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Done Gone

Hello All, This was in the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday. It looks a lot like how things go at USM; Ebert could easily be Noel Polk and Conrad Black could be . . . Well, you can figure it out, because I can't bring myself to type the name or some clever derivation thereof. "Earlier this month du...

Coastian

Yesterday morning, Tuesday 12 October, Dr. Diane Stevenson (English Department) came into her classroom to find that Ken Malone and an associate, Richard Farley, had entered her classroom, uninvited, and were grilling her students about some remarks conce...

Newgirl

A Message from the President October 25, 2004 Dear Colleagues: It is my intent that these letters keep you informed about the day-to-day affairs of Southern Miss. I hope you are reading my correspondence and will feel free to follow up with questions or comments if you desire. On Mo...

foot soldier

There have sometimes been references on these threads to one or more persons who are writing a book about the "mess" at USM. I'd like know if these rumors are true. I don't need names, just information. Thanks in advance for any resonses.

ram

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/...

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Miss Information

Mal indicated mid-week that it was going to be quality over quantity for the N d'A awards this week. Invictus said I Beg to Differ, this week starts a Clean Slate and it's going to be A Better Fit than you think. Several posters who have stuck with the contest through Fair Weather and Foul know that we're n...

educator

It's all in the best dressed contest

Mr. Wonderful

Good afternoon! We appologize for being a little late with today's Citation de le Semaine award but members of the selection committee reside in different time zones and we got our wires crossed this morning. Upon reviewing this week's postings, the Citation de leSemai...

Lost in Tiernation

The former USM faculty member has still not awoken from the dream of working at a tier 1 university. This week’s events have left the new faculty member feeling dazed: 1) The professor received his travel money allotment for the 2004-2005 year. It about twice as much as he received during the enti...

ram

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041021/southernmissnews/1454764.html

Dr. Joseph Goebbels

Dear Faculty Colleagues, My associate, Ms. Lisa Slay Mader, and I are very concerned about the dearth of posts to the AAUP message board, and the concurrent dropoff in queries submitted to the USM Ministry of Truth and Public Relations. Sadly, in the absence of conflict and confus...

Angeline

Full report here: ssrn.com/abstract=601105 No USM on this list A Revealed Preference Ranking of Colleges rank College Name Elo pts 1 Harvard 2800 2 Yale 2738 3 Stanford 2694 4 Cal Tech 2632 5 MIT 2624 6 Princeton 2608 7 Brown 2433 8 Columbia 2392 9 Amherst 2363 10 Dartmo...

anonymous

From USM Talk: Subject: Please vote WDAM has online poll running on its web site right now asking how people plan to vote on bond issue. Results as of this evening are shown below. We need to get word out to get people to log online and vote. This is a very unscientific poll, but it is important we h...

Lessons from Mama

My mama taught me not to lie with the old adage "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Although unfortunately too late for too many, it is unraveling.

Miss Information

Another lean week for noms of distinction. Maybe the scolding didn't work after all... Collectively, the Committee wanted to scream Throw Me Somthing, Mister - anything, in fact, just give us something to work with! Well, The Beat Goes On and a keen Eye captured more monikers than we original...

stethoscope on the wall

Can anyone confirm or disconfirm a rumor that Brad Bond has, at his own request, returned full-time to history?

truth4usm/AH

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041019/localnews/1440558.html

Herald

Just talked to Melissa, and she has confirmed that she goes to trial Feb. 14th. USM tried to get it thrown out, but Judge LeMelle says she'll have her day in Federal Court in Hattiesburg. Stay tuned.

Reporter

From USM Mailout: "Southern Miss Student Health Service is out of influenza vaccinations."

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Mr. Wonderful

Two pairs of postings. Two imporant issues. Two important lessons. Two sets of winners. Too close to rank. Too good to ignore. Touche to Boss Man, Invictus, Jameela Lares, and New Adjunct. The Citation de la Semaine selection committee identified two pairs of companion...

