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A Question for All Faculty
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I was pulling out of the LAB parking lot when I saw CoB dean Doty leaving work at approximately 5:20 pm. As far as I know, his Ford Excursion was not in the lot when I got to work this morning at 7:30 am. Do all higher-level administrators keep shorter hours than their faculty?
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Spanglish Inquisition
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Mar 2, 2005
by former polymer major
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The Truth, As I See It
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I see a problem with faculty (me included), and that is that we have an unclear picture of our place in the world. What I mean is that we have (in some instances) a very overinflated opinion of our position in the grand scheme of things or (in other, rarer instances) an underinflated opinion of ourselves...
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Jesse's Girl
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Anything planned for March 5?
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So, are there any activities planned for March 5 (the original Black Friday)? I think that someone should start a petition to rename the Liberal Arts bldg. after Frank and Gary. You could deliver the signatures to Shelby on March 5. Any other ideas? What about a sile...
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Mar 1, 2005
by Actions little sister
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USM Departures (3/1/2005 - B)
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USM Departures, August 2004 thru July 2005
Sheila Alber, Associate Professor of CISE (The Ohio State University)
Doug Chambers, Assistant Professor of History (situation pending)
Theodore Christ, Assistant Professor of Psychology (University of Minnesota)
Syd Conner, Assistan...
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ED speaks
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After following some of the considerable discussion of Economic Development (ED) at USM, I thought I would write in hopes of offering some small clarification from within. Please note, however, that all the following comes from my own, limited, highly opinioned perspective.
I consider my ma...
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Mark Miller
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Haikus for the People
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Complete the Haiku started below or start your own.
Here are some guidelines to follow for the uninitiated.
Don’t be shy. Jump right in!
How to write Haiku
In Japanese, the rules for how to write Haiku are clear, and will not be discussed here. In foreign l...
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It’s Fun!
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Mar 1, 2005
by Take a hike, you
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"Babe" of the Day -- 3/1/2005
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Today’s “Babe” of the Day (by popular demand) is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!!!!
From the UNC online history:
“Now in its third century, UNC belongs to the select group of American and Canadian campuses forming the Association of American Universities. UNC's academic...
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Fort Apache, the 'Burg
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Mar 1, 2005
by Research Triangle
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Klumb to Thames: No New Programs (in HA)
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050301/NEWS01/503010308/1002
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Angeline
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another chair bites the dust?
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I understand Wanda Maulding is no longer chair of Educ. Leadership. Was this voluntary or another case of walk-the-plank?
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reCaining_chairs
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Mar 1, 2005
by Peggy Smith
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Doty on WDAM news
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Doty was just on WDAM touting the new Center for Economic Education in the COB. Looks like he won another battle against ED.
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pa
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PeopleSoft amd SFT's administration
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The discussions on the "Office of Continuing Education-GONE?" thread got me wondering, "Just how did Ole Miss and Mississippi State avoid the 'budgetary black hole' that is PeopleSoft?"
As an "oldtimer" I remember 1998-99, and the days of Horace Fleming's crony, the self-named "smartest man o...
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USM Departures (3/1/2005)
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USM Departures, August 2004 thru July 2005
Sheila Alber, Associate Professor of CISE (The Ohio State University)
Doug Chambers, Assistant Professor of History (Brown University)
Theodore Christ, Assistant Professor of Psychology (University of Minnesota)
Syd Conner, Assistant...
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babbs
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Limerick Thred
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Rhyme Scheme
Limerick must have five lines with aabba rhyme scheme
Keep it clean.
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Frowny Face
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Malone's Meteoric Rise
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My questions have been mentioned by others, but I've never seen them answered. How did Kenbot go from Assistant Professor (online catalog 2004/2005) to Professor (website) in the blink of an eye? Does he really now hold the rank of professor? Were faculty members involved in the decision? Wh...
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Lost in Space and Translation
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Mar 1, 2005
by Monique de Guerre
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Response to "Irish Red"
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"There once was a town with a school,
whose professors thought they were cool,
the school went south due to their mouth,
and they wound being the fool!"
I didn't want to get the limerick thread off topic, so I'm starting this one to respond to IR.
Good limerick, by the way.
As you...
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Monique de Guerre
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Mar 1, 2005
by Monique de Guerre
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IHL speaks against new USM programs
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This afternoon WUSM reported that the IHL Board had decided that USM could not start any new programs at this time. (I only caught one sentence of the story.) Did anyone hear the whole story? I imagine it will be in tomorrows HA.
