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(November 11, 2010) 31st & Pearl The Ghosts of Christmas Present If you’ve been keeping track of all of the nonsense occurring almost daily at USM, you probably can’t help but think that the campus is caught in the grip of some type of inaction specter.

(November 14, 2010) . . . breaking news . . ‘Saunders a Broken Record . . . Miles Made Things Worse’ HATTIESBURG – Speaking about USM at an 11-Nov-2010 luncheon with the Pine Belt Young Professionals (PBYP), USM president Martha Saunders said that “everything is up but the budget.”

(November 15, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . Three USM Football Players Shot at Nightclub HATTIESBURG – According to numerous media outlets, three USM football players were shot outside of Remington’s Hunt Club at about 1:20 a.m. on 14-Nov-2010. The three players have been identified as Martez Smith, a 22-year-old senior, Deddrick Jones, a 23-year-old junior, and Tim Green, a 21-year-old junior.

(November 18, 2010) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 18-Nov-2010 Giannini Dissembles in Interview with The Student PrintzNot only do USMNEWS.net sources believe that USM president Martha Saunders was disingenuous with a reporter for The Student Printz regarding its story on the $35,000 raise awarded to USM football coach Larry Fedora (pictured below), they also tell USMNEWS.net that Saunders’ director of athletics, Richard Giannini, also dissembled when it came to clarifying for TSP issues surrounding the same $35,000 raise.

(November 24, 2010) Sign Here If a Fedora Donation would be Classy, How about a Willis One? The $35,000 raise received this year by USM head football coach Larry Fedora has generated a firestorm on the USM campus (and beyond). The most recent chapter in the stormy story is the challenge put to Fedora at the 5-Nov-2010 faculty senate meeting, wherein “Senator A” argued that Fedora should donate the entire $35,000 raise to USM’s Centennial Scholarship Fund (CSF).

(November 29, 2010) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 29-Nov-2010 USM Student Slams Giannini Graduate student Justin Dunfee is the latest in a parade of USM students to publicly criticize the USM administration. The counseling psychology student from Texas penned a letter to The Student Printz on 22-Nov-2010, blasting USM athletics director Richard Giannini over the decision to provide a $35,000 raise to USM head football coach Larry Fedora. Calling Giannini a “blatant hypocrite,” Dunfee suggests that Giannini “. . . should start kissing more private donors’ asses to help offset the athletic fees students pay” as part of their tuition each year.