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USM Crisis GLOSSARY
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AAUP < 1. American Association of University Professors; 2. not a faculty union (collective bargaining is not an option in Mississippi).
Abbenyi, Abbenyi < well-known editorial cartoonist at The Student Printz, made famous by spoofing the Thames administrat...
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departures list, 4/9/04
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Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (State of Mississippi)
Tyrone Black, Professor of Economics (retirement)
Raylawni Branch, Instructor of Nursing (retirement)
Don Cabana, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (S...
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Glossary trailers....
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Stay tuned for these new entries coming soon:
bad karma
Class of 2003
Honor House rally
staff don't eat
USM millionaires
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Taylor, Gene < 1. U.S. Representative from Mississippi; 2. goaded Thames into announcing that USM would take over operation of the Gulfport V.A. Hospital, even though Thames did not have IHL Board permission to accept such a responsibility.
tenure < 1. special employment status gran...
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Mader, Lisa < 1. android spokesperson, tows the company line; 2. got 14.4% raise this February for doing such a good job at it; 3. product of a Thames job search.
Mader, Lisa Slay < see Lisa Mader.
Mader math < 1. malleable mathematical operations used to more effectively flack for th...
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Glossary: E thru L
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economic development < 1. Shelby Thames’ idea that all that USM is really good for is to serve the Pine Belt as a fiscal stimulus package (not as a center of higher learning); 2. made part of the university’s mission by current administration — one of the four corners (pillars) of the school’s ex...
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Dvorak anecdotes
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In another thread, present professor wrote:
We teach and research not to enrich ourselves (though that would be nice) but to transform the lives of those whose contributions (we hope) will enrich society economically, culturally, socially, spiritually. I don't need to be bought with the pro...
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Comments and anecdote
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I had a lower-level administrative position, and a couple of years ago was promoted to a management position – with no raise. Went from working in the corner in the back to being responsible for the whole office (four to six employees.) With no raise. Decided to tough it out...
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Easter basket goodies: lots of new Glossary items
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campus sign regulatons < 1. rules/policies governing placement of signs on campus property; 2. rules somehow now under the purview of Lisa Slay Mader and the USM Public Relations staff; 3. a living, breathing document that disallows anti-Thames placards placed by the hardworking CSUSM, but p...
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USM lawsuits
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Does anyone know exactly how many lawsuits that USM is involved in since ST took office? I know about Whiting and Kinney, but I have also found where the IHL board approved payment for various lawfirms on other litigations involving USM. 
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accepted students vs. student acceptances < 1. on 4/8/04, The Hattiesburg American published a statement from Joe Paul indicating that there is a 9% increase in students accepted by USM for this Fall (2004) compared to last Fall (2003). That figure represents an increase of 222 students accept...
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accepted students vs. student acceptances < 1. on 4/8/04, The Hattiesburg American published a statement from Joe Paul indicating that there is a 9% increase in students accepted by USM for this Fall (2004) compared to last Fall (2003). That figure represents an increase of 222 students accept...
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Can someone email me the faculty senate email addy
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funny story about Thames
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I heard that one of the 9 deans Shelby fired in the reorganization was at a dinner party with his wife. It was looking at the time like Shelby might have to ask this particular dean to come back in his old capacity (external pressures, etc.). One of the party attendees asked the man and he sai...
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Saturday morning Glossary update: A-Z
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Darth Mader < 1. one of Lisa Mader’s more popular nicknames (circulating around USM community); nickname for Thames spokesperson Lisa Slay Mader, referencing the evil-doer Darth Vader in the Star Wars movie sequence.
efficiency < 1. the quality or product of being efficient, which is ac...
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Nightly Glossary update: A-Z
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Dvorak’s incredulity < 1. on 3/16/2004, The Hattiesburg American published the following quote made by Angeline Dvorak regarding inclusion on her vita of the line tenured Associate Professor of English at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY: "Never in my wildest dreams would I have tho...
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Preview of Upcoming Glossary entries
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Here are some of the new entries you'll see soon...
