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hayride

http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2003/may/nw05...

info

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/13668164.htm

beano head

Listed are the top 10 programs of players who completed their bachelor's degrees prior to the 2005 college football season.1. Miami (Fla.) 11 2. Auburn 9 Boston College 9 4. Louisiana Tech 9 Virginia Tech 8 6. Alabama 7 Arizona State 7 Kentucky 7 Notre Dame 7 10. Arkansas 6 Michi...

bizzy bee

I have gotten two calls this week about two separate USM deans interviewing at two separate schools. I have coauthors at each school. One of their colleges is looking at 1 USM dean. The other's wife's college is looking at the other USM dean. I don't want to be a bad colleague, so that's all I'll say for sp...

info

http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/ADMIN/downloads/BdDec05.pdf>>>>>>>>>>>>

info

http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=371 BOARD APPROVES ALLOCATIONS OF FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS DESIGNATED FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE 1/17/2006 (Jackson, MS ) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) approved...

getting good now

e-mail from Pat Joachim: Dear Southern Miss Family, Dr. Shelby F. Thames and Dr. Jay Grimes have asked the Heroes of Katrina Committee to develop a process and procedure to recognize faculty and staff for their many contributions during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Heroes of Katr...

F. Pierre

I have contacted Gov. Barbour and members of the legislature to advocate a better idea. The tobacco tax should be raised as planned ;the grocery tax should be left as is; and the money generated from the tobacco tax should be plowed into raising salaries at college,junior colleges and universites. I...

Hillary, Dillary, Doc

I awakened this morning to learn that Hillary is being roundly criticized for using the word "Plantation" in describing our federal legislative bodies. Her critics describe use of that word as "racist." I'd say that Hillary used the term appropriately in her MLK Day speech and it had nothing to do wi...

Jameela Lares

I've asked the webmaster to delete the irrelevant the threads about mailing money via a pyramid scheme. JL

walt

It's been a while since I visited this place, perhaps as far back as the IHL's decision to give Thames until May of 2007. Since that day, there has been much speculation about future leadership at USM. Well, that war is being fought on several fronts. Earlier this week a group of m...

wannabe full prof and gladiator

Can anyone shed any light on the green/redlights associated with those whom have been recommended (or not) by their respective Colleges (and depts.) for tenure/promotion? The process was officially contaminated by 2000 -- how does the present contamination now stand.

Fred B.

We have alot of problems at USM and in Hattiesburg.Thank goodness there's one dilemma we don't have. The judges here believe in some punishment for commiting a crime. In Vermont,Judge Ed Cashman sentenced a serial child rapist to 60 days . This is a good example of how the liberal mindset can often pro...

M.Hershey

Good news for those of you who have been hesitant to visit New Orleans. Mayor Ray Nagin announced yesterday that New Orleans will soon become a "chocolate city" once again.

Questionnaire

Let me begin by saying that I am a USM faculty member who periodically posts but mostly lurks here to make sure I know what's going on at my university. As an untenured faculty member, I do not have the luxury in the current environment to use my real name or give many details about myself. I have a neig...

Interim Adjunct Risk Manager

My apologies if I'm posting old news. As usual, I've been on the road, on assignment from the Judge, and haven't been reading the board. The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 6, p. A41, has a story called "Acreditation Actions Taken by Regional Organizations." USM is there of course, with p...

Reversed Priority

I see our good Governor has vetoed a bill which would have raised the sales tax on tobacco and phased out the tax on groceries.

Lucky Lenny

http://www.neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&ArticleID=11838&SubSectionID=302

Can you feel that?

The CoB's $1MM Digital MBA initiative kicked off today as work has begun on the first digital classroom. I'm surprised there wasn't a ceremony of some sort, complete with HA photographers. Leave it to Duane to spend $1MM on a classroom facility that his targeted students will never enter.

dwyane

USM lost at Houston tonight, falling to 7-11 on the season. Next up is a visit from Memphis on Saturday.

