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sanitizing the website < routine (daily) practice by iTech officials at USM of removing exaggerations and untruths from various parts of USM’s official homepage, especially after feeling the heat of geocities.org/fireshelby and other watchdogs.

Saucier, Gene < 1. former State Representative (MS) and upper-level administrator at USM during the McCain and Lucas administrations; 2. author of important column in the 5/16/2004 Hattiesburg American indicating that he was responsible for much of Shelby Thames’ hierarchical advancement at USM and that he regrets his assistance in that regard today; 3. his column also indicated that USM administrators and deans gave Aubrey Lucas a 14-to-1 "no confidence" vote on Shelby Thames, then a VP at USM, in the late 1970s/early 1980s, but Lucas failed to act on it; 4. said Thames lacks the abilities necessary to lead a university, and those who made him president will ultimately regret doing so; 5. also responded to HA column written by Carl Nicholson pointing out half-truths listed by Nicholson to bolster Thames’ reputation.

Scallan, Melissa < news reporter for The Sun Herald who covers stories related to USM turmoil.

Scarborough, William < 1. Professor of History at USM; 2. esteemed scholar and product of a national job search some time ago; 3. word has it that he can get your hands on a Friends List if you want one; 4. astute critic of Thames administration from the beginning: "It’s obvious that the people who had the most influence in [the selection of Shelby Thames as USM President] were the car dealers, the lawyers and the athletics supporters..."; 5. for examples of the types of individuals Scarborough spoke about in this April 2002 quote, see Krandall Howell, Paul "Bud" Holmes, and Billy Hewes (see also Thames Underworld).

Schilling, Ryan < 1. USM alumnus who was removed from Reed Green Coliseum by USM police officers for participating in a calm, orderly protest of the Thames administration during a USM mens basketball game; 2. USM alumnus who protested Thames in the Greenhouse, and has since become a community icon.

school uniforms < 1. khaki-colored button-downs worn by all iTech employees during work hours at USM; 2. cheaper t-shirt versions are also being worn now by Physical Plant employees, stating their name, rank and serial number; 3. new uniform policy initiated by Shelby Thames for certain staff/support agencies within the university, all to make him feel more like king of the world (see Napoleon complex).

Sencenbaugh, Adam < 1. former columnist of The Student Printz (under the editorship of Robbie Ward), and current anti-Thames fighter; 2. anti-Thames poster on geocities.com/fireshelby, who has pasted several older editorials from The Student Printz onto the message board; 3. authored well-articulated letter to The Sun Herald on 5/16/2004 about the crises at USM.

17 days < 1. length of time it took Ken Malone to answer William Powell’s question: does Angeline Dvorak hold a tenure track position at USM? (see also 14-0); 2. question was posed by Powell on March 22 (2004) and answered (via e-mail) by Malone (with a "no sir-ree-bob") on April 7 (2004).

Sex with Secretary Equals Misuse of USM Property < ubiquitous sign at anti-Thames rallies on campus.

Shanteau-Newton, Virginia < 1. IHL Board member from the Gulf Coast; 2. the only board member with a USM degree (currently); 3. the only board member to vote against Thames on both rounds of voting (see Ricki Garrett), and still the only one to consistently oppose Thames; 4. Nostradamus-like vision regarding USM crises: "I feared this would happen . . . this is what I feared...."; 5. in the aftermath of the Glamser-Stringer settlement, she said she remaining "deeply disturbed" about USM’s turmoils.

Shearer, Kenneth B. < 1. past president of the USM Alumni Association (1970-1971) and team manager for the 1958 USM football squad; 2. believes in Thames authority; 3. wrote letter to The Hattiesburg American (4/26/04) stating that Shelby Thames follows legal and ethical standards, though USM faculty have often encumbered the institution by abusing tenure; 4. believes USM faculty to be a bunch of whiners.

Shelby’s the boss < 1. argument made by pro-Thames individuals that rests on the belief that "the boss may not always be right, but he’s always the boss" (quote from L. Paul Bradford, Sr. on 5/9/04); 2. good example of this argument comes from L. Paul Bradford’s letter to The Sun-Herald (see Shelby’s classmates) stating "Dr. Shelby Thames is to be commended for his recent disciplinary actions of professors, and for the outstanding job he is doing running Southern Mississippi .... [message to USM professors]: ‘Dr. Thames is the boss. Quiet down and do as instructed’" (see also a day’s work for a day’s pay, they’re just jealous of Shelby’s accomplishments and those liberal college profs); 3. term synonymous with Thames authority.

