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Menu Items @ Powerhouse
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Copied and pasted from the Cox-Purvis thread:
"First off, the new Powerhouse Restauarant is coming along now. VP Lassen informed a student group the other day that all of the menu items will be named after important people and traditions in Southern Miss history. The C-P Report is hoping to subm...
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Carey Beachfront Campus for Sale
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WDAM just ran a story on William Carey College possibly selling its 22-acre Coast campus on Highway 90 to out-of-state developers who want the property, probably for condo/commercial development. President Kennedy said the Carey on the Coast campus is looking to relocate to property clos...
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Myron's PUC Report
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From Faculty Senate Listerv:
Good Morning Colleagues: Ray Folse asked again that I give a brief same day report on the President' Council (Ray, I had hoped to finish this task last night, but just did not quite make it). The PC met yesterday morning from 7 am until nearly 9 am (alt...
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Jun 9, 2005
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Trent Lott Center
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I get reports from people passing the Trent Lott Center that they haven’t seen any work on the building in a couple of weeks. When they pass the site they see all of the equipment, but nothing is moving and there are no people working. Does anyone on this board have any info about this? ...
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Where is Seeker?
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Anyone know what's happened to our man in Richmond? There are many matters presently under discussion on the board which cry out for his youthful perspective, not to mention his wit and wisdom. We can only he hasn't run away with the comely Mrs. Cooley.
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Joe Friday
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60% of H'burg Voters support DuPree
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/NEWS/50608001
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Word on the Street Man
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1600 CDT- Early exit polls from today's vote. Dupree 52%,Rowell 48%. USM faculty-Dupree 85%,Rowell 15%. Final numbers late tonight.
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Mayor's Race X
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Jun 9, 2005
by Troll Watcher
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H.A. Letter6/09/05
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050609/OPINION03/506090326/1014/OPINION
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CL, 6/8/05: Applin responds to Holder
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050608/OPINION/506080301/1009
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Jun 9, 2005
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H.A. 6/09/05
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Major changes, retaliation not on Thames' agenda By Reuben Meeshttp://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050609/NEWS01/506090311/1002
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Graduate of Honkytonk U
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Another threat was discussing, amongst other things, the use of TAs as a cost-saving measure for 101 classes in math and science. It reminded me of the experiences of my wife in the Education Dept. (K-8) while at USM ('03 undergrad.)
While there, she took an upper level course from Madame Tha...
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Too much T&A for SACS?
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Jun 9, 2005
by Too Close to Willis Lott
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May2005 PUC Minutes
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President’s Council
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The University of Southern Mississippi
Minutes of the 15th Meeting of the Council
May 10, 2005
1. Call to Order and Approval of Minutes
The council was called to order by Dr. Scott Piland at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 200...
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About you? You? You??? Anyone?
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Heard today applications for PR director's position are slim pickens. 
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Some Beach
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Jun 8, 2005
by Some Beach
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Off to Paris
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This morning, Mlle. de Guerre summoned me to her study. This was unusual in itself, as she generally does not enter the study until evening. "Miss Angleterre," she said in a very serious voice, "this situation will never do." Upon inquiry, I learned that yesterday Mlle, in the course of her civic duty...
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PUC report (via HA)
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050608/NEWS01/50608005
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Southern Miss Baseball player gets drafted
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Brad Willcutt, who owns something like a half dozen records at USM, was drafted in the 27th round of the MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers
more draft updates will come when neccessary.
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Baseball Fan
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Jun 8, 2005
by Gatoreagle
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Faculty newspaper
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Warning: This post is about nothing important. Just a rant.
I just saw that some members of the PR department won some awards for the PAST year's work. One was an award for the faculty newspaper that I worked on most of the year (but I was not nominated for my work on it, nor for any of the stories I wrote...
