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Josh Kelly

Are we getting contracts today? How do you do a big media blitz on raises and days later faculty/staff still have no word (except for the $400 part)? Amazin'.

CoAL Mine

Has anyone else heard that the "average" raise was about 4%? It will be helpful to learn averages as well as the range of raises on campus.

truth4usm/AH

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040806/southernmissnews/994167.html

check checker

Does anyone do how the raises at USM compare to the raises at other Mississippi schools? Did we do better or worse?

Guru Fan

Guru, have you gone underground? Been put in the Forrest County Witness Protection Program? Bought off with Angie's "funny money" from Noetic? Say it isn't so!! First, the Night Chalker, then Judge & Mrs. Cooley, and now Guru....

Post Master

The purportedly insane, half-naked, gun-toting jogger is likely to go postal himself.

Good News

Bobby and Betty Chain are giving Gary and Mary Ann a going away party Friday night. Over 150 people were invited and less than 10 people sent regrets. Now that's love!

Lou Pearlman

Thanks to a response on my original post from Googler, I contacted another local group, Papa Shelboo and the Dome Pussycats. They are, I must warn you, a cover band. Their originals stink, but they can co-opt others' songs pretty well. Below is a sampling: Track 1 ...

truth4usm/AH

In attempt to make the threads a bit more orderly, I thought I'd move the discussion re: role of Faculty Senate from the Phillip Halstead thread to this one. Please continue the interesting discussion about the role of USM's Faculty Senate on this thread. Add your $.02!

ree

upstairs, right now, stringer is packing up his office. i don't know if i want to cry out of selfishness for what i feel i have lost due to SFT or out of the shame i feel for USM. NO QUARTER!

Lou Pearlman

Hello folks! You may remember me as the man who founded the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync. I’m here today to tell you about a new group that I have discovered: H-Do and the Canebrake Posse. They’ve just finished their first album “Live from Joseph Greene,” and I wanted you to get a samp...

Wind Talkers

We haven't gotten much response to our ad campaign. We are still very interested in getting our program onto your campus. We have run the latest press release through our package, and can tell you what Lisa Mader was thinking when she put it together. Here goes (using the sa...

Miles Long

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/7999.html

truth4usm/AH

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040804/localnews/978856.html

First Ant at the Picnic

I am alarmed that the liberal arts appear to be trivialized by the USM higher administration. Attention at USM seems to be focused primarily on the technology-oriented disciplines at the expense of the liberal arts. Witness what has happened to USM's Department of English. I would love to be able to...

truth4usm/AH

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040805/southernmissnews/986045.html

Otherside

The following was on the FS listser today. Colleagues, The process used by Dean Rex Gandy to evaluate the Units of the CoST was given to the faculty recently. The rankings of the departments are especially interesting. I have listed only some representative departments below. 1. Unit...

Miss Information

My, my, my...trying to squeeze in the Nom d'aplomb award between the homemade ice cream tasting contest sponsored by the Ladies Mission Society and the various other website awards sponsored by Mr. Wonderful (and dysfunctional committee) and Educator (and dancing icons) is quite a feat but I will...

Grateful Staff Member

Unlike many on this board who try and spin every bit of positive news in a negative light, I am very grateful to the administration for the upcoming pay raises. I would also like to thank Dave Beckett and the Faculty Senate for the part they played in gaining the $400 across the board pay increase for all f...

tomcat

Just heard that the dean(s) have not gotten word that their final recs on merit raises where acceptable to the Prez. They, consequently, have not been given permission to release any raise information. The press release cart got before the approval horse. Should tell you something...

Nobody Cares

Somebody told me there was public forum/bulletin board called "eagle talk." I cannot find it. Is there such a thing. If so, how do i get on it?

Angeline

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/local/9314014.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Bogus Boy

Southern Miss Faculty and Staff Get Raises Faculty and staff will be receiving raises at The University of Southern Mississippi for the 2005 fiscal year because of increased revenue and conservative fiscal management. The Legislature did not provide sufficient money for across-the-board incr...

