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 campaign to have the new dormitory on campus named for Miss McCarty. As one of the first acts of his new presidency, Dr. Thames spoke at the dedication of the building. He pronounced her first name "Oleosa" and her last name "McCarthy". But that was before he hired Lisa Mader to speak for him

Posted by: ram on March 29, 2004 12:54 PM