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Date: Aug 5, 2005

Stiffed again?

Date: Aug 8, 2005

kick

Date: Aug 8, 2005

emma lou,
give us some solutions....not jus kick....you sound pretty...bright......the 2005-2006 year deserves solutiions....get up and get with it.

Date: Aug 9, 2005

curnel reb wrote:

emma lou, give us some solutions....not jus kick....you sound pretty...bright......the 2005-2006 year deserves solutiions....get up and get with it.

Emma....give us some evidence of the nice legs!

Date: Aug 9, 2005

James R. Hilton, the former gift shop manager at the marine education center and aquarium, part of the University of Southern Mississippi, was sentenced last year to 15 months in prison for stealing $211,063. Last year he paid back $225.

"Based on other situations with which I'm familiar, I am doubtful we'll see all of that money," said Jay Grimes, provost of USM-Gulf Coast. "It hurts to see money lost that you've worked very hard for."

The money was from federal grants that supported the gift shop.:

Federal grants that supported the gift shop? NIH or NSF?

That doesn't seem right.

Date: Aug 9, 2005

row_faster_ben_hur wrote:

Doesn't USM run J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium?

About like it runs GCRL ... not very well.

As far as a federal grant for the gift shop goes, you'd just have to know their grant-writer...

Date: Aug 9, 2005

just coasting wrote:

James R. Hilton, the former gift shop manager at the marine education center and aquarium, part of the University of Southern Mississippi, was sentenced last year to 15 months in prison for stealing $211,063. Last year he paid back $225.
"Based on other situations with which I'm familiar, I am doubtful we'll see all of that money," said Jay Grimes, provost of USM-Gulf Coast. "It hurts to see money lost that you've worked very hard for."The money was from federal grants that supported the gift shop.:

Federal grants that supported the gift shop? NIH or NSF?
That doesn't seem right.

I agree. Hilton would have, by law, had to be sentenced in federal court if the funds were indeed coming from these so-called "federal grants." I don't buy it...

Date: Aug 10, 2005

Spent some time researching it myself. Neither do I!

Date: Aug 10, 2005

We can thank Shelby Thames for running a tight ship.These types of crimes go undetected at many schools.

Date: Aug 10, 2005

Grateful Taxpayer wrote:

We can thank Shelby Thames for running a tight ship.These types of crimes go undetected at many schools.

So, that is to say we should thank Johnny Dupre for running a tight ship.....? because the HPD caught a couple of murders a few weeks ago?

With your logic you could say if we had more police on the streets we would have fewer crimes and if USM had better controls there would be no embezzlement

Date: Aug 10, 2005

printers devil wrote:

Grateful Taxpayer wrote: We can thank Shelby Thames for running a tight ship.These types of crimes go undetected at many schools. So, that is to say we should thank Johnny Dupre for running a tight ship.....? because the HPD caught a couple of murders a few weeks ago? With your logic you could say if we had more police on the streets we would have fewer crimes and if USM had better controls there would be no embezzlement

It is very true that better controls might well have prevented this crime. Until there is some description of the manner in which the funds were embezzled, we won't know. However, the purpose of systems of controls is to prevent or detect crimes of this nature. The auditor might well have cited the lack of such controls.

Date: Aug 10, 2005

And, note that it was the State Auditor who found this, NOT Shelby Thames

Date: Aug 10, 2005

audit2 wrote:

printers devil wrote: Grateful Taxpayer wrote: We can thank Shelby Thames for running a tight ship.These types of crimes go undetected at many schools. So, that is to say we should thank Johnny Dupre for running a tight ship.....? because the HPD caught a couple of murders a few weeks ago? With your logic you could say if we had more police on the streets we would have fewer crimes and if USM had better controls there would be no embezzlement It is very true that better controls might well have prevented this crime. Until there is some description of the manner in which the funds were embezzled, we won't know. However, the purpose of systems of controls is to prevent or detect crimes of this nature. The auditor might well have cited the lack of such controls.

Internal accounting controls went early, at usm we don't need no stinking controls.