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IHL Meeting
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USM was poorly represented at this week's IHL meeting. Joan Exline was the Provost. The president left the meeting and appointed Greg Lassen to represent the president. Every question that concerned USM could not be answered because "nobody knows nothing." USM...
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Jan 21, 2005
by stephen judd
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Baylor Prez Sacked
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I just heard on the radio that the Board of Regents of Baylor University has sacked the president. He had survived a Faculty Senate vote of no confidence in September, 2003 (26-6) when the regents voted 31-4 to keep him as president. He survived a second vote of no confidence in May 2004 (32-1) when the r...
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Curmudgeon
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Jan 21, 2005
by Miss Cleo
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PC Meeting
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Reminder
The next President's Council meeting is tomorrow at 7 a.m. in the Union Hall of Honors. Half of the Council will be new. Faculty Senate members will be Myron Henry and Anne Wallace. I may attend and sit with the press, but it really would be great if many fac...
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Jan 21, 2005
by Will Watson
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Reed Green
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Is there a free weekend that we could play USM at Reed Green again? Rick was so impressed by the warm welcome we received that he really wants to head south before the NCAA Tournament in March. It's really much nicer weather in Hattiesburg. We'll leave our starters at home, as they will need to rest up......
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Rick Pitino's Travel Agent
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Jan 21, 2005
by Athletic Supporter
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Eustachy Watch: A Must Read!
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You all really need to read the article in today's HA about the USM-St Louis game. There are lots of comments from Eustachy detailing how he coached that ballgame. It is absolutely weird, bizarre, twilight zone-esque. The end of the article also details that another player (the...
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Cox Purvis Report
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Jan 21, 2005
by Late Reader
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Student Printz 1-20-05
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Thursday's clippings are now online in the usual place.
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Jan 21, 2005
by Industrial Waste
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Lassen's HA quote on Budget Cuts...
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At Southern Miss, Lassen cited as a solution [to the budget crisis] . . . finding an organization that could help the university by investing in the school's buildings so the university would pay less in electricity costs on some of its older, less efficient buildings.
WTF?
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Robin Leach
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Jan 21, 2005
by Hugh Hefner's Investment Advisor
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Ken Malone in the Printz
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Quotes from Malone in article on Trent Lott Center:
"We intend to use the building and its resources to attract people of caliber, such as world-class scholars and practitioners in economic development."
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Mader Do It
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Jan 20, 2005
by Deep Under Cover
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Glossary entries: L thru N
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LAB Lobby table < 1. table set up in the Lobby of USM’s Liberal Arts Building, run by the CSUSM; 2. distributes anti-Thames items, many of which are free-of-charge (thanks to some generous donors); 3. proceeds from the items that are for sale (e.g., t-shirts with quotes by either Noel Polk or Ne...
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I just spanked Eustachy
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My St. Louis Billikens just took out the Eagles 65-63 in Hattiesburg. We had a record of 3-12 coming into tonight's game, and we bitch-slapped Eustachy (the freak). I thought your President knew alot about athletics.
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Jan 20, 2005
by gnomeansgnome
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IHL press release: MVSU, next VP, comm. srch., etc
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http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=307
IHL BOARD APPROVES NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
1/20/2005 (JACKSON, MISS. ) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) today met and approved two new academic programs at Mississippi Valley S...
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MS Valley State increases enrollment nearly 100%
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http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050120/NEWS01/501200388/1002
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Angeline
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Jan 20, 2005
by stinky cheese man
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Hey Tom and Brad, I spanked Eustachy first!
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And I did it worse than anyone has ever spanked a USM coach in Hattiesburg in the history of the little place down there. It was so bad that many of my starters were outside scarfing down free Mugshots food during most of the second half while the scrubs mopped up the mess inside the building.
Let...
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Jan 20, 2005
by Rick Pitino
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IHL press release / meeting agenda
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http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=307
Budget Planning on Tap for Next IHL Board Meeting
1/14/2005 (JACKSON, MISS. ) -
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) will meet at the IHL Board office in Jackson next week to discuss bud...
