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LSM'S WHOPPING RAISE!
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Hard-Line
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Aug 17, 2004
by Questionable
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AAUP
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Will the local AAUP have a table set up at the first home football game to pass out impeachment stickers and buttons?
Thanks to LSM, Booby Chain will no longer be invited to the President's box for games! Wow! She has some serious stroke these days.
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Aug 17, 2004
by Questionable
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HA: More college students expected in Pine Belt
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040816/localnews/1058224.html
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Aug 17, 2004
by Full Moon and Empty Dorms
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Report from Ashland #1
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Report from Ashland Community and Technical College:
I, the Interim Adjunct Risk Manager, traveled to Ashland, Kentucky, to walk the hallowed halls of the institution where Angeline Dvorak, former Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Southern Mississ...
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Report from Ashland #2
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Report from Ashland Community and Technical College (continued):
In my last report, I described my trip to Ashland, Kentucky, and my arrival at the institution where Angeline Dvorak, former Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Southern Mississippi, he...
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Report from Ashland #3
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Report from Ashland Community and Technical College (continued):
In this report I will tell you about the heart of my mission: to locate the office of the President at Ashland Community and Technical College where Angie Dvorak held tenure. The president’s office is located on the front wing of...
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H-Do & the Canebrake Posse II
(closed)
(Preview)
Hey folks! Since the response to the first single from H-Do and the Canebrake Posse was overwhelmingly positive, I thought I'd give you snippets from one of the other tracks on the album. The track features H-Do and a subset of the Posse, known as the CAC (Creative Accounting Crew).&nbs...
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Lou Pearlman
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CBED's smelly core
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The appeal process in the CBED is moving forward, and the "litigant" put out an e-mail with some quotes from the CBED appeals committee. In all three areas, teaching-research-service, the committee's report lambasted Doty and the Chair of the Department for assigning the evaluation score...
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98 Degrees
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Enough Already
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Like many other "old time" posters I have avoided posting to the CBED threads, because I don't know the people or the situation. However, the posts are getting seriously out of hand, if not downright nasty. Possibly you folks need your own message board so you can duke it out amongst yourselves. I don'...
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CBED wars .. . . .
(closed)
(Preview)
VIA EMAIL AND U.S. MAIL
Dr. Harold Doty, Dean
College of Business and Economic Development
University of Southern Mississippi
JGH 211
P.O. Box: 5021
Hattiesburg, MS 39406 5021
Dear Dr. Doty:
Over the past two weeks, I have reviewed numerous documents in the Purchasing Departmen...
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See More #25
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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Nom d'Aplomb Award - week of August 9-15
(Preview)
Here we go:
Miss I apologizes for being a bit late with tonight's award, but she was obliged to be at a new event sponsored by the Ladies Missionary Society, designed to recruit a younger generation of ladies, primarily housewives, untenurable former faculty members, easily misled ex-graduat...
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Aug 16, 2004
by The entire Mr. Wonderful organization
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Gary Stringer to TAMU
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(Preview)
Gary Stringer has accepted a job at Texas A & M University. This is the absolute truth. Congratulations, Distinguished Professor!!! Godspeed! We will miss you!
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In the know
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Aug 16, 2004
by Astute Observer
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Contracts?
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Has everyone (faculty members) received their contracts yet? When does school start?
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truth4usm/AH
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Aug 16, 2004
by Hard-Line
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daily rumor mill #83
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1. Tales coming out about the delay in contracts. Word is that the delay was due to troubles entering raises for administrators into PeopleSoft. Seems many of the chairs at USM are first- or second-year chairholders (thus causing much of the complication), and their raises were more "...
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Aug 16, 2004
by gurunuburg
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Marjorie Spruill Wheeler
(Preview)
I thought I had read on this board or perhaps the old board that Dr. Marjorie Spruill Wheeler had moved away from Hattiesburg and was at the University of South Carolina. Can anyone confirm that?
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Aug 15, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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Mr. Wonderful's Citation de le Semaine for 8-15
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
As you have undoubtedly gathered by now, Mr. Wonderful's #1 Groupie can sometimes be irresponsible. Should she continue in that manner, Groupie #1 might very well become Groupie #2 (at best). To make a long story short, Groupie #1 left for the French Riviera immediately aft...
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Aug 15, 2004
by Mr. Wonderful's #1 Groupie
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How to tell if you are a troll...
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1 2
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(Preview)
You might be a troll if...
1) Your computer keyboard has a stuck CAPS LOCK key (hence, wanton capitalization)
2) To overcompensate for a small...er....mind, you use a REALLY BIG font size.
3) Spelling was never your strong suit
4) You have to create "board friends" (i.e. multiple personali...
