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lg§ %\\t ©amecock Rare November snowfall surprises Upstate residents i ■ Greenville-Spartanburg area gets more than an inch of wintry precipitation Sunday f Staff and wire reports An unusual November snow fell across Up state South Carolina on Sunday, leaving an inch or more of snow on some lawns, but causing few prob lems. The snow began falling overnight and kept falling through the morning and afternoon, main ly along the Interstate 85 corridor. By 12:30 p.m., Greer had picked up nearly an inch of snow, said National Wfeather Service meteorologist Doug Out law. Huge flakes reduced visibility in Rock Hill as people made their way to church, but the roads re mained wet with temperatures a degree or two above freezing. The snow fell as far south as the northern Mid lands, and the Highway Patrol uiged drivers to use caution. But with soil temperatures remaining around 50 degrees, roads were expected to stay just wet. The snow was sticking in the South Carolina mountains, which were under a winter weather advisory. More than an inch of snow dusted Paris Mountain by early afternoon. Columbia saw no snow, but many in the metro area reported seeing sleet pellets mixed in with the rain Saturday and Sunday. While November snows are rare, they are not unprecedented, Outlaw said. And the Upstate has seen heavier snows earlier in the month. Greer’s record November snowfall, 1.8 inch es, fell on Nov. 11,1968, Outlaw said. This early snow probably is not an indication of what’s to come, Outlaw said. “Overall, the climatologists... have predicted for the winter near normal temperatures and pre cipitation,” Outlaw said. But the long-range forecast is a little differ ent in the mountains, which are predicted to have colder than normal temperatures and above^ average precipitation. “We might see a snowy winter up there,” Out law said. South Carolina has fallen into the coldest weath er of the season. By Tuesday, highs are forecasts to be mostly in the 40s, rebounding to the 50s by Thanksgiving Day. Harvest Hope from page 1 efiting Harvest Hope on Thursday, Nov. 30. The bands Sour wood Honey and Lifehouse will be performing, and admission is three non-perishable food items. While bringing a few canned goods to get in free to a concert may seem like an insignificant gesture, DelCastillo said that no food donation is too small dur ing this crucial food drive period. “Right now, any donation is a big donation for our clients,” she said. “Now’s a giving time.” The food bank was recently designated by Secretary of State Jim Miles as an “angel” agency, or an organization that spends more money effectively helping people than it does on administrative costs. Each year, Miles compiles a list of ten “angels” and ten “scrooges” within South Carolina’s charities. Angel charities are lauded because they use their funds efficiently to give aid to those who need it, while “scrooge” charities tend to be more wasteful with their money. A complete listing of angels and scrooges can be found at www.scsos.com. The city/statedesk can be reached at gamecockcitydesk@hotniail.com. Friday, November 17 • Assistance rendered, Bates House. Andrew Townes reported to police that Courtney Squires started shaking and biting down on her lip. Reports say Squires started turning purple and her body started seizing up. Townes said Squires was upset because her boyfriend had been arrested earlier by USCPD. • Disorderly conduct, disturbing school. An officer was dispatched to the incident loca tion where he observed Michael Whrd, 18, standing in front of Bates House cyrsing loud ly at people walking by the front of Bates House. The officer arrested Whrd, and he was later transported to Richland County De tention Center. Thursday, November 16 • Malicious injury to private property, Blatt P.E. Center parking lot. USC employee John Durstine, 50, said someone dented the top of his 1996 Nissan 300ZX. Estimated damage was $1,000. • Driving under the influence, open contain er, Washington and Pickens streets. Police saw Gerald Hatcher, 26, driving north on Pickens Street at night with no headlights. An offi cer followed Hatcher for a couple of blocks, and he didn’t turn on his headlights. Finally the officer made a traffic stop at Washington and Pickens streets. Hatcher got out of his car even before the officer could exit his car. The officer observed Hatcher unsteady on his feet and smelled of alcohol. Later, an open bot tle of liquor was found in the space between the seats in the car. Hatcher was arrested and transported to Forest Acres Police De partment, where it was discovered that his blood alcohol level was 0.15; almost twice the legal limit of 0.08. Saturday, November 18 • Accidental damage, 1930 Marion St. (Mar ion Street