Everything's perfectly great at USM! - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Dec 21, 2004

RE: Everything's perfectly great at USM!

Date: Dec 21, 2004

My favorite line is from Tango and Cash:

"This place is fubared." (F**ked up beyond all recognition)

Date: Dec 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: truth4usm/AH
When SACS is concerned that a university isn’t meeting all the standards, or doesn't have the proper documents to show that it is in compliance with the standards, it can send the university a private notice, send a public warning, or put it on probation for a period of time (usually one year or two years). In December 2004, SACS decided to put Southern Miss on probation for 12 months. SACS wants more evidence over a longer period of time that Southern Miss is assessing and reporting improvements of our educational programs on a comprehensive, university-wide basis. . . Southern Miss was not put on probation because of any problems with academic quality or financial management. SACS simply did not have the evidence they needed regarding comprehensive, university-wide program assessments. The lack of documentation and consistency can be traced to changes in personnel since 1997. . . Southern Miss takes probation very seriously. Dr. Shelby Thames, president of the university, has made the removal of probation status the highest priority. In fact, oversight for all accreditation has been moved to the Office of the President, where he will be assisted by the assistant to the president for accreditation, planning, and articulation. In addition, a position dedicated to assisting faculty with program assessment has been created. Many processes are already in place to provide the evidence that SACS needs. Therefore, Southern Miss fully expects the probation to be lifted after the 12 month period elapses.

“. . . look at me. You're trying to tell me you ****ed up without sounding stupid, and that's hard to do.

from Get Shorty

Date: Dec 22, 2004

Is is just me, or is everybody missing the obvious one?

"Now what we've got here is,

a failure

to communicate".

Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke

Date: Dec 22, 2004

"Things are going to get worse before they get worse."

Date: Dec 22, 2004

“Always the same. People come. People go...nothing ever happens.”

from the movie The Grand Hotel

Date: Dec 22, 2004

from The Horn Blows at Midnight:

“Elizabeth, I just had the craziest dream. You know, if you saw it in the movies, you'd never believe it.”

Date: Dec 22, 2004

Things fall apart, especially all the neat order of rules and laws. The way we look at the world is the way we really are. See it from a fair garden, everything looks cheerful. Climb up to a higher plateau and you'll see plunder and murder. Truth and beauty are in the eye of the beholder. I stopped trying to figure everything out a long time ago.

- Jack Fate in "Masked & Anonymous"

Date: Dec 22, 2004

There is a very relevant line in the movie White Heat - -

“Made it, Ma! Top of the world…He finally got to the top of the world. And it blew right up in his face.”

Date: Dec 22, 2004

And how about this line from the 1980 saga Raging Bull --

“I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss...(I'm the) boss, boss, boss, boss, boss, boss.”

Date: Dec 23, 2004

Shut the #uck# up Donny.

The Big Lebowski

Date: Dec 23, 2004

Now, shut up! Shut up, all of you! Now listen to me, you hicks. Yeah, you're hicks too, and they fooled you a thousand times like they fooled me. But this time, I'm going to fool somebody. I'm going to stay in this race. I'm on my own and I'm out for blood.

--All The King's Men

Date: Dec 23, 2004

off topic, sort of...

I have the game and haven't had the chance to play it with folks. I've looked at it and it seems interesting.

As for the quote, Dolly Parton's Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5, "Well, I say we hire a couple of wranglers to go up there and beat the sh#! out of him."

Date: Dec 28, 2004

Dr. Sanderson: It sounds funny, but I'll miss this place. I guess I'll miss a lot of things around here.

Miss Kelly: You will?

Dr. Sanderson: You won't laugh?

Miss Kelly: Of course not.

Dr. Sanderson: You know how it is working around people all day. You sort of get attached to them.

Miss Kelly: I know, Limon.

Dr. Sanderson: It may be ridiculous, but I'm gonna miss every one of the psychos, neuros, and schizos in the place.

Date: Dec 28, 2004

Noel: You know, if I found out I only had six months to live, I'd go back to teaching at USM.

Peter: Man, are you kidding? Why in the world would you go back?

Noel: Because six months at USM now would seem like a lifetime.