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USM Sympathizer

From a listserv to which I subscribe: The University of Alabama is offering free online courses for students displaced by hurricane Katrina. Here's their press release: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies is offering students displaced by Hurricane Kat...

Angeline

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/metropolitan/3366184

Herald

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050923/OPINION01/509230324/1008/OPINIONThe panel includes some of the state's most respected people in business, education and government, including former Gov. William Winter, former state Supreme Court Ju...

Greener Pasture

I heard that even before hurricane Katrina USM's enrollment figure was down about 2%. Can anybody confirm this? If this is accurate, can anybody explain it?

local Mrs.

I have been, like the rest of you, living with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It's heartening to see so many parts of the community pulling together at this time. As a long follower of this site, I feel compelled to speak about a couple of issues. It's time for USM faculty to stop b...

Comedy Central

I have seen on the "Pood Follies" thread and have heard in person numerous objections to hurricane-related humor. Pood's remark was not taking a shot at hurricane victims...it was making an icebreaking remark that those assembled could understand without explanation. I'm quite sure that he...

Question man

I need answers from the folks who know everything,ie.the USM faculty. Is Attorney General Jim Hood correct in suing insurance companies for not covering flood damages? If he is correct ,could we also get these companies to give their policy holders an additional $100,000 ?

See More

See More #66 geocities.com/seemore004

Patti

I know that much discussion has taken place about what Katrina did to the state of Mississippi, but another hurricane is looming in the distance by the name of Rita. I have my fingers, toes, eyes, knees and elbows crossed (that one took some doing) that Rita doesn't make a right hand turn once she...

info

http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/admin/downloads/BdAug05.pdf

Plagues and Pestilence

What is with the love bugs?

truth4usm/AH

I thought it would be helpful to start a thread for those who are looking for people and/or reporting that they (or others) are safe. This way we'd have it all on one thread. So, please repost if you are looking for someone or if you are reporting that you (or others) are safe. If you want to use me as a go...

Will Watson

I was in Hardy Hall today and all the offices on the east hall second floor had had their doors forced, mine included. My laptop was the only item obviously missing from my office. My guess is that the building has been looted. Earlier today I had heard a rumor that Hardy H...

Macavity

Have all faculty safely landed into their new roles as far as this semester is concerned? If anyone knows of anyone who hasn't or of anyone who is being taken advantage of by this administration - please post. I won't post rumors, but I'd like to know if our faculty (AND STAFF) are being treated equitabl...

Houston

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3357689

Advocate

It just doesn't seem like Monday without a cup of coffee and Seemore. Does anyone know if Seemore made it through the disaster? We all could use a little Seemore!

info

[url]http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/...

Another One Bites the Dust

I heard that Assistant Dean Mitch Berman is leaving the university. Add to the departure list?

truth4usm/AH

Has anyone seen anything about John Gonzales' death reported? I heard this through the grapevine. Someone else please post a link if you have one. Thanks, Truth

Reporter

There was a Faculty Senate meeting today that I couldn't attend. Please post a report of this meeting if you have information. Reporter is still digging out from Katrina, but will be back soon.

Dante's Ghost

Perhaps the strong,bitter,angry winds of Katrina are a true contrapasso for the USM faculty.

donald

We all mourn the passing of Dr. Gonzales who I knew as a student. To take nothing from the solemnity of the occasion, but here is a bit of Shelby-speak.

Java 101

Presidential Polymer

Alum in GA

Especially clear after Bush's speech tonight, the federal government will be investing billions to reconstruct the devested Gulf Coast. Given Thames past track record (particularly, the financial shell games practiced by Lawson), I have no confidence in this administration's ability...

USM Sympathizer

Roanoke College is offering a fellowship available for humanities faculty (broadly defined) from colleges and universities closed by the impact of Hurricane Katrina. The fellowship includes a $6,000 stipend, 3-bedroom house within walking distance of the college, college meal plan, library...

Shrimp Picker

Go to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Employee Information page & scroll down to "JACKSON COUNTY CAMPUS EMPLOYEES". If you're lazy or just can't follow those directions, here's the blurb:With clean up, damage assessment and FEMA claims dominating the minds of South Mississipp...

info

http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=354 BOARD PASSES TUITION WAIVER, HEARS OF STORM DAMAGE AND ASSISTANCE 9/15/2005 (JACKSON ) - Today the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), in a meeting abbreviated by conditi...

info

http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=353 IHL COMPILES INITIAL ESTIMATES OF DAMAGE TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES 9/13/2005 (JACKSON ) - Initial estimates suggest that the damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina on the state’s higher education community w...

