Perhaps a more parsimonious explanation for the news blackout is that maybe the Sun-Herald has little regard for USM/Gulf Park. Otherwise, they would pay more attention to USM-related things other than the Hattiesburg-based athletics.

Here you go:

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/10812391.htm

Posted on Fri, Feb. 04, 2005







Stennis Space Center launches monthly


THE SUN HERALD

The first edition of The Stennis News, a monthly for Stennis Space Center, has been published and is being distributed to 4,500 employees and 1,500 business, government and community leaders with an interest in the center.

Published by Gulf Publishing Co., publishers of The Sun Herald and The Journal of South Mississippi Business, The Stennis News will "cover the people and organizations on the unique federal and commercial city at Stennis," said managing editor Dorothy Wilson.

The first edition features coverage of personnel from the Naval Oceanographic Office who are supporting the United State's humanitarian relief efforts in south Asia in the wake of a Dec. 26 tsunami, along with an update on efforts to lure a NASA shared service center to the Stennis facility.

Other stories profile many of the commercial and governmental agencies on the site, recent award winners, and the results of the site's recent Combined Federal Campaign.

"We've established a real partnership with Stennis and we all believe this will be an excellent service for the men and women of this growing federal city," said Stennis News general manager John McFarland.

<<<<Robert has speculated as to why The Sun Herald has not covered any of this news about USM.>>>> 

Because most of what you people do is not news! The public laughs at you most of the time because the readers of the Sun Herald have real problems and real issues to discuss. The Sun Herald is actually helping you by not publishing your small personal problems. The Sun Herald is keeping you from embarrassing yourselves.

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Originally posted by: Concerned Student
"<<<<Robert has speculated as to why The Sun Herald has not covered any of this news about USM.>>>>  Because most of what you people do is not news! The public laughs at you most of the time because the readers of the Sun Herald have real problems and real issues to discuss. The Sun Herald is actually helping you by not publishing your small personal problems. The Sun Herald is keeping you from embarrassing yourselves."

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You beat me to it.

The Sun Herald will not cover the "USM Crisis" every single time a poster here comes up with a rumor. They covered it once (maybe twice) and they moved on. If the school shuts down then they will cover it on the front page. Do you see them covering the culled meat processing plant that cost the tax payers $54 million every issue? It was covered but they moved on. But in my opinion that story is more important than the SACS problem. As far as the SH having a conspiracy link to the Hatiiesburg ADP is ridiculous because the Journal covers South Mississippi. Where is Hattiesburg located? South Mississippi. Although I tend to disagree about that claim.

You people live in a box. Those outside USM (which physically is about 99% of the regular posters on this board) actually believe that every person stays awake at night worrying about this. Guess what? They don't. Why? It doesn't matter to them because they have to actually go to work every morning and do not have the luxury of standing behind a podium or a computer and spew rumors and hate. I bet if you ask the average Hattieburger, he or she will not be aware about the SACS probation or know who Doty is or Grimes or (insert name). The public lost respect (if they had any) for the faculty because of the GS debactle. (You are aware that one can be fired from a job for using company email and internet access for personal use?) Those not in the university world all have the perception of you people being hippie-liberals, which of course is sometimes the case. Just like the perception of elementary and secondary public school teachers, the average person has no high regards for those who supposively sit beind a desk all day and have weekend, summers, and holidays off. That's the perception. Also, many people in this area are blue collar individuals who believe in a honest pay for an honest day. So when they hear about professors not getting along with their boss  and voting against him (and it's been more than just Thames) they see no honor in that ans see you as weak and whiny.

Just because you people have the time on your hands to post every 5 minutes doesn't mean everything at USM is falling apart. It seems like the faculty has there heads in the sand. Look, I was involved when GS broke out and got involved in it and thought it was terrible. I read the post on the FS board and this one as well. But in reality, it wasn't. When I washed my hands of the whole thing guess what? Life went on. I had the chance to take a look at it from the outside and in the grand scheme of things it just isn't of great importance. It is a shame because if USM closes up then the city of Hattiesburg will suffer, not only jobswise but the money generated by the students and sporting activities will no longer be there and hurt local businesses.

