Reports for September 1, 2012 - September 24, 2012
usmnews.net
September 4, 2012
September 5, 2012
It's Hardly Prescience Maybe usmnews.net should trumpet
its prescience, but who didn't think this was coming. Even
the Hattiesburg American is hinting what many are
thinking: "Aubrey Lucas, daughter relish their jobs."
(September 3, 2012) A cute article that may among other
things prepare the community for the transfer of power
from father to daughter.
September 7, 2012
September 10, 2012
Robinson Contradicts Lucas on Search Deadline In their
6-Sept-2012 story for The Student Printz entitled “. . . Lucas
says ‘hello’,” Mary Margaret Halford and Tyler Hill report that
“[USM interim president Aubrey] Lucas said when he was
first approached about the [interim president] position in the
spring [of 2012], the timeline for hiring a new president [to
replace former USM president Martha Saunders] was still
under discussion, but the goal was Jan. 1[, 2013].”
September 11, 2012
Dear usmnews.net, Other than the IHL and a few
administrators, nobody on campus seems very interested in
the identity of the new Prez. The IHL will cram someone
down the faculty's throat after a secret search.
September 14, 2012
September 17, 2012
Special Report USM Fans Melting Down Websites Call for
Firing of Johnson With the 15-Sept-2012 loss to East
Carolina by a score of 14-24, many USM fans have given up
on the Ellis Johnson administration of USM’s football
program. Numerous threads and posts at The District, a
fans’ message board at BigGoldNation.com, not only call
for the firing of Johnson, USM’s new head football coach,
many have presented plans for doing so by season’s end.
Creative? Bold? Determined? by Duane Cobb Martha
Saunders and Mona Amodeo's idgroup created a theme for
Southern Miss -- Creative. Bold. Determined. The question is
just how CREATIVE Saunders and idgroup really are -- or at
least what they pass off as creative.
September 17, 2012
Creative? Bold? Determined? by Duane Cobb Martha
Saunders and Mona Amodeo's idgroup created a theme for
Southern Miss -- Creative. Bold. Determined. The question is
just how CREATIVE Saunders and idgroup really are -- or at
least what they pass off as creative.
September 18, 2012
What's Really Important? The most recent US News &
World Report places USM at the bottom of the national
academic community -- again. Yet, when, in USM's 100 year
history of sports and academics, has there been a
spontaneous outpouring from alumni and sports fans
insisting on raising USM from its Tier IV (bottom) academic
status?
. . . breaking news . . . Lawsuits against USM Piling Up
HATTIESBURG – According to a 17-Sept-2012 report in The
Clarion Ledger, another former USM faculty member has filed
suit against the institution, also naming former USM president
Martha Saunders, former USM provost Robert Lyman, College
of Health dean Michael Forster, and CoH associate dean Kathy
Yadrick.
September 13, 2012
. . . breaking news . . USM Stuck Near Bottom of U.S.
News Ranking HATTIESBURG – With the release of the
2013 edition of Best Colleges from U.S. News & World
Report, USMNEWS.net has learned that USM seems to be
stuck in the bottom tier of national colleges and
universities in the United States. The top tier includes
America’s 204 best (national) colleges and universities.
No Presents, No Cake . . . Again A Guest Editorial Today
is like Christmas day to so many U.S. colleges and
universities. Well, maybe that’s overstating things a little.
Still, it’s at least like a birthday, with presents and cake.
Those presents and cake come once a year, and in the
form of a ranking
September 19, 2012
Dear usmnews.net, Don't know if you have been
watching, but the Hattiesburg Listening Sessions have
been pretty interesting. One common theme seems to be
turmoil and turnover. I agree. Southern Miss has had
plenty of both and they are probably related.
September 20, 2012
Dear USM News, Your stories about the latest lawsuit
against Southern Miss and Martha Saunders were very
interesting. I think there is a popular feeling on campus
that Kathy Yadrick was promoted to associate dean to keep
her “on board” as it were when it comes to the lawsuit she
is now involved with.
September 24, 2012
updated Aunt Martha's Coaches: Did Saunders Lose
the Magic Touch? or Did She Ever Have It?