Googler

Two stories in The Daily Mississippian http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43ccd1386...

Better Boy

According to the Eagle Talkers, this was Eustachy's pitch for fans to come out against Memphis: "Get there during warmups, while we're still in it." Gotta love a coach who isn't afraid to admit that his team sucks on the coach's show.

this is real bad

If you haven't been in Greene Hall lately, there is a major renovation going on inside. On the first floor, all of the ceiling has been removed and the space above is completely exposed. I walked through there this morning on my way to the Hub. Dark clouds of dust were visible in the a...

Dotys R Us

Given all the hullabaloo about the digital MBA that came up last semester, I thought the following article could be interesting: MBA Retooling Notice what these highly regarded (at least moreso than USM) programs are foc...

Sports Info

for their second conference win in a row.

Just tonite ONLY..1-16

On 1-17 Trent Boy is supposed to announce his intentions. If he says he is not going back to the Senate, DO WE WANT HIM TO FOLLOW SFT AS PREZ? We could do worse. Think of all the contacts he has.

Sports Info

See link. Richard Giannini

Up for grabs

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=210615&pub=1&div=Opinion

new member

Beginning on the first day of final exams each semester, the Dean's office in my college begins to send daily e-mail reports (sometimes more than 1 each day) listing all faculty in the college who have yet to turn in their final grades on SOAR. The e-mail(s) is (are) sent to everyone in the...

F.Pierre

Latest projection from MS house committee is a 10% raise in each of the next 3 years ( 30% total) for all higher ed and junior college faculty.

info

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=210456&pub=1&div=News

USM meets its goals!

I've seen lots of negativity here. Many of USM's dismal failures and mistakes during the past three years have been described ad naseum. The mass exodus of faculty. The attempted exit of deans. SACS probation. USM on the USNews 4th tier list. Inflated enrollment figures. Locking the doors of facult...

info

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=210549&pub=1&div=News

AbGONE

In Saturday's HA, Eddy Breazeale presented a letter pleading for Hattiesburg area high school football stars to sign with USM. His letter contained his own top 5 reasons for doing so, but for some reason the online version omitted his list. Below is a summary of the 5 for discussion here...

8ball

Eustachy said yesterday that he making real progress building his program. How does he know? Because several of his players were in the locker room crying for several minutes after Saturday's loss at Tulsa. More than half of LE's victories at USM came while Jasper Johnson was still o...

Voter

SFT was just on DAM, offering free money to students who were "directly or indirectly" impacted by Katrina. It wasn't quite clear, but this appears to be our cut of the money raised by Clinton & Bush, Sr. More info, anyone?

Memories

It has been three years (the Friday before Martin Luther King day) since SFT and a few insiders reorganized the university without any input from those who best understood the nuts and bolts of the workings of the University of Southern Mississippi. That dismantling unleashed nothing but chaos. We...

Mona Lisa Overdrive

Things look a little grim around here. So here's some irrelevant irreverence.

Standard Bearer

Angeline: Your recent posts indicate that you have a bad attitude about almost everything related to USM: administration, students, etc. Is there even 1 thing currently going on at USM that is a positive? Give me a real answer not something like "Shelby only has 1 1/2 years left." Leave...

back to meltdown

Tune in to the LE show on tv tomorrow night and find out what happened. That's the show that pays him about $50K annually, and he barely gets up and dressed to tape it.

Jan 14, 2006 · Guiness' Book

The most users ever online was member(s) and 60 guest(s) at 1:00pm May 19, 2005. The source of this information is at the bottom of the first page of the message board. Does anybody know why May 19, 2005 was such a popular time for viewers?

Brandon

I hope that everyone will accept my most humble apologies for not making a lasting difference in your technological lives(yet). It was my desire to make technology more accessible to you and your students, and to help iTech be more responsive to your needs. I realized early on that unless the mindset...

