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Law student wins Miss SC, 7 from USC compete

After winning the hearts of the judges and her fellow contestants, Miss Mount Pleasant Brooke Mosteller took home the titles of Miss South Carolina and Miss Congeniality at this year’s Miss South Carolina pageant.


Moore School to open 5 months later

Students and faculty will move into the new Darla Moore School of Business a few months later than initially planned because of a delay in the move of U.S. Department of Justice offices into the school’s current home.


New vice president of development named

After raising $3.5 billion for Yale University, Jancy Houck has been hired as USC’s new vice president of development and alumni relations. The post was filled five months after Michelle Dodenhoff left the post, leaving behind $655 million raised for USC’s $1 billion capital campaign, Carolina’s Promise. As of Aug. 9, that total had risen to $756.5 million, with $149.1 million given during the financial year ending June 30, a record fundraising year.


Tobacco to be banned on campus

Tobacco will be banned from all university grounds as of Jan. 1, 2014, President Harris Pastides announced at an Aug. 9 meeting of USC’s board of trustees.


Tobacco completely banned on all campus grounds starting January 1, 2014

Tobacco will be banned from all university grounds as of Jan. 1, 2014, President Harris Pastides announced at an Aug. 9 meeting of USC’s board of trustees. This would include the university-owned tailgating lots at the site of the former State Farmer’s Market and parking lots surrounding the Colonial Life Arena and Carolina Stadium.


Recruitment breaks record again

The number of women registered for sorority recruitment has already broken the record for the third consecutive year, and registration is still open.


In Brief: July 24, 2013

Former treasurer charged with DWI Former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel was arrested for drunk driving in the Hamptons Monday, the Associated Press reported. The multimillionaire politician who resigned as treasurer six months into his term after pleading guilty to cocaine charges was arrested around 2:30 a.m.