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 crisis in a March 2004 issue ("Move to Fire 2 Professors Roils Campus in Mississippi"); 3. outed the fact that Shelby Thames’ only basis for accusing USM history professor Doug Chambers of cancelling classes was fabricated information (i.e., solid grounds) given to him by his girl Lisa Slay Mader.

The Chronicle of Higher Education < 1. the serial for academics worldwide; 2. recently ran a large photo of a picture of Shelby Thames wearing a Nazi uniform; 3. serial’s reporter Thomas Bartlett wrote a lengthy description of USM crisis in a March 2004 issue ("Move to Fire 2 Professors Roils Campus in Mississippi").

Exit 13 < 1981 book by Monte Piliawsky detailing corruption at USM during the William McCain era.

Konz, Antoinette < 1. reporter for The Hattiesburg American; 2. probes a little bit deeper into USM crisis stories than her cohort Janet Braswell.

Loftus, Jared < 1. former Hub SGA President; 2. Hub SGA president during the Thames administration and the subsequent crises that this administration became embroiled in (e.g., the Glamser-Stringer firings, etc., etc., etc.); 3. spent last weeks of term in office handling the ecoutrements for the Rahzel/Train concert in Reed Green Coliseum.

Maute, Nikki Davis < 1. reporter for The Hattiesburg American; 2. probes a little bit deeper into USM crisis stories than her cohort Janet Braswell.

Nazi uniform < brown shirt uniform with swastika worn in by USM President Shelby Thames in a picture that was photographed and published in a recent issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Piliawsky, Monte < author of the 1981 book, Exit 13.

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

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