ARTICLES CONCERNING
MARTHA D. SAUNDERS, PRESIDENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

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(February 17, 2010) Put Joe Bailey on a Plane The recent release of University of Wisconsin – Whitewater documents indicate that both Martha Saunders, then UWW Chancellor, and her husband Joe Bailey were travelling by air on the State of Wisconsin's dime. As Saunders' UWW credit card statement indicates, Saunders and Bailey spent over $1,000 on air travel between Milwaukee and Atlanta during 18-Nov though 21-Nov of 2006. This sum doesn't include another mysterious charge to Saunders for air travel from Atlanta on 26-Nov of that same year.

(February 28, 2010) 31st & Pearl A Right to Know More documents have arrived from colleagues at the University of Wisconsin�-Whitewater. The most recent is a credit card receipt showing $1974.77 charged to Dr. Saunders�f UW�-W credit card to pay for her husband, Joe Bailey, joining her on a flight to London, England.

(March 2, 2010) GH Chatter Speaking of Martha Saunders, her UWW use of private, "fun" money surely looks like something out of Harold Doty's book. Having the UWW Foundation cover first husband Joe Bailey's $2,000 plane ticket to London seems worthy of an investigation.

(March 2, 2010) No Comment As previously reported, usmnews.net has been receiving documents from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater concerning Dr. Saunders’ use of state resources during the brief time she held the job as Chancellor.

(March 3, 2010) ‘Nuff Said We attach a third receipt for air travel by the First Husband, Joe Bailey, which appears to have been paid with Dr. Saunders’ UW-W credit card and reimbursed by the UW-W Foundation.

(March 3, 2010) Breaking News USM Could Lose 100 Faculty HATTIESBURG – USM provost Robert Lyman told USM constituents that USM could lose 100 faculty in the coming months as the institution struggles to deal with what some believe will be a total budget cut of $30-$35 million from 2009 levels. This information comes via Ed Kemp's 3-March-10 The Hattiesburg American report entitled "Unparalleled fiscal challenges." According to Kemp, about 250 members of the USM family attended the recent town hall meeting on the USM budget wherein Lyman painted a bleak fiscal picture.

(March 4, 2010) Travelling Man We attach a fourth receipt for air travel by the First Husband, Joe Bailey, which appears to have been paid with Dr. Saunders’ UW-W credit card. At a time when Provost Lyman says that 100 faculty could be losing their jobs, are the taxpayers and contributors funding Mr. Bailey’s travel?