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Eagle Lost

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...

CoBpride.board [PR]

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...

brown bag

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...

Web Master

Vote early and vote often...you have until Wednesday, March 29 to vote for the new name. Web Master

The General

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.

info

http://www.clarionledger.com/misc/blogs/ssalter/sidblog.html

info

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION04

CoBpride.board [PR]

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...

brown bag

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...

hamlet's ghost

What is the status of Frank's lawsuit against Thames, Nicholson, Mixon, and the Bidness group that ousted him?

CoBpride.board [PR]

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...

info

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/OPINION01/603290356/1008/OPINION

info

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/COL0412/603290348

MSU Pres Search Thread

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...

friend at IHL

USM's Next President: General Ursus!

Reporter

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...

Reporter

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...

Cossack

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...

Reporter

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...

Coast Raj

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...

dt eagle

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060327/OPINION01/603270323/1014

DC Eagle

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...

Counting the days

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' Count

Miss Information

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...

cece

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...

Clem

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...

See More

See More #83 geocities.com/seemore004

Eagle Lost

Through 3/17/2006: Sport '05-'06 '04-'05   '03-'04 Football: ;

Southern Justice

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...

Preacher

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?...

Blue Collar Pollster

Thanks.

kiln eagle

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...

Eagle Lost

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...

info

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=215637&pub=1&div=News

Email Packrat in CoB

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. *********************************...

info

http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060324/NEWS01/60324006

D Day

What will they find?

Ace Barker

I hope this works. I thought the poll was set up. Ace...

Back to the future

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...

Reporter

USM officials confident of positive review http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060322/NEWS01/603220323/1002

Wanderer

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...

From the Mailroom

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...

Blue Collar Pollster

Thanks for your participation.

just heard

Anyone confirm this?

Email Packrat in CoB

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. ******...

Not Outside

http://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-03-22-college-biz-usat_x.htm

LVN

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...

Seminary Rebel

I've been keeping up with this site. Dr. Thames gave you Hardy High. It came true! See you at the Vaught.

Cash Cow

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...

