by William Moultrie

Columbia – Dr. George Rekers returned home to South Carolina this morning amid a flurry of questions surrounding reports that he was traveling Europe with a male prostitute. Rekers, a professor of Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Science Emeritus at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, has been an outspoken opponent of homosexuality for years. Read the full story

by William Moultrie

Columbia – Ending years of speculation and accusations, Will Folks’ influential South Carolina blog, FITSNews.com, has finally been revealed to be secretly financed by a previously undisclosed source.

FITSNews has a well-earned reputation for playing favorites among palmetto state politicians. The slant is unapologetically conservative, but frequently launches scathing attacks on Republican candidates and office-holders, leading to speculation that his opinions are for sale. Read the full story

by Ashley Phosphate

Columbia – Contradicting published reports that he’d signed a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, Gamecocks head ball coach Steve Spurrier announced yesterday that the USC has officially hired former Atlanta Falcon star Michael Vick despite Vick’s 18-month prison stay for dog fighting and gambling.  Vick himself seemed pleased to be back in football.  Read the full story

by William Moultrie

Columbia – School administrators are delighted at a new, seemingly less suggestive t-shirt that’s been popping up around campus this summer.
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by Watkins Varnadore

Columbia – South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, speaking at the University of South Carolina commencement ceremonies at the Colonial Center Saturday, berated graduates who had taken out too much money in student loans to pay for their education.

“You look at that degree you are about to hold, and you tell me you didn’t trade your future away to get it,” the republican governor said midway into his remarks. “I look at you and all I see are slaves in an economic plantation system. And to think you sought out help from the government to get this worthless piece of paper. Read the full story