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.
As move in day approaches, resident mentors are training for the upcoming year and preparing for students’ return to campus.
Two men were stabbed outside of Group Therapy, a Five Points bar, early Sunday morning. Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident.
More than a year after closing its chapter at USC, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will return to campus in the fall.
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.
This week’s crime blotter includes a man trying to find his wife and gunshots at the corner of Barnwell and Devine streets.
Urban Outfitters’ new location in the Vista celebrated their grand opening Saturday with DJ sets, a food truck, and free beer for those who were over 21.
Chicken lovers of USC, rejoice. Chick-fil-a breakfast is coming to Russell House. After reading responses to dining surveys, Carolina Dining has added the morning meal option to Gamecock Park on the second floor of Russell House.
With the Women’s Quad closed for the 2013-2014 school year and 4,900 incoming students applying for housing, University Housing has decided to open Cliff Apartments to first-year students.
While USC’s standard orientation lasts only a day, shuffling students quickly from the Koger Center to Russell House to registering for classes, Pillars for Carolina, an extended orientation program, gives students a closer look at what will soon be their new home.
This week’s In Brief includes Gov. Nikki Haley’s fine from the S.C. Ethics Commission, a Columbia Police Department scandal and a business owner’s worries about the city’s homeless.
This week’s crime blotter includes a rude man in Chik-fil-a
Wait will allow easier move for faculty 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.
Students may now request football tickets for the Gamecocks’ five away games, an Tuesday morning email from Student Ticketing announced.
SC Supreme Court chief justice receiving honorary doctorate The chaplain of the U.S. Senate, Barry Black, will address August’s round of graduates, USC announced Monday. Black, who also served as the chief of chaplains for the U.S.
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 Saturday night’s Miss South Carolina pageant.