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Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast

University of South Carolina

Discover the rich and sometimes quirky history of the University of South Carolina, with entertaining stories from its more than 200 years as the Palmetto State’s flagship university.

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09:13

The Duel of 1833

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/11/15

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton engaged in an infamous duel in 1804, and a number of South Carolina College students nearly got tangled up in duels in the years before the Civil War. History records only one duel involving South Carolina College students that ended in fatality — and this is the strange story of that tragedy.

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09:24

Palmetto Ivy: How the Honors College came to be

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/11/01

USC's South Carolina Honors College was born in the 1970s when several other of the nation's first honors colleges came into being. But rather than becoming an also-ran, USC's Honors College emerged as one of the nation's best by offering hundreds of unique honors courses across every academic discipline at the university.

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08:48

First things first, USC’s first national championship

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/10/18

Curtis Frye, head coach of field and track head at USC, knows a thing or two about coming in first place and being the first to do something. He's done all of those in his time at Carolina, including bringing home the university's first-ever national championship trophy. Perhaps most importantly, Coach Frye understands the importance of putting first things first.

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09:24

Gran Tourino: the history of USC’s Visitor Center

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/10/04

Every year, tens of thousands of prospective students and their families visit the University of South Carolina for a campus tour. Here's the story of how the university's Visitor Center came to be, as well as a peek behind the curtains at some unscripted moments in the lives of campus tour guides.

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09:36

Carolina’s not-so-secret gardens

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/09/20

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world … is a garden.” When Frances Hodgson Burnett penned those words more than a century ago in her classic children’s book The Secret Garden, there probably were very few, perhaps not any flower gardens on the University of South Carolina campus. But we’ve made up for it in the past 50 years or so. On this short tour, you'll learn the history of several not-so-secret gardens on campus and what's planted in each one.

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09:05

The Myth of Commodore Capstone

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/09/06

What building on the University of South Carolina campus was named for a Confederate navy commodore and commemorated on a picture postcard? It's a trick question! A high-rise residence hall was featured on a postcard in the late 1960s, and the caption on the postcard said the building was named in honor of alumnus Epaminondas J. Capstone. But how that came about is the real story!

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07:32

Sink or swim: the course that became a freshman...

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/08/23

Fifty years ago, it wasn't uncommon to hear professors give the 'look to your left, look to your right — one of you will have failed by the end of the semester' speech. But exactly 50 years ago, Carolina tried something different: a course designed to help freshmen feel like they belonged along with the academic tools they needed to succeed. It was called University 101, and it became model for hundreds of colleges across the country.

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10:08

Fair play: the 50th anniversary of Title IX

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/06/07

Women's college sports were in their infancy in the 1970s, but Title IX changed everything by leveling the playing field for men's and women's sports at the collegiate level. Meet two of the first 18 women to receive athletics scholarships at the University of South Carolina.

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08:01

Remembering the heroes: a Memorial Day tribute

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/05/24

Scores of University of South Carolina graduates have died in military service since the Spanish-American War at the close of the 19th century. In observance of Memorial Day, we remember three, who died serving their country in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War.

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14:16

High-rise hijinks: Life in the Towers

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/05/10

Pranks and pratfalls are part of life in any college residence hall, but one dormitory complex at the University of South Carolina seemed to have more than its fair share. Stories about life in the Towers, also known as the Honeycombs and the Veilblocks, are now almost the stuff of legend. Here are a few anecdotes from yesteryear about the now-demolished dorms.

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09:39

The grass whisperer, Sarge Frye

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/04/26

Sarge Frye knew how to make grass grow, and for five decades he made sure the University of South Carolina's athletic fields were green and trimmed. But much more than that, Sarge had a heart for people and connected with everyone he met. It's why his name continues to be synonymous with Gamecock sports.

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13:52

Man for all seasons: President Tom Jones

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/04/12

The third-longest serving president in the history of the university, Tom Jones led Carolina during a period of unprecedented growth, both in student enrollment and campus expansion. And he did it during a tumultuous era of Vietnam War protests and a rapidly changing society.

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10:23

Sweet friends: Arpad Darazs and the Concert Choir

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/03/29

Nearly 60 years ago, a Hungarian-born choral conductor named Arpad Darazs launched the University of South Carolina's Concert Choir, which quickly earned a reputation for its musical prowess. Darazs is long gone but the Concert Choir remains the university's premier choral group, and Darazs' former students remain stalwart fans.

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12:34

Homesick, lovesick and out of money: student letters...

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/03/15

No one writes letters much anymore, but back in the day, University of South Carolina students wrote letters to home as frequently as today's students send texts on their phones. Technology changes, but one thing remains constant: college students always need more money.

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10:00

Once and future treasure: the South Caroliniana Library

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/03/01

Built in 1840 as the nation's first freestanding collegiate library, the South Caroliniana Library is now the repository for a vast collection of materials that capture the culture and history of the Palmetto State. Massive renovations at the library promise to return the venerable building to its early glory and make it a more comfortable place for patrons to visit and use.

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07:59

Small-town girl makes big-time history

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/02/15

When Jotaka Eaddy arrived at the university from her rural dirt-road home in the Pee Dee, she quickly joined several organizations, including Student Government. By her junior year, the small-town girl was making a big splash — and making history.

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17:57

#UofSCLove: A Valentine’s Day edition of campus love

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/02/01

Cupid's arrows find their mark in this special Valentine's Day episode about eight couples who fell in love on the University of South Carolina campus.

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08:21

The lecture hall that never was

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2022/01/18

Intended as a large lecture hall when it was built in 1855, the building we now know as Longstreet Theater never lived up to its intended purpose. Poor acoustics turned it into an echo chamber that was ill-suited for almost any academic purpose. But an engineering miracle in the 1970s transformed the building into a premier stage for live theater.

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08:17

The Great Biscuit Rebellion

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2021/12/14

For much of the first half of the 19th century, students at South Carolina College were not pleased with the quality of food served on campus. In 1852, the wormy biscuits and rancid meat were too much to stomach, so the students issued an ultimatum — that ultimately gave them a case of indigestion.

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07:55

JFK once slept here: Famous visitors on campus

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast ·

2021/11/30

JFK once had a bad night's rest in the President's House, and Burt Bacharach tickled the ivories there. Pope John Paul II addressed a crowd of thousands packed onto the Horseshoe. This trip down memory lane has us remembering some of the famous visitors who've come to campus over the years.

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