Two weeks ago Congress passed, and President Barack Obama subsequently signed into law, a bill designed to overhaul the health insurance industry. Most of the coverage of this law has focused on the politics of the passing; some have dealt with real world impacts; almost none have focused on the specific impacts to college students.

Isaiah Nelson has been disqualified from the Student Government Association's presidential election after exceeding the $400 campaign expenditure limit. Mr. Nelson won 70 percent of the vote, handily beating Elliot Dickerson.

A former Washington Post military correspondent answered the question on the mind of anyone considering the United States’ position in Iraq and Afghanistan, ‘how screwed are we?’ with a simple answer: screwed.

President George Benson announced to students on Feb. 4 that the College would be implementing a five percent cut in all campus operating budgets, with the exception of core operating areas, according to his e-mail.

Politics in South Carolina have been seen in a negative light lately. With actions and remarks made by Governor Mark Sanford, Representative Joe Wilson and Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer covering the headlines all over the country, South Carolina students are speaking out.

President Barack Obama has had a rocky first year in office. But he made at least one indisputably sagacious policy decision: when he found out his State of the Union address would preempt the season debut of “Lost,” the president rescheduled the speech.

The Students Assisting Veterans organization was started last semester so that students could support U.S. troops overseas. The organization volunteers to help veterans and show soldiers that college students care about them.

Tuesday night, President Obama delivered a major speech concerning his our nation's involvement in Afghanistan.  This was against the backdrop of Republican criticism that he was stalling and increasing discontent with the prospect of an escalation from the left.  The bullet-points?  30 000 troops are headed to Afghanistan to help stabilize the Afghan government and a timetable for the withdrawal of our troops from that country.

The College’s only student-run theater organization, Center Stage, is one of the campus’s oldest organizations and has been producing theater since before the School of the Arts was established. Center Stage produces student-directed plays, is philanthropically minded, and many members successfully continue in theater after graduating.

Most students and faculty at the College have heard his name, listened to his speeches and seen his pictures. However, most don’t know what the president of the College, P. George Benson, does on a day-to-day basis. The George Street Observer decided to follow him around for a day and dive into the life of a university president.