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Date: Jun 4, 2004

HA Letter

Date: Jun 4, 2004

This is a great letter, which I'll be passing on to the IHL; thanks for sharing it!

Date: Jun 4, 2004

I agree - it is an excellent letter and correct in every regard. It is so good to see people speaking the truth.

Date: Jun 4, 2004

Go, Gene Saucier! He sums it all up very succintly. He is my new hero.

Date: Jun 4, 2004

I hereby nominate this letter for placement on the front page of the AAUP site.

Date: Jun 4, 2004

It's not just that Mr. Saucier's letter is so good, as it is, but also that's it's from him, and will carry extra clout. Do you think he could be related to the Judge's RM?

Date: Jun 4, 2004

I, too believe that this letter should go to the AAUP-USM home page. What a terrific response to Nicholson.

Date: Jun 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Newgirl
"Hattiesburg American Column filled with half-truths LETTERS Carl Nicholson's recent column ("Great things are happening at Southern Miss," May 30), plays with the truth. USM was not "featured" in U.S. News & World Report, but was the subject of a paid ad. Excellence in teaching and research awards are not a first under USM President Shelby Thames; they have been awarded for years. Projects and programs begun under previous administrations - the international center, increases in externally generated dollars - are coming to fruition or continuing to pay off while several of Thames' much touted projects - the Gulf Coast Tourism Center and moving the Art Department downtown - are either pie in the sky or would cause unnecessary problems. Under Thames' leadership the nationally recognized School of Nursing has had to limit enrollment and may lose accreditation of its graduate program. His claim that USM is the largest university in the state was proven bogus. He is squandering the opportunity to have the first national center for economic development by his foot-dragging. A record number of faculty have left, the majority of those remaining are demoralized, and trust in his administration is gone. Half-truths, like foul balls, don't count. Gene D. Saucier, Hattiesburg "

You know, this letter got a large number of kudos but did anyone notice that the BIG LIE was still being perpetuated even by one of the "good guys"?

Run a search on national centers for economic development.

Date: Sep 8, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Newgirl
"Hattiesburg American Column filled with half-truths LETTERS Carl Nicholson's recent column ("Great things are happening at Southern Miss," May 30), plays with the truth. USM was not "featured" in U.S. News & World Report, but was the subject of a paid ad. Excellence in teaching and research awards are not a first under USM President Shelby Thames; they have been awarded for years. Projects and programs begun under previous administrations - the international center, increases in externally generated dollars - are coming to fruition or continuing to pay off while several of Thames' much touted projects - the Gulf Coast Tourism Center and moving the Art Department downtown - are either pie in the sky or would cause unnecessary problems. Under Thames' leadership the nationally recognized School of Nursing has had to limit enrollment and may lose accreditation of its graduate program. His claim that USM is the largest university in the state was proven bogus. He is squandering the opportunity to have the first national center for economic development by his foot-dragging. A record number of faculty have left, the majority of those remaining are demoralized, and trust in his administration is gone. Half-truths, like foul balls, don't count. Gene D. Saucier, Hattiesburg "

Kick

My emphasis.