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By The Associated Press
USC moved a step closer Tuesday
to winning approval for the
controversial purchase of a downtown
Columbia hotel.
The Legislature's Joint Bond
Review Committee approved the
$3.95 million purchase on a 7-1
vote after about an hour discussing
the building's condition.
The university must now get ap
proval from the state Budget and
Control Board before it can go
ahead with the purchase. The Resolution
Trust Corp., the arm of
the federal government set up to
sell properties from insolvent savings
and loans, currently owns the
building.
If USC wins the approval, the
hotel would be purchased through
bonds backed by tuition
collections.
During the hearing, lawmakers
questioned USC President John
Palms about the presence of asbestos
in the hotel.
Palms and other USC officials
said the asbestos in the building
presents little risk because it is
hard and unlikely to deteriorate
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Rv I T WACRNHF.TM
Staff Writer
A committee appointed by USC
President John Palms is searching
for a new provost and vice president
of Academic Affairs.
The committee, chaired by English
professor Don Greiner, is looking
for someone who can help develop
USC as a major multicampus,
public university.
Greiner said the committee is
thoroughly examining the nominees'
academic and teaching credentials
as well as their significant
accomplishments in academic
administration.
As of yesterday afternoon, there
were 136 nominations for the posi'
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Asbestos fibers have bpen
known to cause a form of lung
cancer.
USC wants the hotel for office
space. Some faculty which may
move into the building could come
from other USC offices which
need to have more dangerous asbestos
removed, Palms said.
"We have a serious asbestos
problem on the campus," Palms
said. "This will allow us to move
the faculty out of those facilities
and renovate that space."
The meeting featured one tense
exchange between Palms and the
panel's vice chairman, Sen. Hugh
Leatherman, D-Florence.
Leatherman insisted the building
had asbestos which "someday,
somebody's going to make us do
something with." He asked Palms
how he could justify moving students
and faculty from buildings
which have asbestos into another
building with asbestos.
"Respectfully, I don't agree with
you," Palms said. "The asbestos in
the buildings we have on the cam>earch
be
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y for pos
tion. The provost and vice president
of Academic Affairs is USC's
chief academic officer.
The nominations came from all
over the country, spanning from
Hawaii and Alaska to the northeastern
United States. There were
also a few international nominations,
Greiner said.
"I am particulary impressed with
the range from which the nominations
are coming. They are not just
from the Southeast," Greiner said.
Greiner said diversity also is apparent
in the nominees' academic
disciplines. Candidates are professors
of medicine, law, the arts, the
sciences, journalism, engineering
' and music as well as many others.
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Sen. John Drummond, D-Nine
Six, was the Joint Bond Revie
Committee's lone dissenter. I
cited worries about the increase
cost of removing asbestos and tl
liability to the state of having it
the building.
"We ought not to let that clot
the picture," argued Rep. Bil
Boan, D-Kershaw. "This is a vali
able piece of property."
Palms also told the panel tl
building was worth far more tht
the $3.95 million price. The state
appraiser put the property's vali
at $3,545 million, deducting tl
cost for removing asbestos from
price more than $4 million.
USC argued the appraisal di
not take into account the value i
the university of having addition
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You will never see on a piece <
paper 10 years from now that ai
quiring this hotel allowed us I
hire some of the best young pr<
fessors coming out of gradual
school today," Palms said.
gins,
ition
"Almost every possibl
academic discipline is represent!
by this group of nominations," 1
said.
Greiner said he also is ir
pressed with the quality of tho
who are applying for the positic
Most of the applicants represe
public institutions rather than p
i -ii
vaie universities ana colleges.
The committee will select 10
15 finalists from the large numb
of applicants. They then will inte
view these finalists and eventual
choose the new officer. For no1
sub-committees plan to revie
each of the nominees' applicatior
Greiner said.
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BATES AREA
A male student reported an u nknown si
ject broke his passenger side window with
unknown object. The incident occu rred in a s
dent lot on Heyward Street and was reporl
Jan. 25. Estimated damage to the car is reporl
et at $75.
A leather jacket, bookbag and several ti
ty tbooks were stolen from a student's locker
w the band hall on South Main Stree.'t. The gra
je larceny of clothes was reported Jan. 24, and
i(j timated value of the stolen goods is $335.
le BA vehicle parked in the Bates lot on Wha
jn Street was damaged when an unknown subj
broke the rear-passenger side window. The
cident was reported Jan. 24. Estimated dame
id to the window is $210.
ly BA student playing basketball in the Sol B1
a- P.E. Center broke the plexiglass backboard a
rim on one of the basketball courks. When l
le subject realized what he had done, he fled i
in scene. Witnesses allegedly tried to apprehe
's the subject but were unsuccessful. USC Pol
le were called to the scene, and their investigat:
le continues. Estimated damage to the real pr<
a erty is $800. The incident occurred Jan. 24.
