Apple sparked a wave of speculation that it might open a store in Columbia when it posted job openings for the area Tuesday, but the company said it hasn’t made any plans to do so.
English professor Catherine Keyser has been named as one of the first four members of the McCausland Faculty Fellows Program.
International Education Week kicked off on Greene Street Monday with an International Bazaar. The event, hosted by International Student Services, included lots of food, dancing, clothing, activities and booths set up by many different international groups to highlight different cultures at the university.
More than 80 participants from various National Guard units, veterans’ groups, Scout troops, ROTC groups and marching bands from around South Carolina marched down Sumter Street, lined with flag-waving supporters, toward the Statehouse.
A boy executed in 1944 may get a second trial, a Columbia man dies in a Savannah marathon and SLED asks for $475,000 for its child fatality unit.
After weeks of fundraising and planning, Student Government and members of 12 other organizations packed 20,000 meals for underprivileged students at the annual Pack-A-Thon.
Housing applications for the coming academic year are open, with a return to the system introduced last year amid complaints from students and parents.
While owner Justin Kershner was able to get the nearly $20,000 he needed to pay in back taxes to keep his bar open, The Library will be closed indefinitely for “personal reasons,” he said Friday night.
Students, faculty and staff contributed more than $9.6 million in time and money to service during the 2012-2013 school year, according to the USC Community Service Report. Last year there were 23,194 volunteers who committed to a total of 502,334 service hours. There was also $978,736 in monetary donations creating a total estimated economic impact of $9,618,880.80.
Two pantsless men and a drunk, cursing man are in this week’s crime blotter.
The Library bar in Five Points will lose its liquor license today unless its owners pay the nearly $20,000 they owe in back taxes.
Columbia comes together on the first Thursday of every month to see the work of local artists and musicians, try nearby restaurants’ fare and get to know the city’s artistic side.
CollegeHumor writer Amir Blumenfeld knows how he and his coworkers are perceived. He doesn’t mind.
Possibly pregnant great white shark recorded off South Carolina coast, North Charleston police officer avoids jail time after staged shooting and a homeless man returns to jail after being released.
Police arrest a gang member after a yearlong effort, the last 300 Blockbuster stores in the country are closing, and four teens are accused of stealing pit bull puppies.
Carolinian Creed and Diversity Day was celebrated Wednesday with Greene Street giveaways and Carolina Judicial Council’s announcement of an updated design for the Creed.
Student Government’s election codes have been stripped to “bare bones” in their newly proposed form, Student Body Vice President Ryan Bailey said. Amendments to the bill will revise the codes and will be proposed in the coming weeks.