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Date: Oct 8, 2005

RE: Faculty Senate Meeting

Date: Oct 8, 2005

No Marxes Allowed wrote:

All departments and colleges are not the same and shouldn't be viewed with the same perspective. If you want socialism go to Russia. We live in a meritocratic society.

Although the paper didn't mention it, Professor Scarborough went on to show how SFT protected the science people, but neglected some international known scholars in other areas who left USM. He pointed out how leading programs in English and History were decimated. He related this to SFT placing higher value on money and grants than scholarship.

In my opinion Dr. Scarborough is correct. It is only because Mississippi is so poor that money has more influence than scholarship. Most people don't realize that just because someone can get paid for contractual services does not mean they are doing scholarship. Apparently at USM money = research.

"No Marxes Allowed" needs to consider if you want a University or a factory. The factory may help you in the short term, but you will never recover the money you wasted for the university educations your citizens never received.

P.S. I don't equate vocational training with a university education.

Date: Oct 8, 2005

No Marxes Allowed wrote:

All departments and colleges are not the same and shouldn't be viewed with the same perspective. If you want socialism go to Russia. We live in a meritocratic society.

We live in a meritocratic society? You wish. The powerbrokers in Mississippi, and USM especially, love blind loyalty, cronyism, shakedowns, and nepotism. Just like Muscovites.

Date: Oct 8, 2005

"We live in a meritocratic society."

Not at USM.

Date: Oct 8, 2005

Go Bill. wrote:

"We live in a meritocratic society."

In Mississippi!--you've been smoking too much meth. This state puts the "C" in cronyism. And forget it if you're not white. You just **** out of luck then! Dumbass crackers! rot in your poverty.

Date: Oct 8, 2005

Just 'ssippi, cause there's nothing to miss wrote:

Go Bill. wrote:
"We live in a meritocratic society."

In Mississippi!--you've been smoking too much meth. This state puts the "C" in cronyism. And forget it if you're not white. You just **** out of luck then! Dumbass crackers! rot in your poverty.

1. You have obviously never lived in Louisiana

2. Or New Jersey

3. Crackers come from Florida and/or Georgia. We have "rednecks"

4. And thanks for your compassion, particularly to the poor and the dumb

Snarkily yours,

L.O.L.

Date: Oct 9, 2005

LeftASAP wrote:

Although the paper didn't mention it, Professor Scarborough went on to show how SFT protected the science people, but neglected some international known scholars in other areas who left USM. He pointed out how leading programs in English and History were decimated. He related this to SFT placing higher value on money and grants than scholarship.
In my opinion Dr. Scarborough is correct. It is only because Mississippi is so poor that money has more influence than scholarship. Most people don't realize that just because someone can get paid for contractual services does not mean they are doing scholarship. Apparently at USM money = research.

This is all true. If you are USM faculty member, and your research is good enough to be published in the top journals in your field . . . and you're in CoAL, you're not going to be getting raises and promotions under the Thames regime. But if you bring in grant money, even if you don't publish anything (i. e., no genuine research results from the money), you will. Heck, if you're in CoAL and you're an internationally renowned scholar, chances are really good that either Shelby or Pood will actually try to fire you.

Date: Oct 9, 2005

Let's see, the most blaring gaffes of Pood include Stevenson, hiding under the desk with Glamser and Stringer, and an oafish attempt at bulleying Noel Polk. Pood is one of the reasons we lost all four of them.