HA Letter 3/18 - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Mar 18, 2005

HA Letter 3/18

Date: Mar 18, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Tiger
"http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050318/OPINION03/503180325/1014/OPINION The list of items seems to be missing from the online version. Maybe someone with a paper can tell us what they were."

Yes, it didn't make any sense to me without the list...can anyone help?

Date: Mar 18, 2005

The most positive news is that the University has a faculty willing to fight for academic integrity. That was the heart of the G&S situation and that is what is going on now. I am tired of being called a detractor (as was done in a recent issue of Talon by the president of the alumni association) just because I recognize there are things that need to be fixed.

The positive news is that people still care.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Tiger
"http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050318/OPINION03/503180325/1014/OPINION The list of items seems to be missing from the online version. Maybe someone with a paper can tell us what they were."

How much do you want to bet that the list is the one handed out at the Paving Plant Putsch?

Date: Mar 18, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Eagle
" The most positive news is that the University has a faculty willing to fight for academic integrity. That was the heart of the G&S situation and that is what is going on now. I am tired of being called a detractor (as was done in a recent issue of Talon by the president of the alumni association) just because I recognize there are things that need to be fixed. The positive news is that people still care."

I missed that citation in the talon: can you get it -- or is it onlne?

Date: Mar 18, 2005

It was in the Winter 2005 issue in the "Notes From Home" column written by Bob Pierce. In it he refered to the problems as "a feud" and "a failure to submit reports". He also refered to those that discussed such items as "detractors".

Sorry I don't have an on line version.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Eagle
"It was in the Winter 2005 issue in the "Notes From Home" column written by Bob Pierce. In it he refered to the problems as "a feud" and "a failure to submit reports". He also refered to those that discussed such items as "detractors". Sorry I don't have an on line version. "

Thanks, I'll look for it. Any clue as to who Bob Pierce is?

Date: Mar 18, 2005

He is the President of my USM Alumni Association.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

bob pierce is the executive director of the alumni association.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

Thanks for the correction.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

Every accomplishment cited by the letter writer has received full coverage in Hattiesburg news media. Perhaps he doesn't follow the Hattiesburg news as closely as he thinks.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

He is a tool.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

Not a tool, but a guy supporting a family. Remember he has to work directly for the little twit and doesn't have tenure protecting him. Just like other staff members. So understand his situation and go easy on him.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

Not only do I agree with your assertion concerning staff speaking out, but I'd also like to point out that tenure does not protect anyone at USM. It was only a little over a year ago when Shelby's infamous temper proved that he has no regard for tenure.

Suddenly the Sun Broke Through

(See the Sun)

Cowsills early 70's

Date: Mar 18, 2005

Point taken, and I am sure Thames' disregard for tenure exist only to the extent that it affects him. No doubt the great industrialist Thames - oh, I'm sorry I forgot he was a professor - has hidden behind tenure to save his a$$ a time or two (simply speculation on my part).

Date: Mar 18, 2005

Right on. Tenure and money. He should have been fired for his escapades, sexual and otherwise, eons ago. The idea that a man of his caliber can be President of the this University boggles the mind.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

There is an excelllent article on Tenure, easy for laypeople to understand at the bottom of the page on www.aft.org if anyone is interested.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

http://www.aft.org/topics/tenure/index.htm

Note to newcomers: this post should not be construed as a call for unions in Mississippi. Mississippi AAUP is not a union.

Date: Mar 18, 2005

Yes, Virginia, there are a lot of positive things going on at USM. (And I will note that the writer of the HA letter did not attribute the positives to SFT & SFT alone, as do some folks.) I'll offer that the positive things that USM does constitute the reason that most of us around this place feel that USM is worth fighting for. We don't need to chop it down or play one part against another. If USM really is to go "to the top" it needs positive leadership to go along with the positive things that faculty, students, folks in student services, etc. are doing on an everyday basis to better serve the people of Mississippi!