Well-loved U101 professor shares tips for success
By Kelley Kennedy | Aug. 15, 2014Few people are better qualified to give advice about maximizing the college experience than David DeWeil.
Few people are better qualified to give advice about maximizing the college experience than David DeWeil.
Stolen property is one of the biggest crime-related problems on any college campus, and USC is no exception.
As the runners armed with umbrellas and iPods took the starting line for the challenge of running 3.1 miles around Brookland-Cayce High School, the real challenge started eight months ago.
Nobody has ever accused the Greek system at USC of being too spartan. With most fraternities and sororities operating in a sphere of relative comfort, maintained only in part by organizational fees that can (but don’t always) exceed $1,000 per year, some students tend to believe that Greek Life is a haven for the wealthy and mostly barred to everyone else. Of course, joining Greek Life is generally one of the more expensive decisions that anyone can make on campus, but the Greek system itself isn’t nearly as costly as many students believe it to be. Housing rates for the Greek system tend to fall in the middle to upper $2,000s per semester, according to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, with fraternity housing being in general more expensive than the feminine counterpart.
When Blake Garris attended USC as an undergraduate political science student, he never expected he would be producing video content and written articles for Marvel Comics as their Entertainment Manager for Video and Content. Following his graduation, he was all ready to intern with big name politicians in South Carolina his dad had connections with.
Robin Williams’ suicide saddens nation Comedian and Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams was found dead at the age of 63 on Monday, according to CNN.
This week, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine waged on as pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian military fought for control of the crash sight of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Due to the complexity of the cultural and political issues at work in the conflict in Gaza, it can be difficult for Americans to piece together a holistic understanding of the situation there.
Waitress suspect in boyfriend’s death Deputies found a 21-year-old male dead from a stab wound after responding to a call on Saturday, The State reported.
The McNair Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research celebrated the opening of its new research facility at the SCRA/USC Innovation Center at 1000 Catawba St.
Graduate students at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications met with a national non-profit organization on Monday to present ideas for a press campaign. Family Promise, the organization, aims to “improve the lives of families living in poverty.” Senior Instructor Lisa Sisk taught the class of thirteen students in her summer class, JOUR 725: Integrated Communications Campaigns.
When players from the USC men’s basketball team joined Cocky’s Reading Express Thursday, the elementary school children gathered in the auditorium of the Richland County Public Library were in for a special treat.
Lief Erik Maseng, a World War II veteran who was a paratrooper during the D-Day beach landings and the Battle of the Bulge, will deliver the commencement address to graduates at the August 9 ceremony.
Farrah Franklin arrested in Myrtle Beach Sunday Ex-Destiny’s Child member, Farrah Franklin was charged with disorderly conduct Sunday in Myrtle Beach, S.C., CNN reported. Franklin was partying with Da’Quan Bowers, a defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Ricky Sapp, a Houston Texan linebacker.
Imagine having access to a drug specifically tailored to your genes — a drug so individually targeted that it could treat a disease without negative side effects.
The Pillars Olympics pitted new Gamecocks against one another for a little healthy competition on Friday as a part of Pillars for Carolina’s closing activities.
Carolina Cafe dedicates new location to slain employee Carolina Cafe is dedicating its new location to the memory of Kelly Hunnewell, a 33-year-old who was murdered during a robbery attempt while working for the Columbia restaurant a year ago, WIS reported. Hunnewell was a mother of four and had been a baker for the cafe for three years before she was killed in July 2013.