The Class of 2003
Darth Mader
Lee, J. Charles
Thames Regime playing cards
WUSM

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need help from someone in MassComm & Journalism
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Where did Johan Yssel go this past December? He posted on the board that he left USM but didn't say where he went.
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Taylor, Gene < 1. U.S. Representative from Mississippi; 2. goaded Thames into announcing that USM would take over operation of the Gulfport V.A. Hospital, even though Thames did not have IHL Board permission to accept such a responsibility.
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Glossary Entries: M thru S
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Mader, Lisa < 1. android spokesperson, tows the company line; 2. got 14.4% raise this February for doing such a good job at it; 3. product of a Thames job search.
Mader, Lisa Slay < see Lisa Mader.
Mader math < 1. malleable mathematical operations used to more effectively flack for th...
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Glossary Entries: E thru L
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economic development < 1. Shelby Thames’ idea that all that USM is really good for is to serve the Pine Belt as a fiscal stimulus package (not as a center of higher learning); 2. made part of the university’s mission by current administration — one of the four corners (pillars) of the school’s ex...
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Glossary Entries: A thru D
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USM Crisis GLOSSARY
A
AAUP < 1. American Association of University Professors; 2. not a faculty union (collective bargaining is not an option in Mississippi).
Abbenyi, Abbenyi < well-known editorial cartoonist at The Student Printz, made famous by spoofing the Thames administrat...
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Bad Strategery--Thames on "Oleosa McCarthy"
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As you may know, in 1995, a retired, black washer-woman named Oseola McCarty left a portion of her life savings to Southern Miss. The resulting publicity was a windfall for the university, worth much more than the actual donation from McCarty. After her death, a group of students began a successful c...
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question for everyone re Thames' press conference
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If you listened to Thames' press conference (the now infamous one where he accused Chambers of cancelling class) on WUSM radio, did you notice at the end that Lisa Mader whispered to Shelby "Thanks Dr. Thames," in a sultry voice, not realizing the mic was hot (i.e., still a live feed)?
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USM departures for 4/8/04
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Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (State of Mississippi)
Tyrone Black, Professor of Economics (retirement)
Raylawni Branch, Instructor of Nursing (retirement)
Don Cabana, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (S...
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National PR
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http://scott.littlemeanfish.com/blog/index.html
This site is another that shows the nationwide reach of this debacle. This man explains that it is nationally known to professors on the job hunt that USM is not a great place to be right now. Just thought I would add yet another blog to the list.....
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"Merit" Raises
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I recall some discussion of the midyear raises at USM...the suggestion was made that the criterion for a raise was more blind loyal support of the president, than merit. It would seem that it would be relatively easy to compare some of the people who got raises to colleagues within the same depa...
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There is wisdom in these words...
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Former state College Board member and longtime USM donor Bobby Chain called the majority faculty vote of no confidence "breathtaking" and wondered why the board had not intervened earlier before matters worsened at Southern Miss.
"I'm seriously worried about it," Chain said. "I've never seen...
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Apr 9, 2004
by present professor
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just heard this about Lucas' daughter
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Aubrey Lucas' daughter is building a house out in Canebrake.
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One of Dvorak's "major" publications
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Piecing It: The Mother-Quilter as Artist and Historian in Teresa Palma Acosta's "My Mother Pieced Quilts"
Angeline Godwin Dvorak
The quilt as a historical art form clearly provides a history of its individual creator, usually a woman, but more importantly, the specific details of each qui...
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How to Get the Media Involved
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Everyone,
I've been working very hard on getting national media attention and the fact is both academia and a regional mississippi university mean exactly nothing to them.
There is only one way, however, and we must all get moving on this: here is the hook--
Do public universities have an fina...
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Gotta love this guy...
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Dennis Pauley, a University of Southern Mississippi alumnus, carries a sign during a demonstration protesting the suspension of faculty members Frank Glamser and Gary Stringer in front of the Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building on the school campus on Tuesday.
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GULF PARK IN SHAMBLES
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usmin longbeach administration is in shambles! thanks to thames and his robot malon working on the coast.