Robbie Ward

MSU prof invites presidential candidates to campus 1/14/2006 8:30:19 AM Daily Journal By ROBBIE WARD Daily Journal STARKVILLE - A member of the Mississippi State University Presidential Search Advisory Committee didn't like the idea of a closed search, so he is inviting t...

Emma

My official first day is tomorrow. Is it the same at USM? We have a university faculty meeting and then a departmental one in the afternoon. Our students start class on Wed. I know that some area univ. differ with students coming back on Jan. 17th and faculty reporting on the 11th or...

LVN

One of our regulars is at Perk. Our hearts and prayers are with all of you down there.

Relaxer

Can somebody post a link to Shelby's letter to the SH editor from this week? I have heard that he was begging for students to come back, but I haven't read it.

info

http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=368 BOARD WELCOMES 2006 WITH NEW DEGREE PROGRAM, RECOGNITION OF CORPORATE SPONSORS 1/13/2006 (Jackson, Miss. ) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, in its regular monthly meeting next Thurs...

whatsamattau

Our Dean confirmed enrollment estimates down 3000 students for Spring 2006.

The Late Show

David Letterman's Top 10 Signs Your Boss Is Spying On You: 10. Wherever you go you're followed by a potted plant in loafers. 9. The bracelet he gave you for Christmas beeps if you leave your cubicle. 8. Office coffee has hint of hazelnut and sodium pentothal. 7. Your name: "Sam." Next to your...

