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(December 13, 2006) Letter to the Editor on George Carter's Use of USM facilities in a Private Business I was shocked to read Lee Gore's letter approving George Carter's use of University inter-net and mail facilities for private business purposes. Now that we know that these two resources are available for operating a private business on campus, why don't we ask Mr. Gore for an opinion on a variety of other possible uses? Examples would include--(1) Is it permissible for faculty to use a university vehicle for private business drop-offs and deliveries? (2) Can faculty install business software on university computers so that they can generate bookkeeping, tax, etc. output for their businesses? (3) Would listing of a university telephone number for receiving business calls be permissible?

(December 14, 2006) 31st & Pearl “Makin’ Their Way, the Only Way They Know How” Thanks to EFIB chairman George Carter, we have now identified some of the CoB’s “good ole boys.” Those boys have been busy this year. As we look back on the year of the “Letter of Agreement,” we must admit that our first guess about what the group wants for management professor David Duhon was a little off.

(December 14, 2006) Lost In Translation? One of the most enlightening contributions from the USM-No Quarter! Message Board (formerly known as the USM AAUP Message Board, formerly known as FireShelby.com) was the innovative series of translated documents authored by various USM administrators. Translation was achieved via a proprietary translation program known as WindTalkers. The authors of the WindTalkers program have generously agreed to use the newest version of their software to help us read between the lines of a recent memorandum sent by CoB dean Harold Doty to EFIB chair George Carter. Original text appears in black font, while translations appear in blue. Other factual/opinion material (added after the WindTalkers translation was completed) appears in red.

(December 14, 2006) Is Something Rotten in Denmark? As part of the “search” for the Director of the Center for Economic Education at USM, the following advertisement was reportedly placed in the online website for Job Openings for Economists (JOE) at the American Economic Association website

(December 18, 2006) Special Report Conveniently Located An Investigative Series on the use of the CoB for Personal Gain Readers of usmpride.com are now familiar with allegations regarding EFIB Chair George Carter’s use of USM facilities in the operation of his private business concern, Mississippi Consulting Group, Inc. Through a MORA request, usmpride.com has obtained some information from the USM Counsel’s office regarding these allegations.

(December 18, 2006) Search for the Center for Economic Education Director Finally Revealed Visitors to USMPRIDE.COM will likely recall the Special Report we ran in November that dealt with the CoB’s attempt to hire a Director for its new Center for Economic Education.