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6 fresh finds on UofSC campus 🐔

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If Blossom St. traffic is any indication… college is (almost) back in session. Here are six new things Gamecocks will see at UofSC this school year:

🏛 Foundation Square | Plaza in front of Colonial Life Arena (Lincoln + Greene St.) – funded by Richland County Penny program – with sidewalks, bike lanes + 120 trees.

🏆 Championship banners in Colonial Life Arena | 3 new Women’s Basketball championship banners, a Men’s Basketball Final Four banner + an updated fan attendance banner

🏀 New scoreboard | new video board with four screens – each 12 x 20 feet – capable of showing multiple shots of live video, instant replays, stats, animations + more

🏈 DJ at Williams-Brice Stadium | live DJ in Williams-Brice for pre- + in-game entertainment (for pretty much anytime the band isn’t playing) – plus: more fireworks + hype videos

👩‍⚖️ New law school building | $80M, 187,500-sqft law school building at Bull + Gervais St., with 17 classrooms, two courtrooms + the original S.C. Supreme Court bench from the 1870s

🏥 New student health center | 68,000-sqft building next to Thomson Student Health Center, with new technology + more services (physical therapy, counseling, psychiatric care, eye care)

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