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Dvorak and developing the cv
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Dvorak gave this paper in 1998 at A High Schools That Work Summer Institute - kinda foreboding knowing what we know now:
"The Curriculum Vitae Developed Through Education, Business, and Government Partnerships" Dr. Angeline Dvorak and Team Members, Ashland Community College, Ashland, KY
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Just too good not to share....
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Just found this on the USM International Development website and had to share...
International Development is the process by which nations and organizations work together to improve the quality of life globally through political, economic, and social change --or more to the point “Why do some...
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new Glossary entries: A-Z
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Donne Variorum < (see variorum) 1. multi-volume edition of the poetry of John Donne. It is a collaborative work drawing on the labors of over 30 scholars from the United States and abroad. Organized in 1980, the project has enjoyed support from the National Endowment of the Humanities since 1986...
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MORE SPIN
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040409/localnews/202796.html
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Does anybody know?
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I have some questions. These are not assertions; these are questions...
(1) What accounting firm handles SFT's and Southern Diversified Products' books? Coopers & Lybrand? Nicholson & Co.?
(2) What does Southern Diversified Products LLC pay per square foot for space in the USM polymer s...
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"Positive Indicators" article in today
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040409/localnews/202796.htmlstudent acceptances and USM's acceptances. I will let you know if I get a response. This misinformatio...
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Grad students being discouraged from attending USM
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Five minutes ago a VERY fine student was in my office asking me for recommendations about grad schools to attend. She would like to stay in the southeast. I had to tell her, honestly, that although I might have recommended USM before I knew of the current mess, today I could not in good cons...
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USM Students will suffer most from current crisis
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Letter to the Editor: Crisis damages USM’s academic reputation
[published in April 8 edition of Student Printz]
As an outside observer who is following the current controversy on your campus from a distance, I am not sure that all USM students truly understand the serious impact this...
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Future Glossary entries...
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Look for these entries in the near future...
Dvorak Variorum
"Dvorak's incredulity"
missing Chinese science lab techs
Scarborough, William
school uniforms

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new Glossary terms: A-Z
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Ad Hoc Committee on Credentials, Hiring and Tenure Processes < 1. an ad hoc committee of USM’s Faculty Senate; 2. released a report near the beginning of April 2004 recommending that Angeline Dvorak no longer participate in recommendations made to USM President Shelby Thames about tenure and p...
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One of Dvorak's "major" publications
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Piecing It: The Mother-Quilter as Artist and Historian in Teresa Palma Acosta's "My Mother Pieced Quilts"
Angeline Godwin Dvorak
The quilt as a historical art form clearly provides a history of its individual creator, usually a woman, but more importantly, the specific details of each qui...
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USM departures for 4/7/04
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Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (State of Mississippi)
Tyrone Black, Professor of Economics (retirement)
Don Cabana, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (Superintendent, Parchman Prison)
Bud Childers, Assoc...
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Shelby's Crony Heads ADP
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/5478.html
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Apr 8, 2004
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Thurs. afternoon surpise: Some New GLOSSARY stuff
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Garrett, Ricki < 1. member of the IHL Board; 2. Seemed to hold sway over the original decision to hire Thames as USM’s president. After the original IHL Board vote on Thames reportedly resulted in a deadlock — rumored to be a result of concerns Garrett and others had about Thames’ past indiscretion...
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Apr 8, 2004
by Old Librarian
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Hattiesburg American dropped the ball
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Where's the "bad reporter" icon?
I can't believe that the Hattiesburg American didn't even show up at the protest yesterday. They just ran the same story that the CL ran??? So, the CL in Jackson could get a reporter there, but not the HA? I'm quickly losing any faith I ever had in t...
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Apr 8, 2004
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Whatever happened to the poll?
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Whatever happened to the poll on closed vs. open hearings? Doesn't the newspaper generally print an article summing up the final results? Has one been printed? As I recall, the pro-prof folks were leading with about 78% of the vote when the poll was taken down.
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Thames dictatorship flows downward to GCRL
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Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Miss. is also part of the Thames-run dictatorship. This institution, which has only 9 or 10 graduate students and 170 employees on the public dole, including tenured professors who could conceivably teach at Hattiesburg, but are exc...
