'We're here to stay': USC's NAACP chapter reactivates after 4 years
By Emma Dooling | Feb. 28, 2021Chapter President Caley Bright and others reactivated USC's collegiate chapter of the NAACP after it was inactive for four years.
Chapter President Caley Bright and others reactivated USC's collegiate chapter of the NAACP after it was inactive for four years.
Emily Dengler has been elected student body vice president and Morgiana McDevitt has been elected speaker of the student senate. Races for student body president and student body treasurer will go into a runoff election. The runoff candidates for student body president are Alex Harrell and Aidan Baker. The runoff candidates for student body treasurer are Kate Turner and Jack Lind.
The university has updated its online COVID-19 dashboard.
Last year, university staff started creating a staff senate in order to provide representation to the administration of a large part of USC's population. This spring, the staff senate is preparing for its first-ever election of senators.
The Sierra Club Student Coalition, along with Student Government and faculty members, are encouraging the university to transfer its fossil fuel assets to a commodity with more long-term benefits.
The College of Arts and Sciences held a discussion on white supremacy labeled "Ed Talks on Race: From Just Talk to Justice" to face white history and privilege.
The Daily Gamecock interviewed Student Government executive position candidates to learn more about their platforms.
Presidential Commission on University History members and students alike speak on their desire for the commission to move faster and explain the lack of evident progress.
USC awarded Voices of South Carolina: Black Lives Matter a grant this fall to collect, archive and publish South Carolinian experiences after the police killing of George Floyd in May.
A panel of notable USC alumni and current students discussed their experience as Black students at USC and gave advice to current students at the "Beneath the Bricks" program, an event held on Friday to celebrate Black History Month.
USC's COVID-19 dashboard now reports a total of 87 active COVID-19 cases on campus, which is an increase from Tuesday.
The Presidential Commission on University History met Thursday to discuss new guidelines for submitting names to rename buildings and to reconcile with a Black neighborhood that was displaced by USC's land expansion in the '70s and '80s.
South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill banning most abortions into law Thursday afternoon. Abortion rights groups have announced they will challenge the law in court.
The student senate passed a resolution to remove a Robert E. Lee memorial on the Horseshoe during Wednesday's meeting. Last week's proposed Zoom ban for university purposes failed to pass.
Student Government executive candidates touched on topics such as diversity and inclusion and sexual harassment during Tuesday night's Student Government debate.
The USC chapter of the NAACP said the group will now be referring to the Thomas Cooper Library as the "Dean" Willie. L Harriford Library, or "The Ford," during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Following a donation of thousands of material hours worth of footage, scripts and reporting, Charlotte-based reporter and documentary filmmaker Steve Crump spoke at a webinar.
