Journalism school heads to heart of campus
By Natalie Pita | Feb. 3, 2014USC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications will move to a 52-year-old brick building on the Horseshoe in August 2015.
USC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications will move to a 52-year-old brick building on the Horseshoe in August 2015.
USC hosted students from 19 campuses across the South on Saturday for the 28th Annual Student Leadership and Diversity Conference, themed “Find Your Fit: Unlock Your Future.”
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died at age 46 from a suspected drug overdose, South Carolina legislators are attempting to stop the sale of the Charleston Law School and over $5,000 of frozen shrimp were stolen from a Fort Mill food distributor.
After a five-year hiatus, the second 3-on-3 basketball tournament, hosted by USC Intramural Sports and the women’s basketball team, kicked off at the Colonial Life Arena.
Homeless shelters reach capacity during storm Local homeless shelters exceeded capacity as temperatures plunged below freezing this week, The State reported. Columbia warming centers opened on Tuesday at Martin Luther King Park and Hyatt Park and could potentially stay open if the winter weather persists. The Transitions homeless shelter on Main Street already reached full capacity, with 255 beds taken and some homeless staying in daytime-only areas.
Oxford professor attempts to define role of religion
Student Government officers have proposed a new constitution that, if passed through student senate next week, will appear as a referendum on the ballot in the upcoming election.
Columbia will host big name shows in 2014, two students were arrested after setting off stink bombs at Battery Creek High School and a tire plant officially opened in Sumter Wednesday.
Snowmen were built, snowballs were flung and roads were icy Tuesday and Wednesday after Columbia saw a snowfall that left a few inches of snow on the grounds.
Thursday’s classes have been delayed. All classes started before 10 a.m. have been cancelled.
As the afternoon started to fade into night around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Thomas Cooper Library was barren. The doors were locked, the sidewalks all but empty, the steps littered with small pellets — of salt, that is.
This week’s snowstorm didn’t only cancel classes; Student Government also closed for the winter weather, including a mandatory candidate meeting scheduled for Tuesday night.
The university Tuesday night that it will cancel classes Wednesday, again following the lead of Richland County government.
The Retreat at Columbia will be participating in a nationwide fundraising program this year to help support the Boys & Girls Clubs of The Midlands by raising $5,000 and giving 500 volunteer hours.
14 students from the USC School of Music performed in a 30-member ensemble directed by Greg Stuart, USC clinical assistant professor of music, on Nov. 18 at the Columbia Museum of Art. This concert received national recognition in The New York Times on Jan. 15.
If you’ve been to Jillian’s on a Thursday night over the last few weeks, you may have seen Ashlyn Bassett and Patrick Rogers practicing their moves.
This week’s briefs include Darius Rucker being stuck in traffic when he won his first Grammy Award in 18 years, a mental health patient being fatally shot and a Wofford College student’s innovative business idea.