People from all over the Gamecock community, including students and staff, met to acknowledge transgender individuals who were murdered worldwide and in the U.S. specifically. Attendees took time to mourn those lives by reading off names of some of those individuals who were murdered.
The university COVID-19 dashboard reports an increase of active COVID-19 cases. Testing has been moved from the Russell House basement to the Carolina Coliseum.
University of South Carolina’s historic Russell House will undergo major renovations due to a 33% increase in student enrollment since its last renovation. The new project, called the Student Union, hopes to provide enough space for a growing student population.
The College of Arts and Sciences brought together faculty, staff and students for an important discussion of equity and inclusion practices during its annual summit from Nov. 3 through 5.
LeConte College, built in 1952 and home of the Mathematics and Statistic Department, is scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2022 after undergoing a maintenance renovation. The renovations will improve the building's interior while preserving much of the exterior.
The university's COVID-19 dashboard reports a total of 29 active COVID-19 cases with a 67.6% vaccination rate among students, faculty and staff.
USC's Collegiate Chapter of the NAACP held an event on Tuesday for students to contact state legislators to ask them to repeal the Heritage Act.
USC partnered with the Columbia Chamber to hold the Mayoral Runoff Forum at the Carolina Theater ahead of the City of Columbia's Mayoral Runoff election.
The meeting is being held in Atlanta “for convenience to the candidates," and the 20 finalists "represent a 'diverse pool of candidates,'" University Spokesperson Jeff Stensland told The State.
The Capital Club, a gay bar in Columbia, hosted the #StandingforStephenSmith event on Oct. 30. The event was held to honor and raise money for the family of Stephen Smith, a gay teen who was killed in an unsolved hit-and-run in Hampton County, South Carolina, in 2015. Smith's case has been reopened in connection with the Murdaugh family murder investigations.
As the USC campus has changed, so has the role of student body president. From the election of USC's first Black student body president in 1971 to the onset of a global pandemic in 2020, the office of student body president is always evolving.
USC's Horseshoe offers alumni the unique opportunity to have their name permanently engraved on the campus. Its historic tradition of having students lay the bricks of the Horseshoe might have lead to this opportunity for alumni.
The history of the President's House includes a kleptomaniac blue jay, panty raids in the Women's Quad and a student relieving himself in Mrs. Patricia Moore-Pastides' herb garden. It is also one of student protests, enslaved people and desegregation.
Experts explain the history of controversial figures in USC's past and why some people want certain names to be removed from buildings on campus.
Before Shirley Turner planned to get her Ph.D. from USC, the "Grammy" of USC was a business consultant working with companies such as Disney and Sony. She ran a supply drive in India and even filed a sexual harassment lawsuit on behalf of over 20 employees against a company.
Laney Quickel was nominated to assume the student body treasurer position by Student Body President Alex Harrell, and a bill to establish a secretary of disability services position was passed at the student senate session.
The Faculty Senate met to discuss the ongoing search for presidential candidates, advanced technology initiatives, defining professional conduct and a possible future mental health task force.