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dave
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Mar 1, 2005
by Green Hornet
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Cinderella's Bedtime Stories
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Today I was walking to class with a friend at Gulf Park. We noticed on the walls of one of the buildings there was what appeared to be paint streaks. However, upon closer inspection, we found they were patches for cracks. My friend said, "That isn't going to do any good...the cracks...
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Cinderella
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Feb 28, 2005
by Double trouble
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von Herrmann
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How long has Denise von Herrmann been "interim dean" at USMGC??
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Crisp & Clean & No Caffeine
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Clearing the air
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I feel the need to respond to a few things. First of all, the argument about whether I exist is amusing. Some of you are drawing the conclusion that I do not based on little things in my last post, that could be cleared up if you would take the time to read and remember what I have said in previou...
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W.J. Johnson
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Feb 28, 2005
by USM Sympathizer
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Crofts Interview in C-L
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"The difficulties between faculty and administration at the University of Southern Mississippi are unfortunate. I believe that the university is on track to deal with the serious accreditation issues it has faced. Everyone knows that you achieve more working together than in opposition, but so...
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Green Hornet
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Feb 28, 2005
by kick it, six
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USM: Progress Report
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Everyone seems to be citing negative occurrences during the past two or three years. What about positive occurrences? What progress has USM made during the period in question? Nothing negative, please. Be serious. I'll begin:
Enrollment has increased by something like 90 to 100 s...
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Goody Goody
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Feb 28, 2005
by Change of pace
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Question Française
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qu'est-il avec les professeurs et le Français ? Je suis dois visiter Babelfish 6 fois par jour juste de traduire tout ! !
Svp, pardonnez mon français!! LOL
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Cinderella
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Feb 28, 2005
by Quel amusement!
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Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine Award: 2-27
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Not-so-Wonderful." Her mesage called
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Mr. Wonderful
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Feb 28, 2005
by Lady Schicht
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Sun Herald 2/28/05
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/11012083.htm
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Reporter
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Feb 28, 2005
by Malapropism
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See More #52
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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See More
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Feb 28, 2005
by Cinderella
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"Babe" of the Day -- 2/28/2005
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Today’s “Babe” of the Day (by popular demand) is The Ohio State University!!!!
From the Ohio State University online history:
“Ohio State's roots go back to 1870, when the Ohio General Assembly established the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. The new college was made possible t...
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Fort Apache, the 'Burg
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Feb 28, 2005
by A True Buckeye
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USM's move toward privitizing ancillary services
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Question: It has been pointed out that many universities have had privatized food services for a long time. Ole Miss has had it for over ten years. Private enterprise food services eliminate a lot of headaches for administrator. Then why is it that USM waited so long to t...
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Buddy could you spare a dime?
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Feb 28, 2005
by Cinderella
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SACS and The IHL Board
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Is it possible that SACS is beginning to evaluate the College Board, along with USM, and concluding that the Board also is a problem? I recall that in the case of Auburn, not only was the President fired, but the Board also was changed with Lowder being either removed or relegated to a minor role. While S...
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Just trying to Point out a few things
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http://www.usm.edu/cise/
Look at all faculty who have degrees from USM. Figure out why Scholarship's has an apostrophe in it. Read each area - you be the judge of the obvious irony.
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Bird Dog
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MBA on hold
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/11009949.htm
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Paper Trailer
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Feb 28, 2005
by Cinderella
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Doty takes another shot....
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I just heard that a small space in Green Hall is being prepared for renovation so that a Java Werks coffee stand can move in there (all Doty's idea).
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USM Parent
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Feb 28, 2005
by USM Parent
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Nom d'Aplomb Award, February 27
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Another week filled with rumors, gossip, trolls & off-the-wall aliases. One might suspect that the committee sees Too many names--still a hostage. But we won't Grouse about it. It gives us a chuckle & we remain Not InTHAMidated by the creativity of the folks who post here. These missives...
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Miss Information
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Feb 28, 2005
by Free to Be Bilious
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More thoughts on Sunday
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Our visit to Southern the other day was very nice. The new Starbucks and Einsten operations there on campus are super. It's hard to believe how far the facilities have come in such a short amount of time under Dr. Thames. I had several interesting conversations and learned alot du...
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W.J. Johnson
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Feb 27, 2005
by USM Sympathizer
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A very sad sight - - -
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-- saw the moving van in front of James Green's house while ago. Tried to go speak to Mrs. Green, but she was away. He's already in S.C.
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Monique de Guerre
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Feb 27, 2005
by Monique de Guerre
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Positive Thinking?
