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Champions of Industry
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Last year, I believe, there was a press release (a small barrage, I might add) about USM being chosen a "Champion of Industry." After seeing the press, etc. and viewing the accompanying video on the internet, I concluded that the award was contrived and absolutely meaningless ( and I ain't tha...
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Capitol Eagel
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Jun 24, 2004
by Lamont Cranston
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How will cronies split up merit raises in CBED??
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I would be interested in learning how Doty and the rest of the Good 'ole boys will split up the raise pool this year. It seems to me that having settled in to the tune of 155, doty will fall in line like a foot soldier. I suspect Henthorne is a given since he and the provost go way back (beer, bars and babes). Ne...
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Caught in the Middle
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Hattiesburg American Archive
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On the HA website you can now pull up an archive as far back as 3/24/2000.
I know that this is off topic, but I thought it might be helpful to those who would like to review past articles related to issues being discussed on this site. It's definately better than doing a google search for them. :bi...
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Impeach the Leech
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Jun 24, 2004
by Impeach the Leech
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response to thames 3
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Shelby, we thank you lots for your recent letters to us as friends and colleagues, the moreso because we do understand how much agony and pain it must have cost you to say nice things about us---actually to say in public and in writing that you value us. Have you tried to imagine how much better the last tw...
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noel polk
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Jun 24, 2004
by Anne Wallace
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HA: Dvorak change
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040623/southernmissnews/705602.html
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Tiger
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Jun 24, 2004
by Anne Wallace
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daily rumor mill #33
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1. Some rumor math. SFT has 2 years left on his contract, which will take him into 2006. Many people are beginning to believe now he'll make that date. Some are also coming to believe that he'll get a second 4-year term, taking him to 2010. Now, here's the actual rumor. ...
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Jun 24, 2004
by Outside Observer
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the postman always rings twice
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Here's what I heard about the impending legal action in the CBED against HD. A faculty member with an appeal about yearly reviews sent a certified letter to HD's work address. The "mail getter" in the Dean's office failed to retrieve it when going to the Hub to get the Dean's...
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HA letter today: was Guru right?
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040623/opinion/705684.html
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Jun 24, 2004
by stephen judd
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Move forward with cause
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"Pretzel, Checkers, Present Professor, & Fedora (name calling aside) make sound points in that we do little to improve the state of the university, whether we work here or not, when we stop trying to effect positive changes through constructive conversations with each other and those who repr...
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Mr. Wonderful's Quote Du Jour Award: June 23
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Mr. Wonderful's Quote Du Jour Award for today is also a tribute to the College of Arts and Letters. And quite an inspiring quote it is! Today's award goes to T-Shirts, commemorating the departure of Mirian Wilson Kimber:
"With this move to Iowa, I can spend more of my time working on mus...
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daily rumor mill #31 (CEP special)
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thanks to domer, gorod and ntsft
1. Word concluding now that CEP is the most pro-SFT college on campus, for various reasons. DT's department is housed there, WP & Co are known now to be pro-SFT, and the dept. of Psych has done quite well in the previous two mid-year raise processes (...
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gurunuburg
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Jun 23, 2004
by Heather Sterling-Turner
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Troll Bait in the Abyss
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Out of character for Chess, but:
Trying to do anything positive in this insane asylum may be impossible. Everyone wants to tear down but no one wants to build up. I remember fondly those late night conversations between Present Professor and other posters (many with different opini...
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Jun 23, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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TH down the Texas Toilet
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If this is already posted somewhere, forgive me. I've been out of touch with the board most of the day.
UT Board of Regents named the new president of UT Pan AM today...huge surprise...it's not Hudson.
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Jun 23, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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what's going on in the cbed?
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I've been reading the posts in the nearby thread. What's the deal in the college of business and economic development?
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Hburg American story on Dvorak
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And !*** mad at that. The issue was NOT settled when the faculty senate committee talked with her. She did not do what she agreed to do.
More importantly, if Shelbooooooo had taken care of this matter make in December, the horrible events of the last semester would never have hap...
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No longer sad, just mad
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Jun 23, 2004
by The Shadow
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palace in CBED
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What's this? Every time I submit a request to travel I get denied, yet they are building an administrative palace (i.e., tons of new construction/renovation) on the second floor of CBED.
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biz eagle
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Jun 23, 2004
by Rock-n-Troll
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USM departures 6/23/2004
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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 (State of Mississippi)
Ann Beardshall, Coordi...
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Jun 23, 2004
by Done Gone
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daily rumor mill #32
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1. Word from domer is that everyone should listen for ancillary parts of today's dome press conference about more university restructuring. If things go forward, there might be a few other tidbits of interesting change. Thanks domer (and ntsft).
2. Stories coming out of CBED now th...
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Jun 23, 2004
by gurunuburg
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snipped on AD's vita in HA today
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Lisa Mader said the president was not going to respond to the facsen's request that AD clean up the vita mess. They are brushing it aside.
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UPDATE merging with GC newsletter
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It seems that the Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast monthly campus publications are being merged into a single publication. A good idea. Marketing and PR wants people to vote on a new name for the combined newsletter. Here is a link to the site: http://www.usm.edu/pr/vote/vote.html
I am not particular...
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economic development restructuring
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for those who haven't seen the HA afternoon update:
Officials at the University of Southern Mississippi will announce a restructuring of the university’s economic development model at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the conference room of the Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building. University spokes...
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Jun 22, 2004
by foot soldier
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Sun Herald article today
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It's about the casino classes on the Coast -- check out who the attornies are for the IHL Board! Amazing.
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Mr. Wonderful Quote Du Jour Award Winner
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Author: Mr. Wonderful Date: 25 min, 33 sec. ago Views: 32
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It would be unfair to post the name of the honorable mention without also posting the name of the today's winner:
We have a winner! Mr. Wonder...
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Jun 22, 2004
by Mr. Wonderful
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Mr. Wonderful Quote Du Jour Award
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Mr. Wonderful has already bestowed his presitgious Quote Du Jour Award for today, on another thread, and a good quote it was. An honorable mention, however, should be given to Stinky whose insightful quote follows:
Originally posted by: Stinky "Something STINKS a...
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Jun 22, 2004
by Mr. Wonderful
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Kim Chaze
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Let your field day commence!!! Why does USM keep handing stuff to our Portsmouth man? He's seriously going to have to spend more time in Hattiesburg than he wants to. At least he'll get to see more of his mother in law in Petal.
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Emma
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HA: Pro-Stringer letter to ed
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040622/opinion/697968.html
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HA: Faculty should respect SFT's authori-tay
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040622/opinion/697967.html
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Jun 22, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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daily rumor mill #27 (COST special)
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Rumors from bunson, domer and ntsft about COST
1. Word continues to drip out of COST about internal strife. Apparently, COST is a microcosm of USM right now, with little relief in sight. When the SFT reign ends, bloodletting could begin there.
2. Reports are coming out now that SFT a...
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gurunuburg
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Jun 22, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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Merit Raises
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The concept of merit raises is one that plays well with the IHL and with the general public. According to media reports, IHL has directed that the proposed raises from the tuition increase be merit based.
Consider this, however: my department takes our annual evaluations, third yea...
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Jun 22, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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daily rumor mill #30 (COAL special)
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messages from artsy, domer and grapevine
1. It's sounding more and more like the move of ED from CBED to COAL is a done deal. As you know, this move brings TH, AD and KM into the COAL. Now they will be "working with" EP, a much less difficult proposition than what they've face...
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Jun 22, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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daily rumor mill #29
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updates from envelope, compaq and grapevine
1. Stories are coming out that hiring replacements has become so difficult in the CBED that all of the doctoral students in an entire department at a nearby university were offered a job in the CBED before one was found who would come. ...
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Jun 22, 2004
by Malapropism
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From The NY Times
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June 22, 2004
Toward a Life of the Mind (or Just Work) (3 Letters)
To the Editor:
In "New in Liberal Arts: Intro to Job Market" (news article, June 19), David Breneman, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, says that students in the 1960's "were going to c...
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Eagle
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Bully Bosses
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bosses......http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html
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Let Freedom Ring
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Jun 22, 2004
by foot soldier
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USM departures 6/21/2004
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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 (State of Mississippi)
Ann Beardshall, Coordi...
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Getting Personal
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2 months from the first Federal Court Case. Let Freedom Ring.
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Emma
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Dr. Jesse Palmer
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One of the stories out of CISE and acknowledged by MEW, a former colleague and assist. prof. in that dept., was that when DGT and Dr. Palmer were both up for the chair of the dept. - DGT and her co-hort CRK tried to dissuade MEW from voting for JP saying that he had been a "terrible Faculty Senate president"...
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Great letter today
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Great letter in the American today. Thanks to the writer.
Everyone who is a patron of art, dance, music, or theater or any of those who love and support the humanities should be worried about what the long range effect of this administration will be on those disciplines. He brag...
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Music Patron
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Jun 21, 2004
by Mr. Wonderful
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daily rumor mill #28 (Athletics special)
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Words from mclubber, baller, and gorod
1. Word on the street is that LE has no clue as to how bad the attendance problem at USM is. His lack of knowledge is now reportedly being confounded by the LSM-style spin that's comin' out of the AD. As many of you know, the AD is now putting out "info"...
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Jun 21, 2004
by Lewis and Gilbert
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daily rumor mill #26
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1. Word circulating now that the foundation is just a shell. Not much activity there these days, except for the occasional life insurance donation. Thanks doughboy.
2. News from artsy is that sft and hd are becoming good friends. Reports streaming in now of them hangin...
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daily rumor mill #25
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1. Word out that SFT has been cold on CEM. Rumor is that she's been tadpoling (in the local business community of all places), and behind his back. Word supposedly got back to SFT quickly on this one. Thanks domer.
2. No news on the Trent Lott Center lately. Word is th...
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Jun 21, 2004
by LeavingASAP
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SunHerald Letter
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From June 21 SunHerald:
USM faculty should make the best of next two years
It saddens me to still see negative opinions being expressed about USM President Shelby Thames.
I had hoped that with the summer break, the faculty and alumni would stop the barrage of criticism. Some of the forme...
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Tim
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HA: USM received $6M budget increase
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040621/localnews/690684.html
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truth4usm/AH
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Jun 21, 2004
by palindrome
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See More #17
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This week's issue at
geocities.com/seemore004
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question about sft and wife
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Since he brought his relationship with God into the matter (Advertiser News story), does anyone know where he and his wife attend church? Just wondering.
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Secondary education
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The secondary ed students had to take 3 classes over in Education. One of them, CISE 313, was taught by a very respected and competent professor -- Dr. Melissa Whiting. She succeeded in getting the class (Principles of Secondary School Teaching) moved out into the Petal School system where she had cl...
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Jun 20, 2004
by egg shells
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response to Dr. Thames 2
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For what it is worth, colleagues, I just sent this to Shelby:
Well, Shelby, you are grinding out the smileyface record of your good deeds at a record rate, and of course we thank you for them---can you possibly imagine what a good laugh it gives us when you call us colleagues, and when y...
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How do the threads on this board work?
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I have noticed that some of the thread seem out of place...For example, Rumour #25 may be 8 or 9 threads below Rumour #24...Other posts seem to appear in different places at different times...Is this actually happening or have I had one too many beers?
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Happy Father's Day
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I want to wish a happy Father's Day to the many Dads who post on this board.
I don't have any clever poems to post, as I did on the old board, but only the most heartfelt warm wishes to offer you on your special day.
And, to all of the Moms who face the daily challenges of raising child...
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Fire Shelby
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USM departures 6/20/2004
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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 (State of Mississippi)
Ann Beardshall, Coordi...
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Eco. Devel.: from COBD to COAL?
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Has anybody heard anything about the likelihood that the economic development program will be moved from the College of Business and Economic Development under Doty to the College of Arts and letters under Pood? If so, might the proposed transfer have anything to do with differential accre...
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Cowboy's Sweetheart
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Jun 20, 2004
by stinky cheese man
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