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CL: Date set in [USM] gaming course case
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[url]http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050127/NEWS01/501270398/1002/NEW...
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Interesting
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Heard that there will be an interesting piece in either the C-L or S-H this Sunday. I know no more; just be aware that something big may come about. Thanks, NoLimit, for the tip.
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Jan 27, 2005
by Robert Campbell
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Mercer getting football --- check out their helmet
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http://southernmiss.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1355&mid=47162185&sid=&tid=47162185&style=1
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Jan 27, 2005
by Miles Long
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Nitchampburg=Gender Discrimination
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So, the area outside Green Coliseum is known as Nitchampburg to honor the NIT Championship won by the men's basketball team in 1987. The men's program has made it to the NCAA only twice, getting ousted in the first round both times.
The women's team has, however, gotten to the Sweet 16 (in 1994...
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Jan 27, 2005
by Perspective, Please
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Eustachy "Gang Bang" t-shirts
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Just saw on a sports chat room that transient vendors are selling a t-shirt (among the many they sell) in the Big 12 part of the US, including Iowa Cityon some college campuses about Eustachy .
The front says "We're riding a train...." and on the back at the top is a cartoon picture of a long train...
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Looking to Buy
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Jan 27, 2005
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What still needs publicizing?
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I've been trying to sort out which stories are important but haven't yet received adequate media coverage.
Because of the close attention that the Hattiesburg American and Kevin Walters have paid to the announcement that USM was being put on probation, and its aftermath, both Thames' res...
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Jan 27, 2005
by Reference Librarian's Student Worker
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USM rankings
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The Golden Eagle football team is approaching the end of recruiting. This year's haul is currently ranked #70 by Rivals.
In basketball, the Eagles are ranked #201 while the Lady Eagles come in at #265.
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Cox-Purvis Report
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Jan 27, 2005
by Rivals' Rival
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What do you guys make of this?
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A staff member of the Dome that I am really close to told me that she is working out the details of a four-way conference call that is to take place next week sometime. The locations are Hattiesburg-Starkville-Gulfport-West Point, and the participants are Thames-Freedman-Klumb-Ross.
Wh...
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Angel Eyes
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Jan 27, 2005
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Article about Online education
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As there has been much discussion about USM's online ED degree, I thought readers of the message board would fine this recent article from Salon Magazine interesting. I'm interested in what people think about it.
I'm new to these commands, so forgive me if I don't do the hotlink command correctl...
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Jan 27, 2005
by Dietitian
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Saving Money & Efficiency
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Don’t you just love the consistency and efficiency of our administration?
From
a) President’s Update http://www.usm.edu/president/
“Thus, it is essential that we work collectively to minimize the adverse impact of budget cuts, regardless of the ultimate...
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Researcher
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Jan 27, 2005
by Frank Gilbreth
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Ranking Update
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USM's big win over Tulane vaulted the Golden Eagles to #199 in the most recent power rankings. Looks like there will be no annex to Nitchampburg this year.
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Cox-Purvis Report's Stat Boy
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Jan 27, 2005
by Helplessly Hoping
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Fire Shelby memories....
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Guys, if you get a chance, go look at the old Fire Shelby board (link in thread at the top of the board). It is a trip down memory lane...esp. reading the threads that happened during the hearing itself. Thanks so much, FS, for making this valuable resource available.
Amazing stuff...
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Sabbaticals reinstated
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Just saw a memo from Jay Grimes indicating SFT has reinstated sabbatical leaves for this year....................
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Green Hornet
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Jan 27, 2005
by Up too late
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the way we are seen
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6830928/site/newsweek/ 
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looking in
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Jan 27, 2005
by FireShelby
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PCHA receives SACS accreditation
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PCHS receives national accreditation from SACS (from today's Hattiesburg American)
Perhaps USM could use a little help from the high school private sector.
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SACS little helper
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Jan 26, 2005
by stinky cheese man
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Need help writing a book about USM
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I am co-writing a book (from my office in Chicago) with a faculty member there at USM. I need a little information this morning. Could someone more familiar with USM's website than I please list all of the businesses or companies associated with people affiliated with (even tangential...
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Sun Herald article 1/25/05
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/10717754.htm
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Jan 26, 2005
by foot soldier
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USM departures (1/25/2005)
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USM Departures, August 2004 thru July 2005
Syd Conner, Assistant to the Editor of the Donne Variorum (Texas A&M University)
Angeline Dvorak, President of USM Research Foundation (Area Development Partnership)
Luz Marina Escobar, Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages (job in Mi...
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Can you invent a time machine to take USM back?
