Booming cannon fire was conspicuously absent as the Civil War once more returned to South Carolina when USC’s second annual “Conversations on the Civil War” lecture series kicked off Tuesday night. The series’ host, Walter Edgar, engaged Tracy Power, assistant professor of history at Newberry College, in a discussion of solider life in the Civil War.
Student senators were decked out in their holiday finery Wednesday night for the final meeting of the body before winter break. Yarmulkes and Christmas sweaters were worn, tinsel was draped over shoulders and one senator’s festive socks made Student Body Treasurer Haley Guyton crack up during her weekly report.
If a woman can only buy one thing for the spring season, what should it be? A white shirt, of course, according to industry experts. The Fashion Group International (FGI) gave a presentation on “Best of the best” trends Wednesday night.
When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31 and the new year begins, nobody will be able to light up, dip or vape on USC property. Tobacco-Free USC will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014, barring anyone from using any tobacco product on campus.
Fewer students have been reported for drinking and using drugs since USC raised its fines for doing so, but those fines are bringing in far more money.
USC alumna donated $1 million to McNair Center in September Entertainment executive and USC alumna Marva Smalls will address graduates at this month’s commencement ceremonies.
The University of South Carolina faces a quandary: as it enrolls more freshmen who must live on campus, it pushes upperclassmen out of campus housing.
Public urination and aggressive drunks are in this week’s Crime Blotter
Desperate for a Halloween costume, a current USC student bought the cheapest thing he could find in Target four years ago: a giant chicken suit.
Public urination, a taser and a foot chase are in this week’s crime blotter.
One hundred and thirty-eight miles from Clemson seemed a bit shorter last week as the South Carolina and Clemson chapters of Sigma Nu fraternity finished their 37th annual Game Ball Run as part of a run-up to next week’s football game.
The board of trustees’ buildings and grounds committee approved a $27.5 million project to expand the Thomson Student Health Center and a five-year comprehensive permanent improvement plan at its Friday meeting.
USC won the annual Carolina-Clemson Blood Drive for the sixth consecutive year, the Red Cross announced Friday.
Put down your razors, boys. It’s time to raise awareness. If you’ve seen unusually hairy men around campus, it’s probably the work of Relay for Life and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, who have dedicated the month they’re calling “No-Shave-Ember” to raising awareness and money for prostate cancer and other cancers whose patients are predominantly men.
“It’d be fine by me if you’d never leave,” wasn’t only being sung by the Carolina Gentlemen in their impromptu performance Thursday night in Grand Marketplace.
Student-created business proposals were presented Tuesday night at The Proving Ground, USC’s entrepreneurial challenge that awards students with the best ideas for products or companies. Eight different teams of students competed for money and other benefits, judged by a panel of six business professionals.
Hunger and homelessness are both silent epidemics which plague the city of Columbia and the nation. These issues come in the form of stereotypes, misconceptions and prejudices against those who are hungry, homeless or both, said local advocates for those populations.