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(July 26, 2010) Special Report ‘The English House Call’ How One USM English Faculty Sees no Extra in Extracurricular The recent USMNEWS.net report entitled USM 'Sends a Terrible Message' to College Co-Eds lays the groundwork for a multi-part series on the Davida Williams v. USM, Rex Stamper, et al. case that was brought to Forrest County Circuit Court back in 1996.

(July 27, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . Former Hattiesburg Resident to Head BP HATTIESBURG – Former Hattiesburg resident Bob Dudley has been selected by BP to replace embattled company CEO Tony Hayward. Dudley, pictured below, will assume command of the oil giant upon Hayward’s resignation, which takes effect on 1-Oct-2010. Dudley is currently BP’s managing director. According to the Associated Press, Dudley will be based out of BP’s London office.

(July 29, 2010) Two in One? A few reports and editorials here at USMNEWS.net have pointed out the similarities in the backgrounds of current USM president Martha Saunders and former USM vice president Angeline Godwin, who was known during her tenure in the Shelby Thames administration (2002-07) as Angeline Godwin Dvorak or Angeline Dvorak. Both seem adept at “pufferizing” their academic accomplishments, some of which are eerily similar.

(July 29, 2010) The CoB Honors House – A Virtual Tour This report provides USMNEWS.net readers with a bit of information about the new CoB Honors House, an on-campus living/learning environment for a select group of USM business majors. This virtual tour comes to readers via details from the CoBHH’s Facebook page.

(August 1, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . Postlewate Leaving USM HATTIESBURG – The Hattiesburg American’s higher education reporter Ed Kemp informed the Hattiesburg and USM communities on 31-July-2010 that Rusty Postlewate, USM’s physical plant director, has resigned his post effective 31-August-2010. Postlewate, pictured below, has, according to Kemp, served USM in that high-ranking capacity since 2004.

(August 2, 2010) Special Report Testified How Williams Described an Encounter with Stamper Williams’ description of this episode paints a disturbing picture of USM. Put together with all of the other reports and editorials here at USMNEWS.net, readers get a sense of what some describe as a runaway institution. That these and other misguided activities have surrounded USM for so long is more than troubling.

(August 4, 2010) Special Report “Is Kim In?” How Bad Behavior by USM Generates so Many Lawsuits Williams’ description of this episode paints a disturbing picture of USM. That these and other misguided activities have surrounded USM for so long is more than troubling. Moreover, it is because of the way USM behaves that so many former and current USM employees have Kim Chaze’s phone number programmed to speed dial.