Reporter

Here’s some news for the board. 1)AA/EEO: At the PC meeting on Wednesday it was pointed out strongly by Myron Henry, Tammy Greer and others that AA/EEO should be maintained as a separate, stand-alone office. In fact, no member of the PC spoke in favor of moving it to a part time position under Human...

Green Hornet

Lucy, Regarding your post on the rumor mill: Since I was the one who wrote the original post on the rumor mill about the question of you leaving, I thought I should respond. Although we have met on campus at a University activity, we do not associate with each other professionally and otherwise h...

Emma

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041014/southernmissnews/1413913.html

Rumors

A sticky thread for all new rumors.

Angeline

Since SFT is in a generous mood having given the Faculty Senate the final word on the EEOC position, perhaps the Faculty Senate can trouble SFT to restore and increase funding to the library so that they can buy some books this year (and in the future). SFT is still not convinced that we need a libr...

Newgirl

Released October 13, 2004 SOUTHERN MISS' $100M COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN RESULT HATTIESBURG-The University of Southern Mississippi President Dr. Shelby F. Thames, along with the presidents of the three university foundations and the Alumni Association, will jointly announce the res...

truth4usm/AH

More from the Chronicle... This is from an article entitled: "Higher Education Isn't Meeting the Public's Needs" by Frank Newman, Lara Couturier, and Jamie Scurry: "Academic freedom was designed so that academics would be free to teach and speak on controversial topics, and ca...

Inkling

Little sidebar item in today's HA-- Officials at Southern Miss are studying the pros and cons of outsourcing its printing operations, which consist of bulk paper sales, printing and quick copying. According to CFO/IDV Ph.D. candidate Gregg Lassen, the copying operation is ". . . the piece that l...

truth4usm/AH

In the latest print issue of the Chronicle (10/15/04), there is a graphic showing graduate student stipends for 3 different fields (English, Economics, and Biology) with results from a survey done by the Chronicle (they surveyed 83 institutions and reported the highest 3 and lowest 3 stipend amou...

Black Cat

No surprise here: Mader, Lisa S Ms. 7/14/2003 $300.00 Hattiesburg, MS 39406 University of Southern Mississippi/ -[Contribution] NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE Since she used USM rather than her home address, was this on orders from her boss? from here: http://www.tray.c...

Green Hornet

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041009/southernmissnews/1383357.html

AAUP supporter

I see that the AAUP website is now back up and running!

Chronicler 1

"The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that is likely to slash the tax deduction that corporations and individuals can claim when they donate intellectual property to nonprofit organizations, including colleges and universities. A Senate vote is planned Monday, and President B...

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Mr. Wonderful

The le Citation de la Semaine selection committee noted that this week's message board postings, although relatively few and far between, were filled with many observations, information, opinions, and suggestions which, although very thoughtful, interesting and deserving of a...

Miss Information

I told Mal & Vic last week that a good scolding every once in awhile does wonders. Oh the stories I could tell about getting the Ladies of the Missionary Society back on track but that's for another time. I am certainly not one to say I told you so but I am compelled to say that the proof is i...

cooperative relationship

Within the past year or so some sort of academic relationship was announced, with fanfare, between USM and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. As I recall, the goal was to encourage a certain number of their students to enroll at USM. Does anyone know the status of that project or the exten...

Let Freedom Ring

Babbs - Some psychology departures for your list: Daniel Randolph (Psychology Dept.) retiring in December Rosamond Myers (Counseling Center Training Director) leaving for UNO in November Also one of the new (one or two years in the dept) Psychology faculty is leaving in De...

Sitting on Shpilkes

Any report on the meeting?

The Gambler

This is probably way off topic, but I'm curious about the new gambling industry in MS. Was it touted as a cure-all for education funding in the 'campaign' stage? If so, has it yielded the promised results? Just curious.

