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(December 12, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, Like many readers, I have watched the unfolding Galaxy Tax™ scandal at Southern Miss. As I recall, when this disaster was first announced, this past fall, usmnews.net was receiving and publishing reports and comments warning about the problems. I have to say that Dr. Saunders' denial of any culpability in the mess is, at best, disingenuous. Who does she think she is kidding?

(January 2, 2012) Dear usmnews.net In the wake of The Hattiesburg American article, Auditor: USM has 3 weeks to gather tablets, usmnews.net has been receiving comments from readers concerning the "Tabletgate scandal" at Southern Miss.

(January 4, 2012) A Cautionary Tale about Public Relations Fanfare On December 28, 2011, the Hattiesburg American offered its readers, "Auditor: USM has 3 weeks to gather tablets....With great public relations fanfare, President Saunders handed out the Samsung tablets to select and privileged students and others.

(January 18, 2012) USM Galaxy Tabs Crashing back to Earth: Students Report Little Use of Tablet Devices Tyler Hill’s 16-Jan-2012 report for The Student Printz reminds the USM community that the Mississippi State Auditor has set a mid-January 2012 deadline for USM officials to tag/inventory the 700 Samsung Galaxy Tab

(January 23, 2012) . . breaking news . . . Coffman Out as USM Chief Information Officer HATTIESBURG – Speculation that Homer Coffman’s recent assignment to administrative leave by the Martha Saunders administration – coming as a result of his participation in what is now infamously known as USM’s “Tabletgate” scandal – would become permanent appears to have come true.

(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.