ARTICLES CONCERNING
MARTHA D. SAUNDERS, PRESIDENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

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(February 1, 2012) . . . breaking news . . . Herndon Now Out, ‘Tabletgate’ Still Boiling HATTIESBURG – “Mike Herndon has resigned.” With that quote, USM faculty senate president Timothy Rehner opened the 27-Jan-2012 USM faculty senate meeting. As long-time USMNEWS.net readers are aware, Herndon was the USM director of procurements and contracts who became caught up in the so-called Tabletgate scandal. That scandal involves the improper purchase by USM officials of more than 700 Samsung Galaxy Tab devices,

(February 2, 2012) Heavy Wait USM COMMUNITY SEEKING RESOLUTION TO TABLETGATE Thanks to Ed Kemp’s 1-Feb-2012 report for The Hattiesburg American, the USM community has learned that 135 of the Samsung Galaxy Tabs involved in the USM Tabletgate scandal are sitting in storage because that number of USM students decided to return the devices after they were told by the Martha Saunders administration that the devices belonged to USM, not them.

(February 3, 2012) “It’s Not Gonna Happen” The Saunders Administration’s Behind- the-Scenes Fight against Shared Governance At the 27-Jan-2012 USM faculty senate meeting, senate president Timothy Rehner reported to the faculty senate that the Martha Saunders administration has moved a significant portion of the institution’s student retention apparatus from academic affairs to student affairs.

(February 6, 2012) President Saunders: Inefficient and Ineffective Use of Students' and Taxpayers' Money Part 1 2011 Costs and Use of King Air N777AQ usmnews.net's review of President Saunders' use of a multi-million dollar airplane, King Air N777AQ, continues with the receipt of Southern Miss' cost records for 2011.

Dear usmnews.net, How much longer is the IHL going to tolerate that foolish woman who pretends to be a university president? "President" Saunders' best excuse for the improper purchase of a mountain of Samsung Tablets is that none of the paperwork crossed her desk. C'mon!! Let me ask some of the questions that the IHL should, but probably won't, be asking her.

(February 7, 2012) 31st & Pearl Still Concerned Still concerned. That’s how USM interim provost Denis Wiesenburg characterized the Mississippi IHL Board’s attitude regarding the USM Tabletgate scandal.

(February 9, 2012Saunders’ King Air . . . By the Numbers Airplane Facts USM Officials Might Not Want Out in the Public Several analyses of USM president Martha Saunders’ lease of, and use of, the USM airplane can be found in the President Saunders' Extravagance, Dr. Saunders' AirPlane, MS Opens Records Request Reveals USM's Actual Costs of President Saunders' Plane, and A Brief History of Dr. Saunders' "Lease" of Airplane pages here at USMNEWS.net.

(February 10, 2012) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 10-February-2012 Round-Trip Ticket According to new paperwork obtained via the Mississippi Open Records Act by USMNEWS.net regarding the USM Beechcraft King Air, the lease between USM and the USM Foundation for the Beechcraft airplane appears to have been extended through 2019. The lease was originally set to expire in 2014 with a sizable balloon payment.

(February 8, 2012) Martha’s Podium: An Editorial Cartoon Series from USMNEWS.net, part 4 With all of the crimes on our campus in recent months, I understand that the parents of our local children are concerned about safety surrounding the many summer camps we put on each year.

(February 13, 2012) Dear usmnews.net, I read last week's The Farm. I have two questions. How did Martha sneak the extension for her toy airplane past everyone without the usual round of bad publicity? What were the changes in the lease terms?