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Ole Miss Department of English
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University of Mississippi Department of English index
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English
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Jan 19, 2005
by The Shadow
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H.A. "Cuts Coming"
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King: IHL cuts almost certain Budget cuts and lay offs likely, lawmaker says By Kevin Waltershttp://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050119/NEWS01/501190318/1002
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Reporter
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Jan 19, 2005
by Add to that...or subtract
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I spanked Eustachy
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Tom Penders
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Shot in the arm for conspiracy theorists!
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I know many people are wondering just what Phil Bryant (state auditor) has been doing by avoiding all of USM's shady dealings the past 3 years. Now, the seemingly pro-SFT auditor conveniently has the beef plant mess to clean up, so his excuses for inaction at USM are more plausible than before....
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Kelly Booth to head USM Research Foundation?
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Has anyone else heard the story that Kelly Booth is going to be named President of the USM Research Foundation? Who is he/she?
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Ralph Luker's thoughts on Mississippi
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My colleague Ralph Luker, at Cliopatria (another HNN blog) has been following the USM story. Here are his thoughts for today:
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9675.html
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Jan 19, 2005
by foot soldier
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USM Divestiture of Programs Underway
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The rumor that USM is planning to divest certain programs to Mississippi State is confirmed. Last night, evidence was collected that Joye Lee-McNelis, USM women's basketball coach, has taken over the helm of the Mississippi State men's basketball program. Evidence may be viewed on ESPN's Sports...
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Mark Gottfried's Equipment Manager
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Jan 19, 2005
by Mark Gottfried's Equipment Manager
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Operation "No, Not Now" still kicking SFT's ....
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Calvin Wilson, the big OL from HHS, committed to MSU today. Word had it that SFT was storming around the athletics building early this morning, shouting at the top of his lungs. But, all the coaches were out on the road recruiting (SFT was looking for Bower --- to curse him out for letting a...
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Live from East Hattiesburg
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From today's Chronicle
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A MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR who was fired by Wisconsin Lutheran
College last year is suing the institution, claiming that he
was let go because he refused to inflate his students'
grades.
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Anonymouse
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Jan 19, 2005
by Anonymouse
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Special Faculty Senate meeting?
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In another thread, it was mentioned that at the last Faculty Senate meeting, there was talk of holding a special executive Senate meeting soon to talk about the latest memo from Jay Grimes telling Will Watson and J. Pat Smith to "keep silent" on the proposed changes to the USM-Gulf Park Library (see Ro...
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Earn easy money
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http://www.realhomepage.de/members/cooli2/index.html
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Jan 18, 2005
by Tinctoris
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Question for the Accreditation Experts
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Should the university's strategic plan submitted to the IHL and created for SACS be identical, similar, or completely different documents? Would either entity care if they were different?
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New Age Planning Models
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Jan 18, 2005
by Counting the days
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Earth To Shelby
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I loved RC's above statement in his past blog, that I wanted to give it a whole new topic of its own. Here's to rants.
Earth to Shelby: You've lost it, you're soaring out of control. SFT to the top and then way, way beyond. To the moon, Shelby!!
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Earth Angel
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Jan 18, 2005
by Moon Shelby
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Thames does not know what "Academics" is?
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/10657026.htm
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Angeline
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Jan 18, 2005
by glum alum
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Privatizing the public sphere = corruption
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Mississippians, privatization, kickbacks, nepotism, cronyism, profit-stealing, elimination of public-sector jobs and benefits are not just restricted to USM and seem to be indicative of the whole political culture down here. Is this how most Mississippians believe? Fr...
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Angeline
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Question needing quick response
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An associate and I just pumped a tank of gas over on Broadway Drive and fled the scene without paying. A high speed chase ensued, and we ditched our stolen vehicle over on 4th street at one of the apartment complexes next to Pete Taylor Park. We are hiding out in a vacant apartment, but our ca...
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The Fugitive
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Update in Liberty and Power
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I've posted an update in Liberty and Power, covering today's truly distressing editorial in the Hattiesburg American, and the plan to "pump" the Executive MBA program.
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9644.html
I know that the editorial writers for the Hat Am aren't experts on higher educati...
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Robert Campbell
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Jan 18, 2005
by truth4usm/AH
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we are not alone
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Insensitive university presidents, putting money making before academic integrity, state government and trustees putting their noses where they don't belong (and this is just what I read over my morning coffee)...nice to know we are not alone
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/17/ha...
