300 women received bids at Alpha Gamma Delta sorority's inaugural bid day Sunday.

Alpha Gamma Delta holds inaugural bid day

By Paula Novacki | Oct. 1, 2012

Newest sorority joins Greek Village, accepts 300 women in first class

Second suspect in custody following Five Points brawl

By Thad Moore | Oct. 1, 2012

Police seek third man regarding alleged beating earlier this month

South Carolina will host ESPN’s College GameDay on the Horseshoe before Saturday’s game against No. 5 Georgia. It last came to campus before the Gamecocks’ 2010 upset of Alabama.

It’s Official: ESPN’s College GameDay headed to the Horseshoe

By Thad Moore | Oct. 1, 2012

An announcement following No. 6 South Carolina’s win over Kentucky set in stone what many had hoped and expected — but nevertheless, this Saturday just got a whole lot bigger.

Second suspect arrested in weekend Five Points brawl

By Thad Moore | Sep. 28, 2012

Police have arrested a second suspect in last weekend’s brawl on Harden Street. Benedict College officers arrested John Cornelius Sumner, 21, of Stockbridge, Ga., in connection with the incident in a Columbia apartment near the college’s campus, according to Columbia police spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons. Sumner is charged with second-degree assault and battery, according to a release. The Friday afternoon arrest came a day after police announced they’d arrested another suspect in the brawl, Stanley McBride, and issued warrants for two others, including Sumner and Michael Jermel Kendrix, of Austell, Ga. Kendrix is also expected to be charged with second-degree assault and battery, according to the release. More arrests are possible, though, Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott said. Scott's comments follow the incident, in which a man was allegedly kicked and punched in the head and chest by seven to 10 men early Sunday morning, according to an incident report. He was taken to a hospital with a broken jaw, severe lacerations and a swollen face.

Handgun, drugs seized as 2 students arrested in separate incidents

By Thad Moore | Sep. 28, 2012

Columbia police arrested two USC students in two separate incidents in the waning hours of Thursday night and early into this morning. Just before midnight, police got a call about two suspicious men near 600 Santee Avenue, near the Blossom Street intersection, according to Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons. The men said they weren’t carrying weapons, but a search of one of the men found a .25-caliber handgun, Timmons said. The man, Joshua Isaiah Williams, 20, a second-year experimental psychology student, was arrested and is charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and resisting arrest, according to a release. Williams does not have a concealed weapons permit, according to the release, and he isn’t of legal age to apply for one. Shortly thereafter, at about 1:30 a.m. today, witnesses saw a woman driving erratically on the 1900 block of Greene Street, which is between Five Points and USC’s campus, Timmons said. The woman allegedly hit a parked car with people inside and kept driving, according to a release, and witnesses told police she was heading toward campus. Officers saw the car on Blossom Street, near the Greek Village, and pulled the woman over. Bailey Reed Bowers, 19, a second-year business student, was arrested and is charged with hit and run, possession of marijuana, possession of other controlled substance, possession of beer by a minor, open container and failure to yield right-of-way. According to a release, an officer also found psychedelic mushrooms Bowers' car. The incident follows just days after a violent weekend in the hospitality district, and city police promised to ramp up patrols there. Timmons said she couldn’t say whether the arrest was connected with the increased presence. “We’ve always been in Five Points,” Timmons said. “We always bump up our presence from Thursday to Sunday.” Incident reports for both had not yet been processed, Timmons said, and were not immediately available.