The Horseshoe

2008

Spring Issue

Good Apples

South Carolina's handpicked future teachers flock to Carolina to develop their skills in the classroom.

Father & Son

Forty years after surviving on of South Carolina's deadliest racial incidents, Carolina professor Cleveland Sellers is working for change. So is his son Bakari, a University law student and the state's youngest legislator.

 

Winter Issue

Why I Chose Carolina

Students of every stripe explain why they chose Carolina.

On Any Given Saturday

When the Gamecocks play at Williams-Brice Stadium, football is only part of the action.

2007

Fall Issue

Scaling New Heights

Alumni from the School of Music are making perfect harmony in performance and teaching careers.

Coloring outside the lines

Former editorial cartoonist Kate Salley Palmer channels her considerable talent to create witty prose and lively illustrations for children's books.

 

Summer Issue

Gamecocks Who Go for It

Call these alumni what you will--bold, adventurous, maybe even certifiable--but you sure can't call them chicken.

Roll Call

With the number and academic caliber of freshman applicants on the rise, getting into Carolina has become a competitive sport.

Spring Issue

Congaree Connections

With a Gamecock at the helm, South Carolina’s only National Park celebrates 30 years of growth, renewal, and friendship.

First Things First

A bevy of Carolina alumni recall their first jobs after college and how those experiences shaped their careers.

 

Winter Issue

State of Minds

Keeping South Carolina's best students in state requires scholarship money, largely accomplished with the Education Lottery, and good job opportunities following graduation--still a work in progress.

Modern 'Maternitees'

USC graduates Molly and Jeff Britt never expected to be raising a baby and a business at the same time.

2006

Fall Issue

All Fired Up

Alumni Mark Woodham and Tommy Lockart create blown-glass artwork at their studio-gallery One Eared Cow Glass.

Ready, Set, Bid!

Want to own a one-of-a-kind piece of glass art? Find out more about the auction of a vase hand-crafted by two Carolina alumni.

Carolina's Helping Hands

For many USC students, the Counseling Center makes all the difference.

Summer Issue

Tower demolition

The Towers dorms—or the Honeycombs, if you prefer—are being demolished after 40 years in service and thousands of memories.

Tales of the Tower: Readers remember USC's venerable dorms that are making way for a new honors residence hall.

Spring Issue

da+a de+ec+ives

USC's Office of Undergraduate Research takes inquisitive students into the lab, the studio, even the on-campus nursery school.

Opera Boffo!

For Opera at USC director Ellen Schlaefer, classic art form is soul music.