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(May 4, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, As a longtime reader and sometime contributor, I would like to offer a new
series that I hope will remind us of the precarious position in which Dr. Saunders and her ever expanding
horde of administrators and public relations types have placed us. As the editor and other writers have
reminded us, tenure, academic freedom and even freedom of speech are threatened.
(May 5, 2011) Who’s on Provost? A GUEST EDITORIAL The ongoing “situation” at the University of Texas at
Tyler gets more bizarre with each passing day. The most recent chapter, the dismissal of Vanessa Curry over
articles critical of the Tyler administration that were published in The Patriot Talon, will not likely be the last.
Tyler President Rodney Mabry seems determined to hang on to the very people causing the problems, from
Dennis Cali to Harold Doty, and all the rest.
(May 9, 2011) Have You Seen These Bad Administrators? Bringing the Genius of The Student Printz to Tyler
During the tumultuous Shelby Thames administration (2002-07) of USM, the student newspaper, The Student
Printz, stood strong in the face of a heavy-handed set of administrators. As a result, much of TSP’s coverage of
that controversial presidency is memorable to so many who fought (1) against the Thames administration, and
(2) for the institution alongside TSP.
(May 9, 2011) The Administrative Roll in Mobbing Usmnews.net continues to publish excerpts from an
excellent article published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Mob Rule: In departmental disputes,
professors can act just like animals, John Gravois, http://chronicle.com, Section: The Faculty, Volume 52, Issue
32, Page A10. It is based, in significant part, on the work of Kenneth Westhues who has made an extensive
study of academic mobbing. The article comments on the administrative roll in mobbing.
