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Nom d'Aplomb Vote-O-Matic Ready When You Are
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The soon-to-be-legendary Vote-O-Matic™ has been loaded up with the few nom-inations that the committee entered between "laying out," firing up the grille & mowing the lawn. No world beaters in the list, but a few to think about nonetheless.
The Secret Access Code this week is Lame D...
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Miss I's Tea Director
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Jun 3, 2005
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Initiative box
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So far most of the discussion concerning the next two years has focused on Thames, his henchbunch, and his backers... and how to react to the damage they might do.
Obviously, attention needs to be paid to all of that.
But the USM faculty are now in a position to take the initiative on many issues, and...
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Lobbying Report
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I have a brief, belated report on my unsuccessful efforts to secure an audience with Ms. Robin Robinson of Sanderson Farms and the Mississippi IHL. I spent 10 days in Laurel in late March, and during that time attempted on two occasions to speak with Robinson regarding my and my fa...
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Jun 3, 2005
by Austin Eagle
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COB swap meet
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Spring/Summer 2005 in the COB:
Bill Smith, Grad Director, back to the faculty. Alvin Williams, marketing chair, back to faculty. Francis Daniel, faculty, up to Grad Director. Barry Babin, faculty, up to marketing chair. Harold Doty, dean, moves to faculty.....
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cash for titles
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copyrights and EagleTalk
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I have received the following email.
Amy Young
Professor Young
I am writing a second time because of something that has been brought to my attention. I am the associate publisher of EagleTalk.net a member of the Riv...
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Amy Young
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Jun 2, 2005
by Web Master
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Webmaster
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I simply love the post by "Mississippian by Birth and by Choice" to which "USM Sympathizer" referred, but I don't like the new format that keeps popping up on the message board. It's difficult to distinguish who posted what when a previous statement is referenced. Has anybody noticed this change?
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Voter
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Jun 2, 2005
by Web Master
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mushroom cloud over Greene Hall
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Spoke with a friend from the CoB tonight who said that the CoB was about to implode.
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nana
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Jun 2, 2005
by Sani-Flush
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CoB Bombshell!!!
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You guys need to ask around about what happened in the CoB faculty/staff meeting today. A chill will travel up/down your spine when you hear the details.
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Jun 2, 2005
by bin-mar paper
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A few troubling thoughts
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Mes amis,
What a strange day you have had on your message board today. During the afternoon I had to send out for additional raspberry creams so that I could read the posts of mere de Gracie Even so, I retired to my chaise after each one, and Miss Angleterre so kindly brought the cool cloth. By...
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Monique de Guerre
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HA letter; Reluctance not the issue
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/OPINION03/506020334/1014/OPINION
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ram
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L and P gets around to the Toy McLaughlin story
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Here at last is the Toy McLaughlin story on Liberty and Power.
The item got deferred more than once, but I still think that the whole episode deserves attention outside of Hattiesburg. (Sorry, Seeker, but university foundation officials just don't behave like this anywhere else...)
[url...
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Robert Campbell
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Jun 2, 2005
by Sticky Glue
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Total Losses Updated
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Losses by Unit, May 2002-present
Academic Advising: Betty Blackledge; Vicki Flanagan; Judy McQueen
Accounting: Marvin Albin; James Crockett; Jerry King
Agency Directors/Assistant Directors (not listed elsewhere): James Batson; Ann Beardshall; Syd Conner; Beth Cooksey; Angeline D...
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memorial wall
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Jun 2, 2005
by Newspaper reader
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HA letter: Insult a compliment
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/OPINION03/506020333/1014/OPINION
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ram
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Jun 2, 2005
by Let your fingers do the walking
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Total Losses Updated
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Losses by Unit, May 2002-present
Academic Advising: Betty Blackledge; Vicki Flanagan; Judy McQueen
Accounting: Marvin Albin; James Crockett; Jerry King
Agency Directors/Assistant Directors (not listed elsewhere): James Batson; Ann Beardshall; Syd Conner; Beth Cooksey; Angeline D...
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memorial wall
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Jun 2, 2005
by Secret Agent Man
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Website on liberal education
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http://www.aacu.org/issues/liberaleducation/index.cfm
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USM Sympathizer
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Campus Redesign
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I think I was absent the day this was explained. And I'm not complaining (keeping in mind Contrarian Professor's valid comments about complaining over every little thing) -- I'm just asking.
What was the rationale for the pedestrian campus? An older person I know had an errand on campus and was q...
