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Business School to Leave USM?
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I had dinner last night with a person on "the inside" (and high up) with higher education in the state. He told me that Shelby is absolutely livid with the business school (and its Dean) at USM for expelling the economic development department. In fact, SFT has (had) ...
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Thames & Exline, WDAM, SACS Probation and AACSB...
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Did anyone see the WDAM 6:00pm news. Thames and Exline were absolutely giddy acting about how benign the SACS letter was re USM and what needs to happen to get off probation. One interesting thing: this is the first news of the letter, even though it was dated 6 January 2005 (...
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International Development
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You don't need to look at "The Economist" or any other magazine to see information on the "International Development" program, because the USM Web page has a link to it, where you can download a low-res PDF of the ad.
From the looks of it, the usual SFT cronies have merged with the remnan...
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Call Center
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Just Because You Are Paranoid, it doesn’t mean that they’re not out to get you!
See:
http://www.aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf
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Jan 14, 2005
by One Ringy Dingy
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changes at USM
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I know several USM alums and business people here in Jackson who regularly spend time on USM's campus during the workweek and I've heard numerous similar anecdotes about things at USM. They tell me that the campus is physically as unattractive now as it has ever been (lots of ugly road work and b...
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SACS Letter
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I thought the official SACS letter was to have arrived in Hattiesburg by now. Has anyone seen it? Was it posted and I missed it? Or is it being kept confidential?
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Requirements to Teach @ USM
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You don't even have to have a master's degree to be a professor at USM!!!
General Chemistry Teacher
Save this job | Email this job
Company:
University of Southern MS
Location:
US-MS-Long Beach
Base Pay:
N/A
Employee Type:
Full-Time Employee
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Jan 14, 2005
by What this says
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A little humor
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Sometimes it good to laugh at ourselves. . .
http://www.greatbooks.org/tcr/barecca23.shtml
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Jan 14, 2005
by Jameela Lares
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Street Names Finalists
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I received a list of the finalists for the new names of campus roads/streets. Here are the ones in the "people" section:
Brett Favre, Clarence Weatherspoon, Shelby Thames, William McCain, Kay James, Reggie Collier, Charles McCormick, Aubrey Lucas, Natalie Allen, Pete Taylor, Ge...
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Economic Development Ad being discussed
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I heard from a colleage who is on the faculty at a well-known private university in New England. He recently attended a committee meeting about his school's MBA program and part of the discussion centered around USM's Econ Develop program ad in The Economist magazine. Needless to say,...
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WDAM News: Nitchampburg Mayoral Election Returns..
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WDAM just did a sports piece stating that M.K. Turk is now the Mayor of Nitchampburg. They also showed video footage of Giannini and "The Lady Chabliss" of Nitchampburg, Lisa Mader, standing around watching the fans eat the free food there (Mader was actually on her cell, probably reporting o...
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Cook Political Report
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Jan 12, 2005
by truth4usm/AH
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Like Riding a Bicycle
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I jusy got back from teaching my first class since last March. It felt very comfortable, like I'd never taken a breather. I've got 15 students in a room that holds 18. Two are just out of high school and two are Air Force types from Kessler. The rest are in their 20's or 30's and employed. Some are married an...
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Jan 12, 2005
by Interested goner
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Meetings this Week
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This should be a busy week. The SACS official letter is due for arrival tomorrow and both the AAUP and the Faculty Senate have meetings this week. Please post the AAUP meeting agenda if you have it. The Senate's agenda is :
The University of Southern Mississippi Fa...
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Reporter
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Jan 12, 2005
by Otherside
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Earn money by dropping courses!
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More of Shelby's fine business mind at work:
From a Gulf Coast campus professor:
>News Flash: INformed Student Sources at Gulf Park report that the Gulf Park Customer Services Operation is offering students in '"overbooked" classes $100 to change their schedule. That is stu...
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Would you take the job again?
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Given the volatility on this board and the apparent dissention at USM, I was wondering if a faculty job at USM been worth your efforts and energy or is it unfullfilling? In hindsight do you regret accepting a job at USM?