Malapropism

I am sure that this wording is a mistake (and I hope no one was hurt in the crash) BUT sometimes the unintentional misuse of a phrase could not be funnier (or more true) if planned. Check out the new article in today's Hattiesburg American. Changes sought in economic development Mini-van cras...

Remembering

We now have two issues for which Tim Hudson is being blamed. These are coming out each month right before the PUC meetings. My question is " Are these the surprises that were spoken of during the past summer?" I recall posters saying the TH has left some surprise packages.

Googler

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/9341.html

truth4usm/AH

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041006/localnews/1367912.html

It's about time

JuryJury rules against USM, awards Jordan $300,000

New Adjunct

Acccording to the HA just now the Lamar County Schools bond isse has failed again by a sliver. It makes me want to cry. Of course these are the same people who don't mind if their students have one computer per class, or wait out a tornado in trailers. For that matter, these are the same people who, failing...

Reporter

From the Faculty Senate Listserv: Oct. 1, 2004 Dear Faculty Senators, Last Friday (Sept. 24) I was told that an IHL-mandated post-tenure review of faculty at Mississippi universities had taken place this past summer. Prior to last Friday I was unaware of such a review. To my knowl...

About town

from todays HA ADP retirement connectors Charles and Helen Short relocated to Hattiesburg nine years ago from Rochester, NY. When asked what attracted them to the area, they replied, "The friendliness of the community, the outstanding medical services, the favorable tax structure and no sn...

