A 3.15 percent average tuition increase was approved for USC and all but one of the system’s flagship campuses by the board of trustees in June in light of dwindling state allocations.
Tobacco will be banned from all university grounds as of Jan. 1, 2014, President Harris Pastides announced at an Aug. 9 meeting of USC’s board of trustees. This would include the university-owned tailgating lots at the site of the former State Farmer’s Market and parking lots surrounding the Colonial Life Arena and Carolina Stadium.
This week’s Crime Blotter includes three drunken disorderly conduct arrests.
This week In Brief features SC GOP in hot water over an email calling the IRS “Obama’s Gestapo,” city residents suing to prevent a downtown halfway house and a conviction in a Florence shooting.
The number of women registered for sorority recruitment has already broken the record for the third consecutive year, and registration is still open.
As move in day approaches, resident mentors are training for the upcoming year and preparing for students’ return to campus.
Two men were stabbed outside of Group Therapy, a Five Points bar, early Sunday morning. Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident.
More than a year after closing its chapter at USC, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will return to campus in the fall.
Former treasurer charged with DWI Former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel was arrested for drunk driving in the Hamptons Monday, the Associated Press reported. The multimillionaire politician who resigned as treasurer six months into his term after pleading guilty to cocaine charges was arrested around 2:30 a.m.
This week’s crime blotter includes a man trying to find his wife and gunshots at the corner of Barnwell and Devine streets.
Urban Outfitters’ new location in the Vista celebrated their grand opening Saturday with DJ sets, a food truck, and free beer for those who were over 21.
Chicken lovers of USC, rejoice. Chick-fil-a breakfast is coming to Russell House. After reading responses to dining surveys, Carolina Dining has added the morning meal option to Gamecock Park on the second floor of Russell House.
With the Women’s Quad closed for the 2013-2014 school year and 4,900 incoming students applying for housing, University Housing has decided to open Cliff Apartments to first-year students.
While USC’s standard orientation lasts only a day, shuffling students quickly from the Koger Center to Russell House to registering for classes, Pillars for Carolina, an extended orientation program, gives students a closer look at what will soon be their new home.
This week’s In Brief includes Gov. Nikki Haley’s fine from the S.C. Ethics Commission, a Columbia Police Department scandal and a business owner’s worries about the city’s homeless.
This week’s crime blotter includes a rude man in Chik-fil-a
Wait will allow easier move for faculty Students and faculty will move into the new Darla Moore School of Business a few months later than initially planned because of a delay in the move of U.S.