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Jan 11, 2005
by Meet the Fokkers
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USM Departures (1/9/2005)
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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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Jan 11, 2005
by I'm History!
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Anyone else feeling that revolutionary itch?(PICS)
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Jan 11, 2005
by Outside Observer
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where is Chair McBride in PS Dept. going?
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I saw a job advertisement for the chair's position in Political Science. Does anybody know where the current chair, Dr. McBride, is going or if he is just stepping aside and will maintain a faculty position?
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Jan 10, 2005
by Robert Campbell
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Mr. Wonderful's Citation de la Semaine: January 9
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Hello dear message board posters and viewers. I've missed you over the holidays. The entire Mr. Wonderful organization has missed you. Hi, Invictus! You too, Malapropism! But our holiday backup team has provided the usual 24/7 monitoring of the message board and we're ready to ann...
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#1 Groupie
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See More #45
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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Jan 10, 2005
by truth4usm/AH
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SACS Team
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SACS has dropped off of this board and there is not much on the USM website of substance. I know an outside agent is in place to monitor the SACS work, but there is nothing out about who is in charge on campus. Is it still Exline?
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What can students do?
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I'd like some ideas to pass on to my fellow classmates. What can we do to help end this mess? Who should we talk to? Any ideas would be appreciated!!!!
Down here on the coast last semester we got WLOX to look into Dana's little plot to cancel GP classes for EDU majors, but in the end th...
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Jan 10, 2005
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Nom d'Aplomb - 1/9/05
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I know that it's hard to believe but Invictus was wrong. Turns out that Miss Information's great grand-niece did have an internet connection (thanks to some new telecommunications grant). The point is that she was aware of our little SACS party over the break and she is indignant, to sa...
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New digs for econ development?
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I just heard that all of the economic development faculty are moving over into the new building next to COAL today. Anyone else heard this?
Above All Nations is Humanity
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Divine Design
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Jan 9, 2005
by Overlook opportunities
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memo from Grimes
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I was forwarded this email from J. Grimes. I truncated his personal contact information (cell phone, phone, etc) after his closure.
Amy Young
-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. D. Jay Grimes [mailto:jay.grimes@usm.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:14 PM
To: Dr. Elliot...
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Jan 8, 2005
by Chicken Soup Lady
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Exchange with USM Student
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A student at USM has taken the time to reply to the letter of mine published last month in the Clarion Ledger. He is a defender of Dr. Thames, but a civil and coherent one (unlike some of the trolls who have appeared on this board and the old FS board). I don't want to characterize his argument...
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Robert Evans
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Jan 8, 2005
by Cat in a Hat
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Reporting back to work
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When do faculty report back to work and students begin? We don't start for another week and a half in the Razorback State. Faculty has a 2 day inservice and then the students begin. I forget how it works at USM
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Jan 8, 2005
by David Johnson
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USM Departures (1/5/2004)
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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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Jan 8, 2005
by One . . . Two . . . Three . . . GO!
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ad for International Development
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Be sure to check out the latest issue of The Economist! Right inside, opposite the table of contents is a full-page full color ad for the PhD program in International Development. This ad will run three times at $128,600 a pop. You can reach the ad by linking on the usm...
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Amy Young
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Jan 8, 2005
by Incredulous
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Full funding for education? It may be too late
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Quoting Mike Lott, R-Petal in today's Hattiesburg American regarding the state being #49 in per-pupil spending:
"Money doesn't always mean a quality education," he said. "What we're trying to do at the state level is put the emphasis back on the classroom because that's where education happe...
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by Lexicographer
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An Eroding Power Base
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Many questions about Shelby Thames' power base can be answered by understanding the state's economic development push, especially as it relates to high technology growth in Mississippi. Haley Barbour, Trent Lott, Thad Cochran, Gene Taylor, Mississippi Economic Council, Blueprint Mis...
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Educational Dysfunction
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Seasons Greetings
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Dear USM Friends and Colleagues:
Unfortunately discretionary funds are scarce this fiscal year, causing us to dispense with the President's Christmas cards and his traditional faculty cocktail party. However, in the spirit of the season Dr. Thames has axed...
