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Jameela Lares

A few days back, I posted a note under another thread that I'd be asking the Chronicle of Higher Education with a free link to the following story: AAUP Criticizes Medical College in Tennessee, Accusing It of Firing Faculty Critics By KATHERINE S. MANGAN Tuesday, November 23, 2004 They have kind...

Amy Young

I have just spent three weeks and one day without a computer on my desk at USM. I have been using my personal laptop to get email and work on my classes and do research. Now my personal laptop is broken (but is still under warranty) but I will have absolutely nothing on my desk when I get to work in the morning...

Newgirl

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IllEagle

State law requires lobbysists to register with the Secretary of State and file reports on what they spend. USM is registered, and in 2003 had 5 lobbyists: Thames, Terrell Tisdale, Tim Hudson, James Williams and Cyde Ginn. The 2003 report lists $29,000 in expenses. ...

UNT Professor

http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/01/41ad772e66b54

Talan

USM's Center for Child Development cares for "infants," "toddlers," and "preschoolers," charging a 3-tiered rate schedule in each category. It was recently announced that daily rates would be increased across all three categories, starting January 1, 2005. Here are the details: In...

Music Patron

Hey all you very, very clever people who make me laugh (and cry) Run, don't walk, to the back page of the November 29th edition of the New Yorker magazine. I have absolutely no doubt that someone on this board can win the cartoon caption contest.

Shearing, uh, sharing time??

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Pilgrim

Here's a short list of what (who) I'm thankful for. You can add your own: Gary and MaryAnn Stringer Frank Glamser Myron Henry Amy Young Neil McMillen Noel Polk Stephen Judd Jameela Lares Anne Wallace The AAUP Committee "A" FireShelby The concerned students The nig...

Reporter

FROM FACULTY SENTAE'S LISTSERV: Mike Fitzgerald sent me the unedited version of the HA letter to the editor. He is miffed about what was edited out. It appears in its entirety below. 11/19/2004 Letter to the Editor Hattiesburg American&nb...

Angeline

I wonder why there are no history or English alumni representatives, and is it any accident that Pood's own communication specialization is so over-represented? Released November 10, 2004 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS FORMS ADVISORY BOARD HATTIESBURG -- The College of Ar...

Angeline

Greetings, There have been some developments on the Ken Malone and Diane Stevenson case. I have scheduled a general AAUP-USM meeting for Wed. Dec. 8 at 4:00 in FGH 113. I believe it is time to request national AAUP to visit our campus. Hope you can make it to the meeting. Amy Young, preside...

IllEagle

For immediate release USM'S BANNERS VIOLATE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING LAWS USM's embattled banners on Panhellenic Hall and Elam Arms have a new problem: they're too big. The Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, sets limits on the size of "signs erected or maintained in...

tostito

I had heard rumblings that SFT was going to organize, through students and others, a boycott of Sweet Pepper's Deli. Well, it looks almost official now (see HA sports page, 11/7/04). We all need to stop by SPD from time to time and have a meal.

truth4usm/AH

Today is the 2 month anniversary of the April 28th hearings for Professors Glamser and Stringer, so I thought it might be a good time to do a "retrospective" of the progress made in the past 2 months: **Jack "Hack" Hanbury finally hung himself, and left for more "nebulous and misguided" pastu...

foot soldier

With a long weekend approaching, I need some relief from my stack of term papers. Can anyone suggest (nonviolent) movies where underdog good guys fight the political baddies and win? I'd really prefer something with humor and not lots of shooting. (Think "Dave" not Bruce Willis movies.) These da...

Chicken Soup Lady

Today's HA has a letter by Shannon Yates advocating the firing of Bower. Am I losing my mind, or has not this same person recently had a letter printed along the same lines? Why is that name and that topic familar? Question for Shannon Yates: just who the heck do you think is burning to come to USM?? Ge...

L.C.

Check out her photo, with Nic Cage, on page 6B of today's Hattiesburg American (11/29). Judge Cooley did well in the wife department...

Delta Dawn

Posters on this board might recall that some months ago I suggested three models (A,B,C) for USM to consider as possible vehicles of remediation of the current mess. One of those models was that of providing administrative sabbaticals so that those who don't seem to know quite how it is...

Cox-Purvis Report

With USM's victory over UAB today, the Eagles are now 6-4 overall and bowl eligible. Assuming Louisville takes care of Tulane next week, the Eagles are a lock for a bowl, and look to be headed to either New Orleans or Fort Worth. The opponent for the New Orleans Bowl is North Texas, while th...