Fly on the Wall

The word on campus today is that Angela Ball resigned as chair of the English department Friday. Can anyone confirm this?

LVN

Vic, on the advice of my security guru (my son) I installed Mozilla's Firebox as a trial browser. When I access this board, it doesn't want to mark the threads which I've already read. Know anything about this problem? I thought you used Mozilla. I noticed on IE that even with my Google toolbar set to blo...

YeeHaw

Online Prof you should not let people on this board scare you. The way they treated you and responded to you should have proved why there needs to be a change. Whenever the small components of an organization start making up its own rules, as this chapter is doing, the chances increase that the whole org...

Eagle

I have not checked the board in some time so this may be a repeat thread. In the Summer 2004 copy of Wilson Quarterly on page 58 there is a mention of USM planning a water park financed by bonds. Anybody heard anything about this. The article is in a group of articles on education. Worth a look.

Green Hornet

WDAM reports that ADP director has turned in his resignation.

Wind Talkers

We're finding that you need at least 350 MB SDRAM and 2.9 Ghz of speed to run the program, but we're pleased with the speed and accuracy of the output thus far. This just came out... Several academic areas are expanding program offerings in an effort to meet the needs of our communities [those 0...

Legislator

I understand new legislation will be introduced during the 2005 legislative session. The new legislation requested by USM will seek a constitutional amendment expand laws related to academic freedom for USM Professors to allow for shared governance and also tighten up laws pertai...

Lou Pearlman

It has been clear to me that the trolls adopt a name, hit the board with an onslaught of "pro-administration/anti-faculty" sentiment, and, just when other posters are getting fed up with their devisive tactics, the trolls pull back. Witness Online Prof's recent antics: attack, attack,&nb...

cooler

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040802/localnews/964493.html

Members-only board plan now defunct · Online Prof

The letter I sent to the national AAUP president was returned to me today because I did not have enough postage on it. I forgot I had a floppy disk in the envelope. I will not resend it though, and I will not pursue this matter any further.

Wind Talkers

We, a group of academics of the Navajo tradition, have developed a unique software package now available for individual purchase or site license. A group of Navajo academics --- Academic Wind Talkers, Inc. --- covering the areas of psychology, criminology, communications, management, c...

Wind Talkers

This just outputted... The President's Council met this past Wednesday and discussed several issues brought up at our last meeting, including classroom conditions. [What a drag this is becoming] It was reported that four vendors have, to date, presented their inventory to faculty, staff...

Online Prof

Those faculty who are concerned about using your USM email address, but still wish to talk to me, can send me email through your USM email address and then give me your alternative email address. I will then contact you at that alternative email address from a non-USM email address. My email address is...

raisebird

I just found out that the colleges were instructed to considered only 2003 activities when generating merit raise lists. The thought behind this (by SFT & bros) is that raises were given at the beginning of both 2004 and 2003 for years like 2001 and 2002, so they weren't to be counted "again...

P.W. Bryant

Some on this board have asserted that "everyone has the right to higher education." Others have refuted (rightfully, in my opinion) this claim. The fact is that college is not for everyone. Allowing a large number of so-called "at-risk" students to enroll only perpetuates the...

The Good Humor Ice Cream Man

The lion's share of "personnel turnover" postings on this board has pertained to faculty departures. Far less attention has been paid to the staggering incidences of administrative departures. I see the current situation as represented by an inverted ice cream cone. The top (larger) portion of t...

Snake Oil Salesman

Is the educational industry in Mississippi just modern day carpetbaggers? We have more educational institutions for our population than most states. The state can’t support these institutions financially and yet we seem to be developing another university on the gulf coast. The populatio...

LFO

Someone just said s/he was. Post yes or a no.

ree

the state auditor, phil bryant is going to be speaking at graduation...you all may have already discussed this and i missed it. any thoughts?

