After weeks of fundraising and planning, Student Government and members of 12 other organizations packed 20,000 meals for underprivileged students at the annual Pack-A-Thon.
Two pantsless men and a drunk, cursing man are in this week’s crime blotter.
The Library bar in Five Points will lose its liquor license today unless its owners pay the nearly $20,000 they owe in back taxes.
Columbia comes together on the first Thursday of every month to see the work of local artists and musicians, try nearby restaurants’ fare and get to know the city’s artistic side.
CollegeHumor writer Amir Blumenfeld knows how he and his coworkers are perceived. He doesn’t mind.
Possibly pregnant great white shark recorded off South Carolina coast, North Charleston police officer avoids jail time after staged shooting and a homeless man returns to jail after being released.
Police arrest a gang member after a yearlong effort, the last 300 Blockbuster stores in the country are closing, and four teens are accused of stealing pit bull puppies.
Carolinian Creed and Diversity Day was celebrated Wednesday with Greene Street giveaways and Carolina Judicial Council’s announcement of an updated design for the Creed.
Student Government’s election codes have been stripped to “bare bones” in their newly proposed form, Student Body Vice President Ryan Bailey said. Amendments to the bill will revise the codes and will be proposed in the coming weeks.
Some tennis courts on Blossom Street. An empty field near USC’s baseball stadium. A portion of a downtown condominium project. A child development center. They’re among the tens of millions of dollars in investments by the USC Development Foundation.
Although many of the students who go through the CarolinaCard Office to pay the $35 replacement fee for a new card lose it in ordinary ways, the employees in the office have heard some crazy stories.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott called for the closure of The Library bar in Five Points Wednesday after accusing the bar of harboring and catering to members of a particular gang. The bar’s owners refuted the notion that their business is dangerous and criticized law enforcement for knowing about gang activity and not taking enough efforts to remove it.
“Off Off Brothel” to raise awareness for the Polaris Project at Benson Theatre. This play is an original story with the integration of popular songs written by Caroline Powell and directed by Brittnie Cooper and Trey Stoddard.
DMX arrested in Upstate for 4th time Rapper DMX was arrested for the fourth time this year Monday, The Associated Press reported.
Democratic, Libertarian and Republican student groups gathered together Tuesday night for the first Carolina Clash, a political debate between the three viewpoints. The debate covered an array of issues including foreign policy, the economy, student loans, gun control, gay marriage, abortion, health care and privacy rights.
Councilman Moe Baddourah was surrounded by family and supporters Tuesday night at Andy’s Deli as the news that his challenge of Mayor Steve Benjamin had failed in a nearly two-to-one vote.
They danced, they cheered and they celebrated, but while their candidate cruised to a second term Tuesday, Mayor Steve Benjamin’s supporters had their sights on a bigger prize. Their real fight — a referendum to establish a strong-mayor form of government — was yet to come.