In the end, it all depends where your priorites are kept.

I'll be over here in the corner in case you want to call me closed minded, a troll, uneducated, or pick about my grammar and style--which I've always found that part of an argument interesting: always attack on a personal level instead of arguing facts/opinions.

Honey, it's not just business that will suffer. I own a house in Hattiesburg, as do two other relatives. What do you think will happen to the value of our property without USM driving the real estate market.
Small business is the lifeblood of communities. When all these shops and restaurants close because of lack of business, where will the truck drivers deliver their goods? Where will the electricians, painters, plumbers, and all the other hard-working people you cite, where will they find customers? I've taught and worked at USM, but I've also been involved in two small businesses, so I've seen it from both sides. The university is a major economic engine in this area, and without we will all suffer.
I've heard the day's work for a day's pay stuff until I want to be sick. Listen, I taught two sections of a freshman class this past fall, and I cleared $523 A MONTH for BOTH, and I darn well guarantee you I worked hard. Professors have as much education as lawyers (more) and other business people, but somehow what they do isn't "work" and isn't worth money, but selling cars or asparagus or whatever is.
I don't think you're a troll. I think you're just worn out with it all, like a lot of people are, and I just disagree with your take on the situation.
(And I have all day to sit on the computer for personal reasons, and I'd rather be somewhere else doing something else.)

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Originally posted by: 8675309
" You beat me to it. The Sun Herald will not cover the "USM Crisis" every single time a poster here comes up with a rumor. They covered it once (maybe twice) and they moved on. If the school shuts down then they will cover it on the front page. Do you see them covering the culled meat processing plant that cost the tax payers $54 million every issue? It was covered but they moved on. But in my opinion that story is more important than the SACS problem. As far as the SH having a conspiracy link to the Hatiiesburg ADP is ridiculous because the Journal covers South Mississippi. Where is Hattiesburg located? South Mississippi. Although I tend to disagree about that claim. You people live in a box. Those outside USM (which physically is about 99% of the regular posters on this board) actually believe that every person stays awake at night worrying about this. Guess what? They don't. Why? It doesn't matter to them because they have to actually go to work every morning and do not have the luxury of standing behind a podium or a computer and spew rumors and hate. I bet if you ask the average Hattieburger, he or she will not be aware about the SACS probation or know who Doty is or Grimes or (insert name). The public lost respect (if they had any) for the faculty because of the GS debactle. (You are aware that one can be fired from a job for using company email and internet access for personal use?) Those not in the university world all have the perception of you people being hippie-liberals, which of course is sometimes the case. Just like the perception of elementary and secondary public school teachers, the average person has no high regards for those who supposively sit beind a desk all day and have weekend, summers, and holidays off. That's the perception. Also, many people in this area are blue collar individuals who believe in a honest pay for an honest day. So when they hear about professors not getting along with their boss  and voting against him (and it's been more than just Thames) they see no honor in that ans see you as weak and whiny. Just because you people have the time on your hands to post every 5 minutes doesn't mean everything at USM is falling apart. It seems like the faculty has there heads in the sand. Look, I was involved when GS broke out and got involved in it and thought it was terrible. I read the post on the FS board and this one as well. But in reality, it wasn't. When I washed my hands of the whole thing guess what? Life went on. I had the chance to take a look at it from the outside and in the grand scheme of things it just isn't of great importance. It is a shame because if USM closes up then the city of Hattiesburg will suffer, not only jobswise but the money generated by the students and sporting activities will no longer be there and hurt local businesses. In the end, it all depends where your priorites are kept. I'll be over here in the corner in case you want to call me closed minded, a troll, uneducated, or pick about my grammar and style--which I've always found that part of an argument interesting: always attack on a personal level instead of arguing facts/opinions."

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"You people"?!? Don't get me started.

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Originally posted by: Simple
"Perhaps a more parsimonious explanation for the news blackout is that maybe the Sun-Herald has little regard for USM/Gulf Park. Otherwise, they would pay more attention to USM-related things other than the Hattiesburg-based athletics."