Bored Games

I'm not sure if people tired of Trivial Pursuit or Polyonymous just stumped everyone with the last question. Also drives me crazy when we get on second and third pages. At any rate, time to pull out another game. With all the interest in website monikers, how about a jumble for old n...

ree

i am quite uncertain why i kept this, but parts of it are quite interesting...especially where tenure, the faculty handbook and controlling our own destiny. be sure to note the enrollment and faculty departure numbers. (i added the bold) Open Letter from Dr. Shelby F. Thames . September 23, 2003 D...

Gnome Facts

In view of recent postings on enabling, it seemed reasonable to examine the Gnome literature in order to determine if it contains any instructive information about this topic. A small body of knowledge does exist. The following brief account may provide some insight: "If the male gno...

babbs

In about 30 minutes, the list of departing faculty this year will be closed. I want to extend a "thank you" to all of you who put names forward so that they could be added to the list. Again, the new list begins in 30 minutes. Please, however, feel free to dig around and find any additions th...

educator

GOOGLER Congrats!!!!!

Mr. Wonderful

Mr. Wonderful apologizes for being tardy with announcing this week's Quote of the Week Award, but he spent the entire weekend with a bunch of convenioners who had no regard for accepable rules or standards. Nonetheless, the problem with Mr. Wonderful's #1 Groupie was resolved by cell...