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Classic
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Moving it from another thread because it's - well - classic
http://hnn.us/blogs/comments/9225.html
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PUC & F.S. Meetings
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This should be an interesting week with both the PUC and the Faculty Senate having scheduled meeting. The PUC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 8 at 7 a.m. in the Union. Faculty Senate will meet on Friday, June 10 at 2 p.m. in the Union. Both meeting are open and the pre...
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Media Roll of Honor
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During the past three years, various letters to the editor and guest editorials in support of the USM faculty have appeared in print in newspapers from Biloxi to Jackson and beyond. Quite a few were written by present and former USM faculty members.
Although many other courageous and caring USM fa...
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Drum Roll
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Jun 8, 2005
by Ducks, ducts or Redux?
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Cox-Purvis is Brand New
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The Cox-Purvis Report, or the C-P Report as we like to call it, is under new managment. I was able to spend some time on the board last nite getting the lay of the land. I even posted a few times. I am happy to be here and I hope we can offer a good product. I hope to introduce some new...
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WDAM's "Top of the Class"
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WDAM broadcast its annual "Top of the Class" show on Sunday night. It profiled 98 valedictorians and salutatorians (and sometimes co-valedictorians or co-salutatorians) from 46 area high schools. Their intended colleges and majors were given. Here's a breakdown:
USM ... 19 (with 5 more pla...
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Jun 8, 2005
by Long Arm of the Law
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HA: A must read from Hardee Henderson
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/OPINION03/506070330/1014/OPINION
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Jun 7, 2005
by Hardee Henderson's Geneologist
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Ad Astra Problems Thread for Robert Campbell
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Use this thread to report details of how Ad Astra is working to Robert Campbell. Today is the first full day of summer school activities.
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Jun 7, 2005
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Summer school runing smoothly
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From USMMail:
Attention Campus Community: The Union and Seymour's are temporarily closed due to a power outage. A problem in the broiler room has left the entire facility without electricity. The Union will be closed Wednesday, June 1 and possibly Thursday, June 2. W...
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Jun 7, 2005
by Other Problems
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Hattiesburg Mayoral Election
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Hello all. This is my first post on this forum. My question today is about the Hattiesburg Mayoral Election. If you're voting today (and if you post under an anonymous moniker), please tell us which candidate you're supporting and why. I'm interested in seeing you...
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Jun 7, 2005
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Why Lucas is silent
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http://www.millsaps.edu/get_to_know/president2.shtml
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Silence is Gold and Black
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Jun 7, 2005
by another old timer
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The Problem with "My enemy's enemy...."
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It has been stated many times on this board that "My enemy's enemy is my friend."
The problem with that line of thought is that you will eventually end up in another bad situation.
Case in point: In WWII, the US and Britain took an unlikely ally -- the USSR -- because the USSR was against the Nazis...
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Jun 6, 2005
by LIttle old lady
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Question for Invictus/other 'puter types
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The screenshot thing somebody posted about worries me. What I need to know though, is whether, if I check my personal email at work, or my work email at home, am I exposing my private account to spying? I wouldn't dream of using my usm account for anything personal anymore, but what if I wanted to email...
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who, me worry?
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Regionals Heating Up, Softball and more...
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The USM Eagles were handled easily this afternoon, going down to Maine in an elimination game. With the loss, USM goes 0-2 in an NCAA Regional for the first time ever. Ole Miss defeated Oklahoma in the same regional today, and moves into the championship round, which begins tomorrow aft...
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New Associate Dean
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Any thoughts about the new associate dean in COAL? He does not have a doctoral degree in any area of that college. Odd.
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New CPR Editor .....
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The editor of the Cox-Purvis Report graduated in May and will begin a new job this week. Her associate editor was being groomed to step up but will also step down this week to take a leadership role in her sorority. So, a brand new editor comes on board this week. We wish him the best.
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Nom d'Aplomb, June 5
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fter such a lengthy hiatus, the Ad Hoc Emergency Committee meeting resembled a re-run of Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, since nobody remembered much about what was supposed to be going on, except that Miss I did have a fresh batch of high-octane dewberry juice & the Fickle Finger of Fate had done s...
