How are colleagues on the Coast faring - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Dec 17, 2005

How are colleagues on the Coast faring

Date: Dec 17, 2005

querty--good questions. problem is many of the people on the coast don't have internet access. it's a certain myopia those of us in hattiesburg have. when the academic and graduate councils met to discuss how to "fast track" online courses that might help coast students, the few coast faculty at the meeting said they didn't expect such courses would be proposed right away because of the lack of internet access. i can't think of a one that was proposed in the fall semester. may be a few more in the spring, but we'll see.

Date: Dec 18, 2005

How many of our GC colleagues are serving up here in Hattiesburg? Do they get equitable time to take care of their destroyed homes? Has any faculty from Hattiesburg been going down to help out the efforts by teaching Coast classes in this time of need? Will all GC faculty get to return to their home area next semster?

Date: Dec 18, 2005

God sent Mississippi a message when He struck the Coast Counties down. Keesler AFB was surrounded by tattoo parlors, adult video and smut stores, and bars. The casino industry preyed upon the very segment of society whose plight in life the Godless liberals around here wail about, yet when election day comes these same liberals vote for casino gambling.

Build it back and it will be destroyed again. Good people will lose their homes and businesses again so that Mississippi can feed on the hedonistic nature of people. No self-respecting individual would allow his or her child to attend Mississippi Southern anyway, with all the alternative lifestyles and rabid athiesm that permeate the campus.

Date: Dec 18, 2005

The Right Reverend wrote:

God sent Mississippi a message when He struck the Coast Counties down. Keesler AFB was surrounded by tattoo parlors, adult video and smut stores, and bars. The casino industry preyed upon the very segment of society whose plight in life the Godless liberals around here wail about, yet when election day comes these same liberals vote for casino gambling. Build it back and it will be destroyed again. Good people will lose their homes and businesses again so that Mississippi can feed on the hedonistic nature of people. No self-respecting individual would allow his or her child to attend Mississippi Southern anyway, with all the alternative lifestyles and rabid athiesm that permeate the campus.

It must be a boring afternoon, the trolls are out on more than one thread.

Date: Dec 18, 2005

The Right Reverend wrote:

Build it back and it will be destroyed again.

Regardless of the rest of this trollish rant, this much is true. Considering geography & climatology, it's a sure thing. I take hurricanes as a message from God, too: that nothing humans build is permanent.

<OBLIGATORY DYLAN QUOTE>
You hear a lot about God these days: God the beneficient; God, the all-great; God the Almighty; God the most powerful; God the giver of life; God the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary. So people better be able to deal with that, too.
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Date: Dec 18, 2005

Yes, Ghost of Christmas, we are going down to the coast to teach classes. In fact, many HB faculty teach down there on a regular basis. This semester we are tailoring our class meeting times and assignments to the needs and capabilities of our students. Internet access for many is difficult, and some have irregular job hours. We are doing our best to see that those students are able to complete the required work this semester, and are making the same arrangements for next semester. Those at the coast will have unusual needs for quite some time to come.