See More

This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004

Kit Carson

I've read that the Army has been contracting for large numbers of apartments in Hattiesburg because of the Camp Shelby build up for training Iraq bound troops. Has this caused any problems for incoming faculty and students, or has the apartment building boom kept pace with demand?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Contracts today????? (Preview) Are we getting contracts today? How do you do a big media blitz on raises and days later faculty/staff still have no word (except for the $400 part)? Amazin'.	Josh Kelly	2	661	Aug 7, 2004 by Bulldog Rick
	Average Raises (Preview) Has anyone else heard that the "average" raise was about 4%? It will be helpful to learn averages as well as the range of raises on campus.	CoAL Mine	4	728	Aug 7, 2004 by Otherside
	HA: Full story on Angela Ball's resignation (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040806/southernmissnews/994167.html	truth4usm/AH	1	673	Aug 7, 2004 by P.W. Bryant
	raise comparison (Preview) Does anyone do how the raises at USM compare to the raises at other Mississippi schools? Did we do better or worse?	check checker	5	773	Aug 7, 2004 by P.W. Bryant
	O, Guru, where art thou? (Preview) Guru, have you gone underground? Been put in the Forrest County Witness Protection Program? Bought off with Angie's "funny money" from Noetic? Say it isn't so!! First, the Night Chalker, then Judge & Mrs. Cooley, and now Guru....	Guru Fan	4	795	Aug 7, 2004 by Johnny Mack
	Warning - Buy Body Armor (Preview) The purportedly insane, half-naked, gun-toting jogger is likely to go postal himself.	Post Master	4	753	Aug 6, 2004 by a gentleman
	Bobby Chain's Party for Gary and Mary Ann (Preview) Bobby and Betty Chain are giving Gary and Mary Ann a going away party Friday night. Over 150 people were invited and less than 10 people sent regrets. Now that's love!	Good News	9	1117	Aug 6, 2004 by Just Plain Jane
	Papa Shelboo and the Dome Pussycats (Preview) Thanks to a response on my original post from Googler, I contacted another local group, Papa Shelboo and the Dome Pussycats. They are, I must warn you, a cover band. Their originals stink, but they can co-opt others' songs pretty well. Below is a sampling: Track 1 ...	Lou Pearlman	0	540	Aug 6, 2004 by Lou Pearlman
	Role of Faculty Senate (Preview) In attempt to make the threads a bit more orderly, I thought I'd move the discussion re: role of Faculty Senate from the Phillip Halstead thread to this one. Please continue the interesting discussion about the role of USM's Faculty Senate on this thread. Add your $.02!	truth4usm/AH	3	603	Aug 6, 2004 by Swan Song
	i honestly want to cry (Preview) upstairs, right now, stringer is packing up his office. i don't know if i want to cry out of selfishness for what i feel i have lost due to SFT or out of the shame i feel for USM. NO QUARTER!	ree	5	844	Aug 6, 2004 by Jim Hollandsworth
	H-Do & the Canebrake Posse (Preview) Hello folks! You may remember me as the man who founded the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync. I’m here today to tell you about a new group that I have discovered: H-Do and the Canebrake Posse. They’ve just finished their first album “Live from Joseph Greene,” and I wanted you to get a samp...	Lou Pearlman	11	868	Aug 6, 2004 by Googler
	Still Trying to Sell Our Software Package (Preview) We haven't gotten much response to our ad campaign. We are still very interested in getting our program onto your campus. We have run the latest press release through our package, and can tell you what Lisa Mader was thinking when she put it together. Here goes (using the sa...	Wind Talkers	8	717	Aug 6, 2004 by Invictus
	It ain't no rumor: Ball resigns as chair (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/7999.html	Miles Long	5	801	Aug 6, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	HA: Halstead resignation poses many questions ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040804/localnews/978856.html	truth4usm/AH	72	2821	Aug 6, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	As The Liberal Arts Go, So Goes USM (Preview) I am alarmed that the liberal arts appear to be trivialized by the USM higher administration. Attention at USM seems to be focused primarily on the technology-oriented disciplines at the expense of the liberal arts. Witness what has happened to USM's Department of English. I would love to be able to...	First Ant at the Picnic	28	1415	Aug 6, 2004 by First Ant at the Picnic
	HA: Thames grants raises (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040805/southernmissnews/986045.html	truth4usm/AH	17	847	Aug 5, 2004 by Miles Long
	Faculty Senate Listser (Preview) The following was on the FS listser today. Colleagues, The process used by Dean Rex Gandy to evaluate the Units of the CoST was given to the faculty recently. The rankings of the departments are especially interesting. I have listed only some representative departments below. 1. Unit...	Otherside	4	754	Aug 5, 2004 by Rory "The Assassin" Turner
	Nom d'aplomb Award - July 31 (Preview) My, my, my...trying to squeeze in the Nom d'aplomb award between the homemade ice cream tasting contest sponsored by the Ladies Mission Society and the various other website awards sponsored by Mr. Wonderful (and dysfunctional committee) and Educator (and dancing icons) is quite a feat but I will...	Miss Information	15	1066	Aug 5, 2004 by It'll be a COAL day in H...
