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2 Killed, 1 Injured in Shooting at SC State University

Campus was locked down for more than 8 hours

(Newser) - A shooting inside a South Carolina State University residence hall late Thursday left two people dead and another wounded, prompting an overnight lockdown. The gunfire was reported around 9:15pm in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student housing complex on the Orangeburg campus, about 45 miles southeast of Columbia,...

School Erases Debts of Students Who Left

South Carolina State hopes debt-free students will return

(Newser) - One university is using federal pandemic relief money to cancel $9.8 million in loans owed by students who left school because of money problems. It's an effort to help the former students resume their education and graduate without debt, the Guardian reports. "No student should have to...

Student Fatally Shot at S. Carolina State; 1 Arrested

Motive remains unclear in death of Brandon Robinson

(Newser) - A student was shot and killed yesterday outside an on-campus dorm at South Carolina State University, and police say they've caught the suspected gunman off campus, reports AP . Brandon Robinson, 20, was shot outside a dorm about 1:30pm, reports the State , which lists him as a junior on...

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