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Write Matt Hinton
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Read what FS says in the response to a request for an interview and FS's correspondence with the Student Printz and SOMEBODY out there respond to it and put your name on it. This is incredible. I'd do it if I could but I simply can't. I'm in far too precarious a situation to do it, but somebody...
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Articles on Prof. Terry Kinney
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7459529....
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USM Central Administration slime: A story
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Today I heard a disturbing story about a high-ranking dome official. It seems a certain professor who retired within the last 3 years went to the dome to see about getting classified as emeritus professor. The retiree, who left the university in very good standing and had a very high qua...
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Response to Gulfport City Council
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Gulfport's City Council made an unwise decision in supporting USM President Shelby Thames. The people who know Thames the best -- the USM faculty -- have resoundingly voted "no confidence" in his administration. Faculty want a good president; Thames has proven repeatedly that the o...
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Glamser and Stringer will agree to open hearing!
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http://wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=1768596&nav=6DJHM79O
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USM to Offer Anger Management Clinic
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from the latest issue of the Student Printz (this is not a joke):
USM clinic offers help to manage anger
By LaShana Sorrell Staff Writer
Everyone gets angry at some point in time.
But for those who experience intense, long-lasting anger that can express itself in a dysfunctional way, seriou...
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preview of upcoming Glossary terms
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Terms to look for over the next few days......
Dvorak Variorum
Garrett, Rikki
1981
Scarborough, William
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by malapropism
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updated Glossary: T thru Z
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Taylor, Gene < 1. U.S. Representative from Mississippi; 2. goaded Thames into announcing that USM would take over operation of the Gulfport V.A. Hospital, even though Thames did not have IHL Board permission to accept such a responsibility.
tenure < 1. special employment status gran...
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updated Glossary: M thru S
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Mader, Lisa < 1. android spokesperson, tows the company line; 2. got 14.4% raise this February for doing such a good job at it; 3. product of a Thames job search.
Mader, Lisa Slay < see Lisa Mader.
Mader math < 1. malleable mathematical operations used to more effectively flack for th...
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updated Glossary: E thru L
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economic development < 1. Shelby Thames’ idea that all that USM is really good for is to serve the Pine Belt as a fiscal stimulus package (not as a center of higher learning); 2. made part of the university’s mission by current administration — one of the four corners (pillars) of the school’s ex...
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updated Glossary: A thru D
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USM Crisis GLOSSARY
A
AAUP < 1. American Association of University Professors; 2. not a faculty union (collective bargaining is not an option in Mississippi).
Abbenyi, Abbenyi < well-known editorial cartoonist at The Student Printz, made famous by spoofing the Thames administrat...
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bootyologist < 1. practitioner/teacher of bootyology, or the "science" of "extra-curricular activities" ["aka" eca]; 2. titled acquired upon reaching a degree of proficiency in "eca" that comes only through extensive, "hands-on" field work in the "discipline."; 3. "pen and company ink" s...
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Looking like Joe Paul is getting affairs in order
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He just resigned from the public school board on which he has served for a decade. Says it has nothing to do with his candidacy at TAMU.
But I can't imagine Paul having a sudden change of heart about his position on the public school board for any other reason than leaving. I can't imagine...
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New President
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Since it's only a matter of time before our current president leaves office, perhaps we should start a thread to nominate those who would be elligible. Any nomimations?
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Report on Protest
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So, what went down?
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For those of you who speculated that Angie would..
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040407/localn...
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janet braswell on the dole
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I just heard from a good source that Janet Braswell is on Shelby's private payroll. I am going to look into it a little further.
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I notice that one of the papers has a brief letter to the editor advocating open hearings, and I notice that one of the papers has editorialized in favor of open hearings. (Open hearings have also been advocated, time and again, by Thames and his supporters) Personally, I support the pos...
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enrollment up?
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In the Hattiesburg American today, Joe Paul and Angie Dvorak claim that freshman enrollment numbers are higher than this time last year. huh! Is this yet another scam of enrollment #'s or do these high school kids not pay attention to the news?