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Newgirl

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Reporter

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Reporter

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Swan Song

From a March 16 HA article: "University of Southern Mississippi President Shelby Thames berated two suspended tenured professors Monday for not agreeing to an open hearing into the reasons for their impending terminations. "They're robbing the students," Thames said of sociol...

Cox-Purvis Report

No.

renter

I am a single faculty member in my 30s and am on a quest to find a good rent in this town. Near campus would be nice. I have no interest in purchasing a home but have become very frustrated with my poking around for a decent (quaint, charming, walls of windows) apartment community or house w/apts/co...

Herald

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Neighborhood Watch Program

The Eagles lost to Georgia State 68-70 out in Reno last night. Are now 0-1 and play Colorado at Colorado Springs tonight. [The Lady Eagles are losing to LSU 29-68 with 6.5 minutes remaining in the game. Lee-McNelis will go to 0-1 in about 10 minutes.]

Researcher

Has anyone on this board searched the USM website for Dr. Ken Malone? I was researching the "Gulf Coast incident" and was curious to see who he was. I was unable to find any mention of him. He was not even listed in the USM online directory. If you find a link for&n...

smuggler

The Student Printz Clipping Service is open for business. We've managed to smuggle out a few issues from behind Mader's Iron Curtain and have posted items of interest to the readership. We're missing coverage of the AA/EOE reorganization and Klumb's Alabama vacation,...

info

There's some news on the AAUP-USM page: "USM AAUP Chapter Committee Conducts Inquiry into 'Gulf Coast Incident.'"

30 seconds with Angie D

Can you guess? Here's her answer.

truth4usm/AH

http://www.usm.edu/president/ Favorite quotes and my responses: "Gregg Lassen, chief financial officer, was invited to the President's Council meeting to address the rumor that he "swept departmental accounts." Gregg stated that the overall financial health of the university is his ul...

Jameela Lares

Part of a news story from today's Chronicle of Higher Education: "Meharry Medical College has retaliated against faculty critics by refusing to renew their contracts and has denied them long-term employee rights to which they are entitled, according to a report issued this week by the American...

Trading Spaces

Moving this over from another post. Did USM pass NCATE?? The University of Southern Mississippi 's College of Education and Psychology's Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education due to program growth and expansion, announces the following opening of new positions: &nbs...

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This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004

proud Mama

David Boren is the prez of OU. Check out this newsletter. If you're into sleuthing - tell me what paragraph in his letter mentions economic development once and only once. http://parents.ou.edu/images/16954_PrntsNwsltr.pdf

Miss Information

Lo and behold, I KNOW it! Another week has come to a close for our community of Strangers in the Night. Hope everyone had a chance to begin the morning with Coffee, Newspaper & Website (has there been any other start to a day over these past 8 months?) Now, please Let me entertain...

Mr. Wonderful

So many good posts, so little space. In order to keep this morning's Citation de la Semaine presentation to managable size, the selection committee decided to limit today's awards to those encompassing one theme which seemed to permeate the message board during the past week: Materialism a...

Cox-Purvis

The score is 17-42, with 00:04 remaining in the game. USM drops to 5-4 on the year, TCU improves to 5-5. Cincinnati won today, becoming bowl eligible, and joining UAB, Memphis, and Louisville in bowl eligibility from C-USA. They way things are now, USM might get bowl eligible n...

Emma

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SOS

I'm ready to walk it - how about you?

Wildcat

Being held in Coffeyville KS Nov. 28. Go Wildcats.

Alexander Haig

Does anyone know the university's chain of command with Shelby in the hospital, or is he back home?

info

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USM/C-USA Bowl Watch, 11/19

Bowl watch discussion for the weekend of 11/19-20 for C-USA and surrounding area. Army: With a current record of 2-7, the Cadets of Army won't be bowling (again) this season. Cincinnati: Cincinnati, arguably the hottest team in C-USA, would become bowl eligible with a hom...

