In Brief: November 5, 2013
By Hannah Jeffrey | Nov. 4, 2013A Columbia police officer is arrested for DUI, a pygmy sperm whale dies off the Hunting Island shore, and a mother will be tried in the deaths of her four children.
A Columbia police officer is arrested for DUI, a pygmy sperm whale dies off the Hunting Island shore, and a mother will be tried in the deaths of her four children.
Former Gamecocks running back Kenny Miles was shot Monday afternoon in Irmo, police say.
Three city council district elections will take place Tuesday
Mayor Steve Benjamin is proud of his record. But despite having a seven-page document of first-term accomplishments, he said there’s still work to be done.
Moe Baddourah has called Columbia his home for more than 30 years. Now, he hopes the city will call him its mayor.
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin led this year’s annual Homecoming Parade through the rain on Friday.
The final day of Homecoming week brought the annual NPHC event, in which two sororities and four fraternities stepped their way across the stage, competing for the ultimate titles.
Carolina Productions will not host its traditional fall concert after failing to book an act within time constraints for artists’ tour scheduling and campus venue availability.
WUSC hosted its annual Zombie Walk as part of its fall fundraiser week. Participants started putting zombie makeup on others around 5 p.m. on the Russell House Patio and then walked to the house of a WUSC DJ for a cookout.
The fifth day of Homecoming brought the Canned Creations competition, in which teams collected canned foods to build structures that went with the theme “United States of Carolina.”
This year’s Homecoming court was crowned Tuesday night at the annual Homecoming Showcase. Homecoming Queen JennaMarie Hill and Homecoming King Tim Olson emailed the Daily Gamecock with some USC memories, Homecoming talk and embarrassing moments.
It’s not every day that relatives of former presidents visit campus, so the Halloween lecture delivered by James Roosevelt Jr., the grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s, was an end-of-the-month change of pace for students.
Caroline Baity and another student had been “hitting the gym pretty hard” at the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center for a few weeks when they found something to be amiss.
Four arrested after stealing iPads, name-calling incident ends in death and a man is accused of setting his girlfriend on fire.
The College of Arts and Sciences received its largest-ever donation Thursday, a $10 million gift aimed at keeping rising-star professors on campus and allowing faculty to pursue new ideas.
A candy bar thief is being sought by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department and more in today’s In Brief.
Halloween was off to an early start in the Russell House Theater on Wednesday night as students came to see a special showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Red boas, black-rimmed glasses, and red lipstick were seen among the crowd of students who decided to dress up for the event.