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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 this kind of controversy." The College Board has become involved and selected Reuben Anderson, a former state Supreme Court justice to preside over a hearing on April 28 into the suspensions Stringer and Glamser. The professors agreed to an open hearing this week. Nevertheless, Chain said he wants the board to keep a closer eye on USM. "I support the College Board conducting a serious review of a total lack of support for the faculty and (Thames) lack of support for the students," Chain said. "I wonder if there is any possibility of success here now. I think the College Board has a duty to immediately get into it." "

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yep -- word is definitely going out from the disenchanted powerful . . . . there was an interesting article in the Independent on the Trent Lott Center funding . . .  Chain is the head of the fundraising unit for the Center . . .  the groundbreaking was supposed to be in 2003 . . .