Traditions
This is the song that is played at athletic events, typically when USC scores
Sandstorm
Biological Sciences
The buildings on the Horseshoe were used as this during the Civil War
A hospital
This is the name of our women's basketball coach
Dawn Staley
This is the name of our football stadium
Williams-Brice
This is the name of our live mascot (not Cocky)
Sir Big Spur
This is the size of the current freshman class
7,829
This is the original name of USC
South Carolina College
This is the name of our quarterback
LaNorris Sellers
This is the part of campus that housed the original college
The Horseshoe
This is the last line of the alma mater
Here's a health Carolina, forever to thee
This is the first year that U101 was offered
1972
This is the year USC was founded (under it's original name)
1801
This band formed at USC in 1986
Hootie and the Blowfish
This offers free food, clothing, and supplies to USC students, staff, and faculty
The Gamecock CommUnity Shop
This is the name of the song played during the football team's entrance
2001
This is the percentage of first-year students that are taking U101 this fall
86%
USC is home to the first college library building in the nation, named this
The Caroliniana Library
This is the name of USC's current president
President Amiridis
This is the name of the monument located in the middle of the Horseshoe
Maxcy Monument
This is the name of the pep rally held annually before the football game against Clemson
Tiger Burn
This major has been ranked #1 by the U.S. News & World Report for 25 straight years
International Business
This person, the first Black professor at USC, is honored with a statue outside of Thomas Cooper Library
Richard T. Greener
This famous visitor in 1987 said, "It is wonderful to be young. It is wonderful to be young and be a student. It is wonderful to be young and to be a student at the University of South Carolina."
Pope John Paul II
This was the first building on campus
Rutledge College