numb3rs

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Marketing and Public Relations NEWS RELEASE Release     ; &...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Des Moines Register Editor on Eustachy (Preview) http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2003/may/nw05...	hayride	7	697	Jan 21, 2006 by Fig Newton
	SH, 1/20/06: Colleges want more freedom with funds (Preview) http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/13668164.htm	info	10	534	Jan 21, 2006 by Invictus
	Football Graduation Stats: Another View (Preview) Listed are the top 10 programs of players who completed their bachelor's degrees prior to the 2005 college football season.1. Miami (Fla.) 11 2. Auburn 9 Boston College 9 4. Louisiana Tech 9 Virginia Tech 8 6. Alabama 7 Arizona State 7 Kentucky 7 Notre Dame 7 10. Arkansas 6 Michi...	beano head	0	256	Jan 21, 2006 by beano head
	2 Deans on the Market (Preview) I have gotten two calls this week about two separate USM deans interviewing at two separate schools. I have coauthors at each school. One of their colleges is looking at 1 USM dean. The other's wife's college is looking at the other USM dean. I don't want to be a bad colleague, so that's all I'll say for sp...	bizzy bee	1	403	Jan 20, 2006 by Little old lady
	IHL Dec. meeting minutes (Preview) http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/ADMIN/downloads/BdDec05.pdf>>>>>>>>>>>>	info	0	402	Jan 20, 2006 by info
	IHL PR, 1/17/06: Relief allocations (Preview) http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=371 BOARD APPROVES ALLOCATIONS OF FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS DESIGNATED FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE 1/17/2006 (Jackson, MS ) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) approved...	info	8	450	Jan 20, 2006 by Invictus
	Will this thing get silly? (Preview) e-mail from Pat Joachim: Dear Southern Miss Family, Dr. Shelby F. Thames and Dr. Jay Grimes have asked the Heroes of Katrina Committee to develop a process and procedure to recognize faculty and staff for their many contributions during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Heroes of Katr...	getting good now	12	711	Jan 20, 2006 by Hear-hear
	A Better Idea (Preview) I have contacted Gov. Barbour and members of the legislature to advocate a better idea. The tobacco tax should be raised as planned ;the grocery tax should be left as is; and the money generated from the tobacco tax should be plowed into raising salaries at college,junior colleges and universites. I...	F. Pierre	0	310	Jan 20, 2006 by F. Pierre
	On the plantation (Preview) I awakened this morning to learn that Hillary is being roundly criticized for using the word "Plantation" in describing our federal legislative bodies. Her critics describe use of that word as "racist." I'd say that Hillary used the term appropriately in her MLK Day speech and it had nothing to do wi...	Hillary, Dillary, Doc	21	768	Jan 20, 2006 by Play it again Ivory
	Irrelevant threads (Preview) I've asked the webmaster to delete the irrelevant the threads about mailing money via a pyramid scheme. JL	Jameela Lares	1	387	Jan 20, 2006 by Cynic
	The future of the University (Preview) It's been a while since I visited this place, perhaps as far back as the IHL's decision to give Thames until May of 2007. Since that day, there has been much speculation about future leadership at USM. Well, that war is being fought on several fronts. Earlier this week a group of m...	walt	1	408	Jan 20, 2006 by Gone, gone, gone
	Recent promotions (Preview) Can anyone shed any light on the green/redlights associated with those whom have been recommended (or not) by their respective Colleges (and depts.) for tenure/promotion? The process was officially contaminated by 2000 -- how does the present contamination now stand.	wannabe full prof and gladiator	1	524	Jan 20, 2006 by 3 pointer?
	Safety of the South (Preview) We have alot of problems at USM and in Hattiesburg.Thank goodness there's one dilemma we don't have. The judges here believe in some punishment for commiting a crime. In Vermont,Judge Ed Cashman sentenced a serial child rapist to 60 days . This is a good example of how the liberal mindset can often pro...	Fred B.	12	647	Jan 20, 2006 by Southern Justice
	Chocolate Time (Preview) Good news for those of you who have been hesitant to visit New Orleans. Mayor Ray Nagin announced yesterday that New Orleans will soon become a "chocolate city" once again.	M.Hershey	24	739	Jan 20, 2006 by Neighbor
	Troubling Visit from Neighbor Last Night ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Let me begin by saying that I am a USM faculty member who periodically posts but mostly lurks here to make sure I know what's going on at my university. As an untenured faculty member, I do not have the luxury in the current environment to use my real name or give many details about myself. I have a neig...	Questionnaire	71	1624	Jan 19, 2006 by LVN
