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Candidates for Student Body Vice President talked about better advocating for students and promoting smoother communication between students and the administration.
How a racial-justice effort at the University of South Carolina became a smokescreen for inaction.
Meg Kinnard, AP A building that honors Strom Thurmond, the late segregationist U.S. senator, is among those that advocates would like to rename. A commission at the University of South Carolina recommended on Friday that the names of 11 people who were slaveowners, fought for the Confederacy, or held racist beliefs be removed from campus buildings, including that of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, who supported segregation for much of his political career. To many on the flagship campus, in Columbia, it felt like a victory at first. But there’s no political path forward to actually remov...
After George Floyd's death, students set their sights on universities to increase diversity and inclusion that activists have been calling for.