In Brief: April 8, 2014
By Natalie Pita | April 7, 2014Gov. Haley plans $50,000 trip to India Gov. Nikki Haley will travel to India for a trade mission in November, The State reported.
Gov. Haley plans $50,000 trip to India Gov. Nikki Haley will travel to India for a trade mission in November, The State reported.
When David Simone was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma cancer the fall of his junior year, his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers stepped up to the plate to help out.
The North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex hosted 80 teams for the International Quidditch Association World Cup VII this weekend, USC Upstate faces budget cut threats once again and candidates for S.C. governor and attorney general received $336,345 in campaign contributions that were over state legal limits.
As candles were lit, tents were set up and music raged on, students remembered why being a part of Relay for Life was important to them.
This Thursday the Darla Moore School of Business recognized distinguished graduates of their program.
Housing has always been limited at USC, especially with over 30,000 students and just 6,098 available spaces.
Police are investigating a pair of weekend aggravated assaults at the Woodlands and Copper Beech that hurt two people within two hours. The first incident early Sunday morning involved a group of three or four assailants, a police report said.
Lights, cameras and fashion galore represented the finale for USC Fashion Board’s week of festivities. The event, hosted by America’s Next Top Model icon Yoanna House, welcomed students, community members and vendors, who each played a role in fostering the event’s success.
Hotelier scopes out Vista as potential build site An undisclosed hotelier is interested in building a new, 100-room hotel in the Vista, The State reported. According to an attorney representing an investment group interested in the property, the hotelier is looking at a 0.6-acre lot at Lincoln and Lady streets that fronts the city’s new Lady Street parking garage. The unidentified investment group owns other hotels in the state, and the new five-story hotel would have dedicated parking spaces in the garage.
SC is home to 18 sets of twins in the freshman class alone. Some of them may blend into the crowd, but Peggy and Julie Smith definitely stand out.
The student senate celebrated Wednesday night after passing its first few pieces of legislation, followed by a lively discussion regarding the university’s health services.
The state Supreme Court ruled in favor of George M. Lee III regarding seat-licensing fees, State Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler objected to a bill that would make the Columbian mammoth the official state fossil of South Carolina and an observatory dome was lifted to the top of the South Carolina State Museum Wednesday.
Fashion and style occupied the Arnold School of Public Health Tuesday as the USC Fashion Board hosted its annual symposium.
Students will start feeling the effects of USC’s plans to build a privately funded dorm behind the Carolina Coliseum as soon as next week.
Wayne Gregory, Jr., who has served as the City of Columbia’s economic development director, has been fired and arrested for embezzling money, WIS-TV reported.
A few days after the dust settled at the Springdale Race Course, the highly anticipated numbers are in: How many people got arrested?
For the Hester family of Newberry, making soap runs in the family.
