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(December 23, 2010) BHAG? A Guest Editorial by Victoria Tyler USM faculty senate president Anita Davis opened the 3-Dec-2010 faculty senate meeting by stating, and I paraphrase throughout, that there are disparities with values that are commonly held by USM faculty.

(December 23, 2010) 31st & Pearl More than 4 Million Served The tally on the front page of usmnews.net says more than 4,390,000 hits. That's right, more than 4 million served. On March 1, 2010, usmnews.net was reporting more than 3,003,000 hits. In barely ten months, the count has increased by more than a 1,387,000 hits.

(January 25, 2011) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 25-Jan-2011 Thomas Defeats Hudson, Others for Top WIU Post Western Illinois University provost, Jack Thomas, has become that institution’s 11th president, beating out former USM provost Tim Hudson, who is currently employed in the University of Houston System’s main office.

(January 25, 2011) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 25-Jan-2011 Thomas Defeats Hudson, Others for Top WIU Post Western Illinois University provost, Jack Thomas, has become that institution’s 11th president, beating out former USM provost Tim Hudson, who is currently employed in the University of Houston System’s main office.

(February 21, 2011) Is USM Turning to Speed Traps to Augment its Budget? LOCAL NEWSPAPER PAINTS COMPELLING PICTURE Edward Kemp’s 21-Feb-2011 report for The Hattiesburg American entitled “USM traffic tickets up” paints a picture of a university that appears to be turning to speed traps and moving violations citations in order to augment its sagging budget.

(February 11, 2011) Shared Governance ... Comment from reader of Shared Govenance Is a Myth hill210 - February 08, 2011 at 05:31 pm I could identify with many aspects of this article. I used to think that Shared Governance and Academic Freedom were myths, like the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus...but I've actually seen a lot more evidence of the existence of the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus... Shared Governance is a Myth, Chronicle of Higher Education, February 6, 2011.