(January 26, 2011) Smooth Skies . . . Close Friends Flying the Friendly Skies to St. Pete Thanks to a new pile of
official documents, USMNEWS.net readers are about to learn more regarding USM’s participation in the 2010
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl, a game the Eagles lost to Louisville. The insert below presents the official invoice for
USM president Martha Saunder’s trip to St. Petersburg, FL, to attend that holiday event.
ARTICLES CONCERNING
MARTHA D. SAUNDERS' AIRPLANE - AIRFARCE ONE
(January 29, 2011) On the Side at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl A LOOK AT SOME PILOTS-RELATED EXPENSES
IN ST. PETERSBURG A good bit has been written about USM president Martha Saunders’ use of the USM
airplane to get to the 21-Dec-2010 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL. One report indicates that USM’s
Airplane Operations auxiliary charged Saunders $4,080 for transporting her, Joe Bailey, Pam and Doug Rouse,
Troy Johnson, and Doug Davis to St. Petersburg on 20-Dec-2010, and back to Hattiesburg on 22-Dec-2010. This
particular report provides some of the incidental expenses related to having a couple of pilots – Julian Allen, also
USM’s associate vice president for research, and Kenneth Price – from Airplane Operations spend three days
and two nights in St. Petersburg.
(January 31, 2011) All for 1 A Behind the Scenes Look at what Goes Into a One-Point Win Over LA Tech On
25-Sept-2010, USM president Martha Saunders, her husband Joe Bailey, and the ubiquitous Rouses – Doug and
Pam – boarded the USM airplane and headed to Ruston, LA, for USM’s football game against lowly Louisiana
Tech, a game in which the Eagles won by a score of 13-12. For that round trip, the USM Airplane Operations
auxiliary charged the USM president $1,440, as the Interdepartmental Invoice inserted below shows.