The sound of scripture and passionate sermons echoed down Greene Street and around Russell House Wednesday afternoon. Members of Rock of Ages Ministries shouted Bible verses and handed out fliers to students walking past Thomas Cooper Library.
A woman told the Columbia Police Department she was grabbed by an unknown man on Pickens Street who told her to “come with him” around 10:30 a.m. By 5 p.m. Tuesday, police had arrested her on charges of making the story up.
A man and woman are being sought in multiple cases of vending machine vandalism on USC’s campus.
Crimes reported to the University of South Carolina Division of Law Enforcement and Safety between Sept. 13 and Sept. 20
After kicking off a yearlong celebration of diversity with its commemoration of the 50th anniversary of desegregation, USC, along with the McKissick Museum, has expanded on that memory.
Buildings in the south, west and central areas of campus, including the Russell House, lost power for about three hours Saturday morning. Thomas Cooper Library remained closed until 10 a.m. Sunday due to the outage.
This year’s record sized freshman class is even larger than the university projected in August. Instead of an estimated 4,900 students, 5,034 first-year students enrolled at USC this fall.
Associate professor Nancy Brown of the College of Social Work addressed an intimate audience in the Gressette Room of Harper College Wednesday night, discussing her paths to success as a counselor and therapist, as well as a friend and mother.
Student senate introduced a streamlining of its legislative codes Wednesday night. The overhaul of the 200 section largely organizes the codes, codifies current procedures and moves certain codes to more appropriate sections.
University President Harris Pastides called for a three-year tuition freeze in exchange for increased, “fair” funding from the state Wednesday morning at his annual State of the University address. Pastides also asked lawmakers to pass a performance-based education funding plan and to cover increasing employee pay, energy bills and health insurance costs. If the legislature does so, the university will not ask for any additional one-time allocations, like the $15 million it received this year to renovate Hamilton College.
University President Harris Pastides called for a three year moratorium on tuition increases in exchange for increased and “fair” state funding at the annual State of the University address Wednesday morning on the Historic Horseshoe.
USC’s Division of Law Enforcement and Safety is looking for a man who inappropriately grabbed a woman outside the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center Tuesday night, according to a Wednesday morning crime alert. A man who appeared to be Hispanic and in his 30s allegedly asked the woman for directions near the Strom’s parking lot around 8:30 p.m.
The Be A Man at USC organization hosted Charles Bloom Tuesday night, when he spoke about his experiences helping the community.
Harris Pastides had been USC’s president three weeks when the first cut came.
While some students stayed into the fourth quarter to cheer on the Gamecocks, others headed out early in an attempt to beat traffic.
New policy regarding funding sculptures and murals on campus was approved by the board of trustees last week.
Athletic director Ray Tanner said he spoke with top executives at The State but did not pressure them to reassign columnist Ron Morris, calling the suggestion “ridiculous.”