ARTICLES CONCERNING
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES AND THOUGHTS
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(October 9, 2009) Tourism Management Certificates – Get 'Em While They're Hot! According to Charmaine Williams
Schmermund's 8-Oct-09 presser entitled "Southern Miss Tourism Management Presents Certificates to IP Casino
Industry Professionals," CoB TM faculty "recognized [on 29-Sept-09] 18 IP Casino Resort Spa employees for their
contributions in the university's Partnering with Professionals program." Through the PwP, CoB students reportedly
gain firsthand knowledge from industry experts in a classroom setting and from various field trips. CoB professor and
chair of TM Catherine Price told Schmermund that the students are getting knowledge in a way that stays with the
students forever.
(October 20, 2009) CoB News, 20 October 2009 EPSIDIA? During a recent USM Faculty Senate meeting, USM provost
Robert Lyman told faculty senators that the four USM economists who will remain on board the institution after 2009-10
will possibly be joining the department of political science in the CoAL. In reality, there is no such thing as a
“department of political science.”
(October 23, 2009) Dear Dr. Dahlen, I saw your advertisement in the Hattiesburg American and was directed to your
anger management website at USM. Here’s a challenge for you: intervention to ameliorate an angry out of control mob
of administrators and faculty (I recommend you consult a sociologist like Professor Westhues—an expert on mobbing).
(October 24, 2009) Joining the News Media usmnews.net is proud of the variety and population of our daily audience. In
addition to our regular news reports and editorials, we provide reports about our readership. Some visitors leave
footprints, some leave identification, some leave no information at all. Among our visitors are news organizations that
visit regularly
(October 27, 2009) Problems in the Accounting Profession Please read a letter from Jimmy Allen, CPA, which is
provided below. It describes a significant problem the CPA profession has with regard to its integrity. I wonder what the
CPAs at USM’s School of Accountancy and Information Systems think of Mr. Allen’s letter and information.
(November 2, 2009) 31st & Pearl Been That Long? The recent reprinting (on 2-Nov-09) of some older USMNEWS reports
about the so-called "Black Tuesday" in the EFIB reminded CoBers and other readers of USMNEWS.net that the website
has been around for quite some time. The aforementioned report was dated Sept-06, making it more than three years
old. The website is, in fact, much older than that. The first reports rolled off the presses back in the winter/spring of
2006, earlier that same year.
