USC Boss Paid Celebrities as Courses Overlooked
At the University of South Carolina, President James B. Holderman spent at least 360000 on celebrity lecturers and advisers while freshman courses were cut for funding gaps. The report cites celebrity travel, housing costs, and salaries, with critics calling the expenditures excessive amid tuition and program cuts.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
James B. Holderman
Fred R. Sheheen
Holderman
Michael York
Washington, D.C
York
Roger Center
C. Edward Floyd
Michael J. Mungo
Mungo
Robby Benson
Richard Thomas
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Benson
Thomas
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Penn Center on National Endangered List in South Carolina
The Penn Center on St Helena Island, site of the first free black school in the South, is decaying with termites in multiple buildings. Restoration could cost about 1 million dollars, while the center seeks additional funds and federal protection to preserve its 19 buildings and civil rights heritage dating back to 1861.
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Charleston
Penn
Trust
Penn Center
Nelson
Emory Campbell
Hilton Head Island
Penn School
South
Laura Towne
Ellen Murray
Lawmakers Back Curb Of Holdermans Spending
Key lawmakers urged the University of South Carolina trustees to curb President James Holdermans spending and back action up to his resignation if needed. Trustee chair Michael J. Mungo reported Holderman may resist oversight while new guidelines target fundraising costs. Support came from Rep. Bob McLellan and others, though allies rally behind Holderman with business funding backers, drawing criticism from Mungo.
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University of South Carolina
James Holderman
Holderman
Board of Trustees
Michael J. Mungo
Statehouse
Bob McLellan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mungo
Ep. McLellan
D-Seneca
General Assembly
Rep. McLellan
Mike
David
Beasley
D-Society Hill
Mike Fair
al Greenville
Herb Kirsh
Education and Public Works
Rep. Fair
Rep. Kirsh
Rep
USC Trustees Promise Stricter Oversight Again
Trustees vow tighter control after surface disclosures about University of South Carolina president James Holderman. Reports detail lavish gifts to politicians and donors, hotel bills up to 800 a night, limousine use, and 530000 plus in travel and meals over 18 months. A temporary finance committee shown in 1987 may have mitigated spending if kept, as Holderman pledges compliance with new guidelines.
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University of
Holderman
Othniel H. Wienges
St. Matthews
University
Michael J. Mungo
C. Edward Floyd
Florence
Mungo
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