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More than 10,000 parents come for weekend

A record number of parents and relatives converged on Columbia this weekend for USC’s annual Parents’ Weekend. The more than 10,000 family members attended social events, mingled with university administrators and sat in on classes.


$525,000 donated to pharmacy school

As a student at USC in the ’70s, Donna Walker was asked by South Carolina College of Pharmacy Dean Julian Fincher to represent the school at a regional conference in Memphis, Tenn. That “small request” kicked off a college career — and a lifetime — of leadership in the pharmacy industry for Walker.


Bikers build across America

Imagine biking more than 4,000 miles and building houses along the way. USC graduate student Chelsea Ball, 23, didn’t have to imagine it, because she did so this past summer. Ball traveled all the way from Jacksonville, Fla., to Monterey, Calif., to help people who depend on affordable housing.


Multicultural Student Affairs staff vacancies filled

Following two recent appointments, Student Life’s Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA) is fully staffed after multiple positions went unfilled for months. The positions of director and assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs were filled last month by Shay Malone and Nakia Strickland, respectively.


House of delegates 'developing'

Student Government is in the process of assembling the house of delegates following the dismissal of an organizational challenge asking them to do just that. Student Body President Chase Mizzell announced that SG was “in the process of developing” the body.


Fourth-quarter incentives roll out

After the student section emptied early during South Carolina’s game against Vanderbilt, Student Government and the Athletics Department have developed new strategies to keep students in the stands.


Color Me Rad paints Columbia

Five thousand people dressed as fairies, bananas and cows in white from head to toe were pelted with paint as they ran across Columbia early Saturday at the Color Me Rad 5k.


New ambassadors chosen after selective process

University Ambassadors welcomed 31 new members this weekend, concluding a complex recruitment process with a “rookie retreat.” The program received 212 applications this year, yielding an acceptance rate of 14.6 percent.


Columbia painted rainbow Saturday

Columbia will be colorful in more than one way Saturday. Starting the day bright and early at 8 a.m. is the Color Me Rad 5K, in which runners are pelted with five different colors of powdered paint.