Fire Shelby Thames

webster

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...

babbs

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...

webster

Stay tuned for these new entries coming soon: bad karma Class of 2003 Honor House rally staff don't eat USM millionaires and many more. . . .

webster

T 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...

webster

M 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...

webster

E 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...

foot soldier

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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...

webster

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...

wary undergrad

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.

webster

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...

webster

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

Thanks in advance. FS

Fire Shelby · tomcat

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...

webster

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...

webster

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...

webster

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

babbs

Where did Johan Yssel go this past December? He posted on the board that he left USM but didn't say where he went.

webster

T 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...

webster

M 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...

webster

E 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...

webster

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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...

tvscene

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)? It was classic...

babbs

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...

Missi

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.....

Fire Shelby · Outside Observer

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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...

tomcat

Aubrey Lucas' daughter is building a house out in Canebrake.

Angeline

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...

Media

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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. ****************** I...

GULF PARK IN SHAMBLES

usmin longbeach administration is in shambles! thanks to thames and his robot malon working on the coast.

Angeline

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 h...

truth4usm

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...

webster

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...

bean

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040409/localnews/202796.html

Invictus

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...

truth4usm

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...

USM Sympathizer

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...

Robert Evans

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...

webster

Look for these entries in the near future... Dvorak Variorum "Dvorak's incredulity" missing Chinese science lab techs Scarborough, William school uniforms

webster

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...

Angeline

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...

babbs

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...

take it back

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/5478.html

webster

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...

truth4usm

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...

Fire Shelby · USM Sympathizer

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.

agrieved

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...

Fire Shelby · educator

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...

truth4usm

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7459529....

onlooker

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...

Fire Shelby · USM Sympathizer

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

http://wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=1768596&nav=6DJHM79O

USM Sympathizer

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...

webster

Terms to look for over the next few days...... Dvorak Variorum Garrett, Rikki 1981 Scarborough, William .... and many more

webster

T 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...

webster

M 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...

webster

E 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...

webster

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...

webster

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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...

Concerned

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?

curious

So, what went down?

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040407/localn...

hanratty

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.

USM Sympathizer

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...

bean

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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?

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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 ************* Editor, Student Printz: In an April 6 edi...

Flash Gordon

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...

babbs

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...

Fire Shelby · USM Sympathizer

. . . 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...

query

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...

webster

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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...

We'llSee

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...

tvscene

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...

observer

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...

elliott

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...

wary undergrad

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

Has anyone heard that she is closely related to Carl Nicholson? Possibly his niece? Inquiring minds want to know.

hanratty

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.

truth4usm

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040406/localnews/182479.html

MBAgal

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...

SC

"Shelby 3:05" says I just fired your @ss!

thenextstateover

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...

babbs

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...

truth4usm

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

Q Quinlivan, Rachel < 1. currently the editor of The Student Printz; 2. carrying on Robbie Ward’s legacy in search of the truth. R Ramsey, Marshall < 1. Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist appearing in The Clarion Ledger; 2. spoofs thee Thames administration by depicting Sh...

webster

E 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...

Fire Shelby · JustAsking

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...

Fire Shelby · Fire Shelby

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. :...

MBAgal

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.."

fire shelby

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...

webster

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...

Wonder

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

Mediahound

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?

