I was perusing the school website and decided to look at the admin's site.  I was taken back by Shelby's little paragraph about the president's duties. I may be crazy, but this doesn't seem like a good way to introduce yourself to potential students especially given the terrible press he's been getting.  I looked at OM's site and didn't see anything like this from Khayat (sp?).  The tone is totally SFT and basically there is no point to it other than to send a message to professors and students - I am the all powerful dome gnome.  However, it may have always been on the site.  Read this and please respond:

"Appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), the President of The University of Southern Mississippi is charged with serving as both the chief executive officer and principal educational officer. In general terms, the President is responsible to the Board of Trustees for every facet of institutional operations.

Specifically, the IHL Board delegates to its university presidents administrative control of the universities over which they preside. This includes responsibility for the administration of the divisions and departments of each institution and for keeping its expenditures strictly in harmony with the budget authorized by the IHL Board.

The President also must take the initiative in shaping the University's educational policy and academic standards in cooperation with the State Commissioner of Higher Education. The President has final authority over all employees. The President also is charged with the responsibility of maintaining appropriate standards of student conduct. "