What I am leading to here is a cost-benefits analysis. The costs have been well documented thus far. Now we need to document the benefits, if any.

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Originally posted by: Invictus
"USM brought in a big name basketball coach..."

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Thank you for citing #2, Invictus. Next? No narratives please, just the facts.

Sushi at Agora is cheaper than at Sakura.

Unless the webmaster/mistress determines otherwise, trolls are welcome to provide anything positive they have seen. 

Three years ago, tier three status and SACS accreditation were merely the status quo.  Now they are things to which we can aspire.

USM now has a tailgating area called Nitchampburg, thus instantly creating another new tradition.

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Originally posted by: Goody Goody
"Everyone seems to be citing negative occurrences during the past two or three years. What about positive occurrences? What progress has USM made during the period in question? Nothing negative, please. Be serious. I'll begin: Enrollment has increased by something like 90 to 100  students.  "

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Whatever for?  And what do you mean by "USM"?  The self-touting administration, or someone/thing else?  And has enrollment really "increased" by X students if enrollment hasn't kept up with population growth?  And if USM doesn't have adequate facilities for extra students, why is that progress?  It certainly isn't any good for the students.

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Originally posted by: Actuarially
" Whatever for?  And what do you mean by "USM"?  The self-touting administration, or someone/thing else?  And has enrollment really "increased" by X students if enrollment hasn't kept up with population growth?  And if USM doesn't have adequate facilities for extra students, why is that progress?  It certainly isn't any good for the students."

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Actuarily, I just thought it might be appropriate to give trolls, lurkers, and posters an opportunity to give "the other side of the story" if they can come up with anything positive. I haven't seen anything of consequence yet. Have you?

Faculty have been given the opportunity to become millionaires.

Some streets are being renamed.

We've experienced unheard of faculty unity!

Also an increase in business for Mayflower and Atlan van Lines.

Faculty solidarity is better than ever!

And we've made the widely viewed cartoons of the Clarion-Ledger's Marshall Ramsey. Maybe the first college or university to ever be given that distinction.