Reports for November 16, 2012 - November 30, 2012
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November 16, 2012
Next Stop New Orleans? A GUEST EDITORIAL BY Victoria
Tyler A recent visit to an internet cost of living comparison
calculator points out that an income of $156,012 per year in
New Orleans is necessary, should one move there from Tyler,
TX, to maintain the same standard of living that a salary of
$150,500 in Tyler provides. Why these salary numbers, and
these particular cities?
For those interested in the announcement that Martha
Saunders will become provost at UWF, please click here and
here.
November 19, 2012
The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss
19-November-2012 Anonymous Insider Predicts Tough Times
Ahead for UWF, Saunders According to predictions from a
USMNEWS.net reader, tough times may lie ahead for the
University of West Florida and its new provost, Martha
Saunders, the former USM president. This particular reader’s
past opportunities to closely observe Saunders as a university
president makes the reader more of an insider when it comes
to Saunders’ leadership capabilities. According to this
anonymous insider, “. . . Saunders . . . enters into the
[U]niversity [of West Florida] with considerable baggage. A
provost is the chief academic officer[, and someone] who
should be conversant [in the institution’s] policies and
procedures . . . [However,] she is not a thinker .
Too Much Joye in Mudville A Guest Editorial by Susan
Green-Lewis Since coming to “lead” USM’s women’s
basketball program back in 2004-05, head coach Joye
Lee-McNelis has struggled to rebuild that program to the level
that former coach Kay James provided throughout the 1980s
and 1990s. Last week’s blowout loss in Hattiesburg at the
hands of Hampton actually shows how Lee-McNelis’
problems run deeper than building a power, as James did
before. Just winning more games than she loses has proven a
nearly impossible task for Lee-McNelis. That first season
produced a dismal 9-19 (0.321) record, and it was followed by
a modestly better record of 14-15 (0.483) in 2005-06. 2004-05 on
the dismal scale.
November 20, 2012
The Saunders Sweepstakes by Duane Cobb With the hiring of
former USM president Martha Saunders as the new provost at
the University of West Florida, a number of individuals are in
a position to win a sweepstakes of sorts. First and foremost
among these is, of course, Mona Amadeo, the owner of
Idgroup, the Pensacola-based consulting firm that benefitted,
to the tune of almost $1 million,
November 21, 2012
Martha’s Podium An Editorial Cartoon Series from
USMNEWS.net I realize that I was just named provost of our
fine university only five days ago, but I have been very hard at
work since then. I really want our students to ride all the rides.
I also want them to realize that we have a fine university here.
In that spirit, I have entered into a multi-year agreement with a
local consulting firm to develop what we’re calling a “core
campaign” to heighten the visibility of UWF.
November 26, 2012
The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss
26-November-2012 Saunders to Earn $220,000 Salary as UWF
ProvostAccording to Ed Kemp’s 24-Nov-2012 report for The
Hattiesburg American, former USM president is on the books
to earn $220,000 per year as the new provost (effective
Jan-2013) at the University of West Florida. Still, as Kemp
reports,
Editorial IHL and USM Bureaucrats Live With Speculation
Because it works to their advantage. You can speculate all you
want but you don't know for sure. The IHL and Saunders walk
away from accountability, again. A result: they can do the
same inefficient, ineffective, and possibly corrupt behavior
again and again. Here's today's version:
November 27, 2012
Updated 27-Nov-2012 HELP WANTED A Look at Business
Dean Openings from Around the Country With four
current/former CoB deans moving around in the academic
world, some USMNEWS.net readers have requested an
ongoing report that tracks current b-school dean openings.
Long-time readers of USMNEWS.net are aware that Joseph
Peyrefitte is the current interim dean of the CoB, having
replaced Lance Nail, who is now the business dean at Texas
Tech University.
Dear usmnews.net, Have you looked at The President's
Blog lately? It still shows Martha proclaiming "I am a
university president." Well, as we know, she's not -- at the
moment. People who know Martha pretty well say she
started campaigning for her next president's job within
hours after being forced to tender her resignation. The
word around the water cooler is that given the mess she
left at Southern Miss (and at UW-Whitewater) she was
having a problem moving on.
November 28, 2012
The Three Stooges: Saunders, Giannini, and Johnson
Commenters on BigBoldNation believe they have identified
the cause of the current abysmal condition of USM athletics:
"He's (Giannini) the bleeping idiot that is responsible for
USM sitting where they are.....with a bunch of unheard of
second rate programs. USM had a chance at one time to
make strides towards a much better future, ...".
November 29, 2012
November 30, 2012
. . . breaking news . . . DEADSPIN.com Paints Ugly Picture
of Past Year at USM HATTIESBURG – A 29-Nov-2012
story by Barry Petchesky for DEADSPIN.com paints what
sources are calling an ugly picture of the past year at USM.
Sources also add that this story is “a must read” for
members of the USM community, particularly faculty and
staff on both USM campuses in Hattiesburg and Long
Beach. The story chronicles USM’s “debt-ridden athletics
department” and how USM athletics director Jeff
Hammond recently “sold” USM’s upcoming home game
against Nebraska back to those same Cornhuskers. As it
now stands, USM’s AD will be paid $2.125 million by
Nebraska for the venue change, just enough to cover the
$2.1 buyout of recently-fired USM coach Ellis Johnson.
December 3, 2012