Hattiesburg Area Association of Realtors® < 1. trade association/board for Greater Hattiesburg-area licensed realty agents/brokers; 2. trade association/board for the large group of individuals who are making a small fortune on the real estate transactions of the hundreds of USM faculty that have fled the Thames administration at USM since 2002 (see also babbs’ list).

Hill, Ken < 1. VP of Business Development, Java Werks Coffee Company (Hattiesburg); 2. authored letter to The Hattiesburg American (5/17/04) pointing out to readers that his company was dissed by Shelby Thames time-after-time when attempting to get a license to sell gourmet coffee on the USM campus. Despite his best efforts, and his Eagle Club Membership and public support of the USM Symphony, Hill’s local company was passed over in favor of a national chain, all in the name of efficiency and economic development.

President’s Council < 1. name given to the President’s University Council at its second meeting on 5/17/2004; 2. name suggested by PC member Shelby Thames because of fun being poked at the initials "P-U-C" of the original name for the Council (sounds like "puke").

rumor < 1. unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth; 2. hearsay; 3. most common language found on campus at USM since the Spring of 2002; 4. standard of evidence used by Shelby Thames to charge USM history professor Doug Chambers with cancelling his classes to allow his students to attend the dome press conference (evidence was passed on to Thames by Lisa Mader).