USM Sympathizer

. . . 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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	Glossary: A thru D (Preview) 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...	webster	1	411	Apr 11, 2004 by former-staffer
	departures list, 4/9/04 (Preview) 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...	babbs	16	727	Apr 11, 2004 by foot soldier
	Glossary trailers.... (Preview) Stay tuned for these new entries coming soon: bad karma Class of 2003 Honor House rally staff don't eat USM millionaires and many more. . . .	webster	0	368	Apr 11, 2004 by webster
	Glossary: T thru Z (Preview) T 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...	webster	0	340	Apr 11, 2004 by webster
	Glossary: M thru S (Preview) M 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...	webster	0	331	Apr 11, 2004 by webster
	Glossary: E thru L (Preview) E 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...	webster	0	381	Apr 11, 2004 by webster
	Dvorak anecdotes (Preview) 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...	foot soldier	11	1031	Apr 11, 2004 by educator
	Comments and anecdote (Preview) 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...	Fire Shelby	4	728	Apr 10, 2004 by Anonymous
	Easter basket goodies: lots of new Glossary items (Preview) 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...	webster	2	760	Apr 10, 2004 by lddad
	USM lawsuits (Preview) 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.	wary undergrad	0	476	Apr 10, 2004 by wary undergrad
	small changes to 3 of today's new entries (Preview) 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...	webster	0	413	Apr 10, 2004 by webster
	two new entries to Glossary (Preview) 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...	webster	0	396	Apr 10, 2004 by webster
	Can someone email me the faculty senate email addy (Preview) Thanks in advance. FS	Fire Shelby	6	634	Apr 10, 2004 by usmstudent
	funny story about Thames (Preview) 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...	tomcat	1	535	Apr 10, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Saturday morning Glossary update: A-Z (Preview) 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...	webster	1	378	Apr 10, 2004 by webster
	Nightly Glossary update: A-Z (Preview) 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...	webster	4	509	Apr 10, 2004 by webster
	Preview of Upcoming Glossary entries (Preview) 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	webster	1	413	Apr 10, 2004 by foot soldier
	need help from someone in MassComm & Journalism (Preview) Where did Johan Yssel go this past December? He posted on the board that he left USM but didn't say where he went.	babbs	10	659	Apr 10, 2004 by Johan Yssel
	Glossary Entries: T thru Z (Preview) T 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...	webster	0	404	Apr 9, 2004 by webster
	Glossary Entries: M thru S (Preview) M 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...	webster	0	416	Apr 9, 2004 by webster
	Glossary Entries: E thru L (Preview) E 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...	webster	0	360	Apr 9, 2004 by webster
	Glossary Entries: A thru D (Preview) 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...	webster	0	501	Apr 9, 2004 by webster
	Bad Strategery--Thames on "Oleosa McCarthy" (Preview) 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...	Fire Shelby	3	783	Apr 9, 2004 by former printz editor
	question for everyone re Thames' press conference (Preview) 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)? It was classic...	tvscene	2	572	Apr 9, 2004 by Googler
	USM departures for 4/8/04 (Preview) 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...	babbs	11	824	Apr 9, 2004 by Let Freedom Ring
	National PR (Preview) 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.....	Missi	0	416	Apr 9, 2004 by Missi
	"Merit" Raises (Preview) 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...	Outside Observer	17	981	Apr 9, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	There is wisdom in these words... (Preview) 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...	Fire Shelby	1	473	Apr 9, 2004 by present professor
	just heard this about Lucas' daughter (Preview) Aubrey Lucas' daughter is building a house out in Canebrake.	tomcat	10	932	Apr 9, 2004 by Greedy
	One of Dvorak's "major" publications (Preview) 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...	Angeline	9	842	Apr 9, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	How to Get the Media Involved (Preview) 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...	Media	45	1828	Apr 9, 2004 by Greedy
	Gotta love this guy... (Preview) 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. ****************** I...	Fire Shelby	0	432	Apr 9, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	GULF PARK IN SHAMBLES (Preview) usmin longbeach administration is in shambles! thanks to thames and his robot malon working on the coast.	GULF PARK IN SHAMBLES	16	1115	Apr 9, 2004 by truth4usm
	Dvorak and developing the cv (Preview) 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 h...	Angeline	1	579	Apr 9, 2004 by truth4usm