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Miss Information
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Jun 6, 2005
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Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine Award: June 5
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The recipient of today's Citation de la Semaine award needs no introduction. When the winning quote initially appeared on the message board, Invictus immediately described it as "one hell of a post" and deserving of "hall of fame status." During our selection committee's teleconfe...
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Jun 6, 2005
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Shelby sightings?
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Has anyone seen Shelby around campus lately? Does he still look as if he is "having fun"?
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Jun 6, 2005
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Rebuilding After SFT
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As SFT's reign draws to an end during the next two years, there will be a period when positive changes can be attempted. This will be a crucial time for USM. All of the SFT enablers will have left, or scuttled off to the side claiming they were trying to save USM by working with SFT. The heroes and heroines w...
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baseball, baseball, ......
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The Eagles enter the C-USA tourney on Wednesday as the #3 seed. They will face off against #6 USF. Hattiesburg will serve as host of the tournament this year, so Eagle fans should be out in large numbers for USM games.
Meanwhile, congrats to the Ole Miss Rebels for winning a share of the S...
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First candidate applies for Shelby's job
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"I'm smarter, I'm tougher, and I've got better hair. Besides, if you're looking for a president with a first-class ego, you can't do better than me. Shelby needs to take his marbles and go home and let a big boy show how you run a university with the kind of class, style, and pizzazz that i...
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Retirees
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from USM Mail "The location for the reception honoring all retirees for this year on Friday, June 3, at 3:30 p.m., has been moved to the Polymer Science Auditorium."
Will someone post about the reception? How many of the "honorees" actually show up?
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OT: Cindarella Man
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This post is very much off-topic, but my wife and I just got back from a matinee of Cindarella Man, and we both thought it was one of the most moving, exciting, funny, and suspenseful films we've seen in a long time. It's full of wonderful character studies, and it will leave you feeling goo...
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Times-Picayune sports page piece today..
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Thames Upset with Palmer, Eagles
James Scottsboro, Times-Picayune Reporter
University of Southern Mississippi President Shelby Thames spent most of Saturday afternoon and Saturday night on the phone with various USM Athletics Department officials, probing for the causes and con...
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Jun 5, 2005
by Little old lady
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Look to the future
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Ok, Shelby's old. He's sick. Like the old people around here say, he looks like he's been rode hard and put up wet. Lot of people don't think he's goning to be around for two more years. If you're one of the toadies, or maybe not important enough to be a toady, but just somebody who's had to go along to get alo...
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Jun 4, 2005
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summer enrollment
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Just heard summer enrollment may be low this year. They may count the 100 or so Warren pavers on campus as students to get the numbers up.
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coming at ya from the Gables.....
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The NCAA regionals are underway, and the SEC is already storming through the first round. State took out Florida Atlantic 13-2 down here in South Florida. In other action, LSU (beat Marist), Arkansas (beat Miami OH) South Carolina (beat Michigan) and Auburn (beat USA) earned r...
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USM on Rick & Bubba radio
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This morning, during the open line Friday segment of the Rick & Bubba radio show (which also appears live on TurnerSouth television), a caller called in and said "Fire Jeff Bower" over and over. Rick and Bubba pointed out that they often get this call, and had already received it a fe...
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Leap into the fray
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Monique de Guerre and her faithful social secretary, Miss Hermione Angleterre:
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H.A. Letter 6/3/05
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050603/OPINION03/506030332/1014/OPINION
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A Dialog with Seeker
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In the thread “Son of Bubba takes….Myron Henry” a very good dialog with Seeker developed on Memorial Day. I would like to continue the dialog here.
Seeker stated, “Messager - When the faculty first came out against Thames the charge was led some of the most radical, unlikable and ar...
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Rate My Professor
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Since it is Friday and I'm bored....I wanted to pose a question.
How many people on this board are aware of http://ratemyprofessors.com/index.jsp?
Does anyone pay attention to it? I would assume students may look at it to see who to avoid as a professor, but do professors and adm...
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