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Biloxi Regional Medical Center
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Marketing and Public Relations NEWS RELEASE
Southern Miss and Biloxi Regional Medical Center Partner LONG BEACH -- The University of Southern Mississippi and Biloxi Regional Medical Center have established a partnership to meeting the n...
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Feb 18, 2005
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Sun-Herald at least outlines the failures
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/10929958.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
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Angeline
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Feb 18, 2005
by I make this point to even my lst year students
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Grasshopper learns a lesson
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My inability to forecast the events involving SFT and USM is now evident to all. I was of the opinion that the Board Office and Board members were tired of the ongoing mess at USM and ready to act. It is obvious that this young grasshopper needs to go to the back of the line and study more, and listen more. Sa...
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Feb 18, 2005
by LeavingASAP
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Where next?
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Whether there is any delayed fallout from this Board meeting remains to be seen. But if Thames has been instructed to "pursue other opportunities," he and Mader (if she is still working for USM by then) will make the announcement soon enough.
One thing that is clear is that the Board doesn't want t...
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Feb 18, 2005
by Green Hornet
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WDAM, 6:00
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If you missed WDAM at 6:00, be sure to catch it at 10:00. Although there's no news that hasn't already been reported, Klumb gets a lot of camera time talking about how "deliberately and thoroughly" the IHL discussed USM today and IHL's refusal to talk about SFT's contract -- Klumb: "I won't weigh in on t...
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Feb 17, 2005
by David Johnson
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L and P on nothing and more about nothing
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I've posted to Liberty Power twice this evening, on the Board's inaction. The later, more detailed entry is
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/10296.html
Though I was warned by credible sources that it might happen, I find the Board's total inaction depressing. While the pattern o...
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Feb 17, 2005
by Shot in the dark
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RX for tonight 2/17
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At 8 pm on TBS (ch 49 in the 'burg) is a really stupid, funny movie with Tim Allen, called Galaxy Quest. I'm going to watch it. A cat or two will probably watch it with me, and I'll scratch their ears and talk baby talk to them. Then I'm going to see if I have any Valentine's chocolate left. Then MAYBE I'll look...
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End his fun!
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It's time to make it much less fun for Shelby. Faculty should lay down their SACS assignments and spend their time sending out the CV's. They should do this with fanfare.
I appreciate that the faculty is working to save the school. I also appreciate that they are doing it largely for the sak...
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What if the IHL does nothing at Thursday's meeting
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If the IHL takes no action at its Thursday meeting, or engages in only gentle hand-slapping, what then? What else is there to do? I am at a loss for an answer.
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Feb 17, 2005
by Gone Never Returning
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The Nuclear Option - MAD
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If the HIL fails to take appropriate action on Thursday, one option available to the faculty is the academic counterpart to what was described as the nuclear option during the cold war era. Specifically, the only power the faculty has over the IHL is the power to deliver to the IHL...
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General Curtis LeMay's Risky Manager
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Feb 17, 2005
by Robert Campbell
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HA: Safeguard Investment
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050217/OPINION03/502170326/1014/OPINION
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Who's ready for another protest?
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I'm ready. Wasn't March 9 the date of our huge protest last year? I think it's time to meet in front of the dome to commemorate the anniversary of last year's protest and to stage a revolt against the administration's current foul-ups.
Does anyone still have the heart to do this? ...
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Feb 17, 2005
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IHL press release, 2/17
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Today's IHL press release. Note the odd title, given how little the release concerns SACS.
http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=311
BOARD FOCUSED ON SACS ACCREDITATION
2/17/2005 (JACKSON, MISS. ) -
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Highe...
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Feb 17, 2005
by Occam's Electric Razor
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protest stickers
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Where can I get those cute stickers I've seen on campus (mostly in the urinals) with shelby's face and a red line through it?
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Feb 17, 2005
by row faster, Ben Hur
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THAMES CANNED
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I just received information that the votes necessary to CAN Thames are in place. The meeting will take place and he will be CANNED!!!!
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The Jackson Connection
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Feb 17, 2005
by Vote Schmote
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What does "moving past accreditation issues" mean?
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I'll be honest - I am clueless about Klumb's statement. What does this mean - that we aren't going to worry about those CoB type problems? His statement says nothing, makes absolutely no sense.
Look - we get the letter from SACS stating that distance education evaluation is a problem,...
