“Off Off Brothel” to raise awareness for the Polaris Project at Benson Theatre. This play is an original story with the integration of popular songs written by Caroline Powell and directed by Brittnie Cooper and Trey Stoddard.
They danced, they cheered and they celebrated, but while their candidate cruised to a second term Tuesday, Mayor Steve Benjamin’s supporters had their sights on a bigger prize. Their real fight — a referendum to establish a strong-mayor form of government — was yet to come.
One of the two large stone lions that flanks the doorway of the Alpha Delta Pi house has been stolen, the sorority’s president said.
An indecent exposure near the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center and “weed cookies” are included in this week’s crime blotter.
A Columbia police officer is arrested for DUI, a pygmy sperm whale dies off the Hunting Island shore, and a mother will be tried in the deaths of her four children.
Video gaming skills didn’t come easily for James Fozard. After all, as a product of the 1930s, the technology available to him during his formative years was no more advanced than the rotary telephone. He watched his first television program at the age of 1.
USC ranked 26th on The Active Times’ list of “The 50 Fittest Colleges in America,” which judged colleges based on fitness, health and wellness aspects. Categories of evaluation included athletic facilities and team sports participation, campus eateries and overall quality of student life.
A “virtuoso” French horn player and former marine, Robert Pruzin was a strong presence in USC’s School of Music. As the school’s associate dean and director of undergraduate studies, he advised every incoming first-year music student for 15 years. On Oct. 29, Pruzin died at the age of 66.
Former Gamecocks running back Kenny Miles was shot Monday afternoon in Irmo, police say.
Three city council district elections will take place Tuesday
Mayor Steve Benjamin is proud of his record. But despite having a seven-page document of first-term accomplishments, he said there’s still work to be done.
Moe Baddourah has called Columbia his home for more than 30 years. Now, he hopes the city will call him its mayor.
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin led this year’s annual Homecoming Parade through the rain on Friday.
The final day of Homecoming week brought the annual NPHC event, in which two sororities and four fraternities stepped their way across the stage, competing for the ultimate titles.
Carolina Productions will not host its traditional fall concert after failing to book an act within time constraints for artists’ tour scheduling and campus venue availability.
WUSC hosted its annual Zombie Walk as part of its fall fundraiser week. Participants started putting zombie makeup on others around 5 p.m. on the Russell House Patio and then walked to the house of a WUSC DJ for a cookout.
The fifth day of Homecoming brought the Canned Creations competition, in which teams collected canned foods to build structures that went with the theme “United States of Carolina.”