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Third Witch
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The Irony of Lame Ducktitude
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The duck is the last to figure it out.
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Web Feat
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Jun 2, 2005
by Outside Observer
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2005 graduation gift
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has anyone heard the story that Thames and a few local business types bought Walt Cain a new car for his graduation?
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Jun 1, 2005
by friend of maintenance staff
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Why Faculty Will Fail in the War Against Thames
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In light of comments about dining services, etc., i feel the need to make a point regarding faculty and their fight against Thames: USM faculty will fail to defeat Thames because of their lack of resolve and failure to learn from history.
During the Revolutionary War period, soldiers fought und...
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G. Washington's Strategic Advisor
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Statesmen down big, Final 4 Report coming.....
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Delta State is down big --- 4 to 11 --- to Grand Valley State in the Division II CWS. The game is in the 6th/7th inning now, and if DSU goes down, they are eliminated from the event and DII will have a new national champion this year. Maybe they can pull this one from the fire in the end. We...
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Cox-Purvis Report
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Jun 1, 2005
by delta devil
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2004-05 Departures
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USM Departures, August 2004 thru July 2005
Sheila Alber, Associate Professor of CISE (The Ohio State University)
Charles Bolton, Professor and Chair of History (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Deborah Carr, USMCC Counselor (situation pending)
Theodore Christ, Assist...
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Presidential change
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Can't figure out how to link story to message board, but if you remember, Baylor's president resigned after creating huge turmoil on the campus. Here are some passages from the story that came out today about the new interim president and his task. What it says about the facult...
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Baptist
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Jun 1, 2005
by Counting the days
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HA: Mary Beth, you work for Moulder.
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050531/OPINION03/505310317/1014/OPINION
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Day of Memory (OT)
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Mes amis,
I am thinking of this jour commémoratif - your Memorial Day. I am thinking that in France there are acres of your graves, and whenever my countrymen are so unkind, so ungrateful, I think of this. Miss Angleterre joins me in thanking you, your parents and grandparents, for their s...
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Monique de Guerre
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Jun 1, 2005
by View from a Distance
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Questions about Thames
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I remember reading that Thames, when he became president, said he could make millionaires out of all USM faculty. He knew how to get personal enrichment out of university employment --- contracts, MURA companies, and the like. I think he took a literal view of Haley Barbour's "o...
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anti-faculty letter in Vicksburg Post
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College Professors Protecting Cozy Lifestyles
I have been following the rantings of Southern's faculty over the past three years and am appalled at how far some of them will go to protect their cozy lifestyles. While the rest of us have grown accustomed to overtime, shift work, and very lit...
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May 31, 2005
by Free Land, Not Shelby Land
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Son of Bubba takes real nasty shot at Myron Henry
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Son of Bubba has started a new thread over on Eagle Talk that takes a potshot at Myron Henry. Don't know what Lanny Mixon's memo to Young is about, but there is enough on EagleTalk to cause him some heartburn.
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May 31, 2005
by Robert Campbell
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H-A: DuPree vs. Giannini
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'Nuff Said!
DuPree: "But as far as the relationship between USM and the city of Hattiesburg, it's probably better than it's ever been."
"...Giannini said the No Not Now campaign and DuPree's hands-off stance irreparably damaged relations between the city and the university."
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HA Letter 5/26/2005
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HA Opinion
I guess all the history, English, and music profs better get some "real world" experience. What a joke these Thames supporters are. Another insta...
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George "The Animal" Steele
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May 31, 2005
by Significant Issues
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Tomorrow's HA: pro-SFT Biz Group to Meet Again
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USM's Business Supporters to Meet Again
Robin Moss, Special to the American
Even with the recent announcement of the phased resignation of USM President Shelby Thames, the local business community has planned a second meeting to support both the university. According to the gr...
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May 31, 2005
by Let Freedom Ring
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Shared Crown, Selection Show....
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With yesterday's rains, the championship bout of the C-USA tourney was cancelled and both TCU and Tulane were declared champions. Tulane earned the automatic bid to the NCAA from the conference, not that it matters. Both teams will certainly be part of the NCAA field, which is announc...
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Cox-Purvis Report
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May 31, 2005
by Open Meetings Act
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The Independent 5/26/05
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Thames’ extended in Board split vote
Interesting excerpts:
“The recommendation of Commissioner of Higher Education, Dr. Richard Crofts……suggested that the Board not extend Thames’s presidency…
“…Reports surfaced that four members of the Board were adamant that Tha...
