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.
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 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 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?