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(May 13, 2008 ) CoB News, 13 May 2008 Hattiesburg Speaks Out on Father Tommy Fiasco Members of the Hattiesburg community are beginning to voice their displeasure with the decision by new USM football coach Larry Fedora to terminate the services of USM football chaplain Father Tommy Conway. One member of the Montague family, a prominent branch on the USM family tree, wrote an Op-Ed in the 11-May-08 issue of The Hattiesburg American that equated things going on now in the Martha Saunders administration at USM to what was occurring during 2002-07 under former USM President Shelby Thames. According to Montague, the ousting of Father Tommy equates to the same kinds of "dirty politics" that occurred routinely during the "Napoleonic administration" of Thames. According to USMNEWS.NET sources, nothing about the Father Tommy fiasco is, or will likely be, positive for the new Saunders administration.

(May 19, 2008) CoB News, 19 May 2008 Aunt Martha's "Banner Year" USM President, Martha Saunders, stood before USM faculty, staff and students, along with local media, at the University's Fall 2007 Convocation and proclaimed that USM's athletics would be producing a banner year during 2007-08. How has Saunders' proclamation stood up to the test of time? If Table 1 below is any indication, not so well.

(June 2, 2008 ) Aunt Martha's "Banner Year" USM President, Martha Saunders, stood before USM faculty, staff and students, along with local media, at the University's Fall 2007 Convocation and proclaimed that USM's athletics would be producing a banner year during 2007-08. How did Saunders' proclamation stand up to the test of time? If Table 1 below is any indication, not so well.

(August 27, 2008) CoB News, 27 August 2008 First the Boudoir, Now the Luxury Suite After writing that some of the new luxury suites in USM's M.M. Roberts Stadium were not yet complete, The Hattiesburg American's reporter, Alan Hinton, pointed out that USM president, Martha Saunders, didn't seem worried (with just one week before the season's opening date). As Hinton indicated in his 24-August-08 article, "Suites officially unveiled," Saunders didn't seem worried about the 34 suites that are leased for $26,000-$31,000, the 500-seat club level, or her suite. Instead, she stated to Hinton, "Look at this picture. It was a gift from students at my inauguration. It's perfect here [in my luxury suite]. And we have a photo on the wall at the other end of the suite. . . "

(September 8, 2008) CoB News, 8 September 2008 “Go Beat the #*%$ Out of ‘Em!” USM President Martha Saunders’ 28-August-08 blog (Another Reason to Cheer for the team...) was certainly one for the ages.