Whether you're a newly minted member of the class of 2020 or a super senior and proud of it, Welcome Week is always good for one thing: an excess of free food. Here's a helpful guide to all the best grub up for grabs this week.
The Carolina community and School of Public Health are mourning the loss of longtime supporter Norman Arnold, who passed away Tuesday. He was 86.
The 14-year-old River Bluff High School football player who died after collapsing at practice was buried, former Gamecock football star Alshon Jeffrey was involved in a brawl at a joint NFL practice between the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots and USC alum Natasha Hastings came in fourth in the 400-meter dash at the Olympics.
South Carolina punter Sean Kelly will not be suspended from any games over a recent arrest, a man was seriously injured during a race at the Anderson Motor Speedway and one person was killed in a a single-car crash in Sumter County.
After Louisiana's heavy rainfall and fatal flooding, UofSC Relief is organizing a donation drive for items to be delivered to LSU.
Gamecock Basketball will see a brand new court design by the start of the upcoming season. An alleged serial beer thief is sought by the Richland County Sheriff's Department. A coach at River Bluff High School mourns the death of a football player. A man fell victim to a fatal automobile crash after suffering a cardiac arrest episode. Students are teaming up with the American Civil Liberties Union to file suit against a South Carolina schools law. Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by just two points in a recent South Carolina poll.
First-year and transfer students can now register for OMSA's new LGBTQ Peer Mentoring program as they transition to campus life.
Columbia citizens saw rallies and protests for different and sometimes conflicting causes.
Student Body President Michael Parks and Vice President Ross Lordo discuss what's in store from Student Government this fall.
Every year, the new class of freshmen is welcomed to USC at First Night Carolina. But this isn't actually anyone's first night at Carolina
Beginning in May, only USC president Harris Pastides will deliver commencement addresses at graduation, the university announced Wednesday.
Dean Charles Bierbauer will step down from his post as head of the College of Information and Communications, triggering a nationwide search for a replacement.
USC's oldest living alum died at 107, the Justice Department will require Richland County Schools to upgrade their resource officer program and two people died near the Richland County line in a collision on I-77.
Dylann Roof's lawyers want the hate crime charges against their client dismissed, a Charleston cat is the star of the Internet's latest viral video and a Richland County sheriff's deputy won't face charges for allegedly vandalizing campaign signs.
The shutdown of Delta Airlines caused headaches for many passengers out of local airports, SLED is investigating the death of an inmate at the Lexington County Detention Center and economic data shows the Palmetto State will outpace the US economy next year.
A pedestrian was killed in a collision in Lexington County, the Gamecock football's preseason will be the subject of a five-part documentary series and a zoning request would see cremated remains housed near Williams-Brice Stadium.
A 60-year-old man is missing in Richland County, a South Carolina resident was diagnosed with a brain eating amoeba and six South Carolina prisoners were among the hundreds who had their sentences commuted by President Obama.