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Got this in my inbox:
SOUTHERN MISS STUDENTS, STAFF WANTED FOR INVENTION CONTEST The College of Science and Technology and the Department of Economic Development at The University of Southern Mississippi are presenting a competition called "Invent Your Future!" for enterprising students an...
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Jan 25, 2005
by Bored Games
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FS Meeting 1/28/o5
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There is a special called meeting of the Faculty Senate at 2:30 pm Friday, January 28, 2005. The meeting will be in room 123 of Cook Library. (The same room where the no confidence vote was held last year.) Hmmm.
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Reporter
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Jan 25, 2005
by foot soldier
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Campus for sale
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Local work crews from a company owned by longtime, outspoken Thames backer, Lawrence Warren, have been busily blacktopping campus streets for two months. Thames wants to make sure that Brett Favre Boulevard isn't 100 yards of potholes.
Dozens of new antique-style streetlights are also...
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New Hires
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Much information is posted on the message board (e.g., Babb's list) about faculty members leaving USM. Little or nothing has been said about new hires. Are we replacing the departed? I'd be interested in relevant information on the number of new hires.
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Frozen position
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Jan 25, 2005
by Frozen position
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School of Arts to USM (?)
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http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2005/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1405IN.htm
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Jan 25, 2005
by BOGUS CEO, COO, CFO & AFL-CIO
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Malone's salary
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Quote from another thread: By: Budget RE: RE: Unsubstantiated Malone Gossip Is his compensation a matter of public record? It must be stupendous, considering the number of positions he fills. K. Malone $49,500 Chief Operating Officer/Gulf Coast $49,500 Chair Hattiesb...
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Jan 25, 2005
by The American Dream
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Malone soon to be named Provost?
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I have heard recently that Ken Malone is about to take over Continuing Education at USM. Last night someone told me that this story was a bait and switch tactic, and that Malone was about the be named Provost instead. The reasoning I was told is very similar to something I read here the othe...
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Bait and Switch
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Jan 25, 2005
by The Nature Boy
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NCATE knows you SFT
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Passed onto me by one who is involved with NCATE at another institution:
In an NCATE visit at this other institution recently, the University of Southern Mississippi was brought up [we're KNOWN), and one of the NCATE examiners responded that "USM is the one with the crazy president" - on a closer in...
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The Shadow of One Dark Wing
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As some of you know, I've been in Cambridge (England) this month, working very hard on my research but from time to time during breaks talking with scholars here or visiting from other first-class institutions. Those with whom I most shared my concerns about USM, i.e., about disproportionat...
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Jameela Lares
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Jan 24, 2005
by kick profundity
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Our Centennial is approaching
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USM (born 1910) is approaching its 100th birthday. We should be making preparations for a wonderful centennial birthday bash designed to highlight our 100-year accomplishments. Yet, here we are struggling to meet or retain minimum accreditation criteria. One would think that a 95-year-...
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Jan 24, 2005
by Level playing field
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Attn all Reporters! WHY IHL SUPPORTS SFT
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There are big stories t hat if people would stop fighting over which brand of coffee to buy might actually matter viz--
1) Why did SACS which clearly had USM down for major probabtion suddenly report only ONE problem? Has SACS EVER cited a school for distance learning? Isnt this VERY unusual?
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figure it out
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Jan 24, 2005
by kick it up
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No Confidence
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When there is nothing in the media about our situation, the public and board members think things have "settled down" at USM. The Senate needs to have a no confidence vote at its emergency meeting next Friday.
THE TIME IS NOW
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Jan 24, 2005
by University Business
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DePaul has Lee-McNelis' "...head off..."
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with their 77-49 lead with 6:40 left to play. Just enough time left for the Blue Demons to "shove it up her nose..."
Shelboo's coaching posse is awesome!
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CSI---Nitchampburg
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People's Choice Nom d'Aplomb, January 23, 2005
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[Editor's Note: I hope this works. - DOTSRM]
As always, most folks on the board this week have been Wondering if all the university's problems really are Fixable. Plenty of Underpaid Profs & Alum Observers remain Perplexed about the future of the school. Posters have drifted in from anot...
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Drunk on the Street's Risk Manager
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Jan 24, 2005
by Domesday Book
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Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine: January 23
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Reliable sources report that Mr. Wonderful was sitting in that awful smoke-filled conference room, his feet on the table and smoking a fine cigar like a big shot,, when the selection committee's scribe brought to him the data for this week's Citation de la Semaine award....
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#1 Groupie
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Jan 24, 2005
by Half the calories of regular bread
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See More #47
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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Presidential check-ups
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Apparently somehttp://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050124/NEWS01/501240335/1002
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Ben Dover
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Jan 24, 2005
by Linger Longer
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Eustachy lied?
