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(November 18, 2010) How much will getting to “the Next Level” in Athletics Cost? A Guest Study Much has been said on this website and in the local media about how much money Southern Miss spends on athletics (about $19 million per year), and how good, or not so good, Southern Miss’s sports teams perform on the fields and courts of competition. This guest study combines the two issues into one by examining the cost per sports victory during (1) the 2008-09 academic year, (2) the 2009-10 academic year, and (3) the 2008-09 and 2009-10 academic years combined.

(November 18, 2010) Time To Review Facts About President Saunders’ Airplane You Paid For Administrators and Politicians Teach Us To Distrust Them It may sound a bit out of the ordinary at first, but administrators and politicians teach us to distrust them. More than likely they don’t want to encourage us to distrust them, but their words and behavior do just that. And odd as it may sound the distrust is not without advantage in our, faculty, students, and taxpayers’ education.

(November 22, 2010) Saunders’ Spin Machine Regular readers of USMNEWS.net, and followers of happenings at USM, are well aware by now that USM president Martha Saunders is an image-shaper, a self-anointed public relations queen.

(December 2, 2010) Retirement Incentives – What Will They Cost? A VIEW FROM THE COB The USM administration’s plan to bridge the FY2012 budget shortfall by offering a retirement incentive program to eligible retirees is projected, by USM chief financial officer Russ Willis, to initially cost the institution about $3 million.

(December 2, 2010) Coiffe over Proff An Editorial by Victoria Tyler It’s quite clear (see montage below) that USM president Martha Saunders’ appearance is important to her. From changing hairstyles to expensive clothing, Saunders is not bashful about keeping herself up-to-date on all things hair and outfits.

(December 6, 2010) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 6-Dec-2010 AAUP-USM’s Frustration Growing
As The Student Printz’s Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Rogers point out, in their 2-Dec-2010 story entitled “AAUP upset with appeals,” the frustration level within AAUP-USM seems to be growing with each passing week.

(December 7, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . Saunders Administration Grows, Yet Again HATTIESBURG – Despite the economic and fiscal challenges facing USM and Mississippi, the Martha Saunders administration continues to grow. It grew yet again this week, as David Tisdale’s 7-Dec-2010 USM presser, entitled “Payne Named Associate Director for External Affairs for Alumni Association,” points out.