Kevin Shepherd’s grandmother used to tell him: “Boy, don’t you forget where you came from.” Shepherd spoke along with other community members at the Association of African-American Students meeting Tuesday night, a gathering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of racial desegregation at USC.
Converse College is cutting its tuition prices by nearly half, Drip’s owner is opening a Five Points gelato joint, and South Carolina could be getting a fourth area code.
Before she went to counseling, Margaret Kramer “believed the stereotype that you just sit on the couch and they write notes and listen and take your money.” “I never really felt like your life could be changed by counseling, but when I went to my second counselor, and that was the right fit for me, that’s when my life changed,” she said.
The Carolina Productions offices have moved out of the Campus Life Center in Russell House to make room for the university’s new Leadership and Service Center.
Volunteers have gathered enough signatures to bring the a strong-mayor referendum before the city’s voters. With just over 12,500 verified signatures, the question has shifted from whether Columbia will vote on the strong-mayor question to when.
Police say a man took a loaded gun into a Charleston airport, Gov. Nikki Haley appointed her new chief of staff, and a Murrells Inlet high school evacuated Monday after several American flags were burned outside its entrance.
Columbia will take private proposals this fall on how it should remedy the city’s homeless problem. But what exactly the city’s looking for isn’t clear.
A fourth-year economics student has been charged with two counts of driving under the influence and driving without a license after police say he struck and killed two motorcyclists last weekend.
Two men face drug charges after separate incidents in Five Points over the weekend.
Student Government has asked the Constitutional Council to throw out the organizational challenge that calls for the immediate assembly of a codified house of delegates.
Student Government looks to expand program to basketball, baseball away games in future
Crime Blotter for Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
A Newberry High School junior was struck and killed by a train, a College of Charleston student died in a car accident and a West Ashley teacher has been accused of anti-gay bullying
First-years learn cheers in ballroom A large group of students cheered, shouted and groaned at the Gamecocks’ loss to the Georgia Bulldogs Saturday afternoon, but they weren’t at Sanford Stadium.
In its first test, a revised student ticketing system experienced few hiccups at the Aug. 29 football game against UNC. Almost all of the ticketing issues were faced by students who had replaced their CarolinaCards after 4 p.m. Aug. 28, after the Student Athletic Tickets Office pulled the final set of data from the CarolinaCard system, according to Anna Edwards, director of student services.
Carolina Movements, a new organization focusing in the discipline of parkour, can often be seen practicing around campus.
Two-time Grammy-winner Bill Harley entertained an audience of all ages in Rutledge Chapel Tuesday night.
