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ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Quickly rallying around their president and campus leaders, the South Carolina State University community gathered outside an auditorium Tuesday night to say no.
The group was calling for a measure to shutter the university's doors for a fiscal year to be killed.
"I think one thing is clear," said President Thomas Elzey. "South Carolina State University will not close."
A South Carolina House subcommittee on higher education voted 3-1 Tuesday afternoon to cease operations at South Carolina State university in Orangeburg.
Democratic Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter of Orangeburg cast the "no" vote.
Elzey went on to say the problems with the university's finances did not happen overnight, and they won't be fixed immediately either.
Meanwhile, SC State's Twitter account said it was vowing to fight the measure. A Facebook post by the university called for everyone to stay calm.
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