Shelby’s classmates < all the graduates of the "USM Class of 195_-1960" (i.e., old classmates of Thames) who write, likely at the insistence/urging of Shelby Thames himself, inflammatory letters to newspaper editors espousing the a day’s work for a day’s pay argument, the Shelby’s the boss argument, or the those liberal college profs argument (or all 3). Examples include L. Paul Bradford, Sr., Billy Hewes, Conrad Kleinpeter and Kenneth B. Shearer [guest Glossary entry by googler]

Shelby in the Schoolhouse Door < 1. reference to Shelby Thames’ quote, "I cannot in good conscience return these two individuals [Frank Glamser and Gary Stringer] to the classroom," made by Thames after reviewing students’ suggestions (from the first-ever Tuesdays against Thames meeting, the Tuesday after the firings), along with Provost Tim Hudson’s support, to allow the two fired professors to finish their teaching duties for Spring semester 2004; 2. Shelby Thames’ refusal to let Frank Glamser continue teaching and shaping the minds of his almost 200 students; 3. yet another example of a Southern figure standing in the schoolhouse door, barring students (this time about 200 of them) from getting the education they are entitled to as taxpayers/U.S. citizens; 4. to amend and borrow from former Alabama Governor George Wallace’s line: "‘Not in good conscience’ today, ‘not in good conscience’ tomorrow, ‘not in good conscience’ forever" (imagine being said by Shelby Thames, with a strong Southern accent); 5. yet another defeat for academic integrity that Provost Tim Hudson didn’t see fit to resign over.

Shelby’s incredulity < 1. on May 27, 2004, The Hattiesburg American published the following quote made by Shelby Thames (at a President’s Council meeting) regarding continuing e-mail surveillance at USM: "I think I made a statement last week to this group that e-mails are not being monitored. Are you telling me people don’t believe that?"; 2. reportedly, the response to his question was a chorus of "Oh, yeah." 3. The Hattiesburg American reported that Thames was surprised about the distrust in his administration. You would think that the existence of more than 2 weblogs — with about 100,000 total visits in the past two months — devoted to his ouster would have tipped him off to the level of distrust sometime before this particular PC meeting. Maybe that’s asking too much.

Shelby’s Sovereignty Commission < current occupants of the Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building that engage in e-mail surveillance and maintain enemies lists. [guest Glossary entry by Faculty Senate]

Shelby Thames University < a Carnegie 23Z-YVR4-subsectionXIV "practical arts" institution.

Shelbyjugend < see Hub SGA (see also my most prized possession).

Siltanen, Susan < 1. Assistant Provost at USM; 2. committed the unthinkable — human error — during her service to the Thames administration when she misreported USM enrollment figures, leading to Shelby Thames’ false claim (see The Student Printz) that USM had surpassed Mississippi State as the state’s largest university; 3. mis/overcounted USM’s Fall 2003 enrollment by 674 students (see phantom students); 4. if you don’t believe the miscount theory, the Thames administration asks that you buy the theory that Siltanen, acting as a maverick, "broken arrow" USM administrator, took it upon herself to knowingly misreport USM enrollment figures (Roy Klumb and Carl Nicholson apparently bought one, or both, of these theories); 5. Siltanen relieved by Thames from enrollment reporting responsibilities on solid grounds.

Slay, Lisa < see Lisa Mader.

solid grounds < 1. the standard of evidence/proof employed by the Thames administration in its investigations; 2. a standard of evidence/proof more sound than "beyond any reasonable doubt"; 3. this standard is met if, and only if, a risk manager and a group of unnamed "outside attorneys" review a packet of evidence from an investigation conducted by someone with a conflict of interest (e.g., that same risk manager, who is a good friend of the person he is asked to investigate) and decide that a punishment is indeed necessary. This standard is also most likely to be met when unnamed sources voluntarily provide useful information that indicates that the alleged transgression "was worse than anyone ever imagined."

