I just read the latest USM Mailout.  I am pasting in some of that email.  I found it strange that there is so much advertising going on using the university system.  Perhaps it is just me, but this seems a bit inappropriate in the use of university facilities.  I want to point out that I do not find the information objectionable.

HHDA GENERAL MEETING. The HHDA monthly meeting will be held at 7:30 a.m.
Thursday, May 27 at the Hattiesburg Cultural Center, 723 Main Street. Randy
Meador of Neel-Schaffer Engineers and Planning will present
the Wayfinding/Parking Study Report. Please make every effort to attend this
meeting to hear this report.

HHDA PHOTO DRIVE. The second annual photo drive is set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 25 at Robinson Studio at 117 East Front Street. The HHDA Design
Committee is soliciting photos, slides or negatives to be scanned into a
computer. The originals will be returned to the owners while they wait. Upon
request, the owners' images will be placed on a disk to takehome. HHDA is
using submitted photos to establish a photo archive to assist in the
restoration of historic downtown buildings. Previouslysubmitted photos will
be displayed, and refreshments will be served.  Call Sarah Marshall at
544-1970 for information.

ARTS CALENDAR ITEMS. The new edition of the arts calendar will be published in
July, covering arts events from July 1 through December 31,2004. Please submit
any arts events that will be presented in the downtown area during this period
to HHDA at 583-4329, lintondowntown@megagate.com or P.O. Box 150,
Hattiesburg, MS 39403-0150.

KEY INGREDIENTS: AMERICA BY FOOD. This traveling Smithsonian exhibition will
open Thursday, May 27 at The Library, 329 Hardy Street. The opening day will
include a number of events, including the Key Ingredients Symposium. Starting
at 10:30 a.m. in the Hattiesburg Cultural Center at 723 Main Street,
Robert St.John, Wyatt Waters, John T. Edge and Kathy Starr will speak. The
symposium also includes Sunday Lunch at Grandmother's House for $20 perperson.
Reservations should be made at 582-4461 by May 20. The ribbon cutting for the
exhibition is at 6 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. keynote lecture by Rick Bragg,
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author of "All Over But the Shoutin". A
reception will follow the lecture. The exhibit will run through June 25.

WEIGHT WATCHERS CLASS. A new Weight Watchers class will begin at 11:30a.m.
Tuesday, June 1 at Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center, 220 WestFront Street.
After the first meeting, the class will meet on Mondays. The fee is $110 up
front for a 10-week session. The fee can be paid in one payment of$110, two
payments of $55 or three payments of $36.67. The second and thirdincrements can
be postdated, but all checks must be turned in on thefirst day of class.

SAENGER CLASSICS. Saenger Theater Classics continue Thursday, June 3 with
"Revenge of the Pink Panther."  The coming attraction is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 20 "SCasablanca" (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman,
Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet, and winner of three Academy
Awards including best picture! Shows begin at 8 p.m., and tickets are $5. For
more information, call the Saenger Theater box office at 584-4888 or visit
www.hattiesburgsaenger.com.

A LITTLE DINNER MUSIC. Enjoy music with your dinner at 206 Front from
6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday evenings. Thomas (Tiger) Rogers, a saxophonesoloist,
plays a wide range of music from classical to jazz in thedining room.  On
Saturday evenings, Franklin Adams plays classicalguitar.  Featured on Tuesdays
in the lounge starting at 9:30 p.m. is 206 Singer/Songwriter - the artist on
May 25 is Audible Stream.