Sacred Heart Parent

Sacred Heart has enrolled several displaced students. I have heard that some are acting out as a means of coping, and the educational experience at SH is being impacted (mainly in grades 8-10). Class time is being lost dealing with these issues. Any advice?

A resident of nichampburg

Clarion Ledger: Most university presidents don't serve on boards

Spangler Candy Co.

I have noticed a really positive attitude on campus today. I think students are excited to have something positive to focus on.

Mr.Fed

FEMA money to USM should total in excess of 100 million dollars.

Car 54, Where Are You?

Hattiesburg is Gridlock City now. It was hell getting to work this morning, and I expect that a good portion of the Hattiesburg traffic is simply displaced people who have nothing to do but joyride. Hopefully we can alleviate some of that mess soon.

Patti

I've noticed over the last week how the tone of the board has changed, and I'm rather thankful for that in consideration of what you have all been through. So I thought I'd give us a chance to express thanks in one form or another. I'll start. I'm very thankful that one by one we are hearing that...

Hermione Angleterre

Mlle de Guerre and I are quite well, I am happy to report. Our computer access limited due to damaged wiring, and we are temporarily relocated, but our situation is better than many. I did in fact learn to make sun tea, not bad in a "crunch" and now am grateful to have the real thing once more. Mlle. has put a...

USMer

Would someone on the Coast please post a report on damage there?

Mr.Fed

FEMA funds of up to 20 million could free up monies for other USM projects

HWL

This storm has been catastrophic no doubt.Yet life is a series of cycles.Immense pain and suffering folllowed by temperance and perhaps pleasure. Those who falter along the way end up in one of the rings of Dante's Inferno . For others a better time.

Shrimp Picker

http://chronicle.com/free/2005/09/2005090801n.htm

Dave Sharp

http://www.usm.edu/gulfcoast/katrina-news.html ...The University tentatively plans to resume Gulf Park, Keesler and Jackson County classes on Oct. 3. Southern Miss is working with local school districts, as well as business and industry, to secure academic classroom facilities for fal...

Rod_Sterling

Although good news from Hurricane Katrina is hard to come by, there is at least one good thing..... The Nichampburg, Mississippi sign adjacent to the Coliseum was blown away, in the direction of zipcode 31787. Perhaps it will be symbolic of how time will sweep away SFT.

row_faster_ben_hur

Seemore #65

Damon Franke

Yesterday I drove from Baton Rouge to the coast campus with a friend of the people I am staying with. He took pictures, and I will provide the link to his website where he has posted the photos. The aerial photos, of course, could not capture the scene on the ground, and they are particularl...

Night Teacher

I understand from speaking with the Hattiesburg Police Department that if the curfew is still in effect September 12th, as long as faculty can prove they are driving to or from teaching a class, they will not be arrested for violating the curfew. Proof presumably constitutes a faculty ID and p...

Truth Seeker

Not much traction with abuse Food for thought

Worker Bee

Have faculty had access to their offices yet? If not, does anyone know when?

HEST

My 4-year-old and I are still in LA. I've been reading the H'burg American looking for news on school openings, but there's been no news on Sacred Heart. Just wondering if anyone in Hattiesburg had heard anything. . .

Anne Wallace

Friends, I know that many states and universities have offered assistance to displaced students and faculty, but I want to pass on what little I know of North Carolina's offer of help. The Board of Governors has said it will support the admission of displaced students to NC system schools. H...

Waiting for Godot

Where the hell is Jim Hood? Gov.Barbour,Sec. of State Clark,Ins.Commisioner George Dale,and State Auditor Phil Bryant have been everywhere.Traveling,meeting,inthe media-trying,for better or for worse,to help the hurricaine victims. Attorney General Jim Hood has been AWOL. He's a great po...

