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Which educational philosophy do you espouse?
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The humanist believes that people are inherently good and, with education, each has the power for obtaining a good life. The behaviorist thinks that an individual’s personality and character are the product of his or her total experience, which must include education. The pragmati...
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Statement From Online Prof About His Activity
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Let me just start by saying that threatening me and lying about me is only going to make me more determined. The only name I have ever used on this board is “OnlineProf.” I do not know the other people you are talking about. I am not trying to break up your community; I am just trying to create one for the real...
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Aug 1, 2004
by Former USM Employee
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The WLG Award
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Okay, okay . . . the obvious winner of this week's WLG Award is the masteremoticon meister Googler!!! Tonight I will post on this MB a tribute to this wizard of the emoticons. Be ready to be dazzled. I will post it as the thread Googler Tribute.
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Board For Members-Only letter to Buck & Young
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I just sent a letter to Jane Buck, the president of the national AAUP, to ask her to consider proposing a bylaw to make bulletin boards and listservs be for members only. This would apply to any internet service that is associating itself with AAUP, which the board operators here most certainly do. I ha...
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Aug 1, 2004
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Efforts to make a member's only board
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I've been away from the board and recently read some of the comments regarding making this board "members-only". I've tried to add my 2 cents every so often.
Many know I'm a faculty member and that many of the comments from the (large number of) contributors have been very insightful, thought-out a...
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Aug 1, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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here we go guys....hold on tight!!!!!
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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION TO PURCHASE FORMER GARDEN PARK HOSPITAL BUILDING
HATTIESBURG -- The University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation is moving forward with negotiations to purchase the former Garden Park Hospital building o...
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SFT's campaign contributions
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No surprise here but maybe it does explain why the USM Administration mirrors so much the behavior and tactics of the Bush Administration. I thought it interesting (troubling?) that SFT listed himself as self-employed. Info. from this website (these are only primary season c...
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Angeline
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latest love letter
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http://www.usm.edu/president/
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Jul 31, 2004
by Swan Song
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Letter to Dean Pood
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Dear Elliott, Well, here's the letter you expected from me after Angela gave me my rankings within the college! I suspect that nobody who knows you would have thought you would do a really fair job of "norming" the departmental rankings; to be fair, of course, we all understand that NOBO...
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Jul 31, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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A political/sociological/historical perspective
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a political/sociological/historical  
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Jul 31, 2004
by Polyonymous
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What does this letter mean?
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Hattiesburg American, April 26, 2004.
“Tactics used by friends of the two professors highlight their own selfish interest, as they resort to public demonstration, distractions of the students and disruption of the learning environment at the university to accomplish their purpose.”
Ke...
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Jul 31, 2004
by Kit Carson
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This is why u should oppose 099 classes
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There are really two main reasons why I would oppose 099 classes here and I would encourage the rest of you to focus on these instead.
The first is that no plans were put forth to hire specific instructors to teach just this type of student. It was very short-sighted to think that the current f...
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More USM Partnerships, etc.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Marketing and Public Relations
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release Contacts: Charlie Trapp
7-30-04 (601)555-4576
Interview Contact:
Dr. Ansel Druid (601)555-4109
Dr. Sulley Clewiston (601)...
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Jul 30, 2004
by Arnold Schwarzgnome
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The purpose/tone of this board
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Thought I would start a separate thread on the tone or purpose of this message board. On a separate thread (one of the 099 threads), an issue was raised about the tone and purpose of this board, seeing that is it "attached" to the AAUP website. Even though there is a disclaimer at the top of t...
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Jul 30, 2004
by Otherside
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Big Problem for Mr. Wonderful's Committee
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I regret to report that Mr. Wonderful's #1 Groupie is presenting problems for the second consecutive week. It appears that the whole thing started when Mal 'n Vict's Miss Information tossed the political card into last week's Nom d'Aplomb thing by throwing a hissyfit about the nomina...
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Jul 30, 2004
by Mr. Wonderful
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More economic impact....
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Check out the press release below. USM doesn't care what the Karnes Center does, just that its principals and its "customers" eat at Robert St. John's and other local restaurants, and perhaps vote for the athletics tax this coming fall.
SOUTHERN MISS' KARNES CENTER FOR GIFTED STUDI...
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$69,000,000 and rising
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RESEARCH FUNDING AT SOUTHERN MISS CLIMBS TO $69 MILLION IN 2004
HATTIESBURG - For the sixth straight year, external research funding at The University of Southern Mississippi has increased, reaching a record $69 million in fiscal year 2004.
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SACS Accreditation Timing
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Some faculty members have questioned where USM stood in regards to renewal of SACS accreditation? Of particular interest are two issues of timing: what year is the “Accreditation Year”, and backing off from that, what would be a reasonable date to mobilize for the process? Friends from other univ...
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Jul 30, 2004
by Otherside
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Fund Raising 099
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http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=lczebn9bz0swoqzeityxad2k0mfc8wv4
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Raising Funds SomeHow
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Jul 30, 2004
by Done Gone
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Math099 Rumor
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I heard that all sections of Math 099 are full and closed. Discussions are underway of having students who need Math 099 to take a special course "on computer disk". They take the disk home and work through the math instructions on their own. They will be supervised by a Math instructor at MSU. It will be...
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I just got a raise . . . .
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by switching my car insurance to Geico.
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From Friday's Chronicle
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* A TEAM OF SCHOLARS says universities should avoid unusual and controversial research agreements such as the one the University of California at Berkeley had with the company formerly known as Novartis. The university had invited the team of outside scholars to evaluate its relationship with...
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Jul 30, 2004
by Best Practices
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Gnome Fact #5
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This being the season of the year for merit raises, and given the current controversies regarding the procedure used at the administrative level, it seemed appropriate to search the gnome literature in hopes of gaining insight into the topic. Evidently, Wunderlich's 1580 volume is silent...
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Gnome Facts
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Jul 30, 2004
by Gnome, Gnome on the Range
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True (and new) 099 story!!!!
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My departmental secretary just told me she received a phone call this morning from the mother of an incoming freshman. The mother proceeded to read to the secretary what courses her "child" had registered for (2 of them were 099 courses). She then asked "Where do we need to go to get a list...
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Food for Thought
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"First they came for the communists but I was not a communist so I kept quiet.
Then they came for the socialists and the trade unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew, so I did not speak out.
And when they came for me, there was no one left to spe...
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Jul 29, 2004
by Poster Child
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New Handbook Committee
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From Faculty Senate Listserv:
From FS President:
Faculty Handbook committee :
Dave Beckett, Cecil Burge, Russell Willis, Renee Falconer, Lee Gore, Cynthia Moore, and Joan Exline.
Dr. Exline is included because she will be attending the first meeting to help establish the commit...
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PC Meeting Coverage in H'burg American
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040729/southernmissnews/940650.html
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daily rumor mill #71
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1. gorod sought the sage words of an acquaintance who has served on the faculty and administration of an "099" university. Here's some of an e-mail gorod recently forwarded to the mill from the sage..
"One of the things you are going to notice in the 'transition' to open admissions is a shift i...
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Artifact
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Hattiesburg American, April 15, 2004.
“To those who take offense at my support of the USM administration - either via letters to me or in chat rooms on the FireShelby Web site - if you truly believe in your position, you should get out of the shadows and voice your feelings to me openly and not use the cr...
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Jul 29, 2004
by Online Prof
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See More #22
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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Jul 29, 2004
by foot soldier
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It could get better for Bower......
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I realize that it is not accurate to say that Shelby terminated Stringer and Glamser, but it is appropriate to suggest that Thames' actions/behavior hastened their departures from USM. That said, the kicker is that they landed jobs at Texas A&M and Tulane.
If this is a trend, then when T...
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daily rumor mill #70
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1. Haven't reported on the legal issues involving the faculty appeal in the CBED. Have been continuously updated (myself) through e-mails from compaq and envelope. It looks as the though HD & Co are stalling the FOIA request, with the help of Jim Keith in Jackson (and his assistant...
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Jul 29, 2004
by Anonymous
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PC Agenda
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From Faculty Senate's Listserv:
Agenda
President’s Council
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Union H--3:00 PM
1. Approval of Minutes – DJ Johnson
2. Classroom Conditions – Rusty Postelwait
3. Status of Drug and Alcohol Policy Review – Mitch Berman
4. Status of Faculty Handbook Comm...
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Gnome Fact #4
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It is important that we understand the derivation of the word gnome. As Nuygen & Poortvliet indicate in their now-classic 1977 treatsie on the subject Gnome, ". . . it is not sheer coincidence that the word gnome itself is derived from Kuba-Walda, which means "home administrator"...
