ARTICLES CONCERNING
ROBERT LYMAN, FORMER PROVOST
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

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(November 18, 2011) . . breaking news . . . Faculty Leaders Express Surprise Over Lyman Resignation HATTIESBURG – Late on 16-Nov-2011, USM public relations officials announced that USM provost Robert Lyman has resigned his administrative position and moved to the faculty ranks. Citing “personal reasons” for Lyman’s resignation, USM president Martha Saunders noted that Lyman helped move the academic side of the USM house through some rough times in recent years.

(November 19, 2011) Special Report - Where is Martha Saunders (in the Galaxy Tab Scandal)?In August 2011, when the Galaxy Tab scandal first broke, usmnews.net and its readers raised the obvious question -- "No doubt this was an inside deal ... where was the bid for these services? Was this the best price the State could negotiate for an "experiment"?" Now three senior administrators at Southern Miss have been suspended for their role. However, one must ask, what is Martha Saunders' roll in this mess? Certainly, Saunders was front and center in the PR extravaganza, all smiles, as she passed out the Galaxy Tabs to selected students. There she was taking credit for her offering as if she were Mrs. Claus.