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rooms
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Have rooms for summer classes been assigned yet? or any word on when they will be? It seems to be getting down to the wire
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May 30, 2005
by Robert Campbell
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Trying to get Pork?
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/11739571.htm"Hmmm. Missis...
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Reporter
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May 30, 2005
by Arnold Ziffle
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H.A. Letter5/30/05
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050530/OPINION03/505300319/1014/OPINION
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Southern Miss is #2 seed in Oxford
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The Golden Eagles will play Oklahoma in the first round of the Oxford regional, hosted by Ole Miss. First time in school history that USM has made three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
the seeding is:
1 Ole Miss 4 Maine 3 Oklahoma 2 Southern Miss
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May 30, 2005
by Go Eagles!
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$ amount for promotion
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I have always been told that the $ amount for promotion from assistant to associate is $5,000. This year it is $4,000. Was I misinformed or has it always been the $4000 amount?
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Bob Barker
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HA Letter: Moulder Irresponsible
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050528/OPINION03/505280327/1014/OPINION[url=http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050528/OPINION03/505280327/1014/OPINION]http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/app...
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May 29, 2005
by Ray Folse
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For the faculty
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The post is dedicated to the faculty of USM.
TO BE OF USE
The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shadows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the black sleek heads of seals
bounding li...
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Marge Piercy
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May 29, 2005
by Marge Piercy
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Ignorant letter in CL 5/29
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050529/OPINION/505290303/1009Allen G Holder - (601) 371-1030 - 174 Blackmon Rd, Byram, MS 39272 -
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Angeline
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May 29, 2005
by Third Witch
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All MS Affair, Let the Rains begin, and more......
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The USM Eagles were eliminated from C-USA tournament action in another big loss to the TCU horned frogs. TCU moves on to face #1 Tulane tomorrow for the championship. Some Green Wave fans are already calling this year's tourney "The Tulane Invitational Tournament" but the Frog...
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Cox-Purvis Report
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May 29, 2005
by Delta Dawn
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Scary Trend:State Legislatures entering classrooms
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Taking the cause of the academic rights of the right
The Students for Academic Freedom aim to make it more comfortable for conservative college students to thrive in a liberal arts atmosphere.By ANITA KUMAR, Times Staff Writer Published May 29, 2005
WASHINGTON - Across the nation, li...
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Fire Shelby
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05/06 Budget
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The CL reports that we have a state budget, with IHL getting a 1% increase over last year. Although IHL still has to do its thing and apportion funds out to each university, it doesn't look like we will get the 5% cut that we were asked to prepare for.
Colleges and other units have already s...
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Where are the Toy McLaughlin posts now?
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I am putting together a belated item for Liberty and Power on Toy McLaughlin's hijinks from last month.
In reviewing the threads on this board that refer to McLaughlin's infamous blast at the USM faculty (April 18) and his "high-powered rifle" post of April 19, I found that both links...
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Robert Campbell
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May 28, 2005
by Investigator
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HA: Jim Ware says faculty don't know "real" world
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050526/OPINION03/505260324/1014/OPINION
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May 28, 2005
by mathematician
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2001-2002 Presidential Search
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I'll try to reconstruct the time line of the presidential search. Virginia Newton was chair of the Board search committee and Provost Andy Griffin was chair of the 39 member Campus Advisory Committee, which was told that it WAS advisory only. I don't recall the exact make-up of the advi...
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Presidential historian
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May 28, 2005
by Presidential historian
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HA article on Homeland Security
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050527/NEWS01/505270302/1002
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Say what?
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May 28, 2005
by Remember Charlie Whitman
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NE MS Daily Journal article about Thames
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Thames never wanted Presidency, Inherited It
Scott James, Reporter Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
After more than three years of strife, USM's embattled President Shelby F. Thames says never wanted the university's Presidency. "I was happy in the lab at the time, playin...
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May 28, 2005
by Copywrite Restrictions
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message from babbs
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The current departures list (Aug 2004 - July 2005) is coming to a close. I hope everyone will make a hard push to help keep the departures list updated/accurate so that it can be closed out in 2-3 months. The August 2005 - July 2006 will go up shortly. Believe it or not, there are alrea...
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Chronicle on Presidential Transitions
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There's an interesting article on the Website of the Chronicle of Higher Education, at the "Chronicle Careers" page:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/05/2005050601c.htm
It's too bad that SFT will never read "When and How to Leave a Presidency," but then again, since he "never wanted to be p...
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