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(December 6, 2010) SAUNDERS ADMINISTRATION SILENT ON CAMPUS BEATING USM Freshman Recuperating at Jackson Home Almost 48 hours into the latest troublesome issue at USM – the on-campus beating of USM freshman Stuart Ramsey – and the Martha Saunders administration remains silent about Ramsey’s condition, the status of the investigation, and/or the general safety of students on the Hattiesburg campus, among other things.

(December 7, 2010) USM Vice President Speaks About Campus Beating Joe Paul Breaks Silence of USM Administration According to a 7-Dec-2010 story for The Hattiesburg American entitled “Father: Assault victim on the mend,” the USM freshman who allegedly suffered an on-campus beating at the hands of several members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity on the evening of 4-Dec-2010 is “shaken up,” but “healing” some 60 hours after the incident.

(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.

(December 8, 2010) The Top 10 CoB Stories of 2010 By Duane Cobb Each year at about this time I provide USMNEWS.net my top ten news items involving USM’s business school for the year. This is Part 1 in that countdown for the top CoB stories of 2010.

(December 9, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . Arrest in On-Campus Beating; Fraternity Shelved HATTIESBURG – The USM police department made an arrest on 8-Dec-2010 of a suspected assailant in the recent campus beating of USM freshman Stuart Ramsey. USM senior Chase LaGarde (pictured below), a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, turned himself in after learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest in the 4-Dec-2010 assault of Ramsey, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

(December 10, 2010) It’s Official – USM is Out of Control! A GUEST EDITORIAL The recent on-campus beating saga involving Stuart Ramsey (the victim) and members of USM’s Sigma Chi Epsilon fraternity has been akin to something ripped from Law & Order, whose own scripts are ripped from real headlines.