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

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(November 4, 2011) Admin-Double Speak, Does it Mean Anything? On October 28, 2011, The Hattiesburg American published a Southern Miss press release entitled "Laurie Benvenutti, a Bay St. Louis, native, is the University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association's new manager for constituent relations." (What is a "manager for constituent relations"?)

(November 8, 2012) President Saunders Continues to Squander Student and Taxpayer Money on Her Airplane PART 1 We at www.usmnews.net, recently received another set of information related to President Saunders’ airplane, N777AQ. We now have two years of actual costs of N777AQ. As you may recall, it is owned by the University of Southern Mississippi Foundation in name only because all costs are paid by University of Southern Mississippi. That is, taxpayers and USM students pay all costs associated with President Saunders’ airplane. (See, lease agreement obtained through a Mississippi Open Records request.)

(November 9, 2012) Is Your Department Bigger than Airplane Operations? A Campus-Wide Comparison Much has been made around the USM campus, Hattiesburg, and Mississippi, as well as on the pages of USMNEWS.net, The Hattiesburg American, The Student Printz and other media outlets about USM president Martha Saunders’ decision to sign a $2 million lease of a Beechcraft airplane (for USM) during the worst economic period since the Great Depression. To add to the plane lease news, one recent report indicates that USMNEWS.

(November 10, 2012) Is USM an Institution Lost in the Academic Sea? Faculty Senate President’s Remarks Say It’s So In his opening remarks at the 4-Nov-2011 USM faculty senate meeting, faculty senate president Timothy Rehner painted the picture of an academic institution that is seemingly without a compass. USMNEWS.net reporters have transcribed Rehner’s comments for USMNEWS.net readers to consider:

(November 14, 2011) The Cautionary Tales A Guest Editorial by Susan Green-Lewis Pennsylvania State University (PSU) is a Tier 1 (U.S. News & World Report) national institution. PSU was founded in 1855, and it is now home to more than 45,000 students.

(November 17, 2011) Saunders Quiet, Students Angry Latest Race Controversy at USM Stirring Debate, Thought As Mary Margaret Halford’s 15-November-2011 report for The Student Printz entitled “Students on probation after blackface incident” points out, some USM students are angry about events involving Phi Mu sorority members attending an off-campus party in blackface, an attempt to portray cast members of the retired television sitcom, The Cosby Show. One of those is senior news-editorial major Amber Grubbs, who spoke with Halford: