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The G Man's Kingdom
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Giannini's Kingdom
Included in the compilation is wins and losses in football, soccer, volleyball, and men's/women's basketball, which have all completed their competition. Also included are results from softball, baseball and men's/women's tennis, through 3...
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Mar 30, 2006
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More accolades, etc.
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CoB faculty continue to make headlines and get salary increases. Congrats to all faculty and staff for a productive academic year.
Preparations continue regarding H. Ross Perot's visit to Hattiesburg. Proceeds from the formal evening affair will go to the Department of Ma...
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Mar 30, 2006
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A Question About the MSU/USM Presidential Searches
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I have read several newspaper articles and all of the posts on this message board regarding the MSU presidential search, Fogelsong's appointment, and the feelings about the pending USM presidential search.
Why does anyone here think that the MSU search is in any way indicative of how the USM se...
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Vote Now! Final poll on new board name
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Vote early and vote often...you have until Wednesday, March 29 to vote for the new name.
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Shot Down In First Battle
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The General does not win them all. Shot down in my first attempt to be helpful to you 5th tier folks. Let's make peace.
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Mar 29, 2006
by The General
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Salter's blog, 3/29/06:"secretive, back room hiring process"
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http://www.clarionledger.com/misc/blogs/ssalter/sidblog.html
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CL, 3/29/06: Ramsey cartoon
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION04
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More honors . . . and news
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Congrats to last night's winner of the BellSouth Outstanding Faculty Award. The winner was mobbed after the event by parents, BSAC members, and other honors students. They thanked him for offering a course lab and for saving the real estate major.
Unlike past years and other...
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Mar 29, 2006
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Sad time for MSU and USM
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Now begins a sad time for MSU and USM. With the MSU search complete, it comes our time. There is precedent now for a secret search with an under the radar candidate. Fogelsong's nomination will please the people of Mississippi. It will be much more difficult to get the public to support a move to oust him...
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Mar 29, 2006
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Frank Pickering law suit
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What is the status of Frank's lawsuit against Thames, Nicholson, Mixon, and the Bidness group that ousted him?
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Spring means Awards, and more. . .
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Congratulations to all those students who took home awards at the Annual CoB Awards Banquet last night. The highlight of the event came when a marketing professor announced that an award was being named in honor of a distinguished alumnus (who was in attendance). The prof used t...
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CL, 3/29/06: College Board: A disservice to MSU, state
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/OPINION01/603290356/1008/OPINION
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CL, 3/29/06: Foglesong deserves a fair chance at MSU command, [USM search next]
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/COL0412/603290348
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MSU Presidential Search Thread
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Please use this thread to post information on the MSU search. There are several related threads on the board, and it would be useful if this information was in one place.
Given the potentially explosive nature of this morning's reports (if true), the FS and AAUP may want to discuss this issue within...
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Just Told: USM's Next President
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USM's Next President: General Ursus!
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Printz Opinion--What college has taught me
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http://www.studentprintz.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/28/4428d3d512d25...." Going to class makes all the difference in your grades even if the class is dull. I often go to class even though I end up teaching myself the material because Wo...
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H.A.--Professors may get pay raise
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Professors may get pay raise http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060328/NEWS01/603280333/1002"I'm very pleased and appreciative of this show of support from our elected officials for the proposed pay increase," USM President...
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How Do Head Hunters Work
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The recent hire of president at MSU involved a head hunter firm. That practice likely will continue in the future. There are many different ways that can work. Does anyone know how the process works at the Board? Some firms have lists of candidates that they ferret out and sign up. I doubt at this level t...
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Printz--University prepares for QEP requirement
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University prepares for QEP requirementhttp://www.studentprintz.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/28/4428cf6d31bf2"...She said the original focus, technology, quickly shifted to writing and speaking skills.
“As we looked at our university, we realized th...
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State Budget
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WLOX reports that a compromise has been reached on the state budget: "Lawmakers finished work Sunday on a proposed state government spending plan for the next fiscal year after reaching an agreement on how much funding would go to higher education.
Under the proposed budget, the state will spend...
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HA criticizes/praises USM
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060327/OPINION01/603270323/1014
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Elite Eight Eustachy Interlude
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I've been gone from USM for some time now, and have been keeping up with events through this board, including some of the athletic 'side-bars' that pop up. In the latest issue of Sports Illustrated (the one with George Mason University basketball on the cover), there was an item in the "Faces in...
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Its Foglesong
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The College Board today announced retired Air Force Gen. Robert H. Foglesong as the preferred candidate to assume the presidency at Mississippi State University.
Get ready for some head bustin'
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Nom d'Aplomb Award
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iss Information has been watching this board from afar with the same sort of bemusement that befits a train wreck in progress, and she thinks it's time for a one-time resurrection of the Nom d'Aplomb award... My Mother's Maiden Name may have been Direction, but this Miss-ive is no more obfuscatory th...
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Mar 27, 2006
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27 USM Departures, 2005-2006
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USM Departures, August 2005 thru July 2006
Charles Cartee, Professor of Finance (retirement)
Angelina Copeland, Instructor of Psychology (situation unknown)
David Copeland, Assistant Professor of Psychology (University of Nevada at Las Vegas)
Mathew Cox, Director of Admission...
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USM University Librarian off to Clemson
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Kay Wall, the University Librarian who took the position after Jim Martin stepped down, has accepted the same position at Clemson. The change will take place in early summer.
For those of you who have been around a while, you realize what a big deal this is. Kay has been a key advocate, for the librari...
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Mar 27, 2006
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See More #83
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See More #83
geocities.com/seemore004
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Mar 27, 2006
by Outside Observer
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The Fall of Eagle Sports under SFT
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Through 3/17/2006:
Sport '05-'06 '04-'05   '03-'04
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Mar 27, 2006
by Eagle Lost
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Town v. Gown: Some Empirics
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Much is made of the town/gown divide that exists in Hattiesburg. Factors that often arise include education level and income level. I decided to do a little research via the internet to see if I could start to pinpoint the source of the gap.
First, let’s look at education level. According to the Ch...
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Mar 27, 2006
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Sorry, Mississippi doesn't forget
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Clarion Ledger has two letters on one day. Round 6 has started?
Philosophies differ in Evolution vs. designhttp://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060326/OPINION/603260308/1009"Let's see now: What predictions are the evolutionists willing to make?...
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Mar 26, 2006
by Bertie Wooster (First Prize for Scripture Knowledge)
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Time clock Poll
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It was a pretty good day
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I want to thank everyone who helped make my Job Shadow day at USM today a pleasant one. Many thanks to my faculty host. For board readers, I was hosted today by a faculty in the sciences. I know many of you have said that you want me to post his name for verification, and I have asked him i...
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The G Man's Kingdom
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Giannini's Kingdom
Included in the compilation is wins and losses in football, soccer, volleyball, and men's/women's basketball, which have all completed their competition. Also included are results from softball, baseball and men's/women's tennis, through 3...
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Mar 25, 2006
by Eagle Lost
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NE MS DJ, 3/24/06: MUW president Limbert finalist at Oklahoma university
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http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=215637&pub=1&div=News
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Mar 25, 2006
by Great Scott
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The Story of the Digital MBA...HD in his own words
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Many of you will recall the hotly debated Digital MBA program that was ramrodded through the CoB last fall. Here is the complete set of email messages from Doty to the CoB faculty, plus an email from an administrative assistant to help clarify the timeline.
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HA, 3/24/06 (update): Students’ personal information posted on Web
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060324/NEWS01/60324006
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NCATE team arrives tomorrow
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Bagpipe Corp Poll
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I hope this works. I thought the poll was set up.
Ace...
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Mar 24, 2006
by Robbie Burns
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USM had a better faculty than it deserved
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If we look at the large number of faculty who have left in the past three years for better schools, one has to wonder how so many good people were staying until recently. Most people coming out of graduate school take the best job they can find, even if it is not objectively attractive. Where you first lan...
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Mar 24, 2006
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H.A.--USM officials confident of positive review
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USM officials confident of positive review
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060322/NEWS01/603220323/1002
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morning just as bad --- not bizzy again
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I got back from Greene Hall about an hour ago (little less maybe), and what I say is probably even worse that last Friday afternoon. There were only 2 or 3 classes going on, and some faculty office areas were locked up and lights out. There was very little activity in the building, mo...
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Foundation Annual Report
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In today's mail I received the 2004-2005 USM Fondation Annual Report,"Soaring to New Heights." My copy was sent with compliments from Shelby Thames and I'll have to admit that I was quite impressed. I urge everyone to get a copy to read. It occured to me while perusing the report that,generally speak...
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From the Mailroom
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Time Clocks Poll
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Thanks for your participation.
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Blue Collar Pollster
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Next Librarian: M.J. Norton
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CoB HVAC Situation Worsens
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The ill-fated CoB HVAC situation has taken another bad turn. The original August 15, 2006 completion date has apparently been moved back to sometime in December. For those who require documentation, here are copies of all Doty's emails to the entire CoB faculty that pertain to the HVAC.
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USA Today: Are campuses becoming battlegrounds?
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-03-22-college-biz-usat_x.htm
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A Question to Certain Posters
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Gentlemen (and I use the term with charity) --
What is your purpose in disrupting and possibly destroying this message board? Is your hatred of, or loyalty to Dean Doty, and of one another, so intense that you would destroy this only safe avenue of communication for all the faculty and true friend...
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Hardy High, Baby!
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I've been keeping up with this site. Dr. Thames gave you Hardy High. It came true! See you at the Vaught.
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Mar 23, 2006
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Thames Taxpayer Alert!
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For all you taxpaying citizens out in the community and on campus, an update on how your state and federal dollars are being spent by the Thames clan (SF "Papa Doc" and Princess D "Baby Doc").
We all know that the Thames's have a great genetic disposition for lining their own pock...
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Bagpipe Corp
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What would it take for the music department to bring back a bagpipe corp?
I see a poll attached so I will ask how many folks would be interested. An old friend, the late Dr. Nancy Tatum and Dr. Paul Ginn were interested in brigning them back a few years ago.
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