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Free on-line courses for Katrina-affected students
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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...
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Sep 26, 2005
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A University headed in the right direction (no, not this one)
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/metropolitan/3366184
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Respected according to whom?
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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...
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Sep 25, 2005
by night watchperson
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USM pre- hurricane enrollment?
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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?
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Greener Pasture
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opinions on USM
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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...
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local Mrs.
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Sep 23, 2005
by NotUnderworked
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Hurricane Humor
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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...
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Sep 22, 2005
by Weatherwoman
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Insurance coverage
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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 ?
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Sep 22, 2005
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See More #66
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See More #66
geocities.com/seemore004
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Sep 21, 2005
by Gone, gone, gone
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Off Topic, Rita
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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...
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IHL Aug. meeting minutes
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http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/admin/downloads/BdAug05.pdf
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Off Topic
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What is with the love bugs?
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Plagues and Pestilence
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Looking for people/Reporting that people are safe
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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...
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Sep 20, 2005
by Will Watson
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Gulf Park Looted?
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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...
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Sep 19, 2005
by Will Watson
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Iamcurious (black and gold)
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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...
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Sep 19, 2005
by astonished
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Kinky Update
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3357689
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Seemore
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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!
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CL, 9/16/05: University damages statewide
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[url]http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/...
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Another Departure?
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I heard that Assistant Dean Mitch Berman is leaving the university. Add to the departure list?
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Another One Bites the Dust
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Sep 18, 2005
by Little old lady
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John Gonzales
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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
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Sep 18, 2005
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Faculty Senate Meeting
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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.
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Sep 18, 2005
by David Johnson
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Summer Wind
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Perhaps the strong,bitter,angry winds of Katrina are a true contrapasso for the USM faculty.
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Dante's Ghost
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Shelby-speak
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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.
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Sep 16, 2005
by You're no JFK
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Commemorating 50,000th message
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Post Katrina: Moving Forward
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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...
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Possible help for USM faculty
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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...
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Sep 16, 2005
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Here's a neat idea
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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...
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Sep 15, 2005
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IHL PR: Nonresident tuition waivers, damages, Crofts' last meeting
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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...
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Sep 15, 2005
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IHL PR: Damage estimates
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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...
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Sep 15, 2005
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Educational Issues at SHS
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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?
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SFT doesn't file ethics report
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Clarion Ledger: Most university presidents don't serve on boards
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Back to Work
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I have noticed a really positive attitude on campus today. I think students are excited to have something positive to focus on.
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USM and FEMA
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FEMA money to USM should total in excess of 100 million dollars.
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Sep 13, 2005
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Traffic Congestion
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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.
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Car 54, Where Are You?
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Sep 13, 2005
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Things we are thankful for
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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...
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Hello to our friends
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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...
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Sep 11, 2005
by Hermione Angleterre
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Can anyone report damage on Coast?
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Would someone on the Coast please post a report on damage there?
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Sep 10, 2005
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FEMA and USM
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FEMA funds of up to 20 million could free up monies for other USM projects
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Alas
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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.
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Article in Chronicle about the "competition"
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http://chronicle.com/free/2005/09/2005090801n.htm
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Sep 8, 2005
by Shrimp Picker
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The (Tentative) Gulf Park Plan
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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...
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Sep 7, 2005
by Dave Sharp
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A silver lining
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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.
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A Seemore I missed....
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Sep 7, 2005
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Coast Campus Damage Assessment
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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...
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Curfew and Night Classes
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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...
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Sep 7, 2005
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Huricaine Problem
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Not much traction with abuse Food for thought
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Access to Faculty Offices
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Have faculty had access to their offices yet? If not, does anyone know when?
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Sep 7, 2005
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anyone have news on Sacred Heart School
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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. . .
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Sep 7, 2005
by Jeanne Gillespie
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a place to land
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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...
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Sep 7, 2005
by Anne Wallace
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No Hood in the Neighborhood
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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...
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Sep 6, 2005
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Additional days added to fall semester
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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.
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