Strong mayor referendum fails, Benjamin looks ahead
By Sarah Martin | Dec. 4, 2013Just before he conceded defeat in the strong-mayor referendum Tuesday night, Mayor Steve Benjamin looked to the future.
Just before he conceded defeat in the strong-mayor referendum Tuesday night, Mayor Steve Benjamin looked to the future.
A graduate of the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, Leeza Gibbons shared her life lessons Monday as this year’s speaker for the Buchheit Family Lecture.
There’s not much day-to-day bustle at S&S Art Supply on Main Street. Rows of colorful art supplies line the walls below local artists’ paintings. But there are gaps on the shelves left by many of the store’s last remaining items that have been sold at deep discounts in preparation for the store’s closing this month.
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
ADHD, school enrollment and strong mayor are in today’s In Brief.
Students gathered on the Greene Street intramural fields Monday night, jumping to “Sandstorm” and yelling, “Go cocks!” Just as they have for years and years before, they had come to watch a tiger effigy go up in flames.
Historic football rivalry dates back 117 years to 1896
The USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety has been preparing for the rivalry game against Clemson to assure the event is safe for everyone.
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.
For the final time this Saturday, you can find Catherine Ramirez flinging her fire-lit batons into the air, dancing and spinning without missing a beat as the Mighty Sound of the Southeast marches around her.
When you’re standing in Williams-Brice Stadium, cheering on the Gamecocks with 80,250 of your best friends, it’s easy to forget that not everyone in the stadium grew up loving garnet and black.
Sitting in one of the tables in the center of the dining room, Eddie Frazier swirls his Diet Coke around in a bright yellow cup. He stares out the window of his restaurant, the Bojangles’ on Bluff Road, directly across from Williams-Brice Stadium, into the tailgating lots that were once home to a farmers market.
South Carolina and Clemson enjoy a rivalry with roots deeper than the gridiron grass, its seeds sown by infamous state politics and nurtured by a never-ceasing struggle to claim recognition as the Palmetto State’s flagship educational and athletics program.
Car lands on roof after high-speed police chase A car landed on top of a Forest Acres home early Saturday morning following a Columbia police chase, The State reported. The car was pursued after an officer believed he saw an illegal drug transaction at or near the vehicle on Senate Street, the Columbia Police Department told the newspaper. The vehicle did not have lights on and the suspect was driving erratically.
Public urination, a taser and a foot chase are in this week’s crime blotter.