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Outcomes from IHL meeting Thursday
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Regarding the IHL conspiracy theory that has been discussed since this board (and the Fire Shelby Board) began; we need to look at possible outcomes of this Thursday’s IHL meeting. Any of the following scenarios or combinations of; confirm the conspiracy theory.
SFT is told to...
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Feb 17, 2005
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HA: Closed door meeting begins
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HA says:
The state College Board this morning voted to go into closed session to discuss a personnel matter at the University of Southern Mississippi, according to interim Commissioner Richard Crofts. Crofts would not provide specifics about the personnel matter. Southern Miss Pres...
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Any news from IHL meeting yet?
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Please post any news from the IHL meeting today here...links to news articles, coverage, eyewitness accounts of Shelboo being taken out behind the IHL's woodshed, etc. would be appreciated!
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Feb 17, 2005
by truth4usm/AH
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Who is at the IHL meeting?
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Do we know of any USM faculty that are attending the IHL Board meeting and will be reporting back?
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Feb 17, 2005
by Peggy Sue
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Editorial Doesn't Mince Words
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See today's CL editorial, "Honorable thing for Thames to do — resign", by Eric Stringfellow, linked under Thames News on the AAUP front page.
"Thames' recalcitrance means the state College Board, which is meeting today, should stop hoping USM's issues evaporate. It's unfair to faculty members...
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Great Timing, CL
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Feb 17, 2005
by Stranger Than Fiction
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I just spanked Eustachy
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My Bearcats weren't good hosts, hammering the Eagles 83-51. The C-USA Commish should halt USM's season. This is nasty
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Bob Huggins
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Feb 17, 2005
by USM Football Historian
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Harvard gets in the news, why not USM?
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/02/16/harvard.summers.ap/index.html
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Feb 17, 2005
by Multiple Choice
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Thames on WTOK
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Complete with a video clip: http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/1272327.html
Can he be more condescending? In discussing efforts to get USM off of accreditation probation:
"We're working very hard to make it go away and it's fixable and our people are being very good about helping,...
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Angeline
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L and P update before the Board meeting
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I've posted an update on Liberty and Power... trying to be realistic without wallowing in despair.
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/10267.html
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Feb 17, 2005
by Behind the green door
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USM: Significant growth for about 12 years running
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"It's certainly not surprising to me," said Joe Paul, vice president of student affairs at The University of Southern Mississippi. "I know at our university, we've had significant growth for about 12 years running -- and specifically in African-American Mississippi residents."
A significan...
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Bigger and Better
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Feb 17, 2005
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new IDV brochure
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I found this brochure on the IDV website. It looks like 6 hours of graduate credit in two weeks!
http://www.usm.edu/idv/images/belize_bro.pdf
I am a bit disturbed by the description of Belize presented in the brochure as well. I would have thought that an international development prog...
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Feb 17, 2005
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more on airplane
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Today's Student Printz headlines a story on the plane. I sure wish the Printz was available online.
I was talking to three students just moments ago who noticed the article in the Printz and were angry because of anticipated raises in tuition and reduction in federal financial aid. T...
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Amy Young
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Feb 17, 2005
by Amy Young
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Breaking Story.....More Bad Stuff
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There is a story making the rounds, with very credible sources, that the DuBard School coffers have been raided by SFT & Co. The word is now that without a fix, the school's programs will have to curtailed to next-to-nothing (or the school may even cease to exist) by the end of this school yea...
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Leadership
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A couple of characteristics of effective leadership are that the leader has a vision, and he/she is able to inspire followers to internalize this visions. The vision must be challenging yet attainable, much different (better) than where the organization is currently, and the organizatio...
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Outside Observer
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Feb 17, 2005
by Elbert Hubbard
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HA Online Poll about USM
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION
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Angeline
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Feb 17, 2005
by Gnome Watcher
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a crucial moment . . .
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I've been off the board for a few days, so I apologize if I'm duplicating what others have already said--
friends, this Thursday's Board meeting may not be THE moment, but it surely seems an important one--
If you have a number to call or a letter to write or a friend to contact, now is the time....
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Anne Wallace
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Feb 16, 2005
by Winston Churchill
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Important 'New Interim Provost' Poll #3 --- Vote
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Elections Moderator
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Feb 16, 2005
by Gnome Watcher
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Students & Alums are getting the USM they deserve
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Reading the letters-to-the editor, and seeing the hostility towards the faculty in the community has led me to conclude that SFT is giving the students and alumni of USM exactly the university they want and deserve.
