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(April 28, 2010) Help a Dean Out USMNEWS.net Readers Respond with List of Names to Teach Economics in CoAL Since running Saved by Departures, a number of USMNEWS.net readers have responded with names of USM faculty, inside the CoB and out, who are qualified to teach economics courses for CoAL dean Denise von Herrmann. Readers will recall that von Herrmann told The Hattiesburg American’s higher education reporter Ed Kemp that she did not think there were any faculty around who could cover the courses being vacated by former USM economists Deniz Gevrek and Sami Dakhlia

(April 28, 2010) The von Herrmann Solution The recent USMNEWS.net report Saved by Departures includes some quotes from soon-to-be-former CoB economist Sami Dakhlia. These quotes, concerning the future prospects of USM’s economics program in the College of Arts & Letters, come originally from Dakhlia’s interview with Ed Kemp, higher education reporter for The Hattiesburg American. One of these is – “Asking three faculty to do the work of 12 is to program a degree for failure.”

(May 4, 2010) GH Chatter If the whispers around the Southern Miss campus are correct, the new version of an economics area in Arts and Letters is going to last a very short period of time. Half of those intended to move across the street this summer have departed. Positions offered to some of the “retirees” (read: malcontents forced out) have been refused. While some of the “retiree” group surely can retire, others cannot, so it is not far-fetched to assume they know or are strongly suspicious of the future here for economists.

(May 7, 2010) Dear usmnews: The elimination of economics is a despicable event that has destroyed the best department at the University of Southern Mississippi.

(May 6, 2010) Is CoAL-ECO Coming Apart at the Seams? Comments from von Herrmann and McBride Indicate as Much Samantha Schott’s 4-May-10 report for The Student Printz entitled “The university must hire two new economics professors” reveals some of the details of difficulties being faced by CoAL dean Denise von Herrmann in keeping the fledgling CoAL-ECO program together.

(May 11, 2010) CoB News 11 May 2010 The ECO Payroll Trough, 2004-10-The journey taken by the ECO payroll (salary only) since 2003 has been astounding. The chart below shows the ECO payroll at four different points – 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

(May 24, 2010) MISSISSIPPI JUNIOR COLLEGES SHOW THE WAY An Approach to Budget Cutting that Senior Institutions can Use Higher education reporter Ed Kemp indirectly provided USM’s faculty senate with the kinds of information it needs to combat “draconian” approaches to budget cutting chosen by the USM central administration.

(June 7, 2010) lastweek w/ usmnews.net 7-June-2010-Transcript Moderator: It’s now June and many USM faculty and staff are beginning to get anxious about the long-awaited budget cuts. Should they be . . . Duane?