Saunders

31st & Pearl, Bloggedy ... Blog ..Blog "Is it just us, or is USM President Martha Saunders’ blog becoming a daily grind that paints a picture of the job of USM’s CEO as a low stress minimal-sweat exercise?...".

Saunders Like Thames, Doty by Duane Cobb "After watching all of the new Student Powered Videos at usm.edu, it was interesting to see that USM chose to air(on local television) one featuring new President Martha Saunders playing piano and continuing to wear out the borrowed "ride all the rides" phrase...".

(February 13, 2009) Town Meeting Highlights: Everything is on the Table . . . . . "except my airplane. I “made” the money for the lease-purchase by cutting administrators when I got here...".

(January 9, 2009 from the editor) "..I wanted to get the facts straight about the recent change in the FlightAware (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N777AQ) tracking of N777AQ. I wanted to know whether Pollard had "blocked" the "situational data" (tracking) that FlightAware had been providing...".

(January 9, 2009) USM Moves to Block Info on the USM Plane’s Movements "Reporters at USM have learned that USM has completed the necessary steps to prevent the general public from finding out about the movements (whereabouts) of newly-leased USM airplane. According to word received by USMNEWS.net from officials at FlightAware, the online service that tracks movement of registered aircraft, USM has recently placed its Beechcraft King Air 200 on the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) Blocked Aircraft Registration (BAR) list...".

(January 6, 2009) 31st & Pearl, Permission Slip(-Up) "USM President Martha Saunders often boasts about how USM became a national research university without asking for anyone's permission to do so. Saunders' brag is typical of the heads of many states' second tier institutions,...".

(January 5, 2009) Martha’s 9 "9 wishes for '09 January 1, 2009 11:22 AM | Permalink Happy New Year! I believe it's going to be a good one. We have a great university to serve, a thriving community to support (and that supports us) and the intellectual power of 16,000 minds to move us forward. For sure, good things can come from this place...".

(January 5, 2009) "Is Fedora just not a party hat for Martha? In Aunt Martha’s blog, she mentions going to New Orleans for the game on the 19th and on the 23rd she does mention the exciting win for Southern Miss, including a couple of photos...".

(December 8, 2008) "Is Saunders Buckling Under Weight of Recent Scandals? It appears as though the customized textbook and planegate scandals are taking a toll on the Martha Saunders administration of USM...".

(December 4, 2008) "..."The Saunders Way" by Duane Cobb Yesterday’s investigative news story about the arrival of USM’s new Beechcraft King Air 200 one month before USM supposedly finalized a lease agreement for the plane is yet another example of why so many are fond of USMNEWS.net...".

(December 3, 2008) "... Our question for President Saunders and Ms. Bryant is, if it’s not a done deal, why has Beechcraft King Air N777AQ (the plane the University has been authorized to lease from USMs Foundation been sitting at Hattiesburg Municipal Airport since November 6, 2008?...".

(December 2, 2008) USM’s $2 Million Bruline "... All of the news surrounding USM’s leasing of a $2 million Beechcraft King Air 200 airplane, largely for athletics recruiting in order to maintain its competitive position, reminds one of this now famous episode of Seinfeld...".

(December 1, 2008) "... Planegate at USM "With her 28-Nov-08 article entitled "USM plan to lease airplane in the works," The Hattiesburg American's Valerie Wells follows up on USMNEWS.net's breaking story about the decision by USM to lease a Beechcraft King Air 200 airplane for about $2 million...".