USC Dance Marathon raises $54,750.61 in one day
By Lauren Shirley | May 18, 2015For the kids!” students yelled on Greene Street as pies were thrown into their faces by their friends and peers.
For the kids!” students yelled on Greene Street as pies were thrown into their faces by their friends and peers.
The recent shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston has drummed up a large amount of people calling for the mandate of body cameras on law enforcement officers, nationally. In South Carolina, 20-odd law enforcement agencies are currently wearing body cameras during duty — one of those being USCPD.
If you hadn’t heard, Monday was 4/20, or national stoner day. If you had forgotten this day, all you had to do was take a quick peak at Gamecock snaps and you were quickly reminded.
In today's briefs, SLED is investigating another shooting, the electronic sign in front of Williams-Brice stadium has been torn down as a part of the renovations and Senate has to vote on a bill to provide body cameras to police officers.
In an effort to utilize greener means of transportation to campus, USC’s Bike Advisory Committee helped sponsored the 4th annual Travel Lightly Day.
Security footage shows a man wearing a baseball cap and a backpack taking stacks from a rack inside the Russell House on the Greene Street side around 11 a.m.
Roger Sawyer of USC’s biology department has been named the new interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Finals week is on its way, which means, along with studying until sunrise and students pouring their hearts and souls into textbooks, Thomas Cooper Library is about to get a lot more crowded.
Brightly colored signs drew students to Davis Field and chants of "Legalize it" and "Save lives, end the drug war!" could be heard all the way at Thomas Cooper Library.
Tennessee-based housing developer, EdR, has begun looking to acquire property at the intersection of Main and College streets in order to build a new college-housing building. EdR has been working in the collegiate housing industry since 1964 and has completed more than 30 housing projects — however, none thus far in South Carolina. “We’re interested in looking at property there,” Susan Jennings, EdR’s vice president of corporate communication and marketing, said. John Fellows, Columbia’s planning administrator, told The State that EdR submitted plans for a “mid-rise” facility, which could range anywhere from 12 to 15 stories tall. As of Monday, Jennings could not provide definitive answers about the status of the deal, nor when EdR would be making their move on acquiring the land for their development, but the block houses Sandy’s famous Hot Dogs and The Baptist Collegiate Ministry building. Sandy’s Famous Hot Dogs currently has four locations within the Columbia area, however, the one located at 825 Main Street is the closest to USC’s campus.
The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.
Today's brief section features award of a Pulitzer Prize to The Post and Courier, a new multi-purpose housing complex to be built in West Columbia and the flooding of Riverwalk.
Hundreds of migrants are assumed to be lost after an overcrowded fishing vessel capsized while crossing the Mediterranean Sea, Target experienced a stress-test like no other on Sunday with the launching of its new Lilly Pulitzer line and Scootaway, an on-demand moped ride-sharing company founded by a former USC student, announced Sunday that Columbia will be home to the first of 20 locations that the company plans on opening, beginning May 7.
The rain didn’t stop a large crowd from gathering for USC’s Relay For Life at Blatt Fields Friday at 7 p.m. to support the American Cancer Society in their goal to raise money to fund cancer research.
As a part of the Earth Day celebration in Columbia, PalmettoPride has announced their Great American Cleanup of South Carolina — Carolina Cleanup initiative. During this initiative, efforts will be focused from April 18 through April 25 to promote cleaning up litter in South Carolina.
The Daily Gamecock took home 28 awards at the annual South Carolina Press Association Collegiate Awards Presentation on April 10 at Bob Jones University.
Today's in brief section features a mid-rise house development deal, the 'slim' chance of solving the Tucker Hipps' case and the House's bill to raise gas prices to fund South Carolina road repair.