COVID-19 on campus: USC reports 29 active cases
The university reported 29 active cases this week as COVID-19 numbers continue to decrease and alert levels reach a "new normal."
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The university reported 29 active cases this week as COVID-19 numbers continue to decrease and alert levels reach a "new normal."
Though students, faculty and staff have very different experiences with stress on campus, many have one thing in common: They feel burned out.
A blanket of snow covered USC's campus on Jan. 21, 2022 — the first snow in eight years.
While all students surveyed said they feel safe on campus, 19 out of 40 students The Daily Gamecock surveyed said they did not feel safe all the time off campus.
University officials have agreed to begin the process of deciding whether American Sign Language (ASL) should fulfill the Carolina Core foreign language requirement.
The University of South Carolina hosted the National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) Walk on Feb. 26 to raise money and awareness for those struggling and in recovery from eating disorders.
Last summer, the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) started its new Summer Start Scholars Program, which provides free, on-campus housing — including meals — for three weeks for 20 incoming first-generation freshmen.
Student protestors spoke out against hate speech on Feb. 24 on Greene Street. The gathering came after a series of offensive messages from members of a student organization were spread on social media.
30 to 40 students attended the student senate meeting on Feb. 23 as the senate discussed the use of derogatory rhetoric by members of USC’s Turning Point USA chapter in a group chat last week.
The races for student body vice president and speaker of the student senate ended Wednesday night, with Maia Porzio elected as vice president and Noah Glasgow elected as speaker of the student senate.
On Feb. 18, screenshots of messages in group chats including members of the USC chapter of Turning Point USA were shared on social media.
The university reported a decline to 35 active COVID-19 cases on campus according to the university's online COVID-19 dashboard.
Masks will only be required in USC research and instructional spaces, which include classrooms, in medical facilities and in on-campus public transportation, effective Feb. 22, according to an email sent by the university Monday.
The university announced that Joel H. Samuels had been hired as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 4. Samuels officially stepped into the position on Feb. 16.
There are five interim deans in place at USC as of Feb. 28. Each dean provides the university and their respective colleges with ideas on how to improve their school.
The university will honor the first three Black students to attend USC during the Civil Rights Era with a monument on campus, the board of trustees voted at its Feb. 18 meeting.
Students and activists gathered outside of the South Carolina Statehouse on Feb. 17 to protest two bills moving through the S.C. Senate, including one which could impose a total ban on abortions.
A bill to recommend that USC end its mask mandate passed in a close vote of 19-18 with one abstention after several hours of debate at a student senate hearing on Feb. 16.
Four USC faculty members were elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancements of Science (AAAS) in November 2021. According to the AAAS website, the illustrious honor is given to people whose efforts advance science and its applications to society.
The Daily Gamecock partnered with SGTV to moderate the Student Government executive office candidate’s debate Tuesday night at the Russell House ballroom.