Braswell interviewed a young lady named...
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Any truth to the Hudson rumor?
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Someone posted here that Hudson was either looking at Texas Pan Am or had already visited--that he had applied for provost at TPA.
Has anyone been able to verify this?
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by Robert Campbell
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My response to the Student Printz editorial today
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I don't know if they will print this, since I remain anonymous, but here it is for any of you who read their editorial today entitled "IHL on Target with Appointment." http://www.printz.usm.edu/ourview.html
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Editor, Student Printz:
In an April 6 edi...
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Nursing Program Problems
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I think it is important to note that the faculty vacancies in nursing preceded the most recent crisis precipitated by the firing of two tenured faculty members. The nursing problem is the direct result of the reorganization which took away the College of Nursing's independent status. While the cur...
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USM departures for 4/6/2004
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Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (State of Mississippi)
Tyrone Black, Professor of Economics (retirement)
Don Cabana, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (Superintendent, Parchman Prison)
Bud Childers, Assoc...
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Oh, come ON! Does anyone really believe ...
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. . . SFT's claim that he hasn't read the letter from the Faculty Senate? If he truly hasn't, this reveals him to be incredibly petty and shallow-minded. If he HAS read the letter and is lying, he seems incredibly petty and shallow-minded. Isn't this claim a source of embarrassmen...
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Who is REALLY scared of the facts
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I really think it's the administration who is REALLY scared of the facts, not the other side. I truly feel that this whole "public hearing" thing was a ruse to make the profs "look" like they have something to hide. The adm. was 100% certain that Addleman would not want this public, for a va...
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New GLOSSARY terms (A-Z)
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ACLU < 1. American Civil Liberties Union; 2. monitoring the USM crisis; 3. assisting attorney Mike Adelman in his defense of ousted USM professors Frank Glamser and Gary Stringer.
Bartlett, Thomas < 1. reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education; 2. wrote a lengthy description of USM c...
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Here's a suggestion for CSUSM
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I think that if you organize, elect officers, get a faculty advisor to assist you but not to limit you, you can have a very real case against having your signs torn down and other forms of intimidation you are experiencing.
Now let me state that I don't think it is fair, and I know exactly what you are tal...
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A Protest Idea
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The Student Printz reported today that "USM President Shelby F. Thames and Hattiesburg Provost Tim Hudson have not read the Faculty Senate’s open letter that addressed concerns with the actions of the administration during the past two years" (at http://www.usm.edu/fsenate/open_letter_040...
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"No national search" seems prevalent...
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When Shelby took office, he replaced USM's EEOC Director with a woman who has been nothing but compliant, ignoring everything that is going on in filling these high level positions without national searches. This is one place the Feds will come in. There aren't near as many minorities...
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Van Hook Golf Course died today......
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The final video of a 120-player tournament was shown on WDAM just minutes ago. What a shame --- Ray Carpenter summed it up nicely too.
This idea that some innovation park will SOON be there is a pipe dream. The can't even get the Trent Lott building over the hump. Even Trent and Hal...
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some thoughts on the hearings
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I know some think that having the Supreme Court judge in is a very good turn of events. I think there is some good here, especially for Glamser and Stringer, as well.
My take. Bringing in the AG and his choice, the judge, takes us further and further from the provisions in the USM faculty h...
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Apr 6, 2004
by Flash Gordon
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Let the games begin. . . again
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Just thought that FS readers would like to know that all flyers posted for the rally tomorrow are being ripped down and new signs with the statement that it is illegal for us to post signs are being placed up in our signs' place. Also, earlier today it was reported to us that someone was in LAB taking pictu...
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Question about Lisa Mader
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Has anyone heard that she is closely related to Carl Nicholson? Possibly his niece?
Inquiring minds want to know. 
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Breaking News on Dean Doty!!!!
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Very good sources have indicted that Texas Christian University is in hot pursuit of USM's CBED Dean, Dr. Harold Doty. Their search team has been in constant contact with him in the past several days.
