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Akin
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University spokesman Russ
McKinney said the advancement
model is more common among
universities and that Sorensen
took his time to make sure the
right person was selected for the
job.
“More pressure is on us now
for outside,fund raising because
of state budget cuts,” McKinney
said.
Hudson spent the past eight
years directing Ball State’s fund
raising campaign, which ex
ceeded its goal by $23 million and
secured a record number of gifts
in 2000. He plans to continue his
relationship approach to fund
raising at USC.
“It’s not like turning on a spig
ot and the gifts start coming in,”
he said. “The relationships will
continue that the staff and facul
ty and others have nurtured
through the years. I hope to build
on that and make it stronger.”
USC has suffered a series of fi
nancial pitfalls over the past
three years; with state budget
cuts eliminating $41 million from
the university’s budget. With
more cuts expected, USC has
started looking for other means
of raising money.
“When you’re in the business
to raise private support, you fish
where the fish are,” Akin said.
“You are attracted to those peo
ple who have the ability to make
gifts or make a difference by giv
ing their gift and work on that
relationship so that they feel
good about what they are doing.”
Akin said money generated
by tuition will become increas
ingly important as the state con
tinues to cut the budget, but that
he will seek ways to avoid that
so that students can have “the
best experience possible.”
“Private sources will be hard
pressed to make up some of the
differences where the budget has
been cut,” Akin said. “But that’s
my job, is to try to seek out those
people and find those people or
those entities or groups who
would want to support the insti
tution.”
“When you’re in the
business to raise
private support, you
fish where the fish are.”
HUDSON AKIN
NEW VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY
DEVELOPMENT
What attracted Akin to USC
was the fact that it is a state in
stitution, and the opportunities
for advancement are greater
than-they are at a non-state
school. Akin made several visits
to USC, meeting with faculty,
staff and Sorensen before he was
offered the job.
“Hudson is highly regarded by
senior development officials
around the country for his lead
ership and his achievements in
institutional fund raising,”
Sorensen said in a news release.
“I am delighted that he has agreed
to join us at USC because his vi
sion, his knowledge and his expe
riences in this area are critically
important to the university.”
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The panel consisted of State
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, formei
House minority leader; Rep
James Harrison, chairman ol
the House Judiciary Committee
Sen. Hugh Leatherman Sr.
chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee; and Rep. James
Smith, House minority leader.
The five questions to which
panelists were asked to respond
were the ones Sanford used to
outline his agenda:
♦ Do we have a government
that is accountable?
♦ Does our state government
spend your money the way you
do? This goes straight back to the
structure of government.
♦ Are we competitive? In the
information age, this is increas
ingly a question of education.
♦ Are there innovative things
we can do to raise income and re
vive wealth creation in our
state?
♦ Are we doing what is need
ed to maintain or improve our
quality of life?
In response to these ques
tions, the panelists spoke about
the problems of the budget
deficit. Leatherman said South
Carolina has been “over-obli
gated” in its spending habits. As
a result, South Carolina is look
ing at a deficit between $400 mil
lion and $800 million this year,
and Leatherman projects spend
ing cuts between 10 percent and
21 percent.
“It’s been obvious over the
years that the government has
the propensity to spend every
penny that it has,” Harrison said.
“We’ve got to be doing a better
job of setting our priorities.”
Cobb-Hunter focused on equi
ty in educational funding, which
she said could take care of other
points on the agenda, such as
bridging the income gap and an
increase in the standard of living.
“There is something wrong
with an education system where
the education of a child is based
on geography,” Cobb-Hunter
said.
However, in a government try
ing to remedy its budget deficit,
education funding for children in
South Carolina has actually de
creased, Cobb-Hunter said.
One way to provide funding
would be to raise taxes,, but
Cobb-Hunter said this would be
difficult because many legisla
tors are unwilling to even enter
tain the idea.
“What you ought to know is
that there are 61 exemptions for
a variety of things,” she said.
“The problem that I have is not
so much that there’s a special in
terest for each of those exemp
tions. My problem is that we
can’t even get a meaningful dis
cussion about any of them.”
First-year student Amanda
Bernard said she thought taxes
were the most important issue
discussed and that she appreci
ated “the fact that they ac
knowledged that you can’t low
er taxes like people would like.”
The debate was the latest in a
series of public seminars spon
sored by the West Forum on
Politics and Policy, which was
founded in 2002 as a nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization in USC’s
Government and International
Studies Department.
The debate’s purpose was to
“promote civic values of broad,
informed, democratic political
involvement” and “advance pub
lic understanding of political
processes,” according to the
West Forum objectives.
Third-year political-science
student Johnathan Tufts said he
came to see the debate because
he’s “also really interested in
Gov. Sanford’s new approach to
governing South Carolina and
the changes that he’s made in
the general running of things. ”
After seeing the results of the
first 30 days since Sanford took
office, however, panelists said
they have not seen many
changes, and they stressed the
need for leadership in the gover
nor’s office and in the General
Assembly to change the status
quo.
“What we’re lacking is
courage and vision to just step
out and take some heat,” Cobb
Hunter said. “I just believe that
leadership is not doing what’s
popular, but doing what’s right.
That seems to be a minority opin
ion in the General Assembly.”
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School of Music. Last year’s event
brought in more than $8,000.
“It is truly a night to see what
the School of Music is all about,”
fourth-year music student
Lindsey Gore said. “Our selec
tions range from jazz to opera, so
you are sure to find something to
suit your taste.”
Kia Faison, a fall 2002 USC
graduate and administrative as
sistant for Carolina Alive, said:
“It’s always been a lot of fun. This
is our time to shine in front of an
elite audience that shows such
strong dedication and spirit to
ward our school.”
In addition to the various en
sembles performing Saturday
night, there will also be a silent
auction held by retired WIS
weatherman Joe Pinner. Patrons
will be able to bid on paintings,
sculptures and gift baskets from
local venders, as well as faculty
and student ensembles. The en
sembles will perform music by re
quest for the winning bidders.
Band and music fraternities
and sororities will help with valet
parking, coat check-in and guest
registration, and will serve as
guides.
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with a “black-tie-affair” theme,
and tables will be adorned with
black tableclothes and red roses.
“It is going to be a truly elegant
evening, one everyone is sure to
enjoy,” said Jenny Hagler, a
fourth-year music-education stu
dent and president of Sigma
Alpha Iota, an all-female music
fraternity.
“The main focus of this event
is to provide eight scholarships
to well-deserved students in our
school,” said Michele Sullivan,
administrative assistant of de
velopment for the School of
Music.
Reservations can be made by
contacting Sullivan at (803) 576
5763.
“This is the biggest event of the
year for our school, and it is a
great time for the public to visit
and to listen to music from our
many ensembles,” Sullivan said.
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