I'm a graduate of a leading southern state univeristy that really does have a "w...
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Feb 16, 2005
by College Counselor in the making
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Impact on Nursing
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In the not too distant past USM's Nursing program held a premier status among its peers within the state. I have not taught USM Nursing students for a few years, but when I did have them in class I was very impressed. The criteria for entering that program was higher than in most other undergraduate disc...
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by ordered to care
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With the Onslaught of the Trolls
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We must be making them very uncomfortable. Look at how their language has changed - look at how their responses are seemingly more desperate with no indication of institutional knowledge. We are gaining -- and they have every right to be afraid about their imminent exposure.
Buh, bye Shelb...
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HA Editorial: Keep USM Matters Public
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050216/OPINION01/502160310/1014/OPINION
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Angeline
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Feb 16, 2005
by foot soldier
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Important 'SFT Polymer Science Bldg' Poll
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Elections Moderator
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HA: Letter should not have been public (Mader)
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Mader is still here and has finally poked her head up to fend off Kevin Walters. She says that the letters should have stayed out of the media, etc. etc. and that we are all moving forward, ever forward.
The most telling lines in the story:
The Faculty Senate voted earlier this month to send a resolut...
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Academic Council Corrects Grimes
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2 February 2005
Provost Jay Grimes
Box 5002
Dear Provost Grimes, We have been directed by Academic Council to write in protest of the recent actions that have resulted in new/modified degree programs, moved majors, and renaming of departments and colleges without going through the process...
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Reporter
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Feb 16, 2005
by Anne Wallace
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Tenure Report
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[url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/02/15/...
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David Johnson
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Feb 16, 2005
by Perspective, Please
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Viewer Advisory --- Please Read
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Tonight, the Eagles travel to Cincy to face the Bearcats before a national TV audience on ESPN2 at 7 tonight. Reporters here at C-P are urging readers to consider putting young children off to bed early tonight (or at least in their rooms doing homework). If your pre-teens choose to watc...
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Cox-Purvis Report
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Feb 16, 2005
by Jared Wilson #16
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Chronicle article: Privitization Danger
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This morning's online Chronicle of Higher Education had a relevant article on the dangers of privitization and corporate interference. The Future Project is releasing today the result of its five-year study, "Correcting Course: How We Can Restore the Ideals of Public Highe...
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Jameela Lares
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Feb 16, 2005
by Integrity: Not For Sale
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Important 'New Interim Provost' Poll #2 --- Vote
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Please vote in this important new Interim Provost Poll #2. Your vote counts.
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Elections Moderator
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Why don't we have a "U-of-MS" SYSTEM?
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Many other states (Texas and North Carolina come to mind first, but even places like Alabama) have a comprehensive, site-based university system?
I'll illustrate what I mean by using North Carolina as an example. The school has a flagship school (UNC-Chapel Hill), but equally respec...
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Academic Council 2/7/05
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7 February 2005
Provost Jay Grimes
Box 5002
Dear Provost Grimes, We have been directed by Academic Council to advise you concerning the plans that were formulated regarding the Gulf Park campus library. The duly elected members of Academic Council believe that the library is absolut...
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Reporter
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Important 'New Interim Provost' Poll --- Vote
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Please vote in this new Interim Provost poll. Your vote is your vote.
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Elections Moderator
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Feb 16, 2005
by Gnome Watcher
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How it's done at a 1st Class school!
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From "The Harvard Crimson" . . .
SUMMERS TO FACE FACULTY STORM
By WILLIAM C. MARRA and SARA E. POLSKY
Crimson Staff Writers
University President Lawrence H. Summers will face the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) today for the first time since his controversial remarks on...
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Gnome Watcher
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Feb 15, 2005
by Mason & Dixon
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Thames "Coronation"
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With apologies for the abuse of the English language here, but the discussion of ex-IHL Board Member Carl Nicholson's comment about the "Thames coronation" got me to thinking that this was absolutely correct -- considering the presidency of Shelboo requires several Coronas, or a Guinness or thre...
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Another one of those uninformed letters
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'Inmates' mustn't pick USM 'warden'
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Feb 15, 2005
by Rudy Kazootie
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