it calls for the university to rename the hall and stop honoring then tillman, cash stop honoring ben tillman. tillman was an avowed white supremacist, which has stirred up a lot of debate on the campus. the building was also vandalized in july. the same week the confederate flag was removed from the statehouse grounds. >> i suppose it's unfortunate that someone felt the need to take that particular course of action. aly: a university spokesperson says they hope this crime doesn't take away from efforts history. right now, the university is looking to charge the person responsible. again, you see the signs that were put up to cover the graffitti. signs supporting the football team as they head national championship game. happening this morning just down the way at the westzone on centinnial boulevard, the athletics department invites you to help send off the players to arizona. the gathering starts at 11:45 and the buses will be loaded about 12:30 en route to the national title. clemson. geoff: thank you. a wyff news 4 update in simpsonville, more cases of vandalism are being reported

this video shows the messages painted on the building, calling hall and stop honoring ben tillman. tillman was an avowed white supremacist, which has stirred up a lot of debate on the the building was also vandalized the same week, the confederate flag was removed from the statehouse grounds. >> i suppose it's unfortunate that someone felt the need to take that particicar course of action. aly: a university spokesperson says they hope this crime doesn't take away from efforts to tell the school's full history. right now, the university is looking to charge the person responsible. you cannot see the graffiti, but you can see clemson beat bama because they are heading to the national championship game today. happening this morning just down the way at the westzone on centinnial boulevard, the athletics department invites you to help send off the players to arizona. the gathering starts at 11:45 and the buses will be loaded about 12:30 en route to the national title. aly myles wyff news 4 live in clemson. allyson: dale, you are saying if you will go to that, you should bring your umbr

many have called for it to be re-named because of it's history.it's named after former governor "ben tillman" -- who was a known white surpemacist.in this latest vandalism incident...a message was spray painted on two walls of the building.they read "stop honoring tillman"...and on the adjacent wall..."rename tillman hall."maintenance workers have since covered up the graffiti while they work 3 3 3 3 there's a better way to get your message out than defacing state property it is a crime and will be handled as such 3 3 3 i dont think that was necessary i think there are better ways to show that agree with something someone has to clean that up and thats kind of a burdan on the school to do that so i think there are better ways to solve problume than that that 3 initially, clemson's board of trustees said the name would not be changed...but the school eventually launched a task force to look at the university's history and consider an official name change of tillman and other buildings on campus.that task force has yet to come to a decision on what comes next. next.officials say the va

they call for the university to rename the halaland stop honoring ben tillman. he was a white supremacist, which has stirred up a lot of debate on the campus. the building was also vandalized in july, the same week the confederate flag was removed from the statehouse grounds. >> i suppose it is unfortunate that course of action. aly: the university spokesperson says they hope this crime doesn't take away from efforts to tell the school's full history. responsible. again, you will see signs that were put up to support the football team. the national championship game is happening this morning. the athletics department invites you to help send off the players to arizona. the gathering starts at 11:45 and the buses will be loaded and on their way by 12:30 two the national title. geoff: i am assuming there will be a big crowd there this morning. we are hoping they will pull it off monday night. allyson: will they be standing in the rain? dale: we will see another chance of showers tomorrow. a quick look out from our skycam network. we have light rain falling. watch

ben tillman was a known white supremacist, and that has stirred up a lot of debate on campus. a student who helped organized rallies in support of changing the name says vandalizing the building wasn't the right way to spread a message. >> i suppose it's unfortunate that someone felt the need to take that particular course of action,

many want it re-named because its namesake -- former governor "ben tillman" -- was a known white surpemacist. authorities say someone spray building sometime early thursday morningthey read "stop honoring tillman"...and on the adjacent wall..."rename tillman hall."maintenance workers have covered it up and are working to remove it. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes.we'll send it back out to nicole in phoenix.. phoenix.. 3 3 mostly cloudy today with scattered showers sticking around throughout the morning. this afternoon rain will taper off as highs peak near 50 degrees area-wide. overnight lows will fall into the low 40s and upper 30s under mostly cloudy skies. wet weather will likely return on saturday. 3 chris is standing by in the traffic center: 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 clemson tiger fans are getting pumped for monday's national championship.if you're not headed west with the team.. we've got info on how you can give them a proper send off.. that's coming up next. 3 here's a live look at gsp airport -- you're watching the

many want it re-named because its namesake -- former governor "ben tillman" -- was a known white surpemacist. authorities say someone spray painted two messages on the building sometime early thursday morningthey read "stop honoring tillman"...and on the adjacent wall..."rename tillman hall."maintenance workers have covered it up and are working to remove it. 3 3 critics of the president's gun control policies are hoping heard.the president spoke at a town hall thursday at george mason university that was moderated by cnn's anderson cooper.he promoted the executive actions he made on tuesday affecting background checks.analysts say they were surprised by the respect both sides had for each other. here's part of what the president had to say. 3 3 3 "if we could combine gun safety with sensible background checks and some other checks, we're not going to eliminate gun violence but we will lessen it." it."president obama says he wants to politicize mass shootings to stop them.taya kyle -- the widow of american sniper chris kyle says the president's gun laws will only hurt crime victims.the presi

