Today’s In Brief includes a White Knoll High School official’s guilty plea on embezzlement charges, a Columbia City Council committee’s proposed police policy and a partisan dispute over rally attendance.
Less than three months ago, Megan Pinckney was on the national stage, competing for the title of Miss USA in Las Vegas. The fourth-year retailing student, who is also finishing her reign as Miss South Carolina USA, made it into the competition’s top five. After a sixth finalist was selected on Twitter, Pinckney was named fifth runner-up.
Bottlenose dolphins are dying off on the East Coast, authorities are searching for a possible second victim in connection with the Gabrielle Swainson kidnapping and murder case, and cars damaged by Hurricane Sandy are being repaired and resold in South Carolina.
The university will provide a game day shuttle for each home game, accessible to students traveling from campus to Williams-Brice Stadium.
The idea of a comprehensive guide to Hinduism was born simply enough: A few scholars at a conference in Pittsburgh realized one didn’t exist.
Police: Man ambushed 2 Sharky’s Bar employees A 19-year-old USC student is charged with attempted murder after police say he ambushed two employees of Sharky’s Bar in Five Points early Tuesday morning and stabbed one.
Critics of city plan stage ‘loiter-in’ on Main Street.
More than 1,300 international students from over 100 countries will be enrolled on campus this semester. Three of them sat down with The Daily Gamecock recently to discuss, among other things, their American holidays, party culture and Southern accents.
Nikki Haley formally announces her bid for re-election, a Florence plastic plant requires more than 60 firefighters to combat, and four arrests are made in a suspected Chapin shoplifting ring.
If you were awarded a lower deck student ticket to Thursday night’s football season-opener against North Carolina, you must claim your ticket by 5 p.m.
Students who are new to the Palmetto State and looking to learn something new while having fun can take a class on South Carolina’s state dance, the shag.
Along with the nearly 5,000 freshmen finding their ways around campus in the first days of the semester, more than 1,300 international students from over 100 countries are also acclimating themselves to a dramatically new environment.
Study rooms in the Thomas Cooper Library can now be reserved online or via smart phone due to the addition of new software in the circulation department.
Bates House Crime of the Week is back in this week’s Crime Blotter
A man is accused of murder after using a dead woman’s credit card, Columbia’s plan for the homeless population draws national attention and three men and a dog are rescued from the Saluda River.
USC students will be exploring complex social issues in the classroom this semester, from homelessness to the ethical debate over what goes onto their plate.
Before the glitter, the balloons and the masses of painted faces, there was only the noise. From Greene Street — and Bull and Sumter streets — all that could be heard was a washed-out cacophony of cheers and whistles.