BA female student reported that ;a male thr
id her into a wall at Bates West. Apparently,
to two were arguing about a sketch the man dr
al of the woman and her friends. The woman 1
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3f The incident was reported Jan. 24.
> BA wallet was stolen from a man's lockei
to the P.E. Center. The student left his locker 1
> unattended on a bench in the lockeroom. G
te totaling $100 and the wallet (estimated va
$200) containing an array of credit cards a
identification were reported stolen J an. 23.
TOWERS AREA
BA student's back tire, rim, shaft, seat p<
seat and rear break cord were stolen from
secured bicycle in the Laborde bicycle rack. E
mated value of the stolen goods is $150. The
cident was reported Jan. 27.
BUnknown subjects made two bomb thre
to Longstreet Theatre Jan. 26. The area v
checked and found to be clean.
A rnmnlaintant seized mariiuana and di
paraphernalia from a resident of Moore.
se complaintant then notified USCPD, and the s
>n' ject turned over all drugs and drug-related i
'I?t terials. USCPD took the report Jan. 2.6.
n" BA resident of Baker reported that an
known subject has illegally used ?u telephc
The subject hangs up every time s?he answ
the phone. She notified USCPD Jan. 23.
MA resident of Baker reported someone t<
her bookbag containing textbooks worth $1
Her room was reportedly secured at the time
1S the theft. The incident was reported Jan. 23.
A student reported someone broke into
secured vehicle and stole her golf clubs, vah
_ at $200. The incident took place in a parking
on Blossom Street and was reported Jan. 22.
timated damage to the vehicle is reported to
$250.
CAROLINA COLISEUM AREA
Grand larceny of money was reported
the Office of Continuing Education when it r<
ized that items totaling $230 were missing frits
records. An investigation continues conce
ing this incident reported Jan. 24.
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Suspicious persons were reportedly looking
in cars parked in the Pendleton Street Garage.
lce USCPD were notified and apprehended two
white males on level 7A of the garage. A case
cutter was found in the pocket of one of the subjects,
and he was charged with carrying a concet^e
aled weapon. Further investigation found a
ew broken into vehicle in the garage. Both subjects
, appeared to be heavily intoxicated. The incident
occurred Jan. 28.
^ MA student reported his vehicle was stolen
. -n from a student lot on Pendleton Street. The 1984
white Plymouth is valued at $3,000 and was re*
^ ported stolen Jan. 23.
Iue MA vehicle parked on Pendleton Street was
^ broken into and textbooks were stolen. The
rear window on the driver's side was smashed.
Estimated value of the textbooks stolen in this
Jan. 22 incident is $56.
HUMANITIES/CAPSTONE AREA
ast, ia student reported his bicycle was stolen
s from the bicycle rack at Columbia Hall- Estis^"
mated value of the stolen property is $450. The
m" incident was reported Jan. 27.
:ats RUSSELL HOUSE/WOMEN'S QUAD AREA
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A female student reported a man exposed
ru8 himself on level three of the Thomas Cooper Libraiy.
The incident was reported Jan. 26.
u BA disc jockey for WUSC-FM, Russell House,
Tia~ reported someone made harrassing telephone
calls to the radio station. The incident was rean~
ported Jan. 26.
,ne- BAn unattended bookbag was stolen from
rers the University Bookstore at the Russell House.
The bag contained textbooks, computer discs
ancj notebooks. Estimated value of the stolen
1 goods is $149. This incident was reported Jan.
;of 24.
BA resident of McClintock reported an unher
known male illegally used the telephone to
red leave obscene messages on her machine. The
message tape was taken for evidence, and the
Es- incident was reported Jan. 24.
be BA Wade Hampton resident reported her
typewriter was stolen from her secured room.
Four black males entered the dorm. While one
distracted the desk assistant, the other three entered
the dorm and stole the property. An investigation
continues concerning this Jan. 23
by incident.
?al- BTextbooks were reported stolen from the
om Thomas Cooper Library Jan. 22. A student rern
ported someone entered her unattended carrel
and removed the property valued at $111.
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