	Pay Raises (Preview) Unlike many on this board who try and spin every bit of positive news in a negative light, I am very grateful to the administration for the upcoming pay raises. I would also like to thank Dave Beckett and the Faculty Senate for the part they played in gaining the $400 across the board pay increase for all f...	Grateful Staff Member	2	615	Aug 4, 2004 by Insurance Man
	info on raises (Preview) Just heard that the dean(s) have not gotten word that their final recs on merit raises where acceptable to the Prez. They, consequently, have not been given permission to release any raise information. The press release cart got before the approval horse. Should tell you something...	tomcat	2	726	Aug 4, 2004 by My-too-sense
	where is eagle talk bulletin board (Preview) Somebody told me there was public forum/bulletin board called "eagle talk." I cannot find it. Is there such a thing. If so, how do i get on it?	Nobody Cares	3	846	Aug 4, 2004 by Invictus
	USM to own 2 hospitals?? (Preview) http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/local/9314014.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp	Angeline	2	803	Aug 4, 2004 by doctor
	PR Release about USM Raises (Preview) Southern Miss Faculty and Staff Get Raises Faculty and staff will be receiving raises at The University of Southern Mississippi for the 2005 fiscal year because of increased revenue and conservative fiscal management. The Legislature did not provide sufficient money for across-the-board incr...	Bogus Boy	4	851	Aug 4, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	English Chair Resigns (rumor) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) The word on campus today is that Angela Ball resigned as chair of the English department Friday. Can anyone confirm this?	Fly on the Wall	41	1534	Aug 4, 2004 by Invictus
	Technical ?? for Invictus (OT) (Preview) Vic, on the advice of my security guru (my son) I installed Mozilla's Firebox as a trial browser. When I access this board, it doesn't want to mark the threads which I've already read. Know anything about this problem? I thought you used Mozilla. I noticed on IE that even with my Google toolbar set to blo...	LVN	5	404	Aug 4, 2004 by Invictus
	OnlineProf Please Read This! (Preview) Online Prof you should not let people on this board scare you. The way they treated you and responded to you should have proved why there needs to be a change. Whenever the small components of an organization start making up its own rules, as this chapter is doing, the chances increase that the whole org...	YeeHaw	7	467	Aug 4, 2004 by YeeHaw
	Wilson Quarterly (Preview) I have not checked the board in some time so this may be a repeat thread. In the Summer 2004 copy of Wilson Quarterly on page 58 there is a mention of USM planning a water park financed by bonds. Anybody heard anything about this. The article is in a group of articles on education. Worth a look.	Eagle	2	405	Aug 3, 2004 by Theme Park Mogul
	ADP Director Resigns (Preview) WDAM reports that ADP director has turned in his resignation.	Green Hornet	20	1315	Aug 3, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	Letter analysis (part 3) (Preview) We're finding that you need at least 350 MB SDRAM and 2.9 Ghz of speed to run the program, but we're pleased with the speed and accuracy of the output thus far. This just came out... Several academic areas are expanding program offerings in an effort to meet the needs of our communities [those 0...	Wind Talkers	7	460	Aug 3, 2004 by Omen Spit
	NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RE: ACADEMIC FREEDOM (Preview) I understand new legislation will be introduced during the 2005 legislative session. The new legislation requested by USM will seek a constitutional amendment expand laws related to academic freedom for USM Professors to allow for shared governance and also tighten up laws pertai...	Legislator	2	415	Aug 3, 2004 by Dumber than Klumber
	How to tell a troll... (Preview) It has been clear to me that the trolls adopt a name, hit the board with an onslaught of "pro-administration/anti-faculty" sentiment, and, just when other posters are getting fed up with their devisive tactics, the trolls pull back. Witness Online Prof's recent antics: attack, attack,&nb...	Lou Pearlman	13	554	Aug 3, 2004 by Roll-a-Troll
	big mess coming to a USM near you soon... (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040802/localnews/964493.html	cooler	10	823	Aug 3, 2004 by LVN
	Members-only board plan now defunct (Preview) The letter I sent to the national AAUP president was returned to me today because I did not have enough postage on it. I forgot I had a floppy disk in the envelope. I will not resend it though, and I will not pursue this matter any further.	Online Prof	1	313	Aug 3, 2004 by Offline Chat
	What He's Thinking Software --- A Sample (Preview) We, a group of academics of the Navajo tradition, have developed a unique software package now available for individual purchase or site license. A group of Navajo academics --- Academic Wind Talkers, Inc. --- covering the areas of psychology, criminology, communications, management, c...	Wind Talkers	3	366	Aug 3, 2004 by kicker