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Secret Shoppers?
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Has anyone else heard rumors that the administration is sending out "secret shopper" calls and emails regarding SACS probation to university staff to make sure that they are providing the appropriate information (or strategic lack thereof) to students?
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Sam Walton
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Jan 7, 2005
by Robert Campbell
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Does this [tyranny] sound familiar?
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Does the following story sound familiar?
It is taken from a January 5, 2005 article
in the NY Times, with actual names omitted.
At the end, I’ll tell you what “X” is. (It’s not a university.)
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Dozens of dismissals and structural changes at X h...
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from Chapter 6
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Chapter 6 excerpt....
....., and since the point Thames' candidacy for the presidency was born, he had been spending considerable time in Nicholson's office near the USM campus. It seemed the local accountant had a direct line to Thames, and many wondered just what his substantial intere...
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Ghost Writer
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Jan 6, 2005
by Run Dick Run
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For the anti-athletics posters on this board
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I've read a number of posts on here deriding USM athletic program and questioning the usefulness of it's existence. Please read the article linked below. I'm posting it as food for thought and not to start any drama. It is about Virginia Tech's 1999 football season and the impact it had on the entire un...
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Jan 6, 2005
by C.D. Noblin
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H.A. Editorial
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050105/OPINION01/501050301/1014/OPINION
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Draft Strategic Plan 1/3/05 (In Parts)
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This was dated 1/3/05.
Part A
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The University of Southern Mississippi
Draft
Strategic Plan
2005-2007
Table of Contents
&nbs...
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by maxed out creditcard
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SFT's latest sign of incompetence
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Rumor is, well a little better than a rumor actually, that if Lassen is unable to get the departmental development account money as he has been proposing then the $400.00 paltry raise granted to everyone this year will be rescinded. The Dome doesn't have the money. Shelby's a fin...
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Angeline
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Jan 5, 2005
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USM Departures (1/1/2005)
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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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Jan 5, 2005
by The Shadow
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USM's Server???
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What in the world is the deal with USM's server and/or email???? Is it just me or does it seem that either the main server or the email access goes down almost daily or at least every other day.....sometimes multiple times in a given day??? Sometimes the lack of access is brief, but f...
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Ramsey Replies
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050104/OPINION03/501040326/1014/OPINION
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by Disorganization personified
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but here it is
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Subject: January 3 - 9:00 am Faculty Meeting Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:15:35 -0600
I'm too paranoid to say anymore - this isn't even in my dept. but it hits too close to home for me.
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Latest Liberty and Power update
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I've posted a new entry on Liberty and Power, taking advantage of the excellent material in today's Hattiesburg American. I hope they keep Kevin Walters on the story.
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9010.html
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Liberty and Power on Economic Development
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As 33 1/3% would say, I'm trying to get my arms around the big, slimy thing called the Economic Development program.
See
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9294.html
Additions and corrections are welcome, and, I'm sure, needed.
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by Gone Never Returning
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Excerpt from the Competition
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From Chapter 21:
Phil Bryant, the State's Auditor, was rarely heard on the University's travails. It was widely rumored that the former Provost had left a package with him in late Summer of 2004, containing all the details of how Thames and his Vice President for Financial Affairs were sock...
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Ghost Writer
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Libery and Power update on Shelby's pet program
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I've put an update about the Economic Development program on Liberty and Power.
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9340.html
Thank you to everyone who made additions and corrections and...
Happy New Year!
Robert Campbell
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Jan 4, 2005
by nextstateover
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See More #44
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This week's issue
geocities.com/seemore004
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It makes me sick
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Gosh, it is amazing how bad things keep getting. I thought it was bad at the beginning of the year, then the drop in tier status, then probation, now I hear about the possibility of raises being lost, while outrageous amounts of money are being spent on ads. When posters talked abou...
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Cut and paste from something publishable
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Dana, from the git-go, felt like she was above the rules. Her pronunciation was to not ask for permission, but ask for forgiveness. I found her ethics difficult to follow. I realized early-on that she was only at this university because her father was a well regarded polymer scientist. She was an inte...
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