The Gamecock newspaper

The Daily Gamecock (formerly The Gamecock) is the daily student newspaper of the University of South Carolina. It primarily serves the main campus of the university in Columbia and regional campuses of the University of South Carolina System in the state of South Carolina. As of March 2007, the Gamecock circulated 12,000 papers each weekday and claimed a daily readership of 30,000. According to the South Carolina Press Association, The Daily Game... more

The Daily Gamecock (formerly The Gamecock) is the daily student newspaper of the University of South Carolina. It primarily serves the main campus of the university in Columbia and regional campuses of the University of South Carolina System in the state of South Carolina. As of March 2007, the Gamecock circulated 12,000 papers each weekday and claimed a daily readership of 30,000. According to the South Carolina Press Association, The Daily Gamecock is South Carolina's 14th largest newspaper. The newspaper is editorially independent from the university. The newspaper is printed at the press of the The State in Columbia The first issue of The Gamecock was published on January 30, 1908. Robert Gonzales, a student, was largely responsible for the paper's establishment. In its first semester only three issues were produced, but in the following term the paper began weekly production. The paper eventually moved to publication on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and in the fall semester of... less