COVID-19 on campus: USC reports 87 active cases
By Tyler Fedor | Sep. 28, 2021USC updated its online COVID dashboard with new numbers.
USC updated its online COVID dashboard with new numbers.
Joe Cunningham, South Carolina governor candidate, held an on-campus campaign rally on Sept. 22 to speak to students.
The university updated its COVID-19 dashboard, reporting a total of 190 cases. Vaccination rate on campus is about 65.2%.
As USC's Office of Parking Services searches for more parking options for students commuting to class, many students still struggle with financially inaccessible parking permits and a lack of open parking spaces.
Issues with the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system in the Humanities Classroom Building have led to safety concerns and a need to reduce the burden on the older building's electrical system. Professors express concerns about unsafe conditions in the building.
New changes to the popular Five Points district have changed the composition of the neighborhood — hopefully making it safer.
The university's COVID-19 dashboard reported a total of 386 active COVID-19 cases, a decrease from last week's 420 active COVID-19 cases.
The Center for Civil Rights History and Research serves as a resource for the campus and state with collections of material from the civil rights movement that preserve history and educate today and tomorrow
At student senate, Pastides addressed mental health concerns and the problems at the student gate during Saturday's football game. A resolution concerning Critical Race Theory was also voted on.
Gamecock Connection is a student volunteer group that works with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to teach prospective and newly admitted students about USC.
The COVID-19 dashboard reports 420 cases.
Edited by Tyler Parry and Robert Greene, "Invisible No More" is the first commemorative history of Black Americans at the University of South Carolina to be published. This book has been in the works since 2013 and will be officially released in November.
This semester Carolina Meal Co. has implemented changes to both the mandatory freshman meal plan and upperclassmen meal plan options. They replaced The Garnet 14 Silver plan with the new Residential All-Access Plan, added four new meal plan options for upperclassman, and many smaller additional changes.
There are a total of 168 active COVID-19 cases on campus, according to the university's online COVID-19 dashboard for the fall semester. This marks an increase in cases compared to the 121 total active COVID-19 cases reported last Tuesday.
USC will be home to the first Anne Frank House partnered location in North America on Sept. 15.
The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (COMET) has taken over campus transit operations and this brings several changes to the university shuttle system, including a rule that requires students to present their CarolinaCard before boarding campus busses.
“It was just very interesting to see that places were kind of taken aback when I mentioned that we had a filing fee,” Student Body Treasurer Kate Turner said. She recently attended the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Exchange, a conference attended by student government delegates from SEC schools. Unlike other schools in the conference, USC also doesn't implement spending limits for student campaigns.