Angeline

Per the HA: >University of Southern Mississippi: Classes will resume Sept. 12 and students will have a full fall semester. The cancellation of fall break and the addition of three days to the semester’s end on Dec. 19-21 will make up for time lost during the hurricane.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Free on-line courses for Katrina-affected students (Preview) From a listserv to which I subscribe: The University of Alabama is offering free online courses for students displaced by hurricane Katrina. Here's their press release: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies is offering students displaced by Hurricane Kat...	USM Sympathizer	3	352	Sep 26, 2005 by Miles Long
	A University headed in the right direction (no, not this one) (Preview) http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/metropolitan/3366184	Angeline	9	494	Sep 25, 2005 by Houston
	Respected according to whom? (Preview) http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050923/OPINION01/509230324/1008/OPINIONThe panel includes some of the state's most respected people in business, education and government, including former Gov. William Winter, former state Supreme Court Ju...	Herald	11	530	Sep 25, 2005 by night watchperson
	USM pre- hurricane enrollment? (Preview) I heard that even before hurricane Katrina USM's enrollment figure was down about 2%. Can anybody confirm this? If this is accurate, can anybody explain it?	Greener Pasture	6	452	Sep 23, 2005 by LeftASAP
	opinions on USM (Preview) I have been, like the rest of you, living with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It's heartening to see so many parts of the community pulling together at this time. As a long follower of this site, I feel compelled to speak about a couple of issues. It's time for USM faculty to stop b...	local Mrs.	12	898	Sep 23, 2005 by NotUnderworked
	Hurricane Humor (Preview) I have seen on the "Pood Follies" thread and have heard in person numerous objections to hurricane-related humor. Pood's remark was not taking a shot at hurricane victims...it was making an icebreaking remark that those assembled could understand without explanation. I'm quite sure that he...	Comedy Central	1	335	Sep 22, 2005 by Weatherwoman
	Insurance coverage (Preview) I need answers from the folks who know everything,ie.the USM faculty. Is Attorney General Jim Hood correct in suing insurance companies for not covering flood damages? If he is correct ,could we also get these companies to give their policy holders an additional $100,000 ?	Question man	7	520	Sep 22, 2005 by Jameela Lares
	See More #66 (Preview) See More #66 geocities.com/seemore004	See More	3	512	Sep 21, 2005 by Gone, gone, gone
	Off Topic, Rita (Preview) I know that much discussion has taken place about what Katrina did to the state of Mississippi, but another hurricane is looming in the distance by the name of Rita. I have my fingers, toes, eyes, knees and elbows crossed (that one took some doing) that Rita doesn't make a right hand turn once she...	Patti	0	279	Sep 20, 2005 by Patti
	IHL Aug. meeting minutes (Preview) http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/admin/downloads/BdAug05.pdf	info	0	334	Sep 20, 2005 by info
	Off Topic (Preview) What is with the love bugs?	Plagues and Pestilence	6	557	Sep 20, 2005 by Java Man
	Looking for people/Reporting that people are safe ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) I thought it would be helpful to start a thread for those who are looking for people and/or reporting that they (or others) are safe. This way we'd have it all on one thread. So, please repost if you are looking for someone or if you are reporting that you (or others) are safe. If you want to use me as a go...	truth4usm/AH	60	3594	Sep 20, 2005 by Will Watson
	Gulf Park Looted? (Preview) I was in Hardy Hall today and all the offices on the east hall second floor had had their doors forced, mine included. My laptop was the only item obviously missing from my office. My guess is that the building has been looted. Earlier today I had heard a rumor that Hardy H...	Will Watson	0	368	Sep 19, 2005 by Will Watson
	Iamcurious (black and gold) (Preview) Have all faculty safely landed into their new roles as far as this semester is concerned? If anyone knows of anyone who hasn't or of anyone who is being taken advantage of by this administration - please post. I won't post rumors, but I'd like to know if our faculty (AND STAFF) are being treated equitabl...	Macavity	2	484	Sep 19, 2005 by astonished
	Kinky Update (Preview) http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3357689	Houston	6	434	Sep 19, 2005 by Emma
