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Friday, March 15, 2013  High school science and engineering students from throughout central South Carolina are set to hit the University of South Carolina to show their expertise.

Sunday, February 03, 2013  Some 100 students from an advertising class at the University of South Carolina are gathering to watch the Super Bowl and critique its commercials.

Monday, December 10, 2012  University of South Carolina architectural history students are presenting their findings about the South Carolina state mental hospital and its 178-acre campus.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Half a dozen University of South Carolina students are safe after awakening to a fire in their home Monday morning.

Friday, November 30, 2012  The University of South Carolina's Art Department is holding its annual holiday sale.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  USC students from the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management held a Fall Fair for Sistercare Wednesday evening in Columbia.

Friday, September 28, 2012  After a weekend of violence in Columbia's Five Points, an online petition and Facebook Group are bringing people together to help stop unwarranted violence in the area.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 

Friday, July 13, 2012  A team from University of South Carolina excavated the remains of an sunken ship Friday on the beach on Hilton Head Island.

Monday, May 14, 2012  Students, faculty and staff from the University of South Carolina are boarding a bus to learn more about the state.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  University of South Carolina students are walking around campus wearing empty gun holsters in protest this week.  School policy bars concealed weapons permit holders from carrying on campus. Students say it violates their rights.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012  Nearly 1,400 job seekers went looking for work Wednesday in Columbia.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Video games have been blamed for everything from corrupting the morals of young people to turning their minds into mush, but USC students are studying the opposite.

Friday, March 25, 2011  World Night attracted hundreds of students, faculty and staff.

Monday, January 18, 2010  On Monday more than 450 University of South Carolina students volunteered time on their day off to take part in the annual Martin Luther King National Day of Service.  Groups of students worked at 19 different locations in Columbia.