If you turn a university into a business you don't need no steenking fundraising.

LeftASAP wrote:

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The "Legacy of Failure" can be summarized by a list of newspaper headlines from the past five years. I wish someone would post those headlines again. (Info, you seem to have saved it all. ) IIRC, there are a few more headlines that need to be added to the list that was previously posted on this board.

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Perhaps you're trying to remember this?

http://www.geocities.com/shelbysregretmenotpage/

 

"I have no regrets at all" - Shelby Thames - Clarion-Ledger, 8/13/06


3 USM leaders on prospect list - Clarion-Ledger, 12/24/01

USM professor confirms bid for top position - Hatt, Amer., 1/31/02

College Board to name finalists on Thursday - Student Printz, 3/19/02

USM candidates narrowed down to final four - Sun Herald, 3/29/02

Many students unhappy Cotten not on short list - Hatt. Amer., 3/29/02

Home field advantage? 'Confrontational' Thames may have edge in USM chief search - Sun Herald, 4/3/02

Thames may bring micromanagement - Student Printz, 4/4/02

Public has little time with USM finalists - Hatt. Amer., 4/5/02

Faculty group asks board to delay president selection - Hatt. Amer., 4/5/02

Search for USM boss draws fire; on-campus interviews set for this week - Sun Herald, 4/8/02

Thames presidency could present conflict of interest with daughter - Hatt. Amer., 4/9/02

Insider Thames rides on record, but is USM candidate 'driven' or a 'tyrant'? - Sun Herald, 4/10/02

Thames confident he can expand school's prestige - Clarion-Ledger, 4/10/02

Thames snaps at student's question; skepticism greets candidate at USM-GC - Sun Herald, 4/11/02

Hickey strikes positive chord on campus - Sun Herald, 4/12/02

Faculty gives nod to Hickey; Thames last in AAUP poll - Student Printz, 4/12/02

Faculty rejects Thames in vote - Sun Herald, 4/12/02

Hart wins over faculty; Hewes asks her about religion - Sun Herald, 4/13/02

Thames new USM president - Clarion-Ledger, 4/14/02

Thames chosen despite concerns; New chief must now mend fences, opponent says - Sun Herald, 4/14/02

Announcement little surprise for many at USM - Hatt. Amer., 4/14/02

Newton casts lone vote against Thames - Hatt. Amer., 4/14/02

Students unsure of Thames - Student Printz, 4/18/02

Redden leaves, Griffin may follow - Student Printz, 4/25/02

Cotten resigns from USM post - Hatt. Amer., 6/13/02

Kirkpatrick to leave USM after 45 years - Hatt. Amer., 6/16/02

USM cuts job from world studies - Hatt. Amer., 6/18/02

USM exodus feeds fear of purge - Sun Herald, 6/21/02

USM cutting academic budget - Clarion-Ledger, 6/26/02

'He's been up to his neck in problems' - Clarion-Ledger, 6/26/02

USM says goodbye to four top-level officials - Hatt. Amer., 6/29/02

USM posts 5 new administrative appointments - Sun Herald, 7/6/02

Thames: USM changes under way; 18 layoffs expected; Cotten leaves - Sun Herald, 7/14/02

University cuts affect 45 jobs - Hatt. Amer., 7/14/02

USM names Dvorak research VP - Sun Herald, 7/18/02

Ex-instructor sues USM for $5 million - Hatt. Amer., 8/15/02

206 faculty leave USM - Student Printz, 9/19/02

Faculty computers can be seized on campus - Student Printz, 10/10/02

Budgets stunting college growth; Thames: Schools are big business - Sun Herald, 11/6/02

Faculty Senate wants a voice - Student Printz, 11/19/02

Thames, Cabinet speak at forum; students ask difficult questions - Student Printz, 11/21/02

Retooled USM could save as much as $1.8 million - Hatt. Amer., 1/18/03

Thames says plan more cost efficient - Hatt. Amer., 1/18/03

Some students upset about consolidation - Hatt. Amer., 1/18/03

USM nursing students protest plan - Hatt. Amer., 1/21/03

July 1: Radical changes - Student Printz, 1/23/03

Decision incenses many faculty - Student Printz, 1/23/03

USM seeks new deans - Student Printz, 1/23/03

Questions arise over USM shift - Hatt. Amer., 1/30/03

Faculty Senate letter to Thames - Student Printz, 2/4/03

Faculty letter criticizes Thames - Hatt. Amer., 2/5/03

Staff questions changes - Student Printz, 2/6/03

USM's restructuring plan still unclear - Hatt. Amer., 2/18/03

AAUP miffed wih policy changes - Student Printz, 2/20/03

Graduate Dean gone, but changes to be 'seamless' - Student Printz, 2/27/03

Searching for deans: More candidates needed - Student Printz, 4/3/03

Professors take Thames to task - Hatt. Amer., 4/21/03

Faculty group condemns Thames - Hatt. Amer., 4/23/03

No-confidence vote against USM leader considered - Clarion-Ledger, 4/25/03

Thames' 1st year: Driven or dictatorial? - Clarion-Ledger, 5/1/03

USM officials clash with Printz staff - Hatt. Amer., 5/2/03

Faculty: Facilitator needed to deal with USM president - Clarion-Ledger, 5/3/03

Repairs to provost's house upset some on USM faculty - Hatt. Amer., 5/8/03

Thames rejects faculty proposal - Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/03

