bad karma < 1. A distinctively bad aura, atmosphere or feeling; 2. what follows members of the Thames regime anywhere and everywhere they go.

open hearing < 1. the Glamser-Stringer appeal hearings on April 28-29, 2004 are to be open, as defined by Reuben Anderson, which means the public and media can attend, with the media allowed to videotape and photograph the proceedings under Mississippi Supreme Court guidelines (see The Hattiesburg American website’s PM update 4/12/04); 2. USM President Shelby Thames wanted his definition of open to prevail, which meant a real-time Internet feed of the transcripts going to USM’s website along with a live video feed aired on cable access (t.v.) channel 11, a P.A. announcer introducing the principals, scantily clad "ringside" girls holding large placards announcing bathroom and meal breaks, and box seating for Krandall Howell and Billy Hewes, with complimentary beer/boiled peanuts.

Weathers, Jon Mark < 1. Hattiesburg-area District Attorney; 2. questioned Shelby Thames’ assertion that Frank Glamser and Gary Stringer may have committed criminal acts given that Thames had not contacted his office with the information; 3. stated that he saw no reason why the D.A.’s office couldn’t conduct a criminal investigation, if warranted, alongside an ongoing personnel action between USM and the IHL Board (never heard from Shelby Thames).