Clinton well-received at 3rd Annual Day in Blue Event
By Carolyn Culbertson | June 3, 2015Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was a keynote speaker last Wednesday at the Third Annual Day in Blue, held at the Columbia Marriott Hotel.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was a keynote speaker last Wednesday at the Third Annual Day in Blue, held at the Columbia Marriott Hotel.
I-26 has completely reopened today, following an extensive overnight cleanup after a tanker was involved in an explosive ten-car pileup near St.
Hamilton College will see its completion this summer after undergoing a year of renovations, opening just in time for fall classes as a consolidated new home to the College of Social Work.
For the kids!” students yelled on Greene Street as pies were thrown into their faces by their friends and peers.
No gas leak has been found in Swearingen annex authorities say, after students were forced to evacuate the USC building Tuesday afternoon at around 1 p.m. according to WLTX.
Todays brief section features the tear-down of the sign at Williams Brice Stadium, a family rescued after getting lost in Congaree National Park and larceny charges dropped against a football signee.
As warmer weather sets in, some Gamecocks and Columbians are getting ready to hit the water. With temperatures staying above 60 degrees this week, many are beginning preparations for a summer full of activities out on the water at Lake Murray.
The recent shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston has drummed up a large amount of people calling for the mandate of body cameras on law enforcement officers, nationally. In South Carolina, 20-odd law enforcement agencies are currently wearing body cameras during duty — one of those being USCPD.
If you hadn’t heard, Monday was 4/20, or national stoner day. If you had forgotten this day, all you had to do was take a quick peak at Gamecock snaps and you were quickly reminded.
In today's briefs, SLED is investigating another shooting, the electronic sign in front of Williams-Brice stadium has been torn down as a part of the renovations and Senate has to vote on a bill to provide body cameras to police officers.
In an effort to utilize greener means of transportation to campus, USC’s Bike Advisory Committee helped sponsored the 4th annual Travel Lightly Day.
Security footage shows a man wearing a baseball cap and a backpack taking stacks from a rack inside the Russell House on the Greene Street side around 11 a.m.
Roger Sawyer of USC’s biology department has been named the new interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Finals week is on its way, which means, along with studying until sunrise and students pouring their hearts and souls into textbooks, Thomas Cooper Library is about to get a lot more crowded.
Brightly colored signs drew students to Davis Field and chants of "Legalize it" and "Save lives, end the drug war!" could be heard all the way at Thomas Cooper Library.
Tennessee-based housing developer, EdR, has begun looking to acquire property at the intersection of Main and College streets in order to build a new college-housing building. EdR has been working in the collegiate housing industry since 1964 and has completed more than 30 housing projects — however, none thus far in South Carolina. “We’re interested in looking at property there,” Susan Jennings, EdR’s vice president of corporate communication and marketing, said. John Fellows, Columbia’s planning administrator, told The State that EdR submitted plans for a “mid-rise” facility, which could range anywhere from 12 to 15 stories tall. As of Monday, Jennings could not provide definitive answers about the status of the deal, nor when EdR would be making their move on acquiring the land for their development, but the block houses Sandy’s famous Hot Dogs and The Baptist Collegiate Ministry building. Sandy’s Famous Hot Dogs currently has four locations within the Columbia area, however, the one located at 825 Main Street is the closest to USC’s campus.
The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.