	Seemore (Preview) It just doesn't seem like Monday without a cup of coffee and Seemore. Does anyone know if Seemore made it through the disaster? We all could use a little Seemore!	Advocate	3	376	Sep 19, 2005 by Patti
	CL, 9/16/05: University damages statewide (Preview) [url]http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/...	info	5	375	Sep 19, 2005 by Invictus
	Another Departure? (Preview) I heard that Assistant Dean Mitch Berman is leaving the university. Add to the departure list?	Another One Bites the Dust	13	813	Sep 18, 2005 by Little old lady
	John Gonzales (Preview) Has anyone seen anything about John Gonzales' death reported? I heard this through the grapevine. Someone else please post a link if you have one. Thanks, Truth	truth4usm/AH	11	784	Sep 18, 2005 by A resident of nitchampburg
	Faculty Senate Meeting (Preview) There was a Faculty Senate meeting today that I couldn't attend. Please post a report of this meeting if you have information. Reporter is still digging out from Katrina, but will be back soon.	Reporter	6	495	Sep 18, 2005 by David Johnson
	Summer Wind (Preview) Perhaps the strong,bitter,angry winds of Katrina are a true contrapasso for the USM faculty.	Dante's Ghost	10	673	Sep 16, 2005 by S54
	Shelby-speak (Preview) We all mourn the passing of Dr. Gonzales who I knew as a student. To take nothing from the solemnity of the occasion, but here is a bit of Shelby-speak.	donald	5	593	Sep 16, 2005 by You're no JFK
	Commemorating 50,000th message (Preview) Presidential Polymer	Java 101	3	345	Sep 16, 2005 by Arnold
	Post Katrina: Moving Forward (Preview) Especially clear after Bush's speech tonight, the federal government will be investing billions to reconstruct the devested Gulf Coast. Given Thames past track record (particularly, the financial shell games practiced by Lawson), I have no confidence in this administration's ability...	Alum in GA	4	429	Sep 16, 2005 by Invictus
	Possible help for USM faculty (Preview) Roanoke College is offering a fellowship available for humanities faculty (broadly defined) from colleges and universities closed by the impact of Hurricane Katrina. The fellowship includes a $6,000 stipend, 3-bedroom house within walking distance of the college, college meal plan, library...	USM Sympathizer	0	310	Sep 16, 2005 by USM Sympathizer
	Here's a neat idea (Preview) Go to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Employee Information page & scroll down to "JACKSON COUNTY CAMPUS EMPLOYEES". If you're lazy or just can't follow those directions, here's the blurb:With clean up, damage assessment and FEMA claims dominating the minds of South Mississipp...	Shrimp Picker	0	314	Sep 15, 2005 by Shrimp Picker
	IHL PR: Nonresident tuition waivers, damages, Crofts' last meeting (Preview) http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=354 BOARD PASSES TUITION WAIVER, HEARS OF STORM DAMAGE AND ASSISTANCE 9/15/2005 (JACKSON ) - Today the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), in a meeting abbreviated by conditi...	info	1	337	Sep 15, 2005 by Just an opinion
	IHL PR: Damage estimates (Preview) http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=353 IHL COMPILES INITIAL ESTIMATES OF DAMAGE TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES 9/13/2005 (JACKSON ) - Initial estimates suggest that the damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina on the state’s higher education community w...	info	2	387	Sep 15, 2005 by tree trimer
	Educational Issues at SHS (Preview) Sacred Heart has enrolled several displaced students. I have heard that some are acting out as a means of coping, and the educational experience at SH is being impacted (mainly in grades 8-10). Class time is being lost dealing with these issues. Any advice?	Sacred Heart Parent	20	833	Sep 15, 2005 by Two cents
	SFT doesn't file ethics report (Preview) Clarion Ledger: Most university presidents don't serve on boards	A resident of nichampburg	6	560	Sep 14, 2005 by Invictus
	Back to Work (Preview) I have noticed a really positive attitude on campus today. I think students are excited to have something positive to focus on.	Spangler Candy Co.	11	717	Sep 14, 2005 by Pierre
	USM and FEMA (Preview) FEMA money to USM should total in excess of 100 million dollars.	Mr.Fed	1	357	Sep 13, 2005 by center line
	Traffic Congestion (Preview) Hattiesburg is Gridlock City now. It was hell getting to work this morning, and I expect that a good portion of the Hattiesburg traffic is simply displaced people who have nothing to do but joyride. Hopefully we can alleviate some of that mess soon.	Car 54, Where Are You?	0	305	Sep 13, 2005 by Car 54, Where Are You?
