|
|
CL, 12/17/05: College Board: Klumb opens way for more balance
(Preview)
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051217/OPINION01/512170307/1008/OPINION
|
info
|
2
|
295
|
Dec 17, 2005
by Dusk to Dawn
|
|
|
|
A sigh of relief
(Preview)
Many board friends will be interested to learn that our dear Mlle. de Guerre has decided that she will not, after all, attend the New Orleans Bowl. This decision took several days, some long bubble baths, and at least half a bottle of the second-best champagne, so you can see it was not a casual change of...
|
Hermione Angleterre
|
3
|
370
|
|
|
|
|
Coast Campus News
(Preview)
From USMmail:
Today, the City of Long Beach is opening all closed sections of the city. Therefore, in order to protect life and property, the University is immediately going to limit access to its Long Beach campus and lock down all of the buildings. Please do not attempt to access the campus...
|
USMmail
|
1
|
302
|
Dec 17, 2005
by Third Witch
|
|
|
|
11 million American adults not literate
(Preview)
Study: 11 million American adults not literate
Adult literacy in English drop or flattens across all levels of education
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10482085/
"Perhaps most sobering: Adult literacy dropped or was flat across every level of education, from people with graduate degre...
|
Reporter
|
7
|
297
|
|
|
|
|
klumb resigns from college board
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
story--http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/NEWS01/51215002
|
stinky cheese man
|
34
|
1156
|
Dec 17, 2005
by Crypectomy
|
|
|
|
$10,000 gift for USM
(Preview)
H.A. Update: Association announces $10,000 gift for USMhttp://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/NEWS01/51216002"Outgoing MMA chairman Bobby Dews, a Southern Miss graduate and resident of Hattiesburg, presented the award."
|
Reporter
|
1
|
353
|
|
|
|
|
MS Brain Drain
(Preview)
Opportunities abroad contribute to 'brain drain' http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/NEWS01/512160303/1002
|
Leaving MS
|
3
|
377
|
Dec 16, 2005
by Roto Rooter
|
|
|
|
Christmas Karaoke
(Preview)
 Overheard near the Administration Building
|
Songbird
|
0
|
236
|
|
|
|
|
Spying in the USA
(Preview)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/16/bush.nsa.ap/index.html
|
Spook
|
0
|
226
|
|
|
|
|
HA: Mississippi Brain Drain
(Preview)
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/NEWS01/512160303/1002
|
Advocate
|
0
|
208
|
|
|
|
|
Boyles Seeks Compensation from USM
(Preview)
The Independent 12/15/05 page 2A
"Boyles Seeks Compensation from USM" by Bob Pittman
Excerpts:
"U.S. Senator Trent Lott's new Chief of Staff has advised the University of Southern Mississippi that the University owes him some $170,000 for services he performed in connectio...
|
Reporter
|
6
|
496
|
|
|
|
|
And while we debate online programs...
(Preview)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5055001
|
Invictus
|
12
|
521
|
|
|
|
|
Refurbish old high school?
(Preview)
Why refurbish old high school?
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/OPINION03/512150326/1014/OPINION
Wasn't this building purchased by USM? Wasn't it for the Arts Departments? Now they want to make a museum out of it? What...
|
Questioner
|
1
|
269
|
Dec 15, 2005
by Nurse Goodbody
|
|
|
|
Port-0-Potty
(Preview)
What happened to this AAUP Board? The threads have become CRAP. We have threads attacking and/or defending the following individuals: Doty, A.Dvorak, M.Dvorak, B Ginn, K. Malone and A.K. Lucas, not to mention SFT's sons. Intelligent people discuss ideas,&nbs...
|
New Trolls?
|
7
|
503
|
|
|
|
|
Where are all the CoB Posters Tonight?
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
Is everyone beaten down after Friday's vote?
|
Question Mark and the Mysterians
|
52
|
1039
|
Dec 15, 2005
by Believe Me
|
|
|
|
USM plane lands at deer camp
(Preview)
Heard that the USM plane landed at a central MS deer camp recently. It spat out several camouflaged men.
|
ground control
|
10
|
587
|
Dec 14, 2005
by As Plane as I can make it
|
|
|
|
Win by paying more
(Preview)
I was delighted to see Dr. Joe Parker heading up a bipartisan committee to help our city save money by raising the sales tax. Many people outside the academic community have a difficult time understanding these concepts and I think we should all be grateful for his expertise.
|
Prudent taxpayer
|
4
|
363
|
Dec 14, 2005
by About to retire
|
|
|
|
Amy Young, check this out....
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
Saw two friends from business at a restaurant tonight. They said that the online MBA passed today. That's not the real news. They said that Thames has pledged $1 million dollars to support the online MBA, and that the majority of that money is coming from all of the "hold back" Shel...
|
money tree
|
33
|
1233
|
|
|
|
|
National Recognition at last!