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Perhaps the answer is that the Sun-Herald, along with the Hattiesburg American, is not a large newspaper with a staff of investigative reporters.  I wanted to say this back when HA conspiracy theories were floating around.  It used to be very hard to get HA to cover any event, especially education related.  What small newspapers do best is to print AP stories, the occasional column handed down by their parent company, and every once and a while, send out their limited number of reporters to cover an event.  Now if you are the news manager at a small town paper, what are you going to say when a reporter comes to you day after day with story ideas from USM?  You are probably going to say, "Son, we did that one last week, what's new?"

I'm not saying this is right, I am just simply pointing out that we do not have the New York Times in our backyard.  These are small town newspapers with limited budgets and probably not the cream of the crop, seasoned journalists.  What do you really expect?

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Originally posted by: asdf
"Perhaps the answer is that the Sun-Herald, along with the Hattiesburg American, is not a large newspaper with a staff of investigative reporters. "

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typewriter keys for the left hand,

What you say may be true. But you'd think the Sun-Herald would at least print USM news that does not require an investigative reporter.

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Originally posted by: hunt and peck
" typewriter keys for the left hand, What you say may be true. But you'd think the Sun-Herald would at least print USM news that does not require an investigative reporter. "

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Like the typewriter bit...

If the Sun Herald does not even bother to print press release type stories, then it is very possible that they believe that the coast community does not care much about USM, either gulf coast campus or Hattiesburg campus.

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Originally posted by: hunt and peck
" Some Beach, When I first saw a posting by asdf, many weeks ago, I too thought it was from a troll. But I am convinced now asdf is not trolling. I think I thought that many weeks ago because said something minor that I didn't agree with. I realize now that that was dumb on my part. More recent posts by asdf have been quite good.  "

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Thanks for vouching for me, but I have been posting since the old FS board days.  I don't post all of the time, but I do try to catch up on things at least a couple of times a week.  When the spirit moves me, I post, other times I just read.  I imagine many are out there like that.  When I agree with things being said, I am less likely to post, don't see the reason for adding in "I agree" to a discussion.  When I disagree with something being said, I am more likely to post; maybe this gives me a troll like quality since the behavior you are mostly likely to observe is me disagreeing.

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Originally posted by: asdf
"When I agree with things being said, I am less likely to post, don't see the reason for adding in "I agree" to a discussion.  When I disagree with something being said, I am more likely to post; maybe this gives me a troll like quality since the behavior you are mostly likely to observe is me disagreeing."

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Good point. I can't even recall what you said that I disagreed with. You are clearly not a troll. Maybe Some Beach was referring to somebody else.

hunt and peck--thanks. my new year's resolution was to read and post less. haven't lived up to it. i lurk some times, get wrapped up in some threads. but if i can bring some perspective to some threads, or engage in rumor control, then i'll chime in.

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Originally posted by: 8675309
"Just because you people have the time on your hands to post every 5 minutes doesn't mean everything at USM is falling apart. It seems like the faculty has there heads in the sand. Look, I was involved when GS broke out and got involved in it and thought it was terrible. I read the post on the FS board and this one as well. But in reality, it wasn't. When I washed my hands of the whole thing guess what? Life went on. I had the chance to take a look at it from the outside and in the grand scheme of things it just isn't of great importance. It is a shame because if USM closes up then the city of Hattiesburg will suffer, not only jobswise but the money generated by the students and sporting activities will no longer be there and hurt local businesses.."

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Number person,

New England Yankee took the view that USM is headed down the crapper anyway, along with the other state universities in Mississippi... and maybe the whole state.

In a wide enough scheme of things, it not only doesn't matter whether USM goes down the crapper, it wouldn't matter if U of Michigan or Vanderbilt or MIT were to go down the crapper.  Presumably Homo sapiens would not become extinct on account of those losses; the sun wouldn't run out of fuel; and the universe wouldn't sink into permanent heat death.

So why worry about a blow to the economy of Hattiesburg, if USM is deaccredited and ends up closing its doors?

Robert Campbell