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truth4usm/AH
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daily rumor mill #80
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1. Word spreading that there will be several parking issues around campus this fall. New construction is everywhere, and there have already been some issues involving handicap parking in some new lots. No word yet on the availability of new parking decals. Looks like a 'hurry u...
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gurunuburg
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Aug 14, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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daily rumor mill #82
(Preview)
1. Word from Friday's HA about the manpower shortage in MS in the area of state crime lab DNA testing. Seems USM meddler and Attny Gen Hood is urging USM to develop a forensic science/DNA testing degree and fund a DNA lab. Word on this from grapevine this morning via email: "...Sounds like...
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gurunuburg
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Aug 14, 2004
by Occupational Outlook
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Message from "the mill"
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The mill is going out on the town tonight (at least 2 places). We will likely "broadcast" a remote or two during the evening --- we'll be gathering info from operatives and more. Watch for our remote reports to come in during the evening (they will be smaller-than-usual mills).
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gurunuburg
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Aug 14, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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daily rumor mill #81
(Preview)
1. Stories circulating that SFT and RK are communicating with each other through SFT's underlings. Any one of two or three Lts. holds a periodic meeting (usually at a restaurant or some place) with RK to gather RK's advice and bring it back to SFT (and vice-versa). Thanks ntsft.
2. Sti...
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gurunuburg
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Aug 14, 2004
by Dumb as the Rock
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"Ephemeroptera in Heat"
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No rhyme, no meter
no matter
for when I finally meet her
I will still greet her
with the same look of forlorn
usually reserved for the
mad hatter
but pulled out of the crypt
especially for her,
the great bastion of scorn.
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Ephemeroptera
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Aug 14, 2004
by Literary Review
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Ethics at UM?
(Preview)
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040813/OPINION/408130314/1009UM's online ethics journal not the first
I read Marquita Brown's story ("Online journ...
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Palindrom
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Contracts: Terms of the Contract
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For those who have received their contract, is the wording and terms of employment the same as previous years? Forgive me it this has been answered on another thread.....
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Green Hornet
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Aug 13, 2004
by Green Hornet
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The Problem of Crowd Instinct
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(Preview)
Human behavior of crowds is much different from their behavior as individuals. Acting collectively and anonymously on this board helps allow people to participate in acts of barbarism they would never engage in as an individual. People acting en masse are not restrained by individu...
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The Decaying Field of English
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Is the faculty of the English Department afraid of Thames perhaps because they are insecure about their own field? Is it because they know that it hard sciences really make a difference in the real world? Is it because they know that a degree in English is almost worthless in regards to getting employm...
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AntonelliCollegeRulz
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Aug 13, 2004
by stephen judd
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Scientific Study Of This Board
(Preview)
After using both qualitative and quantitative research to study this board for the last three months I have reached the following conclusions:
1) This board has nothing to do with the AAUP.
2) There are only two true professor posting here regularly.
3) This board is only about removing a un...
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psizxxi
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Aug 13, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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Gnome Fact #7
(Preview)
In view of the discussions currently taking place on the thread entitled "How to tell if you are a troll," Gnome Fact #7 will be temporarily altered from the topic previously announced (which was the Gnome's Loo). The mere question posed on the other thread, "How to tell if you are a troll," suggests th...
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Aug 13, 2004
by Gnome Facts
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STEPHEN JUDD
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WACKO!
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Aug 13, 2004
by stephen judd
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ANDREA HEWITT
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WACKO
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Since we're on the topic of trolls....
(Preview)
Invictus has come up with an interesting idea on the "How to tell if you are a troll" thread. Instead of responding directly to posts that have a whiff of the troll about them, let's give them "troll scores" (much like gymnastics or ice skating scores!). We could even have categories (art...
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truth4usm/AH
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Aug 12, 2004
by foot soldier
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Another way for faculty to become millionaires
(Preview)
Are these two guys Nuts? Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen are scouring America in search of potential “future millionaires” to train! To prove that their new book, “The One Minute Millionaire” works, they’re going to select only 100 highly motivated people in each city to become millionair...
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Shaft
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Aug 12, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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Question about merit raise consistency?
(Preview)
Word is getting out in at least one of the colleges today about merit raises. One college supposedly omitted anyone who received a mid-year raise in January from consideration this time. I'm looking for info on (mine and) other colleges. Is this omission policy going to b...
