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HA: Editorial on USM's probation
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041210/OPINION01/412100318/1014
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EagleTalk Board on SACS
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http://www.southernmiss.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=1085&fid=1356&style=1&Reset=
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Call IHL!!!
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I left a year ago, but my heart is still going out to you brave souls whos stayed and are fighting Thames.
I just called the office of Suzanne Sharpe [(601) 432-6661] and although Iknew beforehand that I have no chance of talking to her, I gave the lady answering the phone, an earful. When is IHL going to...
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There Can't be any Thames Supports left.....
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at this point (I know many would say sooner) only a fool, would be supportive of Thames. Even though he may not be 100% responsible for this SACS mess, it is under his watch.
This is the chance you have been waiting for, I never though you would get it. If we can't succeed in ousting Thames now, he is her...
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HA: 4 year gap in SACS documents
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041210/NEWS01/41210006
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If you don't believe the U/MSU vs. USM conspiracy.
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... theories, then head over to today's Clarion Ledger and look at the quotes from Klumb and Scott Ross. The spin machine is in full spin cycle now. It's just a clerical or paperwork problem, nothing more. Thames is great. No, he's wonderful.
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by Incredulous
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secret 2:30 information
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The secret information discussed at the 2:30 meeting was a timeline of SACS related events that clearly showed SFT is to blame for the current problems. We were on track when he took over the office even thought we had some problem areas. He submitted the first report that was due during h...
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Bug on the Floor
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Dec 10, 2004
by The time is now
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We are, again, making the news in other states
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/10370137.htm
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Addresses IHL board members
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Some time ago, someone sent out a list of the home mailing addresses for IHL Board members. Does anyone have that list available? I want each, individual home mailing address, if they can be found, not the general address for Board members.
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SACS Probation = Very Bad News for Bower
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Below is a news story on Auburn's football recruiting efforts from last year. It points out that Tuberville had a big problem with parents' concerns over Auburn's SACs troubles. He was quoted in many news stories saying that what other SEC coaches were telling kids about Auburn's SACS...
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HA: USM knew for 2 years
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
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Advocate
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by world class by what world's standard?
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HA: Thames Spin-Didn't know
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041209/NEWS01/41209004
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HA: USM gets probation
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041209/NEWS01/412090326/...
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See - the library matters
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041208/NEWS/41208003/1002
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Angeline
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Anyone going to apply for opening at Parchman?
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Big News: USM to be put on SACS probation
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I don't have the details, but our ever intrepid Invictus just reported on another thread that USM has been put on SACS probation. It should be announced on the SACS website next week. Any other news outlets reporting?
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The Sun Herald's story about the probation
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/10378775.htm
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by Counting the days
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New Liberty and Power entry
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Seeing today's breaking news, on two fronts, I hastily posted to Liberty and Power. As I have just 8 more term papers to grade (it's final exam week at Clemson), I should be able to post regularly on these stories as breaking news comes in.
Here's the link:
http://hnn.us/blogs/entr...
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Students Concerns
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I would like to dedicate a thread to how this probation effects current students and alumni. I have had a little trouble trying to explain what this means to some non-academic minded family members.
I really think the community may care about this more than the Gl...
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by First Ant at the Picnic
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An idea for SFT--plagiarize
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http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120804/met_17389178.shtml
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HA: USM AAUP chapter seeks probe
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041209/NEWS01/412090330/1002
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Just spoke with a SACS contact
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He doesn't believe USM will be removed from "probation" next December. I had inquired how the Southern situation compared to Auburn. He said to me, "Auburn was on probation here for some time, and the internal situation at USM looks even worse...."
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Troubles in the 'ville
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Our two new marquee coaches are off to a somewhat dubious start. The Lady Eagles are now 2-4, and have set two rather unenviable records: (1) first Lady Eagle team to go 0-2 in the Lady Eagle classic, and (2) this Lady Eagle team set the USM record for turnovers --- a whopping, amazing record of 48 t...
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Mayor of Nitchampville
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Cabana's baaaaaack
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Just heard on WDAM that Don Cabana is returning to USM as chair of political justice. Wonder what deal Shelbo and Don made on that one?
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Clarion Ledger on SACS
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041209/NEWS01/412090364/1002
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Shelboo: request from a student
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Dear Shelby,
Incubus
Megalomaniac Lyrics
I hear you on the radio You permeate my screen, its' unkind but If I met you in a scissor fight I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone On principle alone
Hey megalomaniac You're no Jesus Yeah, you're no fing Elvis S...
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Dec 8, 2004
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basketball attendance counts
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They are claiming that 3,848 attended last night's USM-Spring Hill contest. Here's a photo of the game from the HA. How do you get 3,848 from this?
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Keith Jackson
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Dec 8, 2004
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He fooled me
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When Shelby taught me chemistry in 1969(or maybe '68) I thought he was a pretty good teacher and a real bright fella.
However, I was wrong...how can he be promoting his internet teaching model and then get whammed for distance learning by SACS, and land on probation? Was I jus...
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Calling on AAUP chapter
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What is going on with the AAUP chapter this semester? A couple of meetings have been held (including one in which Dean Pood established his culpability in the matter of the Diane Stevenson classroom invasion), and Amy Young gets quoted in a HA article now and then. But where are th...
