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(September 20, 2011) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss Aunt Martha’s Landscape First, the PAC-10 became the PAC-12 when it added Utah and Colorado from the Mountain West and BiG-12, respectively.

(September 21, 2011) University Sports Administration $265 Million Donated Because of the School's Football Team? Part 2 Dear President Saunders and Commissioner Bounds, It's not a bad idea to reassess USM activities from time to time, especially those that cost students and taxpayers tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions, when viewed from a decades' long perspective.

(September 22, 2011) Air it Jordan A Guest Editorial by Victoria Tyler In his 20-Sept-2011 letter to the editor of The Student Printz entitled “Student Eagle Club seating,” USM student Jordan Moore goes all out in explaining how the USM administration’s handling of game day seating for the new Student Eagle Club has been divisive and demoralizing. Moore opens his letter with: “The Student Eagle Club is a good idea. The way they’re attracting members isn’t.” To boost membership, the new Student Eagle Club (SEC) secured the assistance of the USM administration in altering seating in the student section at M.M. Roberts Stadium (i.e., “the Rock”) in order to provide SEC members priority seating. As Moore sums it up,

(October 12, 2011) The ‘Lurking’ President It’s Time for Sports All of the Time with Martha D. Saunders USM president Martha Saunders’ latest six Tweets, all spanning from 4-Sept-2011 to 8-Oct-2011, are depicted below.

(October 24, 2011) updated Aunt Martha’s Coaches Has Saunders Lost the Magic Touch? Or, Did She Ever Have It? After the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater won the Division III national championship in 2007, USM President Martha Saunders blogged that during the 2006-07 academic year while Chancellor at UW-W she had hired the first-year coach who led UW-W to the title.

(October 31) update Will 2011-12 be a Banner Year? During the 2010-11 academic year, USMNEWS.net staff followed the progress of USM's athletics.

(November 2, 2011) an update to Aunt Martha's Coaches: Has Saunders Lost the Magic Touch? Or, Did She Ever Have It?

(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.