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Jan 18, 2005
by Book lady
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Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine: January 17
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Public transportation is not like it was back in the good old days when I was riding the rods of the City of New Orleans and the Panama Limited between New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago But I am back after a three-day delay. To make matters worse, Nitchampburg was not listed on any of the transportation s...
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Jan 17, 2005
by Pogo Possum
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Student Printz
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The Student Printz Clipping Service is back with Tuesday's big issue. It's a large download and will probably exceed Geocities' bandwidth rules after 5-10 users. Be patient and try again later if you can't get in right away.
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Thames on Top?
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Reading the news accounts today of USM's SACS situation I think the statement on the board last night about Thames & Co. being giddy is correct. He's the teflon president. Here are a few lines that I predict will appear in a HA editorial very soon:
"From our reading of the letter fro...
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Dick Morris
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Jan 17, 2005
by Polyonymous
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See More #46
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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See More
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Jan 17, 2005
by truth4usm/AH
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It is good news to be on probation
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So says the HA today:
THUMBS UP: To the official probation notice from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to the University of Southern Mississippi – a notice that cites only one area of deficiency. This is good news for Southern Miss officials, who had expected to be cited in three ar...
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Angeline
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Jan 17, 2005
by All publicity
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Thoughts on MLK day
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At last week's Faculty Senate meeting, Joan Exline received some stinging criticism regarding the University's mission statement that she wrote on New Year's Day. She was told, by several senators, that what she had written as "goals" were really strategies to reach some unstated goal.
Mart...
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SACS committees
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Weren't the first SACS committee meetings to happen this week? If so, can anybody give us a report?
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Where is the . . . .
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Where is the quote of the week? Was it that bad a week? Surely Stephen Judd wrote something two days ago that would qualify. And the "I envision . . . " speech on the other thread should certainly be in the running for next week. Mr. Wonderful, have you moved on to another university already? (I'm a big fan o...
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Jan 17, 2005
by The Shadow
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Party at Jamestown
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I heard there was a fairly large affair over on Jamestown Road over the weekend, and at least 2 IHL members were in attendance. It was an impromptu celebration of the beginning of the end of the SACS Probation situation.
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Anniversaries
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Tomorrow, January 17, is the second anniversary of day the university was reorganized, the colleges dismantled, and the deans fired.
Today, January 16, the the anniversary of the day the community was told of the reorganization before anyone at the university knew of it.
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Fruit basket turn over
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AAUP Meeting
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Does any one have a report on the AAUP meeting last night? Amy, if you have time, please post a report of what was discussed. I couldn't attend.
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Strategery
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Excerpts from a recent "state of the university" address given by Michael Adams, president of the University of Georgia (one institution that’s done a great job moving from a mediocre state college to a top-20 public university in a relatively short period of time). It continues to am...
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Alum Observer
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Jan 16, 2005
by stinky cheese man
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Nom d'Aplomb Award, January 10-16
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his week's Nom d'Aplomb meeting was pretty brief. In fact, it was nonexistent. Seems that Mal is voluntarily freezing to death this weekend. Miss Information is still pouting about the SACSually explicit holiday contest. What she says is that last season's batch of dewberry brandy hasn't finis...
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Invictus
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29 users online right now
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Emma checking in ( for those who think we double and triple post under other names). Well, even if we do - there are 29 of us on here right now.
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Faculty Senate meeting
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What happened at this afternoon's meeting?
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Jan 15, 2005
by foot soldier
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Job Snowball du Jour
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Rumo(u)r has it that that illustrious jack-of-all-trades, Ken Malone, has been made head of Continuing Education in addition to his many duties as COO at Gulf Park & chair of Economic Development.
If true, add another to the stack:
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Invictus
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Jan 15, 2005
by stinky cheese man
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So much for Nitchampburg....
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It's 82-37, in favor of Louisville, with about 12 minutes left. I understand the argument about giving Eustachy time to build, but they don't even pretend to play defense.
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Red Storm
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Jan 15, 2005
by Miles Long
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The newest college
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Don't let Shelby hear this:
South Wire: Proposed chiropractic school at FSU ignites furor between lawmakers, profs
BRENT KALLESTAD
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Some Florida State University professors have been circulating a parody map showing the campus of the fu...
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Miles Long
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Jan 15, 2005
by Miles Long
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