(Preview)
The ESPN website finally has a USM team ranked in the top 10! However, it is USM men's basketball -- and we are ranked in the bottom 10. The ESPN quote about our team is: 98 combined points in losses to Denver, Samford and Arkansas? Needing 4 OTs to beat UNO without McCalebb? Losing to a South...
|
Ripper
|
11
|
562
|
Dec 14, 2005
by Curt Yeomans
|
|
|
|
Where's Malone ?
(Preview)
I suppose this question isn't relevant to any of the present goings-on, but what ever happened to that multi-tasking miracle worker and economic development guru Ken Malone? The last time I heard him mentioned here, he occupied at least three top level positions at USM....
|
Outsider
|
5
|
496
|
Dec 14, 2005
by Eddie Rickenbacker
|
|
|
|
Doty Dictionary, 'no' means 'yes'
(Preview)
New thread to discuss HD's decision to forward the 600-level courses to the Academic Council.
|
MFUW Press
|
20
|
597
|
Dec 14, 2005
by hamburger helper
|
|
|
|
Alumnus Renames Hattiesburg "College City, Mississippi"
(Preview)
From the current issue of the USM Alumni magazine:
Green Bay is Title Town, Nashville is Music City, and an alumnus who is a Gulf Coast advertising executive hopes to celebrate and promote all the things that make Hattiesburg a "premier college environment" through the launch of his new brand "Col...
|
We're Not in Nitchampburg Anymore?
|
20
|
980
|
Dec 14, 2005
by Curious Ol' Yeller Bird
|
|
|
|
H'burg Utilities (Totally OT)
(Preview)
Is anybody else in Hattiesburg getting extremely weird utility bills? I got a huge gas bill for time I wasn't even in the house and nothing was on, and today got a water bill for the equivalent of a year's usage. Is it just me, or is this happening to other people?
|
LVN
|
6
|
372
|
Dec 13, 2005
by Dude, Where's My Stash?
|
|
|
|
Raising the Recruiting Grade at UH
(Preview)
CHALLENGE AT UHThe school is ambitiously aiming to attract better students, hoping that more will make it a 'university of first choice'Raising the recruiting grade
A more academically prepared crop of students could help UH improve its six-year graduation rate of 40.2 percent, which some cam...
|
Advocate
|
14
|
529
|
Dec 13, 2005
by Blues Clues
|
|
|
|
Graduate Council Minutes needed
(Preview)
Would someone post the minutes of yesterday's Graduate Council meeting?
|
check the checkers
|
11
|
351
|
Dec 13, 2005
by help wanted
|
|
|
|
PUC Meetings?
(Preview)
Has anyone heard any news from the PUC lately? I heard there was (will be) a meeting this week.
|
Reader
|
0
|
245
|
|
|
|
|
Faculty Senate Business
(Preview)
Faculty Senate DRAFT Minutes for November are posted at: http://www.usm.edu/fsenate/minutes/2005-11-11.htm
Some interesting excerpts:
4.1.4 Raises The senate had voted last meeting to authorize the senate's budget committee to write...
|
Reporter
|
1
|
294
|
Dec 13, 2005
by More Excerpts
|
|
|
|
Chickens Come Home to Roost
(Preview)
It looks like SFT's chickens are starting to come home to roost:
The USM football fan base is abuzz with the team's mediocre performance and Thames' promise that 9-2 was the expectation for the year. There are more letters today in the HA that call for Bower's removal. Looks like Thames' words are...
|
Farmer Ted
|
1
|
496
|
|
|
|
|
Precursor to SACS probation
(Preview)
Who was the gentleman that was responsible for SACS matters, who reported to President Thames early on in his administration that we were about to have some problems with SACS?...I have heard that an administrative staff member pointed out these potential problems to Thames in the early sum...
|
CuriousFactChecker
|
22
|
928
|
|
|
|
|
Genocide
(Preview)
I believe the recent testimony before the US Congress by victims of the flooding in the lower 9th ward of New orleans was shocking.Incontrovertible eyewitness testimony of the deliberate destruction of the levees in poor black areas was presented.How long can we sit by and witness the genocidal el...
|
Last stand
|
11
|
556
|
|
|
|
|
See More #74
(Preview)
See More #74
geocities.com/seemore004
|
See More
|
6
|
411
|
Dec 12, 2005
by Miss Information
|
|
|
|
Yo, NCAA fans. Political correctness run amuk?
