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Burge, Cecil named Vice President for Research and Development at USM in June of 2004, thus taking over the duties of Angeline Dvorak.

daily rumor mill #_ daily postings of USM crises rumors from gurunuburg.

daily rumor mill operatives stealth characters who gather juicy tidbits for gurunuburg (list includes ntsft, gorod, domer, crusader, ladysader, artsy, envelope, grapevine, compaq, insider, to name a few).

geocities.com/seemore004 Internet host site for the SeeMore newspapers about USM crises.

gurunuburg poster on the message board at aaup-usm.org who offers readers the daily rumor mill #_, filled with juicy tales about goings-on at USM.

Mr. Wonderful anonymous poster on message board at aaup-usm.org who conducts a daily Quote Du Jour Award, an award given to the "sharpest" quote of the day from the message board (Mr. is aided in the selection process by his "Selection Committee").

Parrish, Paul A. 1. Chair of the Department of English at Texas A&M University; 2. said to be thrilled to bring Gary Stringer to his department at Texas A&M — "I’ve known Gary for a long time and so do many of my colleagues. We know the kind of person he is a we’re delighted" (HA 6/15/2004).

President’s Update web posting at usm.edu/president/ of Shelby Thames’ "information letters" to the USM community, a practice borne out of an idea he had at a meeting of the President’s Council.

SeeMore cyberspace ghost who maintains a website that "hosts" a satirical newspaper that focuses solely upon the crises/problems at USM under Shelby Thames (located at geocities.com/seemore004).

Tiger Hawk 20-25 year old logo of the University of Iowa athletics program that was possibly (allegedly) "ripped off" by USM with the adoption of its new logo in 2003 (HA 6/25/2004).

USM Research Foundation 1. research agency at USM that began in 1998 under Horace Fleming, and, as of June 2004, is headed by new president Angeline Dvorak; 2. research agency at USM that counts expenses that occurred elsewhere as its own assets (e.g., its ‘assets’ grew from $10,000 to $39,000,000 from 2002 to 2004).