	Ashland CTC back in the news (Preview) My apologies if I'm posting old news. As usual, I've been on the road, on assignment from the Judge, and haven't been reading the board. The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 6, p. A41, has a story called "Acreditation Actions Taken by Regional Organizations." USM is there of course, with p...	Interim Adjunct Risk Manager	9	564	Jan 19, 2006 by Joshua
	Tobacco and Groceries (Preview) I see our good Governor has vetoed a bill which would have raised the sales tax on tobacco and phased out the tax on groceries.	Reversed Priority	19	423	Jan 19, 2006 by Democrat
	What ever happened to . . . ? (Preview) http://www.neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&ArticleID=11838&SubSectionID=302	Lucky Lenny	0	324	Jan 18, 2006 by Lucky Lenny
	$1MM DMBA Initiative Kicks Off (Preview) The CoB's $1MM Digital MBA initiative kicked off today as work has begun on the first digital classroom. I'm surprised there wasn't a ceremony of some sort, complete with HA photographers. Leave it to Duane to spend $1MM on a classroom facility that his targeted students will never enter.	Can you feel that?	2	328	Jan 18, 2006 by No parking
	Eagles fall to Houston (Preview) USM lost at Houston tonight, falling to 7-11 on the season. Next up is a visit from Memphis on Saturday.	dwyane	2	275	Jan 18, 2006 by it's awesome baby!
	Ole Miss Chancellor Search Thread (Preview) Two stories in The Daily Mississippian http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43ccd1386...	Googler	4	455	Jan 18, 2006 by Googler
	Quotable Eustachy (Preview) According to the Eagle Talkers, this was Eustachy's pitch for fans to come out against Memphis: "Get there during warmups, while we're still in it." Gotta love a coach who isn't afraid to admit that his team sucks on the coach's show.	Better Boy	1	337	Jan 18, 2006 by StillAnEagle
	Greene Hall contaminants (Preview) If you haven't been in Greene Hall lately, there is a major renovation going on inside. On the first floor, all of the ceiling has been removed and the space above is completely exposed. I walked through there this morning on my way to the Hub. Dark clouds of dust were visible in the a...	this is real bad	2	413	Jan 18, 2006 by welder
	Interesting Article for CoBers (Preview) Given all the hullabaloo about the digital MBA that came up last semester, I thought the following article could be interesting: MBA Retooling Notice what these highly regarded (at least moreso than USM) programs are foc...	Dotys R Us	15	610	Jan 17, 2006 by Reasonable Doubt
	Lady Eagles defeat Tulane, 75-60 (Preview) for their second conference win in a row.	Sports Info	16	417	Jan 17, 2006 by isom
	Trent or Not? (Preview) On 1-17 Trent Boy is supposed to announce his intentions. If he says he is not going back to the Senate, DO WE WANT HIM TO FOLLOW SFT AS PREZ? We could do worse. Think of all the contacts he has.	Just tonite ONLY..1-16	19	572	Jan 17, 2006 by LVN
	Very nice article on Richard Giannini (Preview) See link. Richard Giannini	Sports Info	16	688	Jan 17, 2006 by Within earshot
	Another report on the MSU search (Preview) http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=210615&pub=1&div=Opinion	Up for grabs	0	218	Jan 17, 2006 by Up for grabs
	question for the board about turning in final grades ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Beginning on the first day of final exams each semester, the Dean's office in my college begins to send daily e-mail reports (sometimes more than 1 each day) listing all faculty in the college who have yet to turn in their final grades on SOAR. The e-mail(s) is (are) sent to everyone in the...	new member	31	1048	Jan 17, 2006 by manova
	Upcoming raises (Preview) Latest projection from MS house committee is a 10% raise in each of the next 3 years ( 30% total) for all higher ed and junior college faculty.	F.Pierre	3	464	Jan 16, 2006 by HRP
	ne MS DJ, 1/13/06: Cofer considers MSU opening (Preview) http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=210456&pub=1&div=News	info	10	565	Jan 16, 2006 by Heck no
	Polyanna (Preview) I've seen lots of negativity here. Many of USM's dismal failures and mistakes during the past three years have been described ad naseum. The mass exodus of faculty. The attempted exit of deans. SACS probation. USM on the USNews 4th tier list. Inflated enrollment figures. Locking the doors of facult...	USM meets its goals!	15	493	Jan 16, 2006 by Goalie
	NE MS DJ, 1/14/06: MSU prof invites presidential candidates to campus (Preview) http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=210549&pub=1&div=News	info	20	603	Jan 16, 2006 by Reality Check
	Eddy Breazeale's letter to the HA (Preview) In Saturday's HA, Eddy Breazeale presented a letter pleading for Hattiesburg area high school football stars to sign with USM. His letter contained his own top 5 reasons for doing so, but for some reason the online version omitted his list. Below is a summary of the 5 for discussion here...	AbGONE	3	445	Jan 16, 2006 by Better Boy