Ace Barker

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. Ace...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	The G Man's Kingdom (Preview) 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...	Eagle Lost	0	248	Mar 30, 2006 by Eagle Lost
	More accolades, etc. (Preview) 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...	CoBpride.board [PR]	0	295	Mar 30, 2006 by CoBpride.board [PR]
	A Question About the MSU/USM Presidential Searches (Preview) 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...	brown bag	6	397	Mar 30, 2006 by Cossack
	Vote Now! Final poll on new board name (Preview) Vote early and vote often...you have until Wednesday, March 29 to vote for the new name. Web Master	Web Master	13	730	Mar 30, 2006 by Patti
	Shot Down In First Battle (Preview) 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.	The General	0	368	Mar 29, 2006 by The General
	Salter's blog, 3/29/06:"secretive, back room hiring process" (Preview) http://www.clarionledger.com/misc/blogs/ssalter/sidblog.html	info	0	508	Mar 29, 2006 by info
	CL, 3/29/06: Ramsey cartoon (Preview) http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION04	info	0	337	Mar 29, 2006 by info
	More honors . . . and news (Preview) 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...	CoBpride.board [PR]	0	331	Mar 29, 2006 by CoBpride.board [PR]
	Sad time for MSU and USM ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	brown bag	38	1146	Mar 29, 2006 by M. Ghandi
	Frank Pickering law suit (Preview) What is the status of Frank's lawsuit against Thames, Nicholson, Mixon, and the Bidness group that ousted him?	hamlet's ghost	15	888	Mar 29, 2006 by Justice for All
	Spring means Awards, and more. . . (Preview) 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...	CoBpride.board [PR]	0	331	Mar 29, 2006 by CoBpride.board [PR]
	CL, 3/29/06: College Board: A disservice to MSU, state (Preview) http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/OPINION01/603290356/1008/OPINION	info	0	307	Mar 29, 2006 by info
	CL, 3/29/06: Foglesong deserves a fair chance at MSU command, [USM search next] (Preview) http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/COL0412/603290348	info	0	232	Mar 29, 2006 by info
	MSU Presidential Search Thread ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) 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...	MSU Pres Search Thread	137	2696	Mar 29, 2006 by info
	Just Told: USM's Next President (Preview) USM's Next President: General Ursus!	friend at IHL	4	506	Mar 28, 2006 by oldtimer
	Printz Opinion--What college has taught me (Preview) 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...	Reporter	4	461	Mar 28, 2006 by Dr. Phil
	H.A.--Professors may get pay raise (Preview) 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...	Reporter	0	314	Mar 28, 2006 by Reporter
	How Do Head Hunters Work (Preview) 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...	Cossack	2	368	Mar 28, 2006 by Inside
	Printz--University prepares for QEP requirement (Preview) 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...	Reporter	0	273	Mar 28, 2006 by Reporter
	State Budget (Preview) 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...	Coast Raj	7	533	Mar 28, 2006 by Perk
	HA criticizes/praises USM (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060327/OPINION01/603270323/1014	dt eagle	2	450	Mar 28, 2006 by asdf
	Elite Eight Eustachy Interlude (Preview) 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...	DC Eagle	10	568	Mar 27, 2006 by Googler
	Its Foglesong ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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' Count	Counting the days	39	812	Mar 27, 2006 by Googler
	Nom d'Aplomb Award (Preview) 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...	Miss Information	2	373	Mar 27, 2006 by truth4usm/AH
	27 USM Departures, 2005-2006 (Preview) 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...	cece	0	335	Mar 27, 2006 by cece
	USM University Librarian off to Clemson (Preview) 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...	Clem	12	940	Mar 27, 2006 by foot soldier
	See More #83 (Preview) See More #83 geocities.com/seemore004	See More	2	367	Mar 27, 2006 by Outside Observer
	The Fall of Eagle Sports under SFT (Preview) Through 3/17/2006: Sport '05-'06 '04-'05   '03-'04 Football: ;	Eagle Lost	5	363	Mar 27, 2006 by Eagle Lost
	Town v. Gown: Some Empirics (Preview) 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...	Southern Justice	23	733	Mar 27, 2006 by Isaac Bickerstaff
	Sorry, Mississippi doesn't forget (Preview) 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?...	Preacher	21	637	Mar 26, 2006 by Bertie Wooster (First Prize for Scripture Knowledge)
	Time clock Poll (Preview) Thanks.	Blue Collar Pollster	26	1028	Mar 26, 2006 by Back to the future
	It was a pretty good day ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	kiln eagle	34	1294	Mar 26, 2006 by Tuppy Glossop
	The G Man's Kingdom (Preview) 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...	Eagle Lost	0	226	Mar 25, 2006 by Eagle Lost
	NE MS DJ, 3/24/06: MUW president Limbert finalist at Oklahoma university (Preview) http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=215637&pub=1&div=News	info	3	354	Mar 25, 2006 by Great Scott
	The Story of the Digital MBA...HD in his own words (Preview) 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. *********************************...	Email Packrat in CoB	9	532	Mar 25, 2006 by DMMBEB
	HA, 3/24/06 (update): Students’ personal information posted on Web (Preview) http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060324/NEWS01/60324006	info	5	527	Mar 25, 2006 by info
	NCATE team arrives tomorrow (Preview) What will they find?	D Day	7	584	Mar 24, 2006 by qwerty
	Bagpipe Corp Poll (Preview) I hope this works. I thought the poll was set up. Ace...	Ace Barker	8	440	Mar 24, 2006 by Robbie Burns
	USM had a better faculty than it deserved (Preview) 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...	Back to the future	3	552	Mar 24, 2006 by Priorities
	H.A.--USM officials confident of positive review (Preview) USM officials confident of positive review http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060322/NEWS01/603220323/1002	Reporter	26	844	Mar 24, 2006 by Cossack
	morning just as bad --- not bizzy again (Preview) 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...	Wanderer	11	517	Mar 24, 2006 by Cossack
	Foundation Annual Report ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	From the Mailroom	32	1098	Mar 24, 2006 by Cossack
	Time Clocks Poll (Preview) Thanks for your participation.	Blue Collar Pollster	0	288	Mar 24, 2006 by Blue Collar Pollster
	Next Librarian: M.J. Norton (Preview) Anyone confirm this?	just heard	11	724	Mar 24, 2006 by Hobgoblin of Little Mind
	CoB HVAC Situation Worsens ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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. ******...	Email Packrat in CoB	33	969	Mar 24, 2006 by LZW Algorithm
	USA Today: Are campuses becoming battlegrounds? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-03-22-college-biz-usat_x.htm	Not Outside	36	857	Mar 24, 2006 by Southern Fried
	A Question to Certain Posters (Preview) 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...	LVN	28	792	Mar 23, 2006 by Counting the days
	Hardy High, Baby! (Preview) I've been keeping up with this site. Dr. Thames gave you Hardy High. It came true! See you at the Vaught.	Seminary Rebel	0	329	Mar 23, 2006 by Seminary Rebel
	Thames Taxpayer Alert! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	Cash Cow	34	1088	Mar 23, 2006 by kick
	Bagpipe Corp (Preview) 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. Ace...	Ace Barker	16	1265	Mar 23, 2006 by The Man
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