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Student Government Pack-A-Thon to prepare meals

After holding a small-scale meal-packing event in the spring, Student Government is looking to up the stakes at next month’s Pack-A-Thon, when students will pack meals for people who are hungry in developing countries like Haiti, Jamaica and Sri Lanka.


In Brief: October 9, 2013

Most furloughed employees return to Ft. Jackson About 90 percent of furloughed civilian employees at Fort Jackson returned to work this week, The State reported. Half of the 3,500 civilian workers at Columbia’s U.S.


In Brief: October 8, 2013

A new Colgate-Palmolive plant will bring 300 jobs, four motorists have been killed by crashes with deer this year, and a Batesburg-Leesville town councilman goes to jail after not paying child support.


More than 10,000 parents come for weekend

A record number of parents and relatives converged on Columbia this weekend for USC’s annual Parents’ Weekend. The more than 10,000 family members attended social events, mingled with university administrators and sat in on classes.


$525,000 donated to pharmacy school

As a student at USC in the ’70s, Donna Walker was asked by South Carolina College of Pharmacy Dean Julian Fincher to represent the school at a regional conference in Memphis, Tenn. That “small request” kicked off a college career — and a lifetime — of leadership in the pharmacy industry for Walker.


In Brief: October 4, 2013

Capitol shooting suspect shot and killed, South Carolina employees furloughed after government shutdown and repeat DUI offender sentenced to 17 years in prison.


Students to travel to Honduras in December

Students Helping Honduras was created to raise money to build schools in Honduras for those who do not have them. As part of a national organization, the University of South Carolina chapter was established last spring.


Bikers build across America

Imagine biking more than 4,000 miles and building houses along the way. USC graduate student Chelsea Ball, 23, didn’t have to imagine it, because she did so this past summer. Ball traveled all the way from Jacksonville, Fla., to Monterey, Calif., to help people who depend on affordable housing.