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(06/14/20 6:24pm)
This story was updated at 3:39 p.m. on July 1. An earlier version stated the university set its threshold for handling new COVID-19 cases at 150 per week. In a follow-up interview on June 29, Deborah Beck said this was incorrect. University spokesperson Jeff Stensland clarified that 150 represents the number of additional patients the Student Health Center can handle per week without making adjustments to its operation. This story and its headline have been updated to reflect this.
(06/05/20 8:27pm)
There is not yet an official athletics budget, the intercollegiate athletics committee announced at the Board of Trustees meeting Friday. While there is a budget under normal circumstances ready to be brought to the board, it has not been due to the uncertainty with COVID-19.
(06/01/20 3:14am)
As President Bob Caslen wrote in his May 27 address, “The new normal is upon us.”
(05/24/20 10:45pm)
Student Body President Issy Rushton and President Emeritus Harris Pastides are combining efforts to recruit contact tracers for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
(06/01/20 3:36am)
Several popular bars and restaurants in Five Points have reopened in the past weeks, causing a mixture of hope and concern among owners and city officials.
(05/23/20 9:13pm)
This summer isn’t going to look quite like the others, but that doesn’t mean it has to be spent staring at the wall. Granted, your options are essentially to walk around outside or watch something on your computer, but Columbia and the surrounding area are still rife with activities that allow a healthy distance between you and others.
(05/14/20 1:33am)
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges' (SACSCOC) monitoring of USC may continue “into the next calendar year,” the board of trustees said at a meeting Wednesday. The university is being monitored due to findings of undue political influence in the appointment of President Bob Caslen.
(04/28/20 3:04am)
Following Friday’s attacks on the annual Association of African American Students' (AAAS) cookout over Zoom, the organization hosted a call Monday to discuss the events.
(05/04/20 4:29am)
Most students only experience a presidential election once in their college careers. With the 2020 election right around the corner, political organizations at USC have an opportunity for growth in participation.
(04/23/20 5:41am)
Wednesday’s student senate meeting saw members finishing the semester, as well as the launch of new, publicly-available budget tools.
(04/22/20 1:12am)
Tuesday marked the first executive cabinet meeting of the 2020-2021 Student Government administration.
(04/13/20 1:26am)
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as it has with most other aspects of university life, has ended most Greek life events for the spring 2020 semester. All Greek life members living on campus, such as in sorority or fraternity houses, have been sent home, thrusting them out of their tight-knit communities.
(04/09/20 4:24am)
The student senate confirmed and debated appointments to multiple groups with some contention at its meeting Wednesday.
(04/02/20 1:43am)
The 112th student senate, meeting for the first time over a Zoom conference call, selected its committee officers and speaker pro tempore Wednesday.
(03/06/20 11:09pm)
William F. Tate was appointed by a unanimous vote as the university’s provost at Friday’s board of trustees meeting.
(03/05/20 7:10am)
Student Government’s 111th student senate met for its final session Wednesday night. The meeting commenced with brief updates from speaker pro tempore Brandon Patrick.
(03/04/20 5:11am)
Tuesday night’s cabinet meeting included several different discussions of representation for USC’s students.
(03/02/20 2:32am)
As university programs try to make USC more sustainable, student input is needed to overcome obstacles and change campus culture, according to leaders in campus sustainability.
(02/26/20 4:23am)
With Student Government’s election cycle drawing to a close, the Executive Cabinet met Tuesday to discuss the transition to a new administration. As Student Body President Luke Rankin was in Washington D.C. at the time, chief of staff Sam Mayberry led the meeting.
(02/20/20 6:13am)
The student senate met Wednesday for their weekly legislative session. The meeting included a guest speaker on the university’s admissions policies and a discussion of the confirmation of Speaker of the Student Senate Davis Latham’s undue influence by the constitutional council.