	Just too good not to share.... (Preview) 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...	truth4usm	0	458	Apr 9, 2004 by truth4usm
	new Glossary entries: A-Z (Preview) 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...	webster	0	406	Apr 9, 2004 by webster
	MORE SPIN (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040409/localnews/202796.html	bean	1	562	Apr 9, 2004 by truth4usm
	Does anybody know? (Preview) 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...	Invictus	3	643	Apr 9, 2004 by DCeagle
	"Positive Indicators" article in today (Preview) 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...	truth4usm	2	481	Apr 9, 2004 by educator
	Grad students being discouraged from attending USM (Preview) 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...	USM Sympathizer	5	552	Apr 9, 2004 by take it back
	USM Students will suffer most from current crisis (Preview) 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...	Robert Evans	1	429	Apr 8, 2004 by usmstudent
	Future Glossary entries... (Preview) Look for these entries in the near future... Dvorak Variorum "Dvorak's incredulity" missing Chinese science lab techs Scarborough, William school uniforms	webster	0	393	Apr 8, 2004 by webster
	new Glossary terms: A-Z (Preview) 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...	webster	0	402	Apr 8, 2004 by webster
	One of Dvorak's "major" publications (Preview) 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...	Angeline	1	427	Apr 8, 2004 by wary undergrad
	USM departures for 4/7/04 (Preview) 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...	babbs	6	649	Apr 8, 2004 by babbs
	Shelby's Crony Heads ADP (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/5478.html	take it back	11	951	Apr 8, 2004 by Present Professor
	Thurs. afternoon surpise: Some New GLOSSARY stuff (Preview) 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...	webster	2	506	Apr 8, 2004 by Old Librarian
	Hattiesburg American dropped the ball (Preview) 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...	truth4usm	10	842	Apr 8, 2004 by foot soldier
	Whatever happened to the poll? (Preview) 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.	USM Sympathizer	2	413	Apr 8, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Thames dictatorship flows downward to GCRL (Preview) 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...	agrieved	3	617	Apr 8, 2004 by Rob ert Campbell
	Write Matt Hinton (Preview) 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...	educator	1	580	Apr 8, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Articles on Prof. Terry Kinney (Preview) http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7459529....	truth4usm	0	509	Apr 8, 2004 by truth4usm
	USM Central Administration slime: A story (Preview) 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...	onlooker	7	715	Apr 8, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	Response to Gulfport City Council (Preview) 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...	USM Sympathizer	2	612	Apr 8, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Glamser and Stringer will agree to open hearing! (Preview) http://wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=1768596&nav=6DJHM79O	Fire Shelby	12	888	Apr 8, 2004 by truth4usm
	USM to Offer Anger Management Clinic (Preview) 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...	USM Sympathizer	0	756	Apr 8, 2004 by USM Sympathizer
	preview of upcoming Glossary terms (Preview) Terms to look for over the next few days...... Dvorak Variorum Garrett, Rikki 1981 Scarborough, William .... and many more	webster	2	702	Apr 8, 2004 by malapropism
	updated Glossary: T thru Z (Preview) T 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...	webster	0	419	Apr 7, 2004 by webster
	updated Glossary: M thru S (Preview) M 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...	webster	1	514	Apr 7, 2004 by webster
	updated Glossary: E thru L (Preview) E 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...	webster	0	443	Apr 7, 2004 by webster
	updated Glossary: A thru D (Preview) 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...	webster	0	614	Apr 7, 2004 by webster
	Today's new glossary entries: A-Z (Preview) 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...	webster	2	503	Apr 7, 2004 by educator
	Looking like Joe Paul is getting affairs in order (Preview) 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...	Fire Shelby	28	6578	Apr 7, 2004 by lddad
	New President (Preview) 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?	Concerned	15	1176	Apr 7, 2004 by Bestpractices
	Report on Protest (Preview) So, what went down?	curious	15	1106	Apr 7, 2004 by Katie
	For those of you who speculated that Angie would.. (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040407/localn...	Fire Shelby	3	663	Apr 7, 2004 by lddad
	janet braswell on the dole (Preview) 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.	hanratty	0	486	Apr 7, 2004 by hanratty
	Can anyone explain: why closed hearings? (Preview) 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...	USM Sympathizer	20	946	Apr 7, 2004 by USM Sympathizer