Southern Diversified Products, LLC < 1. Mississippi MURA Company, located on Hardy Street across from Lake Byron on the USM campus; 2. employs USM polymer science students to mix American Pride Paint for the Shelby Thames Research Group.

Spigener, Sarah < 1. former Vice President of the Hub SGA; 2. refused to criticize Angeline Dvorak’s credentials even after discovering she and the rest of the Hub SGA had been misled by Dvorak (see Chad Cornett); 3. maintains now that Dvorak has done too much good for USM students to question her credentials (see Van Hook Golf Course for example of the good things Dvorak has done for students).

Spring Commencement 2004 < marked by many small protests, including faculty/students wearing Impeach Thames stickers on their caps, a no quarter banner displayed at the end by departing Professor Wilson-Kimber (see babbs’ list), and several instances where students refused to shake Shelby Thames’ hand, including one between Thames and Rachel Quinlivan wherein she told him she couldn’t show him that kind of respect after the way he had treated so many so badly over the past several months. At USMGC, things became confused when bad weather exposed some of Ken Malone’s shortcomings — apparently no contingency plans were made, and parents/graduates were sent scrambling around by the rain.

St. John, Robert < 1. chef at the Purple Parrott/Crescent City Grill in Hattiesburg; 2. pro-Thames chef in Hattiesburg, who is said to have attended the Honor House Rally; 3. doesn’t seem to understand that his establishments got screwed by Shelby Thames’ and Ken Malone’s Downtown Lunch Express (see 2 Trolleys) plan that had the 2 USM trolleys exit campus and head east on Hardy Street to the many fine downtown restaurants (i.e., in the opposite direction of St. John’s eateries).

staff don’t eat < reference to a policy from the Thames administration mandating that all departmental offices remain open during lunch (see efficiency), leaving overworked (and underpaid) secretarial staff scrambling for time/opportunity to get lunch (they had previously been allowed to close during the lunch hour).

Stevie Wonder-like vision < The Hattiesburg American’s sports columnist Vann Arnold’s take on the Thames administration’s judgement/astuteness to close Van Hook Golf Course when he (Arnold) thought it could have easily been saved for the Hattiesburg community (see also Sarah Spigener).

Stringer, Gary < 1. Moorman Professor of English at USM, fired without due process; 2. product of a national job search decades ago; 3. world-renown scholar, the Donne Variorum, etc; 4. has(d) tenure, but not Thames job insurance; 5. USM faculty and Faculty Senate both overwhelmingly voted that they would rather have Gary Stringer as a colleague than Shelby Thames (statement attributed to Noel Polk); 6. accepted position of Professor of English at Texas A&M University in June of 2004.

Strossen, Nadine < 1. national president of the ACLU; 2. spoke at anti-Thames rally on the Bennett Auditorium lawn on April 6, 2004.

The Student Printz < 1. USM’s official student newspaper; 2. newspaper whose scathing editorials on the corruption at USM that led Thames to conclude that we aren’t properly educating our journalism students any more; 3. broken more Thames-scandal stories than Hattiesburg American, including the USM enrollment scandal.

students’ right to privacy < entry on page 77 of the USM Student Handbook (2003-2004) stating that the "University [USM] will not police students’ private lives on or off campus nor violate their privacy rights in any way" (see e-mail perverts). [guest Glossary entry by wary undergrad]

Sulentic, Margaret Mary < 1. former assistant professor in CISE; 2. well-qualified, product of a national job search; 3. professional threat to Dana Thames; 4. quietly left USM after mistreatment at hands of department chair, but not before putting into action: "type in ‘c: format’ then press ‘Enter’".

The Sun Herald < 1. the Biloxi-Gulfport area news authority; 2. middle-of-the pack coverage.

Swan, Randy < 1. WDAM-TV news anchor; 2. conducted interview with Shelby Thames where Thames debuted the phrase well-oiled machine; 3. submitted affidavit to Reuben Anderson indicating Lisa Mader submitted documents to his office containing an un-redacted Social Security Number for Angeline Dvorak, thus seriously damaging Shelby Thames’ case against Frank Glamser and Gary Stringer.