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Apr 6, 2004
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Current spin on enrollment
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040406/localnews/182479.html
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Apr 6, 2004
by Mediahound
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More feeding at the trough by Dana Thames...
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Just flipped through a copy of the USM Update that was in the lobby of my building (faculty/staff newspaper). It seems that Ms. Dana Thames received a Summer 2004 research grant, which I am told, comes with a stipend of about $8,000. The faculty member I spoke with told me that administra...
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"Shelby 3:05"
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"Shelby 3:05" says I just fired your @ss!
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Apr 6, 2004
by stillstanding
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Exit 13 all over again
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Does anyone have a copy of the Monty Pilawsky book? I know some former CISE members have the book, but it's a must read for anyone who wants to see how history repeats itself. Exit 13 stands for the former Hattiesburg highway exit. Pilawsky went to Dartmouth after being at USM but he...
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list of USM departures for 4/5/04
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List keeps growing daily..
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (State of Mississippi)
Tyrone Black, Professor of Economics (retirement)
Don Cabana, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (Superintendent, Parchman P...
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Crisis in Criminal Justice Dept.
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I just checked the USM Criminal Justice Website, which lists 8 faculty members in the department. Now, we know that at least 3 of them are leaving. That is almost 1/2 of the dept! I can't see them hiring 3 CJ professors over the summer, so that's another program down the tubes...
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Thames Crisis Glossary update --- Q thru Z
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Quinlivan, Rachel < 1. currently the editor of The Student Printz; 2. carrying on Robbie Ward’s legacy in search of the truth.
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Ramsey, Marshall < 1. Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist appearing in The Clarion Ledger; 2. spoofs thee Thames administration by depicting Sh...
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Thames Crisis Glossary update --- E thru J
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economic development < 1. Shelby Thames’ idea that all that USM is really good for is to serve the Pine Belt as a fiscal stimulus package (not as a center of higher learning); 2. made part of the university’s mission by current administration — one of the four corners (pillars) of the school’s ex...
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Albertson Building
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Does anybody know the story on what happened to the Albertson building? I heard it was sold to USM at an inflated price to be used as the nursing building, but then I see it is still not converted. Last week I heard that it had been traded for a motel site on Hardy and 49. Does anybody know the inside scoop on a...
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USM NURSES: Read This:
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If any of you are still on the fence, now's the time to take a side Shelby is hurting you--he's hurting all of us, but you are feeling the severity of his maladministration.
We will welcome you at the protest today. We are all hurting, but your department is in crisis mode. :...
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Story about Don Cabana is true!!!!
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The Sun Herald just reported it. He is going to be the new Superintendent at Parchman. They actually have a quote of him saying Parchman is"his first love.."
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We can't lose steam now (Dr. Glamser post inside!)
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It is imperative that we continue our activism. Today's victories are significant--probably more than any of us expected a week ago.
We have to keep on writing. If you wrote a letter to the college board prior to today, please consider writing again. If you haven't written yet, pleas...
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Apr 6, 2004
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Thames Crisis Glossary Update ---- A thru D
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USM Crisis GLOSSARY
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AAUP < 1. American Association of University Professors; 2. not a faculty union (collective bargaining is not an option in Mississippi).
Abbenyi, Abbenyi < well-known editorial cartoonist at The Student Printz, made famous by spoofing the Thames administrat...
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Liberty and Power Blog
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Today they have an entry on the latest developments, with special praise for you folks. Congrats. And congrats on your accomplishments.
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/4489.html
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Apr 6, 2004
by wary undergrad
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Cooley in Trouble with Accreditation?
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Article in today's Chronicle of Higher Education update titled "Law School in Michigan sues American Bar Association over delays in accrediting satellite programs." is purportedly about the Thomas Cooley Law School. Could someone with a password get the link and post it?
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Now might be the time . . .
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. . . to write letters to the Powers That Be (including, for example, the Governor and Attorney General) thanking them for the steps the state has taken so far to ensure a fair hearing for the fired professors. It might be useful in such letters to point out that if the professors ultimately preva...
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Apr 6, 2004
by wary undergrad
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