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(October 12, 2006) 31st & Pearl Carterspeak Judging from the evidence coming forth on the 'Black Tuesday' coup that was orchestrated by the EFIB's chair, George Carter, it seems clear to this columnist that Carter cheated to win his way back into sole possession of the personnel decision-making seat. But, just what did he win in the process? As Carter tells it, he won the comfort of rendering an independent judgment on departmental personnel issues; that is, he won independence from having to receive the advice and counsel of Tom Lindley and Mark Klinedinst...".

(October 11, 2006) Deconstructing Dean Doty "The following is the third installment reviewing Dean Doty’s memorandum in response to our grievance. Dean Doty’s second paragraph states that 'You [Lindley and DePree] specify three provisions of the Faculty Handbook. Two of the provisions you specify, 12.2.2 and 12.2.3, are grievance procedures for which you assert no violation.'...".

(October 11, 2006) Deconstructing Dean Doty "The following is the fourth installment reviewing Dean Doty’s memorandum in response to our grievance. Why does Dean Doty expound on 8.2.9 in paragraph 3? It is the only issue stated in our grievance he feels he can remotely argue. The other five grievances he can only say “you assert no violation” without the least bit of evidence or reasoning. So, why expound on 8.2.9?...".

(October 12, 2006) Deconstructing Dean Doty "The following is the fifth and last installment reviewing Dean Doty’s memorandum in response to our grievance...Unadulterated Doty fails to exhibit the confidence of a leader in control of himself or his environment. Instead, he sounds petulant and scared. A pretender.

(October 13, 2006) 31st & Pearl Greene Hollow "Judging from EFIB Chair George Carter’s prepared statement to the EFIB on 19 September 2006 (“Black Tuesday”), Greene Hall is becoming Greene Hollow. In stating that the faculty governance choice made by EFIB is one with which the departmental chair must be “comfortable,” as Carter did that day, Carter essentially added some language to USM’s Faculty Handbook. What Carter fails to recognize is that faculty governance belongs to the faculty, which is precisely why the Faculty Handbook calls for a vote among all eligible faculty members. The department chair’s comfort zone does not enter the equation at any point...".

(October 13, 2006) CoB Administrators in Their Own Words "... The quotes above, from the writings of D. Harold Doty, are quite interesting. As pointed out at usmpride.com, Doty believes himself to be like the Founding Fathers, all wrapped up in a single package. He interprets the Faculty Handbook, and out comes the “Minimal Sufficiency Doctrine.” He makes a cursory examination of the 19 September 2006 events in the EFIB, and decides to stand firm behind the will of the people. He is the executive, legislative and judicial branches of CoB governance, all packaged into one person. Who knows, if Doty had been around in the late 18th/early 19th Centuries, maybe our republic wouldn’t have needed all of the guys you see surrounding Doty below. Doty could have done it all himself. I guess that’s what 200+ years of evolution gets us...".