	enrollment up? (Preview) 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...	bean	10	663	Apr 7, 2004 by Invictus
	Any truth to the Hudson rumor? (Preview) 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?	Fire Shelby	4	784	Apr 7, 2004 by Robert Campbell
	My response to the Student Printz editorial today (Preview) 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 ************* Editor, Student Printz: In an April 6 edi...	Fire Shelby	12	1304	Apr 7, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Nursing Program Problems (Preview) 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...	Flash Gordon	2	458	Apr 7, 2004 by Topplethetop
	USM departures for 4/6/2004 (Preview) 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...	babbs	1	503	Apr 7, 2004 by Angeline
	Oh, come ON! Does anyone really believe ... (Preview) . . . 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...	USM Sympathizer	1	524	Apr 6, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Who is REALLY scared of the facts (Preview) 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...	query	2	540	Apr 6, 2004 by student
	New GLOSSARY terms (A-Z) (Preview) 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...	webster	1	557	Apr 6, 2004 by Andy
	Here's a suggestion for CSUSM (Preview) 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...	Fire Shelby	8	638	Apr 6, 2004 by Hellgirl
	A Protest Idea (Preview) 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...	We'llSee	2	620	Apr 6, 2004 by educator
	"No national search" seems prevalent... (Preview) 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...	tvscene	3	555	Apr 6, 2004 by someone
	Van Hook Golf Course died today...... (Preview) 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...	observer	3	570	Apr 6, 2004 by someone
	some thoughts on the hearings (Preview) 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...	elliott	17	857	Apr 6, 2004 by Flash Gordon
	Let the games begin. . . again (Preview) 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...	wary undergrad	28	1176	Apr 6, 2004 by concerned
	Question about Lisa Mader (Preview) Has anyone heard that she is closely related to Carl Nicholson? Possibly his niece? Inquiring minds want to know.	Fire Shelby	0	674	Apr 5, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Breaking News on Dean Doty!!!! (Preview) 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.	hanratty	11	939	Apr 6, 2004 by Outside Observer
	Current spin on enrollment (Preview) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040406/localnews/182479.html	truth4usm	5	922	Apr 6, 2004 by Mediahound
	More feeding at the trough by Dana Thames... (Preview) 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...	MBAgal	2	646	Apr 6, 2004 by educator
	"Shelby 3:05" (Preview) "Shelby 3:05" says I just fired your @ss!	SC	1	562	Apr 6, 2004 by stillstanding
	Exit 13 all over again (Preview) 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...	thenextstateover	12	853	Apr 6, 2004 by manova
	list of USM departures for 4/5/04 (Preview) 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...	babbs	8	629	Apr 6, 2004 by Anonymous
	Crisis in Criminal Justice Dept. (Preview) 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...	truth4usm	2	474	Apr 6, 2004 by truth4usm
	Thames Crisis Glossary update --- Q thru Z (Preview) Q Quinlivan, Rachel < 1. currently the editor of The Student Printz; 2. carrying on Robbie Ward’s legacy in search of the truth. R Ramsey, Marshall < 1. Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist appearing in The Clarion Ledger; 2. spoofs thee Thames administration by depicting Sh...	Fire Shelby	1	575	Apr 6, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	Thames Crisis Glossary update --- E thru J (Preview) E 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...	webster	4	566	Apr 6, 2004 by Wonder
	Albertson Building (Preview) 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...	JustAsking	10	911	Apr 6, 2004 by Fire Shelby
	USM NURSES: Read This: (Preview) 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. :...	Fire Shelby	4	692	Apr 6, 2004 by truth4usm
	Story about Don Cabana is true!!!! (Preview) 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.."	MBAgal	10	901	Apr 6, 2004 by truth4usm
	We can't lose steam now (Dr. Glamser post inside!) (Preview) 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...	fire shelby	13	1190	Apr 6, 2004 by wary undergrad
	Thames Crisis Glossary Update ---- A thru D (Preview) 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...	webster	1	519	Apr 6, 2004 by Ray
	Liberty and Power Blog (Preview) 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	Wonder	1	437	Apr 6, 2004 by wary undergrad
	Cooley in Trouble with Accreditation? (Preview) 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?	Mediahound	1	536	Apr 6, 2004 by Wonder
	Now might be the time . . . (Preview) . . . 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...	USM Sympathizer	3	547	Apr 6, 2004 by wary undergrad
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