USM hopes to add 7,000 students - Hatt. Amer., 5/23/03

CD makes fun of USM leaders - Hatt. Amer., 10/10/03

Drug, alcohol policy angers some at USM - Hatt. Amer., 11/21/03

USM president sets enrollment goal of 20,000 by '07 - Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/03

USM faces $2M suit by professor - Hatt. Amer., 12/10/03

USM enrollment numbers wrong; human error blamed - Hatt. Amer., 12/11/03

USM official resigns after error - Clarion-Ledger, 12/11/03

USM officials: Drug policy memo wrong - Hatt. Amer., 12/11/03

USM is back to second fiddle - Sun Herald, 12/18/03

New data dethrone USM as largest university - Clarion-Ledger, 12/18/03

Panel: USM error not deliberate; School reported inflated enrollment total - Clarion-Ledger, 1/7/04

USM seeks to fill 112 jobs - 97 faculty members left university in 2003 - Hatt. Amer., 1/9/04

USM exec's background probed: VP's work for University of Kentucky questioned - Sun Herald, 1/21/04

No mid-year raises at other universities - Hatt. American, 2/25/04

Questions surround midyear raises for USM faculty - Clarion-Ledger, 2/27/04

USM professors suspended - Hatt. Amer., 3/5/04

USM Fires 2 Professors in 'Massacre' - WDAM TV, 3/5/04

USM locks out profs at odds with Thames: Firing process begun against the two - Sun Herald, 3/6/04

2 tenured USM profs forced out - Clarion-Ledger, 3/6/04

Professors disciplined for questioning authority - WLBT TV, 3/6/04

Thames gets vote of No Confidence: Faculty Senate passes symbolic measure - Hatt. Amer., 3/8/04

President of U. of Southern Mississippi Suspends 2 Professors Who Aided an AAUP Inquiry - Chronicle, 3/8/04

200 Students Confront USM's Thames - WDAM TV, 3/9/04

Thames disappointed in faculty, students - Sun Herald, 3/9/04

USM students protest ousters: Action against 2 profs sparking backlash - Clarion-Ledger, 3/9/04

Some alumni threaten to withhold funding - Hatt. Amer., 3/9/04

Dismissals may hurt recruiting - Hatt. Amer., 3/9/04

USM Students Protest In Hattiesburg - WDAM TV, 3/10/04

Protesting at USM: Hundreds support suspended profs - Clarion-Ledger, 3/10/04

Only relevant signs allowed at USM games, official says: Protest signs not allowed, Hansen says - Hatt. Amer., 3/10/04

No Confidence: Full faculty rejects Thames' suspension of profs - Sun Herald, 3/11/04

USM provost: Handling of dismissals 'troubling' - Hatt. Amer., 3/11/04

Long Beach campus joins protests - Sun Herald, 3/11/04

Thames: Police probe possible - Hatt. Amer., 3/12/04

Thames: Profs may have broken law: Investigation of V.P. led to probe of Glamser, Stringer - Sun Herald, 3/12/04

MSU faculty senate votes in support of suspended USM professors - Sun Herald, 3/14/04

Local professors looking askance at Mississippi: University moves to fire dissident profs - Times-Picayune, 3/15/04

University presidents close doors to discuss USM troubles - Clarion-Ledger, 3/17/04

College Board discusses Thames behind closed doors - Clarion-Ledger, 3/18/04

Move to Fire 2 Professors Roils Campus in Mississippi: Tenured faculty members locked out of their offices - Chronicle, 3/19/04

Second Student Protest Set For USM Campus - WAPT TV, 3/23/04

Local professors' group: 'Spend money with friends' - Hatt. Amer., 3/24/04

USM struggling to recruit teachers - Hatt. Amer., 3/27/04

Dvorak: 'They could have just asked me' about credentials - Clarion-Ledger, 3/28/04

Official: 2 profs not initial target; Credential probe triggers USM upset - Clarion-Ledger, 3/28/04

New board may hear USM appeal: USM professors seek hearing before committee - Hatt. Amer., 3/29/04

Students protest during USM ceremony - Hatt. Amer., 3/31/04

Web site claims conflict involving USM representation - Clarion-Ledger, 4/2/04

Controversy swirls around USM image - Hatt. Amer., 4/3/04

Protesters: 'Thames must go' - Clarion-Ledger, 4/7/04

Some faculty say USM not the place for them - Clarion-Ledger, 4/18/04

Criminal justice dept. loses half its faculty - Hatt. Amer., 4/19/04

Attorney General To Review Unrest At USM - WLBT TV, 4/19/04

E-mail scrutiny said to be 'scary' - Hatt. Amer., 4/29/04

President's e-mail monitoring raises ire: Messages from, to professors in USM dispute read by Thames - Clarion-Ledger, 4/29/04