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Sally Jessie
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Glossary entries: A & B
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A
a day’s work for a day’s pay < 1. specious argument made to criticize USM faculty by pro-Thames members of the business community, suggesting that college professors work about 2 to 3 hours a week; 2. this argument is often made by pro-Thames business people likely at the insistence/urging...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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Glossary entries: C & D
(Preview)
C
Cabana, Don < 1. Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at USM, and former President of USM’s Faculty Senate (prior to its current President, Myron Henry); 2. famous for "30 pieces of silver" incident; 3. a recent Thames supporter, though as FS President, not completely so; 4. leaving USM i...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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Glossary entries: E thru G
(Preview)
E
e-humor < reference to all of the funny pictures of Shelby Thames & Company on display at geocities.com/fireshelby.
e-mail < 1. electronic letter/message between two or more computer terminals; 2. at USM, an electronic text between two unsuspecting parties that may likely be re...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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Glossary entries: H thru K
(Preview)
H
Hadden, Richard I. < 1. Inter. Director of Strategic Venture Development, and product of a Thames job search; 2. prematurely brought to USM by Shelby Thames to administer USM’s new teaching hospital in Gulfport (see Gulfport V.A. Hospital); 3. see also Gene Taylor.
Halstead, J. Philli...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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Glossary entries: O thru R
(Preview)
O
Ole Miss/State conspiracy theory < 1. view that the IHL Board and much of Mississippi want USM to be taken down a rung or two on the higher education ladder in the state, so that it doesn’t compete with Ole Miss/State for resources; 2. the appointment of Shelby Thames as President in 05/2002, wit...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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Glossary entries: S
(Preview)
S
sanitizing the website < routine (daily) practice by iTech officials at USM of removing exaggerations and untruths from various parts of USM’s official homepage, especially after feeling the heat of geocities.org/fireshelby and other watchdogs.
Saucier, Gene < 1. former State Re...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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Glossary entries: T
(Preview)
T
Taylor, Clint < 1. Managing Partner, Purple Parrot Company, Inc. of Hattiesburg; 2. Crescent City Grill manager who wrote a pro-Thames letter to The Hattiesburg American on 3/10/2004 expressing the view that there was no hard evidence indicating that morale on USM’s campus was low (see c...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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Glossary entries: U thru Z
(Preview)
U
UAC < University Advisory Committee set to hear the Glamser-Stringer hearings in late April, 2004.
Union Room B < 1. site of the Glamser-Stringer appeal hearing on April 28-29, 2004, with seating for about 35 members of the general public; 2. located just west of 33,000-seat M.M. Rob...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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new Glossary entries: A thru Z
(Preview)
A New Order 1. what Angeline Dvorak says she came to USM to create (HA 6/24/2004); Dvorak’s phrase is reminiscent of the phrase "a new world order" used by others.
ask your barber/hair stylist falling behind on the latest happenings in the USM crises? Haven’t seen the latest daily rumor mill #_? Don...
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webster
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Aug 12, 2004
by kickstarter
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A MESSAGE FOR THE BOARD!
(Preview)
Opinio est duplex, scilicet, opinio vulgaris, orta inter graves discretos,
et quae vultum veritatis habet; et opinion tantum orta inter leves et vulgares homines,
absque specie veritatis.
(Opinion is of two kinds, namely, common opinion, which springs up among grave and discreet men, an...
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CEDRICK
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Aug 12, 2004
by Wednesday's Child
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Privacy Concerns and message to Amy Young
(Preview)
I just sent the following message to Amy Young in the hopes that she will inform the posters of this board about the following situation. I said I was not going to post anymore, but because that post was deleted, I guess I can change my mind without penalty.
I have received information about p...
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Online Prof
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Aug 12, 2004
by trolls-r-us
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go (away) gold
(Preview)
Has anyone else noticed that there's more pink & baby blue in the bookstore than black & gold?
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reed
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Coming Soon: Report from Ashland, KY
(Preview)
Many of you having been waiting anxiously for a report from Judge Cooley or a member of his entourage. I regret that I am unable to report on the whereabouts of the Judge, his risk mananger, his risk manager's associate, or Mrs. Cooley.
Given this deeply troubling state of affairs, I have had to tak...
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Interim Adjunct Risk Manager
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Man, was Doug Chambers right or what?
(Preview)
The other day at graduation, Jared Loftus was singled out at the end and recongnized as the former SGA president. ST called him onto the stage and gave him an award and much verbal praise. Yet, Reggie Collier was also there and just got a diploma like everone else (unless I missed somethin...
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gradgirl
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daily rumor mill #79
(Preview)
1. The latest e-mail from artsy contains an amusing thought: ". . .Wouldn't it be too funny if a power point presentation by the mill got on the next PUC agenda, and the entire staff went over to the Hub and did a presentation on things going on at USM?...." Sounds great. Need to e-mail Polly...
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gurunuburg
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Aug 12, 2004
by gurunuburg
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Question on merit raises???
(Preview)
Does anyone have any info about how raises went in the Psych department?
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Good & Plenty
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Aug 12, 2004
by Arnold Schwarzgnome
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