	Letter Analysis (part 2) (Preview) This just outputted... The President's Council met this past Wednesday and discussed several issues brought up at our last meeting, including classroom conditions. [What a drag this is becoming] It was reported that four vendors have, to date, presented their inventory to faculty, staff...	Wind Talkers	1	324	Aug 3, 2004 by kicker
	How To Contact Online Prof (Preview) Those faculty who are concerned about using your USM email address, but still wish to talk to me, can send me email through your USM email address and then give me your alternative email address. I will then contact you at that alternative email address from a non-USM email address. My email address is...	Online Prof	3	357	Aug 3, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	early word on merit raises (Preview) I just found out that the colleges were instructed to considered only 2003 activities when generating merit raise lists. The thought behind this (by SFT & bros) is that raises were given at the beginning of both 2004 and 2003 for years like 2001 and 2002, so they weren't to be counted "again...	raisebird	0	302	Aug 3, 2004 by raisebird
	The Real Problem with 099 (long) (Preview) Some on this board have asserted that "everyone has the right to higher education." Others have refuted (rightfully, in my opinion) this claim. The fact is that college is not for everyone. Allowing a large number of so-called "at-risk" students to enroll only perpetuates the...	P.W. Bryant	27	690	Aug 3, 2004 by Knock Knock
	USM as an Inverted Ice Cream Cone (Preview) The lion's share of "personnel turnover" postings on this board has pertained to faculty departures. Far less attention has been paid to the staggering incidences of administrative departures. I see the current situation as represented by an inverted ice cream cone. The top (larger) portion of t...	The Good Humor Ice Cream Man	9	662	Aug 3, 2004 by Just Wondering
	Carpetbaggers? (Preview) Is the educational industry in Mississippi just modern day carpetbaggers? We have more educational institutions for our population than most states. The state can’t support these institutions financially and yet we seem to be developing another university on the gulf coast. The populatio...	Snake Oil Salesman	6	607	Aug 3, 2004 by Invictus
	Is Online Prof a troll??? (Preview) Someone just said s/he was. Post yes or a no.	LFO	24	920	Aug 2, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	graduation speaker (Preview) the state auditor, phil bryant is going to be speaking at graduation...you all may have already discussed this and i missed it. any thoughts?	ree	3	415	Aug 2, 2004 by Green Hornet
	Jumble - FireShelby Version ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I'm not sure if people tired of Trivial Pursuit or Polyonymous just stumped everyone with the last question. Also drives me crazy when we get on second and third pages. At any rate, time to pull out another game. With all the interest in website monikers, how about a jumble for old n...	Bored Games	46	1651	Aug 2, 2004 by Vanna White
	sept 23,2003 (Preview) i am quite uncertain why i kept this, but parts of it are quite interesting...especially where tenure, the faculty handbook and controlling our own destiny. be sure to note the enrollment and faculty departure numbers. (i added the bold) Open Letter from Dr. Shelby F. Thames . September 23, 2003 D...	ree	2	376	Aug 2, 2004 by Swan Song
	Gnome Fact #6 (Preview) In view of recent postings on enabling, it seemed reasonable to examine the Gnome literature in order to determine if it contains any instructive information about this topic. A small body of knowledge does exist. The following brief account may provide some insight: "If the male gno...	Gnome Facts	0	292	Aug 2, 2004 by Gnome Facts
	a "thank you" and a message from babbs (Preview) In about 30 minutes, the list of departing faculty this year will be closed. I want to extend a "thank you" to all of you who put names forward so that they could be added to the list. Again, the new list begins in 30 minutes. Please, however, feel free to dig around and find any additions th...	babbs	3	492	Aug 2, 2004 by Anne Wallace
	Googler the WLG Champion (Preview) GOOGLER Congrats!!!!!	educator	3	349	Aug 2, 2004 by Googler
	Mr. Wonderful le Citation de la Semaine Award: 8-1 (Preview) Mr. Wonderful apologizes for being tardy with announcing this week's Quote of the Week Award, but he spent the entire weekend with a bunch of convenioners who had no regard for accepable rules or standards. Nonetheless, the problem with Mr. Wonderful's #1 Groupie was resolved by cell...	Mr. Wonderful	3	417	Aug 2, 2004 by LVN
	See More #23 (Preview) This week's issue geocities.com/seemore004	See More	1	317	Aug 2, 2004 by truth4usm/AH
	Hattiesburg Housing Demand (Preview) I've read that the Army has been contracting for large numbers of apartments in Hattiesburg because of the Camp Shelby build up for training Iraq bound troops. Has this caused any problems for incoming faculty and students, or has the apartment building boom kept pace with demand?	Kit Carson	4	475	Aug 2, 2004 by Angeline
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