USM settlement: Professors to be paid for two years - Hatt. Amer., 4/30/04

USM risk manager Jack Hanbury tenders resignation - Hatt. Amer., 5/6/04

Professor demonstrates against Southern Miss: Berry protests 'loss of excellence' - Hatt. Amer., 5/8/04

USM Faculty Senate to ask board to oust Thames - Clarion-Ledger, 5/11/04

Little accomplished at USM council's 1st meeting: Some doubt usefulness of new committee - Hatt. Amer., 5/13/04

Chain blames Thames for Lott Center delay - Hatt. Amer., 5/18/04

College Board praises Thames; Embattled leader offers plan to foster communication - Clarion-Ledger, 5/21/04

USM lawsuits keep Hattiesburg attorney busy - Hatt. Amer., 6/10/04

USM professors retire, will serve as consultants - Sun Herald, 6/16/04

Iowa to Southern Miss: Change logo - Hatt. Amer., 6/25/04

Lott Center loses $500K in donations - Hatt. Amer., 6/26/04

U.S. News: USM is fourth-tier school - Hatt. Amer., 8/21/04

USM altering equal opportunity office - Hatt. Amer., 8/24/04

Lott center may cost more than expected - Hatt. Amer., 8/25/04

Thames puzzled over magazine designation - Hatt. Amer., 9/2/04

Thames blames Hudson for missing information - Hatt. Amer., 9/3/04

USM bond plan defeated: Bond issue falls short of needed 60 percent - Hatt. Amer., 11/3/04

USM to remove banner: Some thought ad was too large - Hatt. Amer., 12/6/04

USM placed on academic probation by accreditation agency - Clarion-Ledger, 12/8/04

Thames says staff never told him of SACS problems - Hatt. Amer., 12/9/04

Probation serious reflection on school leaders, alum says - Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/04

Years of communications missing, USM officials say - Clarion-Ledger, 12/11/04

Thames gets reprimand from College Board member - Hatt. Amer., 12/16/04

Board approves monitor for USM - Clarion-Ledger, 12/17/04

IHL chief: Letter not subtle - Thames should have heeded SACS's warnings - Hatt. Amer., 12/17/04

Faculty Senate calls for Thames to be replaced - Hatt. Amer., 2/2/05

USM dean, provost at odds over program: Executive MBA offering at core of debate - Hatt. Amer., 2/9/05

Honorable thing for Thames to do: resign - Clarion-Ledger, 2/17/05

Business Community Divided over future of USM - The Independent, 3/10/05

Faculty retirement increases - Student Printz, 4/14/05

Felon says he will play for USM - Clarion-Ledger, 4/20/05

Top of the Administration Building with a high powered rifle and start shooting - Eagletalk.net, 4/20/05

USM Foundation head apologizes for Web posting: Message was pertaining to USM recruit - Hatt. Amer., 4/22/05

USM nursing scores continue to drop - Hatt. Amer., 5/5/05

Thames the talk of College Board-USM president's contract up for review - Sun Herald, 5/6/05

Thames to keep USM presidency through May 2007, then return to teaching - Clarion-Ledger, 5/19/05

Price tag in battle between USM president, 2 profs about $457K - Clarion-Ledger, 6/29/05

USM remains in fourth tier on key national ranking list - Hatt. Amer., 8/21/05

USM chief grilled by faculty group: Thames defends $160,000 in raises for 16 school administrators - Clarion-Ledger, 10/8/05

Number of adjunct professors on rise - Hatt. Amer., 2/5/06

Psychology department questions hirings at USM - Hatt. Amer., 3/8/06

Teacher mentor data released - Hatt. Amer., 3/25/06

Thames raise draws concerns of favoritism - Hatt. Amer., 4/16/06

Faculty questions pay raise method - Hatt. Amer., 5/6/06

Aramark, USM deal concerns workers - Hatt. Amer., 6/7/06

USM ticket sales behind '05 pace - Hatt. Amer., 6/22/06

The 10 Worst College Coaches - Maxim, 8/06

Outsourcing plans put on hold at USM - Hatt. Amer., 8/17/06

USM enrollment falls off slightly - Hatt. Amer., 9/8/06

Thames opposes new sex column - Student Printz, 9/19/06

Thames quite mistaken - Student Printz, 9/19/06

Mysterious writer comes clean - Student Printz, 9/21/06

Thames not up to standards of responsibility - Student Printz, 9/26/06

Thames opposes sex column in campus paper - Hatt. Amer., 10/3/06

USM prez rips sex column: Thames blasts 'Pillow Talk' feature in student newspaper - Clarion-Ledger, 10/5/06

Property sought for new Coast campus: Former L.B. mayor to oversee the effort - Sun Herald, 10/13/06

IHL, Meredith reprimand Thames - Student Printz, 11/30/06

College Board reprimands USM for demolishing buildings - Hatt. Amer., 12/1/06