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Eustachy's post-game press conference was shown on WDAM last night. LE said that Jasper Johnson's departure from the team was a decision that he and LE came to mutually. However, the HA reported today that LE went up to JJ the other day and told him that his scholarship would no longer be t...
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Andy Katz
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Jan 23, 2005
by Digger Phelps
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USM defeats Tulane, 61-60
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USM squeeked by a 7-10 Tulane squad in Hattiesburg by a score of 61-60 this evening. A couple of running stories of interest. Mildon Ambres, the reserve player that left the team on Thursday morning, rejoined the team today and got to play alot.
Bigger News: The team's best post player...
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Cox-Purvis Report
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Jan 23, 2005
by Thunderbolt
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two major u's
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the pattern isclear for the IHL. We will see USM being taken over by MSU. Makes total sense, save a million on administration.
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Jan 23, 2005
by Linear Egression
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People's Choice Nom d'Aplomb Award - 1/23/05
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Introducting the first Nom d'Aplomb Peoples Choice Award isn't the easiest thing in the world, particularly the way the Ad Hoc Committee has been (mal)functioning lately. At least Miss Information's dewberry brandy has finished fermenting & Mal wasn't carried off by wild animals while dele...
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News From Sun Herald?, WOW!
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Posted on Sat, Jan. 08, 2005
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DEDICATION Officials will soon dedicate the new polymer science facility at Moss Point High School.
Polymer science lab to be unveiled at MPHS By VIVIAN AUSTIN...
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Jan 23, 2005
by Wasn't my point
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Unsubstantiated Malone Gossip
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Don't read this if you're looking for facts because it's nothing more than late night ethanol fueled bar talk. Recently overheard in a Hattiesburg watering hole was a discussion between a highly placed individual in the USM PR office, known to have the president's ear, and a wel...
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Jan 23, 2005
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Trial dates set
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050122/NEWS01/50122026
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Reporter
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Jan 22, 2005
by USM Sympathizer
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Malone's Vita and Syllabus
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This is mostly a matter of personal curiosity for me, but I thought I'd solicit comments. I just reviewed Ken Malone's CV (on-line at the ED page), and found it curious that he has listed, in addition to his degrees (both in chemistry/polymer science), a short list of business and economics cou...
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Scratching My Head
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Jan 22, 2005
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Nom d'Aplomb People's Choice Award
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Internecine squabbling continues within the Emergency Ad Hoc Committee. Miss Information refuses to speak to "that pervert" Invictus & Malapropism is missing in action, presumably a victim of hypothermia deep in the Piney Woods.
I've been asked to come up with a "new, innovative prog...
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Invictus' IT Director
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Jan 22, 2005
by Malapropism
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CISE eatery cash flow problems
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Someone over at the new CISE building eatery(ies) told me yesterday that they are already a drain on the Aramark eateries umbrella. In the first 2 weeks or so, they've done relatively little business. She doesn't think the future of food in the building is too bright. Aramark's c...
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C.L. Editorial
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Editorial
January 22, 2005
Educationhttp://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050122/OPINION01/501220311/1008/OPINIONPublic good? Tuition does provide revenue for universities. But if it starts being seen as just a re...
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Reporter
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Jan 22, 2005
by Robert Campbell
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Albertson's for sale?
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My wife is a local real estate agent, and she heard yesterday afternoon that USM was going to sell the Albertson's building in the old mall next year. I thought the space was to be used for the nursing college? Did USM just buy to turnover and realize a profit? Anyone know what might b...
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REA's Spouse
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Jan 22, 2005
by Gnome Orb Pull Schist
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No more sabbaticals
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So much for research at this "wurl class" university.
From one of the deans to the chairs:
"Provost Grimes asked the deans today to inform our department chairs and directors that sabbaticals are being suspended for the upcoming year due to financial constraints and a requirement to position t...
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Angeline
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Jan 22, 2005
by Invictus' Real Estate Agent
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Lady Eagles lose at home, 58-71
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Lady Eagles took it on the chin tonight in Reed Green, 58-71. Sunday's opponent, DePaul, beat Tulane by 30 points tonight in New Orleans. The Lady Eagles could easily get 100 hung on 'em Sunday and lose by 50.
The rumor today is that Thames asked Eustachy to sit in for him at the next IHL me...
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Cox-Purvis Report
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Jan 21, 2005
by Less Eagle(small)Talk
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Mid-year Raises
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Has anybody heard anything about mid-year raises? I heard some mumbling today, but no one seems to know anything.
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