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It the current President's Update, President Thames begins with a very dangerous statement for a scientist and anyone who engages in rational thought. He admits that he neglects to consider all of the data or information available.
"It has been my practice throughout my ten...
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The other accreditation story
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Part of the Shelby spin machine's response to the SACS embarrassment has been to emphasize the health of individual program accreditations. This, for example, off the university website: "Many programs also can be reviewed and accredited by organizations in specific education...
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Feb 27, 2005
by Seen it all
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Staff Infection
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I have been contacted by Hattiesburg community people who are trying to get USM staff to write letters in support of Dr. Thames.
I don't like that kind of pressure.
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2 Questions about Krebs
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I noticed the other thread about the new SGA president. I have a couple of questions I thought worthy of another thread:
1. Wasn't Krebs the VP (or something) last year?
2. Remember last year that Cain's administration was allocated about twice the amount of money given to the SGA th...
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Very Important Information
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1. Would someone please post the names of the lawyers currently involved in actual litigation against USM?
2. This information is important for the following reason: anyone who has any tangible, physical evidence of actual misdeeds, memos, emails, recorded conversations and the like shoul...
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From the official webssite of the Cleveland Browns
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February 26, 2005
The Cleveland Browns have named Rip Scherer as quarterback coach and Bob Trott as defensive assistant coach, the club announced today.
Scherer joins the Browns with over 20 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. Most recently, Scherer spent t...
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Congratulations Rip Scherer!
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Feb 26, 2005
by Congratulations Rip Scherer!
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Nom d'Aplomb Weekly Voting Now Open
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The Nom d'Aplomb people's choicevoting booth is now open. Rate the Emergency Ad Hoc Committee's nom-inations for best board alias of the week in five easy steps: Go to the Vote-O-Matic™ Enter this week's secret access code: Gnome Alaska Rate any or all of the nom-inations on a scale of zero to f...
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Off-topic question for computer gurus
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Since computer issues have come up occasionally on this board, and since there are obviously some real computer gurus posting here, may I ask for some advice?
If you had to choose a high-speed connection, would you go with the phone company or the cable company? What are the advantages and/o...
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Feb 26, 2005
by already gone
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"Babe" of the Day -- 2/25/2005
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Today’s “Babe" of the Day is the University of Michigan!!!!!
From the University of Michigan online history:
“The University of Michigan was founded in 1817 as one of the first public universities in the nation. It was first established on 1,920 acres of land ceded by the Chippewa, Ottawa,...
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We are not alone
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Be sure to read the Wall Street Journal article for last Wednesday profiling the president of Drexel University. He is raising the hackles of faculty and students by refusing to adequately fund the library, moving courses off-line so "technicians" can teach them, and increasing the...
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Feb 25, 2005
by OLDIEGOLDIE
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To Invictus From Emma (w.Keith's permission)
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This is interesting, but I am not certain that his line-by-line interpretation is a correct interpretation of the song. I have thought about this only breifly, but it seems to me that he misinterpreted some key aspects of the song, and below I have set out how I would have thought of them: A long,...
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Emma- American Pie discussion cont.
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ATTENTION TROLLS: TROLL HAVEN. POST IN PEACE
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In view of the trolls seem to be crawling out from under their rocks, it seems advisable to establish this tread as "TROLL HAVEN." Please direct trolls to this thread so they can post in peace. If trolls continue to post on the serious message board sites, I suggest that they be directed to this thread wh...
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Trolls-A-Plenty
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Feb 25, 2005
by Ignore them and they'll go away
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Letter to Sun Herald
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I just sent the letter below to the Sun Herald and Clarion Ledger. My City Councilman told me about this board, and said I should post this letter here to help the cause. So I am.
Dear Sirs:
I am writing to express my loyalty and support to USM President Shelby Thames. I have known...
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HA: Trent Lott Center ceremony
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050225/NEWS01/502250309/100253,000-square-foot, three-story facility, which will house Southern Miss' department of economi...
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Economic Development Question?
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How can we seperate our criticisms of economic development with our criticism of the Thames regime? I think there is room for workforce training and the like, and I don't reflexively think it beneath a university to be the one to offer it.
I'm not a b-school grad, so I wonder how unique or distinct e...
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Longhorn Eagle
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Feb 25, 2005
by Three's company
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Lott Center, news or not
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The Clarion-Ledger is not running a story today on the Lott Center groundbreaking. There are two stories in the HA and a short one in the SH playing up the (coastal) Northrop-Grumman donation. But for the CL, nothing, not even a "news brief" paragraph.
Given that the senator's breakfast...
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Feb 25, 2005
by Pulp fiction artist
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