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Jul 28, 2004
by foot soldier
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daily rumor mill #69
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1. More word on attending parties. One of the things being relayed is that when asked by many Ole Miss/State alum, "So, what do you do?", USM professors often get the secondary comment later in the short conversation: "...well, at least you don't have to do 'all that' research like the pr...
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Jul 28, 2004
by foot soldier
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English Dept. appeals for 8 part-time Instructors
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040727/southernmissnews/926814.html
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Angeline
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Jul 28, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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daily rumor mill #63
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1. New and interesting word on the new Union Building. gorod reports that even the construction workers at the site can smell the coffee. They have been heard, on more than one occasion, to ask a USM official visiting the site: "What do ya'll need this thing for?" Apparently, even...
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Jul 28, 2004
by Cowboy's Sweetheart
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Faculty and Staff Departures
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From today’s President’s Council:
Faculty and Staff Departures were update by Russ Willis.
Faculty
2001-2 2002-3 2003-4
H’burg 95(16%) 98(16.5%) 66(11%)*
GC 12(14%) 14(16%) 18(21%)*
Total 107 112 84**
*Not final because some faculty will be leaving after the summer ses...
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Jul 28, 2004
by Otherside
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RAISES
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Has anyone compared the budget book from last year to this years to see where the raises appear especially the one LM got and DT gave out!
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daily rumor mill #68
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This mill consists of a single, much to cumbersome and large for a normal 4 or 5-item mill. It details results of an informal canvass of all operatives I conducted recently that evaluated USM's administrators from the rank of associate dean to provost (athletics not included). Enjoy....
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daily rumor mill #66
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1. No merit raise information yet for most of the campus. ntsft and gorod hope to have some info soon regarding the delay in the release of the names/$s. Thanks. We await.
2. It's late July and SFT's favorite time of the year to be USM's president. Football season is just ar...
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Jul 28, 2004
by Mr. Jones
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daiy rumor mill #67
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1. Merit raise or no merit raise, morale at USM is probably unsalvagable from what we gather. This fall, "resumes are going to fly out of the USM campus like bats coming out of a cave at dusk" (thanks for the great line envelope). Reports from most operatives indicate that USM faculty, you...
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Jul 28, 2004
by Delta Dawn
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More USM millionaires
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SOUTHERN MISS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
RECEIVES DONATION FROM SHELL
HATTIESBURG -- Noetic Technologies Inc., a company created for entrepreneurs at The University of Southern Mississippi, has been given the opportunity to commercialize technology based on a recent donation of inte...
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WLG Award
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I'm naming this award after one of our patron saints --- William Lloyd Garrison whose immortal words are emoticoned below!! There is no limit to the emoticons, but the phrases/words are limited to 50 words or less - unless it's really, really good. (and you know what I'm talking about), we'll b...
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A moment of reflection
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I believe that the AAUP website has now been up and operating longer that the FireShelby website. Hard to believe.
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Minnie Minutiae
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USM departures 7/26/2004
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USM Departures, August 2003 thru July 2004
Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (Sta...
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Jul 28, 2004
by stinky cheese man
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Elliott Pood and My Supremacy
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If you all haven't figured it out yet, Elliott Pood wants to be the next Provost. To do so, he has to be in favor with SFT & Co, and since they like it when someone kicks a little English prof a$$, that's what Pood is giving them with his merit raise plan.
I would suggest you follow my lead in how I...
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Jason Bourne
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Jul 28, 2004
by foot soldier
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USM departures 7/28/2004
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USM Departures, August 2003 thru July 2004
Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (Sta...
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Gnome Lesson #2
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The existance of Gnomes was even acknowledged in the opera Hansel und Gretel:
"A little man stands in the woods, still and alone; His smock is of bright purple, and with purple thread is sewn. Pray tell: who is this little man who stands on just one leg?"
The opera's refernce to purple...
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Gnome Facts
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Jul 27, 2004
by Gnome Alone
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Gnome Fact #3
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Because the Gnome is closely associated with Trolls who often reside in close proximity, it is important that one be familiar with demographic and other information about the Troll and the Troll's relationship to the Gnome.
Distribution Area: Trolls are found prima...
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Gnome Facts
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Jul 27, 2004
by Gnome, Gnome on the Range
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