On another thread, two posters indicate having heard from a state senator who suggested that contacting the committees assigned to oversee state colleges and universities may be helpful.  Below are the members and their addresses; the addresses can be copied-and-pasted as blocks into a single email.  In addition to writing to the House and Senate members en masse, it may also be good to target these two committees in particular.

House Committee on Universities and Colleges

Charles L. Young, Chairman

Jack Gadd, Vice-Chairman

Noal Akins

Jim C. Barnett

Charles Jim Beckett

Cecil Brown

Kelvin Buck

Virginia Carter Carlton

Gary Chism

Lee Jarrell Davis

Steven A. Horne

Roger Ishee

Mike Lott

Sam C. Mims

Pat Montgomery

Margaret Rogers

Ferr Smith

Greg Snowden

Rufus Straughter

Phillip West

May Whittington

cyoung@mail.house.state.ms.u s, jgadd@mail.house.state.ms.us< /A>, nakins@mail.house.state.ms.u s, jbarnett@mail.house.state. ms.us, cbeckett@mail.house.state. ms.us, cbrown@mail.house.state.ms.u s, kbuck@mail.house.state.ms.us< /A>, vcarlton@mail.house.state. ms.us, gchism@mail.house.state.ms.u s,  ldavis@mail.house.state.ms.u s, shorne@mail.house.state.ms.u s, rishee@mail.house.state.ms.u s, mlott@mail.house.state.ms.us< /A>, smims@mail.house.state.ms.us< /A>, pmontgomery@mail.house. state.ms.us, mrogers@mail.house.state.ms .us, fsmith@mail.house.state.ms.u s, gsnowden@mail.house.state. ms.us, rstraughter@mail.house. state.ms.us,  pwest@mail.house.state.ms.us< /A>, mwhittington@mail.hous e.state.ms.us

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Senate Committee on Universities and Colleges

Alice Harden, Chairman

Gary Jackson, Vice-Chairman

Robert P. Chamberlin

Mike Chaney

Hillman Terome Frazier

Tommy A. Gollott

Tom King

Nolan Mettetal

J. Ed Morgan

Stacey E. Pickering

Gray Tollison

Johnnie E. Walls, Jr.

J. P. Wilemon, Jr.

aharden@mail.senate.state. ms.us, gjackson@mail.senate.stat e.ms.us, rchamberlin@mail.senat e.state.ms.us, mchaney@mail.senate.state. ms.us, hfrazier@mail.senate.stat e.ms.us, tgollott@mail.senate.stat e.ms.us, tking@mail.senate.state.ms.u s, nmettetal@mail.senate.st ate.ms.us, jmorgan@mail.senate.state. ms.us, spickering@mail.senate. state.ms.us, gtollison@mail.senate.st ate.ms.us, jwalls@mail.senate.state.ms .us, jwilemon@mail.senate.stat e.ms.us

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Bump.

(Also, is there any way for anyone to remove the HTML code from the first set of addresses.  I'm not sure why it's in there or how to remove it.  Thanks!)

Below is the list of email addresses of the Alumni Board members, harvested from their website and packaged conveniently so that it is possible to copy-and-paste the addresses en masse and send all the members a single email message.

By the way, if you look at the list of names and addresses, some interesting facts emerge.  Two of the members are apparently employed by the Godwin Group, a firm which has been mentioned previously on this board.  One of the members is Billy Hewes, another name that has turned up on this board. 

Incidentally, I couldn't resist including the name (at the very end) of the person who is the ex-officio chairman of the board.

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(eugene.owens@wmcarey.edu, rkelly@southernco.com, dmitchell@godwin.com, edwardl@netdoor.com, morgan.mccarty@upbna.com, Bob.Pierce@usm.edu, TreyBobinger@bellsouth.net, kim@msgop.org, Edjhubtown@aol.com, mratliff@jhrlaw.net, Rrobinson@sandersonfarms.com& lt; /A>, Donpams@earthlink.com, dra@cableone.net, mayor@clintonms.org, cally@netdoor.com, tgibbens@lamarhq.com, sholifield@peavey.com, lvanslyke@watkinsludlam.com, bryant.wallace@waynedqh.com, wdenton@mail.godwin.com, A055726@allstate.com, cheber7@entergy.com, hewesb@nationwide.com, scottleslie@prodigy.net, montague@megagate.com, waddle83@ayrix.net, tim.ryan@usm.edu, richard.giannini@usm.edu, bobbydews@dewsfoundry.com, margieheltzel@hotmail.com, Shelby.Thames@usm.edu)

As an outsider observer who is watching this case very closely, I have to say that it HAS been frustrating (as some on the board have already pointed out) to see how little DETAILED coverage the story has been receiving in the Mississippi press.  However, since this is a story with definite regional and national (and even international) implications, you may want to try to involve the press beyond Mississippi.  A quick google search turned up the links below, which in turn lead to many other links, including (in one case) lists of actual journalists who specialize in investigative reporting.  It may be worth it for everyone to begin regularly passing on info about the USM crisis to some of these people.  I know that I plan to start doing so and have in fact already started.

Good luck!  I admire the courage and determination of the regular contributors to this site.

CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: http://www.muckraker.org/

CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: http://www.public-i.org/defa ult.aspx

EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION: http://www.ewa.org/

FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: http://www.fij.org/

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK: http://www.globalin vestigativejournalism.org/

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS: http://www.publicintegrity.o rg/icij/

INTERNATIONAL DIECTORY OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS:
http://bolles.ire.org/dij/

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS: http://www.ire.org/