FYI

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	No New Teachers? (Preview) http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041202/NEWS01/41202004	info	8	568	Dec 3, 2004 by Shaft
	AAUP criticizes medical college; free link to 1/5 (Preview) A few days back, I posted a note under another thread that I'd be asking the Chronicle of Higher Education with a free link to the following story: AAUP Criticizes Medical College in Tennessee, Accusing It of Firing Faculty Critics By KATHERINE S. MANGAN Tuesday, November 23, 2004 They have kind...	Jameela Lares	5	459	Dec 3, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	computer problems (Preview) I have just spent three weeks and one day without a computer on my desk at USM. I have been using my personal laptop to get email and work on my classes and do research. Now my personal laptop is broken (but is still under warranty) but I will have absolutely nothing on my desk when I get to work in the morning...	Amy Young	27	890	Dec 3, 2004 by Pileum High & Deep
	Fitzgerald's Letter (Preview) http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041203/OPINION/412030328/1009	Newgirl	4	427	Dec 3, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	Lobbyist reports (Preview) State law requires lobbysists to register with the Secretary of State and file reports on what they spend. USM is registered, and in 2003 had 5 lobbyists: Thames, Terrell Tisdale, Tim Hudson, James Williams and Cyde Ginn. The 2003 report lists $29,000 in expenses. ...	IllEagle	3	359	Dec 3, 2004 by End Run
	USM: A Role Model For University of North Texas (Preview) http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/01/41ad772e66b54	UNT Professor	20	662	Dec 2, 2004 by Two peer-reviewed examples
	Price Increases at the CCD (Preview) USM's Center for Child Development cares for "infants," "toddlers," and "preschoolers," charging a 3-tiered rate schedule in each category. It was recently announced that daily rates would be increased across all three categories, starting January 1, 2005. Here are the details: In...	Talan	11	511	Dec 2, 2004 by Pro Bono, not Sonny Bono
	A diversion (Preview) Hey all you very, very clever people who make me laugh (and cry) Run, don't walk, to the back page of the November 29th edition of the New Yorker magazine. I have absolutely no doubt that someone on this board can win the cartoon caption contest.	Music Patron	1	334	Dec 2, 2004 by Mitch
	Lassen says let's share (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/10126.html	Shearing, uh, sharing time??	9	728	Dec 1, 2004 by Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
	Happy Thanksgiving ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Here's a short list of what (who) I'm thankful for. You can add your own: Gary and MaryAnn Stringer Frank Glamser Myron Henry Amy Young Neil McMillen Noel Polk Stephen Judd Jameela Lares Anne Wallace The AAUP Committee "A" FireShelby The concerned students The nig...	Pilgrim	36	914	Dec 1, 2004 by Chicken Soup Lady
	HA Letter (Preview) FROM FACULTY SENTAE'S LISTSERV: Mike Fitzgerald sent me the unedited version of the HA letter to the editor. He is miffed about what was edited out. It appears in its entirety below. 11/19/2004 Letter to the Editor Hattiesburg American&nb...	Reporter	1	261	Dec 1, 2004 by LVN
	CoAL Advisory Board (Preview) I wonder why there are no history or English alumni representatives, and is it any accident that Pood's own communication specialization is so over-represented? Released November 10, 2004 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS FORMS ADVISORY BOARD HATTIESBURG -- The College of Ar...	Angeline	24	720	Dec 1, 2004 by Angeline
	AAUP Meeting (Preview) Greetings, There have been some developments on the Ken Malone and Diane Stevenson case. I have scheduled a general AAUP-USM meeting for Wed. Dec. 8 at 4:00 in FGH 113. I believe it is time to request national AAUP to visit our campus. Hope you can make it to the meeting. Amy Young, preside...	Angeline	6	575	Dec 1, 2004 by Arnold
	Those blasted banners (Preview) For immediate release USM'S BANNERS VIOLATE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING LAWS USM's embattled banners on Panhellenic Hall and Elam Arms have a new problem: they're too big. The Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, sets limits on the size of "signs erected or maintained in...	IllEagle	22	867	Dec 1, 2004 by IllEagle
	Sweet Pepper's Deli ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I had heard rumblings that SFT was going to organize, through students and others, a boycott of Sweet Pepper's Deli. Well, it looks almost official now (see HA sports page, 11/7/04). We all need to stop by SPD from time to time and have a meal.	tostito	50	1329	Nov 30, 2004 by On-campus diner