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	Roger Ebert (Preview) Hello All, This was in the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday. It looks a lot like how things go at USM; Ebert could easily be Noel Polk and Conrad Black could be . . . Well, you can figure it out, because I can't bring myself to type the name or some clever derivation thereof. "Earlier this month du...	Done Gone	1	492	Oct 29, 2004 by Chicken Soup Lady
	Malone Invades Coast Classroom, Berates Professor ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Yesterday morning, Tuesday 12 October, Dr. Diane Stevenson (English Department) came into her classroom to find that Ken Malone and an associate, Richard Farley, had entered her classroom, uninvited, and were grilling her students about some remarks conce...	Coastian	65	3957	Oct 27, 2004 by Arnold
	Message from the President (Preview) A Message from the President October 25, 2004 Dear Colleagues: It is my intent that these letters keep you informed about the day-to-day affairs of Southern Miss. I hope you are reading my correspondence and will feel free to follow up with questions or comments if you desire. On Mo...	Newgirl	14	1184	Oct 26, 2004 by "C" student in high school english
	Status of "the book?" (Preview) There have sometimes been references on these threads to one or more persons who are writing a book about the "mess" at USM. I'd like know if these rumors are true. I don't need names, just information. Thanks in advance for any resonses.	foot soldier	25	1072	Oct 26, 2004 by Dr. MaderMath Revisited
	HA: Bond Benefits (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/...	ram	2	469	Oct 25, 2004 by Invictus
	See More #35 (Preview) This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004	See More	2	427	Oct 25, 2004 by Gargantua
	Nom d'Aplomb Award, October 24 (Preview) Mal indicated mid-week that it was going to be quality over quantity for the N d'A awards this week. Invictus said I Beg to Differ, this week starts a Clean Slate and it's going to be A Better Fit than you think. Several posters who have stuck with the contest through Fair Weather and Foul know that we're n...	Miss Information	1	365	Oct 25, 2004 by Watching the River Flow
	SheLBY howloweenie contest (Preview) It's all in the best dressed contest	educator	4	470	Oct 24, 2004 by Anna
	Mr. Wonderful's Citation de le Semaine: October 24 (Preview) Good afternoon! We appologize for being a little late with today's Citation de le Semaine award but members of the selection committee reside in different time zones and we got our wires crossed this morning. Upon reviewing this week's postings, the Citation de leSemai...	Mr. Wonderful	8	554	Oct 24, 2004 by Chicken Soup Lady
	Lost in Tier 1, the sequel (Preview) The former USM faculty member has still not awoken from the dream of working at a tier 1 university. This week’s events have left the new faculty member feeling dazed: 1) The professor received his travel money allotment for the 2004-2005 year. It about twice as much as he received during the enti...	Lost in Tiernation	12	719	Oct 24, 2004 by Peggy Lee Wannabe
	HA: USM gets largest grant ever ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041021/southernmissnews/1454764.html	ram	38	1198	Oct 24, 2004 by Invictus
	Faculty Tranquility (Preview) Dear Faculty Colleagues, My associate, Ms. Lisa Slay Mader, and I are very concerned about the dearth of posts to the AAUP message board, and the concurrent dropoff in queries submitted to the USM Ministry of Truth and Public Relations. Sadly, in the absence of conflict and confus...	Dr. Joseph Goebbels	14	990	Oct 22, 2004 by Klumb's tour de force
	105 Top Universities acc. to "best" students (Preview) Full report here: ssrn.com/abstract=601105 No USM on this list A Revealed Preference Ranking of Colleges rank College Name Elo pts 1 Harvard 2800 2 Yale 2738 3 Stanford 2694 4 Cal Tech 2632 5 MIT 2624 6 Princeton 2608 7 Brown 2433 8 Columbia 2392 9 Amherst 2363 10 Dartmo...	Angeline	11	925	Oct 22, 2004 by Invictus
	WDAM Poll (Preview) From USM Talk: Subject: Please vote WDAM has online poll running on its web site right now asking how people plan to vote on bond issue. Results as of this evening are shown below. We need to get word out to get people to log online and vote. This is a very unscientific poll, but it is important we h...	anonymous	2	889	Oct 22, 2004 by Green Hornet
	Thought for the Day (Preview) My mama taught me not to lie with the old adage "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Although unfortunately too late for too many, it is unraveling.	Lessons from Mama	16	841	Oct 20, 2004 by Rap Tune
	Nom d'Aplomb Award - 10/17 (Preview) Another lean week for noms of distinction. Maybe the scolding didn't work after all... Collectively, the Committee wanted to scream Throw Me Somthing, Mister - anything, in fact, just give us something to work with! Well, The Beat Goes On and a keen Eye captured more monikers than we original...	Miss Information	6	480	Oct 19, 2004 by Invictus' Stage Manager