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Tom Paine
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SACS Facts
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From Today's (12/8) Chronicle headlines:
"AUBURN UNIVERSITY has been taken off probation a year after its accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, imposed the penalty for what it described as trustee meddling in the Alabama university's administration and Auburn's lac...
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Chronicler
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Dec 8, 2004
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University awards MBA to a cat
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Online School That Gave Cat an MBA Is Sued
December 07, 2004 4:46 AM PST
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania attorney general's office Monday sued an online university for allegedly selling bogus academic degrees - including an MBA awarded to a cat.
From an Associated Press item re...
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Jealous Dog
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A Face in the Crowd
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This message board is a Godsend. But it is unfortunate that email surveillance and other campus actions related to open communication, attempts at termination of tenured faculty members, and freedom of speech, has forced faculty to go underground whereas they would be able t...
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Underground Communication among Faculty
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Bower not in danger
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I know that there was some discussion here in the past that SFT was in the process of pressuring Coach Bower at at USM.
A friend of mine who is close to the situation, said that last week there was a big pow wow with Bower, Thames, Giannini and John Miller. He said that any difference in the past have bee...
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Compensation based on discipline or on merit?
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An editorial in this morning's Hattiesburg American commends Governor Haley Barbour's Education Reform of 2005 proposal released this past Thursday. There is merit to much of the propsoal, but one thing about it bothers me: Namely, this sentence: "Increase compensation for teachers who...
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Banners to come down
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041206/NEWS01/412060303/1002
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Bassmaster U?
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Found this in my inbox this AM:
1. Bassmaster University Area anglers will get a chance to learn the tricks of the trade from some of the best bass fishermen in America when Southern Miss hosts Bassmaster University January 15-16, 2005. Pro instructors include Davy Hite, Shaw Grigsby, Woo Daves, C...
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Football is out of hand, my friends
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I just received a news item indicating that Ole Miss football coach Dave Cutliff has been fired. For what its worth, this was Cutliff's first losing season in six years. He is the only coach in Ole Miss history to win at least seven games in his first 5 years. Yes, my friends, college football is out of han...
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Barbour's Education "Reform" Plan
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Governor Barbour's Education "Reform" Plan
I am especially concerned with "Overhaul teacher retirement and pension system, which Barbour says encourages experienced teachers to retire too early." If the guv means dramatically increasing the annual percentage for years above 25, great....
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Another Aniti-Bower Letter in HA
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041206/OPINION03/412060319/1014/OPINION
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Green Hornet
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This is CRAZY!
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I'm originally from Jackson but am currently an undergraduate at an university far, far, from the reaches of my kudzu-covered home [though I did once attend a summer program for Gifted Children at USM...the classes were great, but the living environment was rather hellish...Frances Karnes (sp) o...
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Mississippian in college elsewhere
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Interesting Historical Note
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This has absolutely nothing to do with any of the threads I have seen on this message board, but I inadvertently stumbled across a bit of information which I believe should be noted simply for the sake of historical interest. Many posters probably know that WorldCom began right here in Hatties...
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A Bit of Historical Trivia
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New Online Degrees (Free)!
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The Best Online Good-for-Nothin' University in the South (BOGUS) is pleased to announce eight new degree programs. It's now possible for you to get bachelor's, master's & doctoral degrees in two new programs in addition to our mainstay, Economic Development Numerology.
It's all free wi...
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Invictus' IT Director, Provost & Risk Manager
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U. Missouri Chancellor Resigns - sounds familiar
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Its in the Chronicle: http://chronicle.com/daily/2004/12/2004120604n.htm
For non-subscribers, here are some excerpts:
"The chancellor of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, who received no-confidence votes from several faculty groups in recent weeks, announced on Friday tha...
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by Like Lemmings
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Chronicle of Higher Ed. coverage
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Excuse me in advance if this was already posted:
From the Chronicle, Nov. 19, 2004:
http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i13/13a00802.htm
AFTER THE STORM: Earlier this year Angeline G. Dvorak promised to sue anyone who questioned her academic background. The threat came after two professor...
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Angeline
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See More #41
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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New position in this week's Chronicle
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http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=312186&pg=e
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Nom d'Aplomb Award, Nov 29 - Dec 5
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Once again, the Emergency Ad Hoc Committee reconvened to play the old Name Game or at best consider What it has become. As always, this week's nominated de plumes reflect the prevailing social milieu, a fact that Can't be repeated too often, so forgive us if some of this Sounds Familiar. And like eve...
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Miss Information
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Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine: December 5
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Immediately upon returning from her extended holiday trip to an undisclosed location, with a tan on her shoulders and a smile on her face, #1 Groupie declared today (December 5) to be National Thank-a-Troll Day. She called the selection committee's attention to Invictus' statement, "Ther...
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More computer problems. . .
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/03/technology/03ibm.html?hp&ex=1102136400&en=a404729a59c077f6&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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The New PUC
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When the PUC was established six months ago about half the members were to serve 6 month terms in order to provide some continuity . New appointments and elections for one year terms will be conducted this December for this group. At their last meeting the Faculty Se...
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Reporter
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