	2 months later....(a retrospective) (Preview) Today is the 2 month anniversary of the April 28th hearings for Professors Glamser and Stringer, so I thought it might be a good time to do a "retrospective" of the progress made in the past 2 months: **Jack "Hack" Hanbury finally hung himself, and left for more "nebulous and misguided" pastu...	truth4usm/AH	18	1133	Nov 30, 2004 by Zookeeper
	OT: Movies where the good guys win? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) With a long weekend approaching, I need some relief from my stack of term papers. Can anyone suggest (nonviolent) movies where underdog good guys fight the political baddies and win? I'd really prefer something with humor and not lots of shooting. (Think "Dave" not Bruce Willis movies.) These da...	foot soldier	37	881	Nov 30, 2004 by foot soldier
	Football, anyone? (Preview) Today's HA has a letter by Shannon Yates advocating the firing of Bower. Am I losing my mind, or has not this same person recently had a letter printed along the same lines? Why is that name and that topic familar? Question for Shannon Yates: just who the heck do you think is burning to come to USM?? Ge...	Chicken Soup Lady	9	471	Nov 30, 2004 by Junior Johnson
	Judge Cooley's wife in today's HA (Preview) Check out her photo, with Nic Cage, on page 6B of today's Hattiesburg American (11/29). Judge Cooley did well in the wife department...	L.C.	0	273	Nov 29, 2004 by L.C.
	Delta Dawn's Plan is Alive & Well (Preview) Posters on this board might recall that some months ago I suggested three models (A,B,C) for USM to consider as possible vehicles of remediation of the current mess. One of those models was that of providing administrative sabbaticals so that those who don't seem to know quite how it is...	Delta Dawn	0	272	Nov 29, 2004 by Delta Dawn
	USM Bowl Watch, 11/27 (Preview) With USM's victory over UAB today, the Eagles are now 6-4 overall and bowl eligible. Assuming Louisville takes care of Tulane next week, the Eagles are a lock for a bowl, and look to be headed to either New Orleans or Fort Worth. The opponent for the New Orleans Bowl is North Texas, while th...	Cox-Purvis Report	4	399	Nov 29, 2004 by Invictus
	See More #40 (Preview) This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004	See More	0	253	Nov 29, 2004 by See More
	Latter in H.A. (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041124/OPINION03/411240313/1014/OPINION	Newgirl	2	489	Nov 29, 2004 by Angeline
	On-Line Courses ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041120/NEWS01/41120004	Reporter	115	1864	Nov 28, 2004 by Linebacker
	Hattiesburg American 11-25 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041125/NEWS01/411250306/1002	Reporter	50	1051	Nov 28, 2004 by stinky cheese man
	Artifacts (Preview) From a March 16 HA article: "University of Southern Mississippi President Shelby Thames berated two suspended tenured professors Monday for not agreeing to an open hearing into the reasons for their impending terminations. "They're robbing the students," Thames said of sociol...	Swan Song	18	793	Nov 28, 2004 by Emma
	Will (Can) USM beat Cal? (Preview) No.	Cox-Purvis Report	1	276	Nov 28, 2004 by The Shadow
	OT: Good Place to Live? (Preview) I am a single faculty member in my 30s and am on a quest to find a good rent in this town. Near campus would be nice. I have no interest in purchasing a home but have become very frustrated with my poking around for a decent (quaint, charming, walls of windows) apartment community or house w/apts/co...	renter	11	702	Nov 28, 2004 by renter
	HApalooza 11/23 (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041123/SOUTHERNMISS/411230307/1050/NEWS01	Herald	8	619	Nov 27, 2004 by Green Hornet
	Eustachy 0-1 (Preview) The Eagles lost to Georgia State 68-70 out in Reno last night. Are now 0-1 and play Colorado at Colorado Springs tonight. [The Lady Eagles are losing to LSU 29-68 with 6.5 minutes remaining in the game. Lee-McNelis will go to 0-1 in about 10 minutes.]	Neighborhood Watch Program	11	556	Nov 25, 2004 by Pumpkin Pie
	Ken Malone (Preview) Has anyone on this board searched the USM website for Dr. Ken Malone? I was researching the "Gulf Coast incident" and was curious to see who he was. I was unable to find any mention of him. He was not even listed in the USM online directory. If you find a link for&n...	Researcher	16	577	Nov 25, 2004 by Invictus
	Student Printz (Preview) The Student Printz Clipping Service is open for business. We've managed to smuggle out a few issues from behind Mader's Iron Curtain and have posted items of interest to the readership. We're missing coverage of the AA/EOE reorganization and Klumb's Alabama vacation,...	smuggler	28	1604	Nov 24, 2004 by Mad Hatter
