body president, vice president and treasurer — were going to do this term, so I sat down with Student Body President Michael Parks and Vice President Ross Lordo to discuss what they have in the works for the fall semester.