Martha Childress has been coming to Columbia at least once a week for doctor’s visits, university appointments and chapter meetings for her sorority. But in four months, she’ll return to campus for far longer than a few hours.
The busiest time of the tour season is here, with high school students visiting campus to make their final college decision or start their college search.
Even before USC closed a parking lot near the Carolina Coliseum, the university had removed more than 2,100 spots in three years, while adding nearly 1,600 students.
After 50 years of teaching, most professors would be ready to take a long vacation. But Don Fowler had a very different reaction to being honored for his 50th year of teaching in a lecture given by Kathleen Hall Jamieson Thursday night.
Jennifer Pournelle doubts if crowd funding will replace traditional grants as a way of paying for research, but she’s glad it’s an option.
The Homecoming Executive Board got a head start on homecoming festivities this year and announced next year’s theme Wednesday.
After two years of leading the wave, wearing Gamecock-speckled trousers and cheering with the masses at Williams-Brice Stadium, Chase Mizzell stepped off the stage as Mic Man for the last time this year.
Facing an uproar from upset students, USC has decided to reserve more commencement tickets for graduates.
Many students graduating May 9 are upset that family members who planned to attend commencement ceremonies months in advance may not get the chance to after it was announced that graduates are only guaranteed up to four tickets.
Students who will graduate during the ceremony at which Vice President Joe Biden will speak will be limited to four tickets, the USC Registrar’s office confirmed.
Rep. Donna Christensen, D-Virgin Islands, emphasized the importance of taking action in the community in terms of healthcare reform while speaking at USC on Friday.
The garden next to the Osborne Administration building was dedicated Friday morning to the three students who integrated USC in 1963.
A group of men, one with a gun, attempted to rob a man walking on Pickens Street at 1 a.m. Sunday, according to police.
On a day marked by celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the USC African American Studies program presented the 17th-annual Robert Smalls Lecture to a packed crowd in the Capstone Campus Room Thursday.
EcoReps partnered with USC’s Financial Literacy Program on Thursday to teach students how they can eat healthily and sustainably and save money at the same time.
It’s official: Ben Rector will open for Andy Grammer at Carolina Productions’ spring concert April 17.
The next leaders of The Daily Gamecock, Garnet & Black magazine and WUSC-FM were selected Wednesday by the Board of Student Publications and Communications.