	Gulf Coast incident (Preview) There's some news on the AAUP-USM page: "USM AAUP Chapter Committee Conducts Inquiry into 'Gulf Coast Incident.'"	info	1	474	Nov 24, 2004 by Newgirl
	"The role of a university is ...." ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Can you guess? Here's her answer.	30 seconds with Angie D	42	1058	Nov 23, 2004 by Mr. W's Graveyard Shift
	Missive from Papa Shelboo (Preview) http://www.usm.edu/president/ Favorite quotes and my responses: "Gregg Lassen, chief financial officer, was invited to the President's Council meeting to address the rumor that he "swept departmental accounts." Gregg stated that the overall financial health of the university is his ul...	truth4usm/AH	5	497	Nov 23, 2004 by New Adjunct
	Another faculty in danger (Preview) Part of a news story from today's Chronicle of Higher Education: "Meharry Medical College has retaliated against faculty critics by refusing to renew their contracts and has denied them long-term employee rights to which they are entitled, according to a report issued this week by the American...	Jameela Lares	2	445	Nov 23, 2004 by Head_scratcher
	I Heart Certain Depts. and Colleges ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Moving this over from another post. Did USM pass NCATE?? The University of Southern Mississippi 's College of Education and Psychology's Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education due to program growth and expansion, announces the following opening of new positions: &nbs...	Trading Spaces	53	1574	Nov 22, 2004 by CSI:Hattiesburg
	See More #39 (Preview) This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004	See More	3	360	Nov 22, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	President Boren's letter (Preview) David Boren is the prez of OU. Check out this newsletter. If you're into sleuthing - tell me what paragraph in his letter mentions economic development once and only once. http://parents.ou.edu/images/16954_PrntsNwsltr.pdf	proud Mama	4	391	Nov 21, 2004 by I KNOW
	Nom d'Aplomb Award for 11/21 (Preview) Lo and behold, I KNOW it! Another week has come to a close for our community of Strangers in the Night. Hope everyone had a chance to begin the morning with Coffee, Newspaper & Website (has there been any other start to a day over these past 8 months?) Now, please Let me entertain...	Miss Information	7	313	Nov 21, 2004 by Prima Dana
	Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine: Nov. 21 (Preview) So many good posts, so little space. In order to keep this morning's Citation de la Semaine presentation to managable size, the selection committee decided to limit today's awards to those encompassing one theme which seemed to permeate the message board during the past week: Materialism a...	Mr. Wonderful	5	318	Nov 21, 2004 by Notable quotable
	TCU throttles USM!!!!!! (Preview) The score is 17-42, with 00:04 remaining in the game. USM drops to 5-4 on the year, TCU improves to 5-5. Cincinnati won today, becoming bowl eligible, and joining UAB, Memphis, and Louisville in bowl eligibility from C-USA. They way things are now, USM might get bowl eligible n...	Cox-Purvis	4	400	Nov 21, 2004 by Invictus
	Letter to the Ed 11/21 (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041121/OPINION03/41121014/1014/OPINION	Emma	0	288	Nov 21, 2004 by Emma
	Chaze/Adelman (Preview) I'm ready to walk it - how about you?	SOS	0	326	Nov 20, 2004 by SOS
	PRCC plays Butler County for the Championship (Preview) Being held in Coffeyville KS Nov. 28. Go Wildcats.	Wildcat	0	202	Nov 20, 2004 by Wildcat
	I'm on Charge (Preview) Does anyone know the university's chain of command with Shelby in the hospital, or is he back home?	Alexander Haig	3	344	Nov 20, 2004 by Green Hornet
	Interim (?) IHL Board president named (Preview) http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041119/NEWS01/41119014	info	5	521	Nov 20, 2004 by Jameela Lares
	The Cox-Purvis Report (Preview) Bowl watch discussion for the weekend of 11/19-20 for C-USA and surrounding area. Army: With a current record of 2-7, the Cadets of Army won't be bowling (again) this season. Cincinnati: Cincinnati, arguably the hottest team in C-USA, would become bowl eligible with a hom...	USM/C-USA Bowl Watch, 11/19	0	286	Nov 19, 2004 by USM/C-USA Bowl Watch, 11/19
	Supreme Court - Williams case (Preview) http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/Images/OPINIONS/CO22254.PDF	FYI	7	1680	Nov 19, 2004 by educator
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