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USC plans to launch new sport psychology degree, environmental law certificate in 2025

By Kat Smith | March 27

Pending approval, USC plans to launch a degree in applied sport psychology and counseling and an environmental law and sustainability post-baccalaureate certificate in 2025. The hope is that the new degree will help teach students how mental health can affect a player's performance, while the certificate will look at training participants in how they can help make business practices more sustainable.

The Maxcy Residence Hall building on Feb. 25, 2024, which currently houses international students on the Horseshoe. The residence hall is set to transition from an international student hub to a first-generation living & learning community for the fall semester of 2024.

Maxcy College to become first-generation Living & Learning Community in fall 2024

By Kat Smith | Feb. 26

In the fall of 2024, Maxcy Residence Hall will become a Living & Learning Community for incoming and returning first-generation college students.

Second-year student Samantha Addeo analyzes items found in the ground on the Horseshoe on Feb. 14, 2024. Some of the artifacts the students find will be on display in the McKissick Museum.

Honors College class digs for artifacts on Horseshoe, educates on history of enslaved people

By Kat Smith | Feb. 25

Students a part of a USC Honors College class are conducting archeological excavations on the Horseshoe. The class hopes to find objects that could help tell the stories of enslaved people who once resided on campus.

The four members of USC's Gamecock Consulting Club who took part in the international case competition in Bergen, Norway, pose for a photo on Oct. 3, 2023. (From left to right) fourth-year operations and supply chain student Jack Marshall, fourth-year marketing and operations and supply chain student Su Bin Park, fourth-year public health student Kavya Patchipulusu and third-year finance student Cameron Overton won the competition against 11 top business schools from around the world.

Gamecock Consulting Club members beat 11 international business schools in Norway case competition

By Kat Smith | Feb. 8

Four students from USC's Gamecock Consulting Club won an international case competition in Bergen, Norway, in October. The students said that having a team where everyone could trust and rely on each other's strengths was a key factor in their success.

USC LGBTQ+ Alumni Council announces endowment scholarship

By Kat Smith | Sep. 7, 2023

USC's LGBTQ+ Alumni Council is raising money for a scholarship rewarding student advocates on campus. Once the fund hits its $25,000 goal and collects interest, a third-year student committed to fostering inclusivity will begin receiving $2,000 in aid.

Fourth-year finance student Beck Stephenson logs on to the University of South Carolina's sexual assault prevention education course on April 23, 2023. All upcoming USC students are required to take Title IX-related online modules prior to registration.

Column: Mandatory Title IX education can be more harmful than helpful to victims of sexual assault

By Kat Smith | April 24, 2023

There needs to be a more accessible way for students who are trigged by mandatory Title IX education to opt out of completing it. For some past victims of sexual violence, the training can reopen old wounds, and the university has few options for opting out of the program.

Protestors gather outside of the South Carolina's Statehouse on June 25, 2022. This protest was a direct response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier that June.

Column: New bills in South Carolina are femicide, not ‘abortion bans’

By Kat Smith | April 16, 2023

New abortion ban bills in South Carolina could lead to the deaths of countless women. South Carolina legislators are only adding to the growing violence that women face.

Sitting at the intersection between Assembly Street and College Street, the Comet bus stop is seen with bars in the middle of the benches on Feb. 23, 2023. The extra bar is seen as a way for the local authorities to stop people from being able to lay down on the benches.

Column: Columbia’s hostile architecture is discriminatory towards the homeless population

By Kat Smith | Feb. 23, 2023

Government officials are criminalizing homelessness in Columbia, South Carolina. You pass by examples outside every day and may not even realize it.

Kat Smith