many want it re-named because its namesake -- former governor "ben tillman" -- was a known white surpemacist. authorities say someone spray painted two messages on the building sometime early thursday morningthey read "stop honoring tillman"...and on the adjacent wall..."rename tillman hall."maintenance are working to remove it. 3 critics of the president's gun control policies are hoping their arguments are being heard. heard.the president spoke at a town hall thursday at george mason university that was moderated by cnn's anderson cooper.he promoted the executive actions he made on tuesday affecting background checks.analysts say they were surprised by the respect both sides had for each other. here's some of what the president had to say. 3 3 3 "if we could combine gun safety with sensible background checks and some other checks, we're not going to eliminate gun violence but we will lessen it." it."president obama says he wants to politicize mass shootings to stop them.taya kyle -- the widow of american sniper chris kyle says the president's gun laws will only hurt crime victims.the presi

ben tillman was a known white supremacist, and that has stirred up emotions on campus. here's a look at graffiti that was painted on the building in july, the same week the confederate flag was removed from the state house grounds. >> i guess i understand the frustration behind the name, and who the guy was, but i don't think that's the way to go about it. corey: a university spokesperson said in part, quote, "we understand that there are strong opinions about tillman, but vandalism of an historic property is a crime, and we have to treat it as such." signs promoting school spirit, as the football team heads to the national championship. coming up at 6:00, we spoke with a student who organized rallies to change the name of tillman hall. we'll have his reaction for you tonight. corey davis, wyff news 4, in clemson. nigel: in simpsonville, people near rocky creek missionary baptist church say their car windows were shot out the same night the church was vandalized. wyff news 4's aly myles spoke with some of those neighbors. >> it's just unbelievable. people like this, the

ben tillman was an avowed white supremacist, and that has stirred up a lot of debate on the campus. the building was also vandalized in july, the same week the confederate flag was removed from the statehouse grounds. >> i suppose it's unfortunate that someone felt the need to take that particular course of action. carol: today, a crew covered the graffiti with signs supporting the football team as they head to the national championship game. a university spokesperson says they hope this crime doesn't take away from efforts to tell the school's full history. right now, the university is looking to charge the person responsible. michael: the university of south christmas gift, the hoverboard. no more hoverboards on campus. usc officials say the ban went into effect january 1. it bans the device from all campus housing buildings. an official issued the following statement, saying in part, quote, "the safety of students is a primary concern of the university, and hoverboards, like any motorized vehicle used indoors, pose a risk to both the riders and bystanders." end quote. carol: "res

many have called for it to be re-named because of it's history.it's named after former governor "ben tillman" -- who was a known white surpemacist.in this latest vandalism incident...a message was spray painted on two walls of the building.they read "stop honoring tillman"...and on the adjacent wall..."rename tillman hall."maintenance workers have since covered up the graffiti while they work to remove it. 3 3 3 3 there's a better way to get your message out than defacing state property it is a crime 3 3 3 i dont think that was necessary i think there are better ways to show that agree with something someone has to clean that up and thats kind of a burdan on the school to do that so i think there are better ways to solve problume than that thatinitially, clemson's board of trustees said the name would not be changed...but the school eventually launched a task force to look at the university's history and change of tillman and other buildings on campus.that task force has yet to come to a decision on what comes next. next.officials say the vandalism happened sometime overnight or earl

tillman so much but finally what happens. over here the leader of the gold forces said we don't we give each side of ten minutes and what happens is that gives him a chance to give not a 20 minute speech with a 30 minute speech and of a 30 minute speech is a brilliant piece of work that he delivers without a single node having outlined in his mind and having played out the final moments several days before at the debate in nebraska that he literally looked chicago where the convention was to pick up to speak in nebraska and he gives across the gold speech and literally. overnight it was a crown of thorns he dabbles his hands on the side of his head and holds out his arms, his head is up to his chest is out and he finishes it is complete silence. he drops his hands and steps back. and the atlanta constitution says that it was silent for a few moments more. it was held in fearful silence for a few moments more and then the place explodes. it's got to be one of the great marvels of political convention and moves nebraska. they m

but the other principal speaker who is going to talk on this is pitchfork ben tillman of south carolina who wants to be the closer. but senator hill of new york who is the leader of the gold forces subject because he knows if tillman closes, he will spend his entire time kicking hill around. so he objects. but it does this versus tillman. he fights over the issue and how much time each side will have to close to make their final argument. he wants the longer time to speak so he takes the opening argument 50 minutes and gives the closing 20 minutes over to what is supposed to be 30 minute but gets cut to 20 minutes over to william jennings bryan. the final action however occurs just before brian is ready to speak to knows that where the gold manner closing, silberman opens the debate, goldman speaks, goldman speaks, silberman closes. what happens is he stands up. it is so disgraceful. he brings up the civil war. he insults every northern democrat. he excoriates cleveland and he calls this a sectional argument. senator jones of arkansas stands up and says i were the color of the south dur