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(October 29, 2009) The Realities of Antonyms Many in administration at Southern Miss like to use similar words when they describe their own actions, and what they have directed others to do for them. Currently popular words include “transparent”, “efficient”, “friendly”, and “fair”. The irony is the reality of performance is the opposite of these. This is true of many in the dome and in the colleges.

(November 2, 2009) GH Chatter Chatter has it that CoB dean Lance Nail is on the bottom of USM president Martha Saunders’ deans list. After losing the entire ECO unit to retirement and CoAL, the CoB’s budget, SCH, etc. have been falling since summer.

(November 4, 2009) CoB News, 4 November 2009 Still No "Word" from Lance CoB dean Lance Nail (pictured below) has been on the job since 1-July-08 and still there is no "Dean's Message" located on the CoB's website. [Editor's note: as of 12-25-10, there is still no Dean's message located on the CoB's website.]

(November 9, 2009) GH Chatter Will Skip Hughes stick around for the long haul? Chatter has it that he may leave with CoB dean Lance Nail when the day comes that Nail gets his second b-school deanship. That would open the door for Mary Anderson, who some suspect would replace Hughes should he leave the CoB.

(November 10, 2009) Devolution One Picture, A Few Words The CoB has changed significantly since 2003, the year that former CoB dean D. Harold Doty took the reins of the organization (until 2007). The Doty years were so disastrous that many hoped the new Lance Nail administration (2008-present) would be solely focused on ushering in brighter days. That was not to be.

(November 11, 2009) Timing is Everything Dr. Lance Nail is sending all the signals that he is looking for another job; that happens so often at Southern Miss that it must be taught as a “how to” at the AACSB New Dean’s Seminar. While Dean Nail looks for another dean’s job, it is important to remember how critically important timing is.

(November 17, 2009) CoB Committees In a strange move that is apparently the new norm for the CoB, no committees and no committee members have been announced for the 2009-2010 year. Three committees are known to exist: the Undergraduate Programs and Assessment Committee (UPAC), the Graduate Programs and Assessment Committee (GPAC), and the College Advisory Committee (CAC). Each of these three have met and accomplished things, but the composition of the committees remains unknown to all but those people on each committee. Isn’t that strange?