	USM Graduate Office (Preview) Can anyone confirm or disconfirm a rumor that Brad Bond has, at his own request, returned full-time to history?	stethoscope on the wall	5	713	Oct 19, 2004 by Clean Slate
	HA: Ayers Case finally settled (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041019/localnews/1440558.html	truth4usm/AH	1	376	Oct 19, 2004 by Chronicler
	Whiting's Court Date ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Just talked to Melissa, and she has confirmed that she goes to trial Feb. 14th. USM tried to get it thrown out, but Judge LeMelle says she'll have her day in Federal Court in Hattiesburg. Stay tuned.	Herald	42	1818	Oct 18, 2004 by Beg to Differ
	No More Medicine (Preview) From USM Mailout: "Southern Miss Student Health Service is out of influenza vaccinations."	Reporter	0	382	Oct 18, 2004 by Reporter
	See More #34 (Preview) This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004	See More	0	378	Oct 18, 2004 by See More
	Mr. Wonderful's Citation de le Semaine: October 17 (Preview) Two pairs of postings. Two imporant issues. Two important lessons. Two sets of winners. Too close to rank. Too good to ignore. Touche to Boss Man, Invictus, Jameela Lares, and New Adjunct. The Citation de la Semaine selection committee identified two pairs of companion...	Mr. Wonderful	3	424	Oct 17, 2004 by Jameela Lares
	Some News (Preview) Here’s some news for the board. 1)AA/EEO: At the PC meeting on Wednesday it was pointed out strongly by Myron Henry, Tammy Greer and others that AA/EEO should be maintained as a separate, stand-alone office. In fact, no member of the PC spoke in favor of moving it to a part time position under Human...	Reporter	10	822	Oct 16, 2004 by Nit Picker
	Message for Lucy Sanguinetti (Preview) Lucy, Regarding your post on the rumor mill: Since I was the one who wrote the original post on the rumor mill about the question of you leaving, I thought I should respond. Although we have met on campus at a University activity, we do not associate with each other professionally and otherwise h...	Green Hornet	0	406	Oct 15, 2004 by Green Hornet
	HA article on wurl class fans (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041014/southernmissnews/1413913.html	Emma	2	460	Oct 14, 2004 by Throw Me Something Mister
	Rumor Box ( 1 2 ) (Preview) A sticky thread for all new rumors.	Rumors	57	4882	Oct 14, 2004 by Lucy
	Library to disappear? (Preview) Since SFT is in a generous mood having given the Faculty Senate the final word on the EEOC position, perhaps the Faculty Senate can trouble SFT to restore and increase funding to the library so that they can buy some books this year (and in the future). SFT is still not convinced that we need a libr...	Angeline	25	1059	Oct 14, 2004 by foot soldier
	$100 Million Campaign (Preview) Released October 13, 2004 SOUTHERN MISS' $100M COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN RESULT HATTIESBURG-The University of Southern Mississippi President Dr. Shelby F. Thames, along with the presidents of the three university foundations and the Alumni Association, will jointly announce the res...	Newgirl	0	421	Oct 14, 2004 by Newgirl
	More from the Chronicle...comments? (Preview) More from the Chronicle... This is from an article entitled: "Higher Education Isn't Meeting the Public's Needs" by Frank Newman, Lara Couturier, and Jamie Scurry: "Academic freedom was designed so that academics would be free to teach and speak on controversial topics, and ca...	truth4usm/AH	2	445	Oct 13, 2004 by Emma
	HA: Print shop could be outsourced (Preview) Little sidebar item in today's HA-- Officials at Southern Miss are studying the pros and cons of outsourcing its printing operations, which consist of bulk paper sales, printing and quick copying. According to CFO/IDV Ph.D. candidate Gregg Lassen, the copying operation is ". . . the piece that l...	Inkling	12	635	Oct 13, 2004 by stephen judd
	Chronicle: USM Eng TA's have lowest stipends (Preview) In the latest print issue of the Chronicle (10/15/04), there is a graphic showing graduate student stipends for 3 different fields (English, Economics, and Biology) with results from a survey done by the Chronicle (they surveyed 83 institutions and reported the highest 3 and lowest 3 stipend amou...	truth4usm/AH	9	566	Oct 13, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	Mader's political donations (Preview) No surprise here: Mader, Lisa S Ms. 7/14/2003 $300.00 Hattiesburg, MS 39406 University of Southern Mississippi/ -[Contribution] NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE Since she used USM rather than her home address, was this on orders from her boss? from here: http://www.tray.c...	Black Cat	16	835	Oct 13, 2004 by Invictus
	SFT to Keep Becky???? (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041009/southernmissnews/1383357.html	Green Hornet	10	807	Oct 13, 2004 by About town
	AAUP website is now back up and running (Preview) I see that the AAUP website is now back up and running!	AAUP supporter	2	425	Oct 12, 2004 by Let Freedom Ring
