As many as 6,300 students’ social security numbers could have been compromised when a computer was stolen from the physics and astronomy department in April, university spokesman Wes Hickman said.
Kelly Hunnewell was on her way to becoming the manager of a new location for Carolina Cafe when she was shot and killed July 1 during an early morning shift at the off-site bakery for the cafe.
With the Women’s Quad closed for the 2013-2014 school year and 4,900 incoming students applying for housing, University Housing has decided to open Cliff Apartments to first-year students.
As students begin hauling their belongings into campus residence halls, resident mentors are already prepared for the challenges that come with managing a group of college kids.
After winning the hearts of the judges and her fellow contestants, Miss Mount Pleasant Brooke Mosteller took home the titles of Miss South Carolina and Miss Congeniality at this year’s Miss South Carolina pageant.
Students and faculty will move into the new Darla Moore School of Business a few months later than initially planned because of a delay in the move of U.S. Department of Justice offices into the school’s current home.
Student ticketing requests will return to a weekly system this football season, just a year after USC made the switch to season tickets for students.
More than a year after closing its chapter at USC, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will return to campus in the fall.
A 3.15 percent average tuition increase was approved for USC and all but one of the system’s flagship campuses by the board of trustees in June in light of dwindling state allocations.
After nearly 18 months of construction, Petigru College will be reopening its doors to students this fall.
After raising $3.5 billion for Yale University, Jancy Houck has been hired as USC’s new vice president of development and alumni relations. The post was filled five months after Michelle Dodenhoff left the post, leaving behind $655 million raised for USC’s $1 billion capital campaign, Carolina’s Promise. As of Aug. 9, that total had risen to $756.5 million, with $149.1 million given during the financial year ending June 30, a record fundraising year.
Tobacco will be banned from all university grounds as of Jan. 1, 2014, President Harris Pastides announced at an Aug. 9 meeting of USC’s board of trustees.
Tobacco will be banned from all university grounds as of Jan. 1, 2014, President Harris Pastides announced at an Aug. 9 meeting of USC’s board of trustees. This would include the university-owned tailgating lots at the site of the former State Farmer’s Market and parking lots surrounding the Colonial Life Arena and Carolina Stadium.
This week’s Crime Blotter includes three drunken disorderly conduct arrests.
This week In Brief features SC GOP in hot water over an email calling the IRS “Obama’s Gestapo,” city residents suing to prevent a downtown halfway house and a conviction in a Florence shooting.
The number of women registered for sorority recruitment has already broken the record for the third consecutive year, and registration is still open.
As move in day approaches, resident mentors are training for the upcoming year and preparing for students’ return to campus.