When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31 and the new year begins, nobody will be able to light up, dip or vape on USC property. Tobacco-Free USC will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014, barring anyone from using any tobacco product on campus.
Public urination and aggressive drunks are in this week’s Crime Blotter
Desperate for a Halloween costume, a current USC student bought the cheapest thing he could find in Target four years ago: a giant chicken suit.
Public urination, a taser and a foot chase are in this week’s crime blotter.
One hundred and thirty-eight miles from Clemson seemed a bit shorter last week as the South Carolina and Clemson chapters of Sigma Nu fraternity finished their 37th annual Game Ball Run as part of a run-up to next week’s football game.
The board of trustees’ buildings and grounds committee approved a $27.5 million project to expand the Thomson Student Health Center and a five-year comprehensive permanent improvement plan at its Friday meeting.
USC won the annual Carolina-Clemson Blood Drive for the sixth consecutive year, the Red Cross announced Friday.
Put down your razors, boys. It’s time to raise awareness. If you’ve seen unusually hairy men around campus, it’s probably the work of Relay for Life and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, who have dedicated the month they’re calling “No-Shave-Ember” to raising awareness and money for prostate cancer and other cancers whose patients are predominantly men.
“It’d be fine by me if you’d never leave,” wasn’t only being sung by the Carolina Gentlemen in their impromptu performance Thursday night in Grand Marketplace.
Student-created business proposals were presented Tuesday night at The Proving Ground, USC’s entrepreneurial challenge that awards students with the best ideas for products or companies. Eight different teams of students competed for money and other benefits, judged by a panel of six business professionals.
Hunger and homelessness are both silent epidemics which plague the city of Columbia and the nation. These issues come in the form of stereotypes, misconceptions and prejudices against those who are hungry, homeless or both, said local advocates for those populations.
In 2010, Alan Wilson was elected South Carolina’s attorney general at the age of 37, making him the youngest state attorney general ever elected in the United States. Wilson spoke to the College Republicans Thursday night, imploring more young people to get involved in the political process.
A man wearing all camouflage cursed loudly at a police officer last week, telling him he could do what he wanted.
A small role of distributing event posters as a freshman has given way to major leadership opportunities for Adam Mayer, who will take over as president of Carolina Productions in January.
The Board of Student Publications and Communications has selected two students to serve as Student Media leaders for the coming semester.
Addressing student senate at its Wednesday evening meeting, Sen. Andrew Kovtun made an impassioned plea before amendments were introduced to change the new Student Government elections codes.
A diverse crowd of students, faculty and Columbia residents filled the Russell House Ballroom on Wednesday evening to participate in the Iranian Student Association’s second annual Persian Food Night.