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Old Hattiesburg

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The very idea that a bunch of local business people could determine the
strategic plan and leadership of a major state university is evidence of
how deeply insular and provincial USM is becoming.
 
Do the soft drink vendors of Tuscaloosa determine the future of the University
of Alabama? Do the car dealers of Athens call the shots at the University of Georgia? Do
the dentists of Oxford map strategy for Ole Miss? Do the print shop
owners of Starkville pull the strings at Mississippi State?
 
It's hard to believe that a group of people barely known north of D'Lo, Hot Coffee, or Magee are the power brokers at USM.
 
If the members of the IHL allow this travesty to continue, they will
confirm that they view USM as little more than Hardy Street High. If USM continues in this direction, even members of the IHL will be wary of driving through campus less somebody toss a USM diploma in the back of their car.
 
 

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The Lowder They Fall

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Originally posted by: Old Hattiesburg
"Do the soft drink vendors of Tuscaloosa determine the future of the University of Alabama? Do the car dealers of Athens call the shots at the University of Georgia? Do the dentists of Oxford map strategy for Ole Miss? Do the print shop owners of Starkville pull the strings at Mississippi State?"
No, but one banker basically pulls all the strings at Auburn.

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Alabama Polytechnocrat

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Originally posted by: The Lowder They Fall
"No, but one banker basically pulls all the strings at Auburn."
Wasn't that before Auburn was put on SACS probation? My guess is that it it a somwhat different story now.

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Mad Hatter

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What makes this Coke plant cr*p irritating is is the fact that a faculty of over 500 people, with advanced academic degrees from all over the United States, is assumed to know nothing about the nature of higher education.

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USM Sympathizer

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Originally posted by: Mad Hatter
"What makes this Coke plant cr*p irritating is is the fact that a faculty of over 500 people, with advanced academic degrees from all over the United States, is assumed to know nothing about the nature of higher education."
Excellent point.  The car dealers and Coke Bottlers apparently know best.

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