High Rise). Neal Westbury said someone busted out a 2-foot-by-2-foot glass window at the main entrance of the high rise. Wfestbury thinks the subject is more than like ly a resident who accidentally broke the win dow but is afraid to report the incident. An investigation at the incident location revealed the window was broken from the inside. Es timated Damage: $200. Reporting officer: R.G. Pendleton. • Malicious injury to personal property, 7205 Bailey St (Colony Apartments). Jillian Steven son said someone kicked in the front door of her residence. She was unable to determine whether any personal property was missing or whether the subject had entered the apart ment. Reporting officer S.T. Narewski: • Buiglary, petit larceny, 1005 Craven St, Room No. 1. The victim, Edward Moody, said ^ that upon returning home from work, he dis- ™ covered someone had broken out the window of his room and removed a beige jacket, a 13 inch Phillips color television and $30 cash. There was no collectible evidence left at the scene. Estimated value: $160. Reporting of ficer: G.M. Gates. Friday, November 17 • Burglary, grand larceny, 2129 Oceda St. The victim, Jeffery Beig, said someone entered his residence through an unlocked rear bath room window and removed $1050 in elec tronics, $200 in coins and $ 10 in checks. Up on a search of the area, some of the stolen merchandise was found in a trash dumpster in front of the apartments by the road. Re porting officer: B.K. Mauldin. Palms from page 1 ♦ is a long time to serve as a dean. We’ll have a couple of deans retire. There’ll be some deans we appoint who say after five years, ‘You know, this is hard work, man. You’ve got to be raising money, you’ve got to travel. I’ve got to do all this, I’ve got a young kid. I think I’m going back and teaching in the classroom.’ It’s not-unusual to do that. It’s unusual to do what we’ve done: almost replace all of the deans over a ten-year period. Gamecock You said you were going to make some schools “cathedrals of excellence, ”but “everybody can’t be world-class. ” Which departments are you planning on not making a cathedral out of quite yet? Palms: Well, it depends on — some of these de partments will be relying on bringing in their own finances, because the mon ey’s out there.... So if you gave me a million dollars, and * said, ‘OK, what are you go ing to do with this money,’ ® the first thing I’d do, I’d say, j probably put it in scholar ships for outstanding students. ^ Then, I’d build these four j colleges that are essential for AAU: engineering, liberal »■ arts, math and science, and ; I\i irinArr TTirtn T iimnl/4 * because I have a tremendous obligation to the state for K-12,1 would ensure that my college of edu cation is putting out the teachers and we’re meeting our responsibility to the state.... Now, I’ll help journalism get money. But I know the legis lature’s not going to give me enough money ... where I make the choice, I can give some to journalism and give some to criminal justice, et cetera. But I’ll work to try to get them outside money as much as I possibly can. As I’ve said, this state has not had a lot of money to give flagship in stitutions to start new programs and to majorly en hance new programs. We have done it very in crementally. Gamecock: Going back to hiring new deans, we’ve just hired a business school dean not too long ago who came from the corporate world as opposed to the academic world. How does that fare for in creasing research? Palms: Let me just say that in some of the profes sional schools — by professional schools I mean pharmacy, nursing, law and business — you can bring professionals in from the outside who have unusual accomplishments and let them run those schools. That does not mean the school is not go ing to continue to do scholarship and teach. But if you take the qualities of a Joel Smith, who was just hired, a man who helped build Bank of Amer ica through acquisitions and consolidation, a man wiiu^e ltxi oyuieiu in Charleston, a man who’s run the Mid lands Economic De velopment Alliance —he has talents of bringing people to gether and finding resources. He’s a good listener. He’s intelli gent. He understands the culture of the fac ulty. The faculty recommended him. I would nev er have hired him if the faculty hadn’t said, ‘This is who we want.’ I told him he had to go through the process. I said... ‘You have to understand; you have to go through this interview process. And if the faculty doesn’t recommend you, I’m not go ing to hire you.’ Any time you hire a new dean, it doesn’t come without some risk.... He’s been well received by the business community. One of his jobs is to raise money. He’s already shown he can raise money by heading the national campaign for the Spoleto. He’s served on our business part nership board, so I know he understands our busi ness school. We’re hiring a new dean for the jour nalism school. It may be a professional. ... Gamecock: Speaking of that, we know that one of them dropped out. Which just leaves two now to pick from ofdiat batch.... Is them a possibility that you might open up the search further? Palms: I met with the search committee last week; we had a thorough discussion about this, this was one of the issues that came up. Do we stick with the candidates that we have or do we open the search up again? I can’t tell you how we came out. I can tell you we are in continuing discussion with the candidates. I think that’s a fair statement. Gamecock: One of the things that has become a major focus over the past couple of years at the university is getting state legislature funding up. The performance-based funding — I think we get about 70 percent of what the formula said last year. How do we do that? How do you get that up? Palms: You’ve got this formula. It’s got 37 indi cators. You’ve got three research universities, the four-year campuses, and two-year campuses, and they’re trying to use the same formula to eval uate all three. The formula doesn’t fit. The three research universities have been working with the commission on higher education to reduce the num ber of parameters from 37 to... about 12 that re ally make a difference to us. And we want those to be weighed, so that what’s very important to us — fellowships, teaching, research is weighed more than it would be weighed at a two-year campus or a four-year campus. We’re doing the same thing with our four-year campuses and our two-year cam puses. And that’s an ongoing process.... I’m talk ing regularly with the presidents of Clemson and MUSC on these issues. We’re doing this tiling to gether. ... But it’s very political. Nobody wants to sacrifice so somebody else can be enhanced. So po litically, the best thing that could be is that you made the pie bigger and everybody gets a bigger slice. _ Gamecock: If the General Assembly does pass the lot tery, do you think there will be a bigger pie? Palms: A lot of it... will go for scholarship money... so you people don’t have to pay so much tuition. I mean, you get $2,000 a year for a B-av erage coming out of high school just automatically. vjamecouc. is me luueiy something you support? Palms: Now that it’s passed, I’ll speak up. I didn’t speak up, didn’t think the university should have a position.... But now that it’s passed, I certainly support it going to higher education, which was the intent in the first place. Gamecock: You mentioned earlier that the bi centennial campaign has already raised more than $300 million. And we Ve set a goal of $500 mil- ® lion. The man who helped up get to the $300 mil lion and beyond, Charles Phlegar, as you know, is leaving. What do you think his departure does to the campaign ? Does it hurt the campaign ? And do you think Robert Staton, who’s his replacement, is going to be able to carry on? Palms: Wfell, I asked, I asked Charlie, I said, ‘Char lie, do you think I can really raise this $500 mil lion without you?’ He kind of laughed, he said, ‘Of course you can.’... I think we can raise the $500 million. There’s a big organization doing this.... Bob Staton is another proven CEO and manager who ran a company. But he’s very well known in the state of South Carolina. The business people all know him. Other people know that he’s been the CEO of Colonial Life. He has a national pres _ ence.... WTiether he’s guuig iu ue ^niuuieiR, ^ I don’t know. He doesn’t know that he’s going to like us. We don’t that we’re going to like him. But he’s going to be there un til the spring, and in the meantime we’re going to look around and see who’s available. Come spring, if people like him and he’s doing a good job, there’s a pos aiuuiiy tic u suxy uii. n not, we’ll have surveyed the country and seen who’s available and we’ll move on. Charlie’s done a great job ... and I hate to see him leave, but he’s been asked to run a $3 billion campaign worldwide. Hop kins is an AAU institution. I don’t mind losing peo- 4 pie — I do mind losing people, but... [if] they’re going to AAU institutions, I can understand it.... I think they recognize we have a good thing go ing here. They’re going to try to steal people from us. There’ll be some deans we ppoint who say after five ears, ‘You know, this is hard /ork, man. You’ve got to be aising money, you’ve got to ravel.’ ‘In some of the professional schools... you can bring professionals in from the outside who have unusual accomplishments and let them run those schools. ’ ‘Now that [the lottery] passed, I’ll speak up. I didn’t speak up, didn’t think the uni versity should have a position. ... 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