(Preview)
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/white120905.html
|
Joe Fan
|
5
|
338
|
Dec 10, 2005
by MC Home Page
|
|
|
|
USA blasting Eustachy, 69-48
(Preview)
Game is at Reed Green and has about 3.5 minutes left. Looks like the next one will cost $2 as well.
|
rah rah
|
1
|
231
|
|
|
|
|
Beancounting SFT's Snafus
(Preview)
The recent HA mention of that $500K cost of digging out from under the SACS axe made me start thinking about the extraordinary (or more properly, unnecessary) costs associated with the Thames presidency, to wit:
1. Sunk costs such as the salaries of Angie D, Mark...
|
Watchdog
|
6
|
367
|
|
|
|
|
C.L. Editorial--Critical accreditation restored
(Preview)
USM
Critical accreditation restoredhttp://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/OPINION01/512080326/1008/OPINION"As the presidential search evolves at USM in 2006 to choose a replacement for the retiring Thames, the need to recruit a new presid...
|
Reporter
|
11
|
392
|
|
|
|
|
Pood Follies III
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
Despite being warned by his chairs all semester, Sir Pood waited until this past Monday to finally submit the permission to hire paperwork to the provost's office to fill all of the faculty vacancies in his college. The problem? They are still sitting in the provost's office and will be...
|
Angeline
|
31
|
1370
|
|
|
|
|
IHL Dec. meeting agenda
(Preview)
http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=364
BOARD TO APPROVE DEGREES AND DISCUSS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
12/9/2005 (Jackson, MS ) -
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, in its regular monthly meeting next Thursday, will approve the a...
|
info
|
0
|
223
|
|
|
|
|
Tulane's downsizing
(Preview)
I know this is a USM-related board, but the faculty layoffs announced by Tulane today drew me to the Univerisity's website. I notice that they are sharply reducing the scope of their graduate programs. Ph.D. programs in English, French, Spanish, Poli Sci, Sociology, Economics, Enviromental Scie...
|
Historian
|
17
|
584
|
Dec 9, 2005
by Miles Long
|
|
|
|
The CoB Vote: Where the Votes are now...
(Preview)
Accounting: 6 yea, 4 nay
MIS: 4 yea, 2 nay
Economics: 10 yea, 4 nay
Finance: 2 yea, 5 nay
Mgt: 13 yea, 1 nay
Mkt: 10 yea, nay
Tourism: 6 yea, nay
TOTAL: 51 yea, 16 nay (76.1%, passed)
|
MSNBC
|
7
|
496
|
|
|
|
|
Elegy in a University Business School -- Arlo Guthrie style
(Preview)
Four hours until the COB vote.
The vote is on what Doty wrote
alone.
Faculty input? All was forced.
Doty wants an online course
or six.
Who will teach them? Volunteers?
Only those who have great fears
for their jobs.
Non-COBers see the Doty as
a champion, not the horse's a$...
|
Troubled Troubadour
|
0
|
248
|
Dec 9, 2005
by Troubled Troubadour
|
|
|
|
Clinton and Bush Senior give USM 1.5 mil.
(Preview)
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/13355918.htm
|
Angeline
|
6
|
495
|
Dec 9, 2005
by Reversed Priorities
|
|
|
|
Hey, you could be at Tulane
(Preview)
In a shocking decision today, the Tulane University Board of Trustees voted to eliminate several degree programs.
These include Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science.
All faculty in these departments were t...
|
Miles Long
|
16
|
497
|
Dec 8, 2005
by foot soldier
|
|
|
|
CL, 12/8/05: MSU seeks vision of new chief
(Preview)
http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/NEWS/512080375/1002/news[
|
info
|
10
|
370
|
|
|
|
|
H.A. Editorial
(Preview)
Due diligence is required in the future
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/OPINION01/512080328/1014/OPINION
"While the quality of the academic programs at Southern Miss was never questioned - and the university's accreditation was never r...
|
Reporter
|
3
|
362
|
|
|
|
|
Sam Houston State stops Eustachy's win streak at 1
(Preview)
SHSU wins by 4. USM falls to 2-5 on the young season. Thanks SFT, you're the best!
|
compass
|
6
|
372
|
Dec 8, 2005
by prediction
|
|
|
|
Faculty Senate Meeting 12/9/05
(Preview)
|
Reporter
|
8
|
458
|
Dec 8, 2005
by already gone
|
|
|
|
C.L.--Officials issue budget plan
(Preview)
Officials issue budget planhttp://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/NEWS/512080382/1002/news"Wayne Stonecypher, executive director of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, said the recommendations are better than he's seen in five years, ev...
|
Reporter
|
0
|
235
|
|
|
|
|
USM website
(Preview)
The Carnegie I button at the bottom of the USM home page has been replaced with a button for NCATE.
http://www.usm.edu
|
info
|
0
|
300
|
|
|
|
|
Alumni Website
(Preview)
From USMmail:
SouthernMissAlumni.com has a new look. Please visit www.SouthernMissAlumni.com where a host of new features have been included to better serve the alumni and friends of The University of Southern Mississippi. At www.SouthernMissAlumni.com alumni can now: •Register for a fre...
|
SouthernMissAlumni
|
3
|
337
|
Dec 8, 2005
by Super Suspicious
|
|
|
|
College Tech Officers Laid Off?
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
Rumor has been circulating that all College Technology Officer positions will be cut. Colleges cannot pay for the positions, and Grimes apparently refuses to do so. Grimes' solution: all CTOs go to iTech and work for minimum wage. Merry Christmas, CTOs!
|
The One Man Gang
|
40
|
1409
|
Dec 8, 2005
by IT Guy (not Lombardo)
|