	Good Thing We Got 'em When The Getting Was Good! (Preview) "The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that is likely to slash the tax deduction that corporations and individuals can claim when they donate intellectual property to nonprofit organizations, including colleges and universities. A Senate vote is planned Monday, and President B...	Chronicler 1	3	671	Oct 12, 2004 by Invictus
	See More #33 (Preview) This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004	See More	1	384	Oct 11, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine: October 10 (Preview) The le Citation de la Semaine selection committee noted that this week's message board postings, although relatively few and far between, were filled with many observations, information, opinions, and suggestions which, although very thoughtful, interesting and deserving of a...	Mr. Wonderful	10	669	Oct 11, 2004 by foot soldier
	Nom d'Aplomb Award for 10/10/04 (Preview) I told Mal & Vic last week that a good scolding every once in awhile does wonders. Oh the stories I could tell about getting the Ladies of the Missionary Society back on track but that's for another time. I am certainly not one to say I told you so but I am compelled to say that the proof is i...	Miss Information	3	350	Oct 10, 2004 by 3 Balls and a Chain
	USM/Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Preview) Within the past year or so some sort of academic relationship was announced, with fanfare, between USM and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. As I recall, the goal was to encourage a certain number of their students to enroll at USM. Does anyone know the status of that project or the exten...	cooperative relationship	1	492	Oct 10, 2004 by Angeline
	Babbs (Preview) Babbs - Some psychology departures for your list: Daniel Randolph (Psychology Dept.) retiring in December Rosamond Myers (Counseling Center Training Director) leaving for UNO in November Also one of the new (one or two years in the dept) Psychology faculty is leaving in De...	Let Freedom Ring	1	433	Oct 9, 2004 by Departure Update
	News from PUC (Preview) Any report on the meeting?	Sitting on Shpilkes	15	800	Oct 9, 2004 by Tailor
	The Coast/Gambling (Preview) This is probably way off topic, but I'm curious about the new gambling industry in MS. Was it touted as a cure-all for education funding in the 'campaign' stage? If so, has it yielded the promised results? Just curious.	The Gambler	23	753	Oct 8, 2004 by Emma
	Economic Development Malapropism (Preview) I am sure that this wording is a mistake (and I hope no one was hurt in the crash) BUT sometimes the unintentional misuse of a phrase could not be funnier (or more true) if planned. Check out the new article in today's Hattiesburg American. Changes sought in economic development Mini-van cras...	Malapropism	11	960	Oct 8, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	Hudson's Surprise (Preview) We now have two issues for which Tim Hudson is being blamed. These are coming out each month right before the PUC meetings. My question is " Are these the surprises that were spoken of during the past summer?" I recall posters saying the TH has left some surprise packages.	Remembering	14	795	Oct 8, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	HA: Jury Rules Against USM, Awards Jordan $300,000 (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/9341.html	Googler	3	562	Oct 8, 2004 by educator
	HA: SFT blames Tim Hudson yet again (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041006/localnews/1367912.html	truth4usm/AH	7	644	Oct 7, 2004 by Mr. Wonderful
	We have a winner! (Preview) JuryJury rules against USM, awards Jordan $300,000	It's about time	0	330	Oct 7, 2004 by It's about time
	(OT) Bond Issue Fails in Lamar (Preview) Acccording to the HA just now the Lamar County Schools bond isse has failed again by a sliver. It makes me want to cry. Of course these are the same people who don't mind if their students have one computer per class, or wait out a tornado in trailers. For that matter, these are the same people who, failing...	New Adjunct	21	791	Oct 7, 2004 by Lottery Looting
	Post Tenure Review ( 1 2 ) (Preview) From the Faculty Senate Listserv: Oct. 1, 2004 Dear Faculty Senators, Last Friday (Sept. 24) I was told that an IHL-mandated post-tenure review of faculty at Mississippi universities had taken place this past summer. Prior to last Friday I was unaware of such a review. To my knowl...	Reporter	55	1334	Oct 6, 2004 by To Be Fair
	Hburg American "Hburg a budget town" (Preview) from todays HA ADP retirement connectors Charles and Helen Short relocated to Hattiesburg nine years ago from Rochester, NY. When asked what attracted them to the area, they replied, "The friendliness of the community, the outstanding medical services, the favorable tax structure and no sn...	About town	4	437	Oct 6, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
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