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(December 2, 2011) POTUSM: A MOCK Interview with USM President Martha Saunders ByUSMNEWS.net Columnist Hal Greene I recently sat down for a mock interview with embattled USM president Martha Saunders.

(December 6, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . “Who Knew What When?” HATTIESBURG – The question posed in the title of this report above is the very one posed to USM faculty senate president Timothy Rehner at the faculty senate’s 2-Dec-2011 meeting. That Watergate-esque question refers, of course, to the recent Tabletgate scandal that has been covered extensively by USMNEWS.net and many other media outlets.

(December 7, 2011) "President Saunders is responsible to the Board of Trustees for every facet of institutional operations" "A chain of command clearly lays out the responsibility and authority of an organization. There should be no doubt in anyone's minds as to who they report to and who is in charge."

(December 9, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, I just read the recent story on the Galaxy Tab. It appears that Saunders may have thrown Lyman under the bus to save herself.

(December 13, 2011) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 13-December-2011 Is Martha Spending Your Christmas Money? Pockets of the USM campus are buzzing about the new holiday commercial that USM is now running on CNBC and (possibly) other cable television networks. The 30-second spot is linked above, though there is also a 1-minute version that is available via YouTube. The commercial shows a number of USM students, singing Christmas songs, who come to the front door of the USM president’s mansion. cookies and sharing in the holiday cheer.

(December 13, 2011) Just When You Think Dr. Saunders can't be More of an Embarassment or a Spendthrift� Did anyone but me see an embarassingly amateurish video on CNBC today? If you haven't, take a look. It's on the Southern Miss webpage.

(December 15, 2011) How Many USM Students Are Attending the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl? It's not hard to see that USM is conducting an all out public relations blitz over the past couple of weeks to gloss over what sources have characterized as boneheadedly stupid decisions on the part of USM administrators.

(December 19, 2011) Holiday Predictions for 2012 Please feel free to share your predictions with our readers. Here's the first received in the editorial office. 1. Martha Saunders and Joe Bailey will go to the no-prestige bowl game in Hawaii at the expense of taxpayers, students and/or donors. (I know the game is in 2011, but it seems a good place to start.) I would like to hear