	Things we are thankful for (Preview) I've noticed over the last week how the tone of the board has changed, and I'm rather thankful for that in consideration of what you have all been through. So I thought I'd give us a chance to express thanks in one form or another. I'll start. I'm very thankful that one by one we are hearing that...	Patti	5	497	Sep 12, 2005 by Patti
	Hello to our friends (Preview) Mlle de Guerre and I are quite well, I am happy to report. Our computer access limited due to damaged wiring, and we are temporarily relocated, but our situation is better than many. I did in fact learn to make sun tea, not bad in a "crunch" and now am grateful to have the real thing once more. Mlle. has put a...	Hermione Angleterre	0	240	Sep 11, 2005 by Hermione Angleterre
	Can anyone report damage on Coast? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Would someone on the Coast please post a report on damage there?	USMer	39	1272	Sep 10, 2005 by Jameela Lares
	FEMA and USM (Preview) FEMA funds of up to 20 million could free up monies for other USM projects	Mr.Fed	6	715	Sep 8, 2005 by center line
	Alas (Preview) This storm has been catastrophic no doubt.Yet life is a series of cycles.Immense pain and suffering folllowed by temperance and perhaps pleasure. Those who falter along the way end up in one of the rings of Dante's Inferno . For others a better time.	HWL	0	324	Sep 8, 2005 by HWL
	Article in Chronicle about the "competition" (Preview) http://chronicle.com/free/2005/09/2005090801n.htm	Shrimp Picker	0	329	Sep 8, 2005 by Shrimp Picker
	The (Tentative) Gulf Park Plan (Preview) http://www.usm.edu/gulfcoast/katrina-news.html ...The University tentatively plans to resume Gulf Park, Keesler and Jackson County classes on Oct. 3. Southern Miss is working with local school districts, as well as business and industry, to secure academic classroom facilities for fal...	Dave Sharp	0	356	Sep 7, 2005 by Dave Sharp
	A silver lining (Preview) Although good news from Hurricane Katrina is hard to come by, there is at least one good thing..... The Nichampburg, Mississippi sign adjacent to the Coliseum was blown away, in the direction of zipcode 31787. Perhaps it will be symbolic of how time will sweep away SFT.	Rod_Sterling	3	431	Sep 7, 2005 by Smithville, GA
	A Seemore I missed.... (Preview) Seemore #65	row_faster_ben_hur	0	296	Sep 7, 2005 by row_faster_ben_hur
	Coast Campus Damage Assessment (Preview) Yesterday I drove from Baton Rouge to the coast campus with a friend of the people I am staying with. He took pictures, and I will provide the link to his website where he has posted the photos. The aerial photos, of course, could not capture the scene on the ground, and they are particularl...	Damon Franke	13	1173	Sep 7, 2005 by hot link
	Curfew and Night Classes (Preview) I understand from speaking with the Hattiesburg Police Department that if the curfew is still in effect September 12th, as long as faculty can prove they are driving to or from teaching a class, they will not be arrested for violating the curfew. Proof presumably constitutes a faculty ID and p...	Night Teacher	0	359	Sep 7, 2005 by Night Teacher
	Huricaine Problem (Preview) Not much traction with abuse Food for thought	Truth Seeker	3	493	Sep 7, 2005 by Patti
	Access to Faculty Offices (Preview) Have faculty had access to their offices yet? If not, does anyone know when?	Worker Bee	4	498	Sep 7, 2005 by Jeanne Gillespie
	anyone have news on Sacred Heart School (Preview) My 4-year-old and I are still in LA. I've been reading the H'burg American looking for news on school openings, but there's been no news on Sacred Heart. Just wondering if anyone in Hattiesburg had heard anything. . .	HEST	3	390	Sep 7, 2005 by Jeanne Gillespie
	a place to land (Preview) Friends, I know that many states and universities have offered assistance to displaced students and faculty, but I want to pass on what little I know of North Carolina's offer of help. The Board of Governors has said it will support the admission of displaced students to NC system schools. H...	Anne Wallace	0	340	Sep 7, 2005 by Anne Wallace
	No Hood in the Neighborhood (Preview) Where the hell is Jim Hood? Gov.Barbour,Sec. of State Clark,Ins.Commisioner George Dale,and State Auditor Phil Bryant have been everywhere.Traveling,meeting,inthe media-trying,for better or for worse,to help the hurricaine victims. Attorney General Jim Hood has been AWOL. He's a great po...	Waiting for Godot	0	337	Sep 6, 2005 by Waiting for Godot
	Additional days added to fall semester (Preview) Per the HA: >University of Southern Mississippi: Classes will resume Sept. 12 and students will have a full fall semester. The cancellation of fall break and the addition of three days to the semester’s end on Dec. 19-21 will make up for time lost during the hurricane.	Angeline	0	262	Sep 6, 2005 by Angeline
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