When performers padded barefoot into the School of Music Recital Hall Wednesday night, it was clear the audience was in for a one-of-a-kind concert. The unique event was a musical performance by Inflame, a renowned world music band.
After an overhaul of senate finance codes was passed unanimously Wednesday night, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ashley Farr resigned from her post, citing personal issues she must now put first. Farr’s resignation leaves four open seats in student senate, which was full for only two weeks so far this term.
The Carolina Coliseum was filled Tuesday with the sound of cheers, music and noisemakers as students cheered on contestants in the Homecoming Showcase competition, hoping their favorites would be crowned homecoming king or queen.
After going home for winter break during her second year at USC, Emma Robl decided to foster a dog from West Columbia no-kill animal shelter Pets Inc.
The Daily Gamecock won two Pacemaker awards at the annual Associated Collegiate Press conference held this past weekend in New Orleans
Barnes and Noble on Harbison is closing, 2 sisters are arrested after a fight in a strip club bathroom, and a man is accused of attacking a group of people with a machete.
The Student Success Center and the Office of Student Engagement hosted the first-ever Speed Dating Engagement event Monday.
USC has been recognized for the second year in a row with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. It is the only school in South Carolina to receive the distinction.
USC’s homecoming week continued Monday with a celebration of square dance and yoga pants as the annual Spurs and Struts competition packed Greene Street corner to corner with eager spectators and Greek life supporters.
Three people were robbed over the weekend in Five Points in a pair of incidents that police say might be connected.
With a week left before voters head to the polls, Larry Sypolt withdrew from Columbia’s mayoral race Monday. He endorsed incumbent Steve Benjamin and accepted chairmanship of a citywide anti-crime task force.
Associate professor Karen Mallia’s Creative Leadership class hosted USC’s annual CreateAthon on Friday and Saturday. During the 24-hour event, students created marketing and communications campaigns for six nonprofit organizations in the Columbia area.
A prominent local attorney has died, South Carolina has the fifth highest violent crime rate and police say a man impersonated an officer and assaulted a woman
Errant feces in South Quad, an incessantly cursing man and a stolen fraternity house salad bar are included in this week’s Crime Blotter
Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago says he has concerns about closing streets in Five Points on weekend nights. Santiago said he has seen the concept — which supporters say would ease crowding and let police keep tabs on who comes into the area — work, usually in cities with plenty of public transit.
USC Dance Marathon raised money for Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, Columbia’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and the only free-standing children’s hospital in the state, with its fourth annual FT5K at Blatt P.E. Center Sunday afternoon
Homecoming week started Sunday with Dance Marathon’s FT5K and competing organizations painting banners and storefront windows, but there’s still a week full of events on the way. The Homecoming Kick-Off event takes place on Greene Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday.