USC's band won first place in the For Whom The Band Tolls competition announced Jan. 30 by Metallica. The band will receive $50,000 and be featured in next year's EA SPORTS College Football video game.
USC's student senate passed recommendations to expand the capabilities of the Park USC app, as well as add time displays to classrooms across campus.
The South Carolina House of Representatives has drafted a bill that would mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom in the state.
The newly opened Lantern Hotel's mission is to employ individuals with intellectual disabilities. The hotel has also collaborated with USC's CarolinaLIFE program and the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management to employ students.
South Carolina legislators are considering a bill that would extend to public colleges an existing K-12 prohibition on students using bathrooms that do not align with their sex assigned at birth. The bill has passed the House and resides in the Senate.
The student senate passed recommendations to fix the ceiling tiles in Gambrell Hall and to preserve and expand green spaces on campus.
Student Government makes adjustments to the student organization funding model following the Student Organization Funding Assistance Board running out of money.
USC first-year finance, economics, supply chain and risk management student Landon Lyle announced plans to run for Oconee County Council, representing District III. His campaign centers on transparency, responsible budgeting and proactive development.
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden will host its first Purple Martin Conservation Workshop on Jan. 31 to help connect the community to more backyard wildlife. Once a natural cavity-nesting species, the purple martin now almost entirely depends on humans for housing east of the Rocky Mountains.
The USC student senate recommends adding free sunscreen dispensers on campus and bicycle racks to Williams-Brice Stadium.
The USC Board of Trustees has approved a new Bullying Prevention Center that will support K-12 public or private schools throughout South Carolina.
An initiative to help low income and uninsured South Carolinians access birth control has generated numerous economic benefits, according to a report from USC's South Carolina Economic Development Center.
The student senate passed legislation that will recommend a new policy for recording and photographing lectures and materials, as well as establishing a new civil engineering concentration.
USC students and other organizations took part in a nationwide U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest. The demonstrations consisted of a walk-out on USC campus and a protest at the South Carolina State House.
SLED and USCPD are investigating the death of a USC student near 650 Lincoln on Jan. 20.
USC is one of six university systems that announced a project backed by Ron DeSantis last summer to create an alternative accreditor. The Commission for Public Higher Education has adopted a set of draft standards and will begin accrediting its first cohort of schools this year.
Iranian students organized a demonstration in support of Iranian citizens on Greene Street on Thursday, Jan. 15. The demonstration brought awareness to the deaths in Iran and called for the freedom of the Iranian people.
