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(August 6, 2009) GH Chatter Speculation that the CoB's economics program is going to be cut is still just that – speculation – yet stories are circulating around JAG that one of ECO's faculty already has alternative employment secured for the 2010-11 academic year. If chatter like this is accurate, then this CoB economist behaved as advised by a USMNEWS.net op-ed contributor, and protected him/herself from the program-cutting storm to come. Interesting.

(August 12, 2009) breaking news . . Economics Programs Eliminated, ECO Faculty Cut Loose HATTIESBURG – Recent speculation by USMNEWS.net sources that the CoB's economics programs and faculty were in jeopardy from the plans to shave $2 million from the CoB's budget has come to fruition. The USM administration has now released detailed reports enumerating dozens of line-item budget cuts, and the CoB's economics programs and faculty are found amongst these.

(August 14, 2009) The ECO Terminal A Newsletter Relating to the Elimination of Economics Programs Bonaparte Terminated After 2008-09 In an interview with INSIDE HIGHER ED's Jack Stripling about the recent elimination of USM's economics programs – for Stripling's 14-August-09 article entitled "Cruel Irony" – CoB economics professor George Carter provided Stripling with a copy of letter that Carter is circulating, and that he (Carter) believes makes a case against USM's decision to terminate the economics faculty.

(August 14, 2009) USM Provost Outlines Procedures for Appealing Budget Cuts In an e-mail to USM personnel, USM provost Robert Lyman has spelled out the mechanism for appealing the proposed $8 million in budget cuts at USM. The text of that e-mail – which states that appeals begin with the deans, move to the provost, and then go to the president/executive cabinet – is inserted below.

(August 12, 2009) Taking it on the Chin A LOOK AT HOW PARTS OF USM'S BUDGET CUT WERE COMPLETED Now that the details of the 2009-10 USM budget cuts have been released by the Martha D. Saunders administration, USMNEWS.net staffers took a moment to summarize some of the data. Table 1 below shows how cuts in actual personnel were made across USM's five academic colleges.

(August 12, 2009) Budget Cuts Central BOARDS HEATING UP The recent release of the data surrounding USM's $11-$12 million budget cut formed the backdrop for a heated debate about USM's decision to eliminate the economics major from the College of Business. The two main contributors to that debate were "Art Vandelay," an opponent of the eliminations, and "Baldwin," a proponent of the cost-savings measure. Also involved was "LVN," thought to be a former staffer in USM's CoB (Linda Vance). The crux of that debate is represented by the string below, which can also be found at the "USM Forum – To build trust, a team and a campus – Message Board."