Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago said Monday he did not believe there was anything officers in Five Points could have done differently to prevent the shooting early Sunday morning that left first-year business student Martha Childress, 18, in critical condition after being struck by a stray bullet.
This week’s crime blotter features a man sleeping in an intersection and a woman passed out next to a garbage can.
Associate Director for Graduate Studies and Research Erik Collins will be retiring after this semester, passing his role on to Lance Holbert.
Students and drag fans alike packed PT’s 1109 Friday night to see who would be crowned Mr. and Miss Gaymecock at the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Straight Alliance’s annual pageant.
A USC student is in critical condition after she was struck early Sunday morning by a stray bullet in Five Points.
The government shutdown is hurting Columbia’s craft beer industry, while it has inspired another man to tidy D.C. monuments while workers are furloughed.
The house of delegates will have its first meeting Monday night at 6 p.m. in the Williams-Brice Nursing Auditorium, Student Government has announced.
Law Professor Robert Bockman spoke about the risk, challenge and liberation of reading, writing and running at his “last lecture” Wednesday night.
A few minutes before competing against each other, a group of performers circled a piano in a backstage Russell House hallway and belted out Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
Resolutions concerning Carolina Closet and Rate My Landlord were introduced at Wednesday’s student senate meeting.
After holding a small-scale meal-packing event in the spring, Student Government is looking to up the stakes at next month’s Pack-A-Thon, when students will pack meals for people who are hungry in developing countries like Haiti, Jamaica and Sri Lanka.
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity is making a comeback at USC this fall, recruiting new members and planning events for this year.
Ejections, arrests and student no-shows all declined for the second consecutive home game Saturday night. In total, 90 people — both students and others — were ejected, and nine were arrested at Saturday’s game against Kentucky.
Most furloughed employees return to Ft. Jackson About 90 percent of furloughed civilian employees at Fort Jackson returned to work this week, The State reported. Half of the 3,500 civilian workers at Columbia’s U.S.
A new Colgate-Palmolive plant will bring 300 jobs, four motorists have been killed by crashes with deer this year, and a Batesburg-Leesville town councilman goes to jail after not paying child support.
The Indian Cultural Exchange, a multicultural student organization, hosted a colorful and lively Garba dancing event Monday to celebrate the Hindu festival Navaratri.
More than 55 years ago, Mary Beth Tinker had no idea what would happen when she put on a black armband and wore it to school in protest of the Vietnam War.