	Eustachy's Progress Meter (Preview) Eustachy said yesterday that he making real progress building his program. How does he know? Because several of his players were in the locker room crying for several minutes after Saturday's loss at Tulsa. More than half of LE's victories at USM came while Jasper Johnson was still o...	8ball	0	247	Jan 16, 2006 by 8ball
	Thames on WDAM (Preview) SFT was just on DAM, offering free money to students who were "directly or indirectly" impacted by Katrina. It wasn't quite clear, but this appears to be our cut of the money raised by Clinton & Bush, Sr. More info, anyone?	Voter	0	314	Jan 16, 2006 by Voter
	Black Friday (Preview) It has been three years (the Friday before Martin Luther King day) since SFT and a few insiders reorganized the university without any input from those who best understood the nuts and bolts of the workings of the University of Southern Mississippi. That dismantling unleashed nothing but chaos. We...	Memories	8	508	Jan 15, 2006 by Ripper
	OT: This is NOT Art History! (Preview) Things look a little grim around here. So here's some irrelevant irreverence.	Mona Lisa Overdrive	0	241	Jan 15, 2006 by Mona Lisa Overdrive
	Calling Out Angeline ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Angeline: Your recent posts indicate that you have a bad attitude about almost everything related to USM: administration, students, etc. Is there even 1 thing currently going on at USM that is a positive? Give me a real answer not something like "Shelby only has 1 1/2 years left." Leave...	Standard Bearer	30	1013	Jan 15, 2006 by Flip Side
	USM 63, Tulsa 72: Thanks Coach E! (Preview) Tune in to the LE show on tv tomorrow night and find out what happened. That's the show that pays him about $50K annually, and he barely gets up and dressed to tape it.	back to meltdown	2	306	Jan 15, 2006 by M. Ford
	The most users ever online was at l:00 P.M., May 19, 2005 (Preview) The most users ever online was member(s) and 60 guest(s) at 1:00pm May 19, 2005. The source of this information is at the bottom of the first page of the message board. Does anybody know why May 19, 2005 was such a popular time for viewers?	Guiness' Book	3	418	Jan 14, 2006 by Rudyard Kipling
	My Apologies (Preview) I hope that everyone will accept my most humble apologies for not making a lasting difference in your technological lives(yet). It was my desire to make technology more accessible to you and your students, and to help iTech be more responsive to your needs. I realized early on that unless the mindset...	Brandon	4	523	Jan 14, 2006 by Jameela Lares
	MSU Prof invites candidates to campus (Preview) MSU prof invites presidential candidates to campus 1/14/2006 8:30:19 AM Daily Journal By ROBBIE WARD Daily Journal STARKVILLE - A member of the Mississippi State University Presidential Search Advisory Committee didn't like the idea of a closed search, so he is inviting t...	Robbie Ward	0	391	Jan 14, 2006 by Robbie Ward
	Faculty Reporting Back ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) My official first day is tomorrow. Is it the same at USM? We have a university faculty meeting and then a departmental one in the afternoon. Our students start class on Wed. I know that some area univ. differ with students coming back on Jan. 17th and faculty reporting on the 11th or...	Emma	98	1553	Jan 14, 2006 by Voter
	Our hearts are with you (Preview) One of our regulars is at Perk. Our hearts and prayers are with all of you down there.	LVN	0	302	Jan 13, 2006 by LVN
	SFT in the SH ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Can somebody post a link to Shelby's letter to the SH editor from this week? I have heard that he was begging for students to come back, but I haven't read it.	Relaxer	41	878	Jan 13, 2006 by Phil
	IHL Jan. meeting agenda (Preview) http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=368 BOARD WELCOMES 2006 WITH NEW DEGREE PROGRAM, RECOGNITION OF CORPORATE SPONSORS 1/13/2006 (Jackson, Miss. ) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, in its regular monthly meeting next Thurs...	info	0	247	Jan 13, 2006 by info
	This just in...enrollment down (Preview) Our Dean confirmed enrollment estimates down 3000 students for Spring 2006.	whatsamattau	12	687	Jan 13, 2006 by whatsamattau
	Top Ten Signs the Boss is Spying on You (Preview) David Letterman's Top 10 Signs Your Boss Is Spying On You: 10. Wherever you go you're followed by a potted plant in loafers. 9. The bracelet he gave you for Christmas beeps if you leave your cubicle. 8. Office coffee has hint of hazelnut and sodium pentothal. 7. Your name: "Sam." Next to your...	The Late Show	4	377	Jan 13, 2006 by oldtimer
	Ross Perot honored by USM's Business School (Preview) THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Marketing and Public Relations NEWS RELEASE Release     ; &...	numb3rs	20	2371	Jan 13, 2006 by Twangy
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