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(April 28, 2010) Aunt Martha’s Country Club A Look at How USM’s Prez is Managing Athletics The “Banner Year” series here at USMNEWS.net has pointed out that USM’s varsity sports programs appear to be slipping under USM president Martha Saunders’ stewardship. This report examines how Saunders has been managing, or as the data below suggest, mismanaging, the country club sports programs at USM. The numbers in Table 1 below make the case that USM’s country club sports programs have been awash in mediocrity (at best) since Saunders’ arrival back in spring of 2007. The win percentages range from a low of 45.0% in men’s tennis to a high of only 50.9% in women’s tennis. The overall win percentage for the four country club sports programs from 2007-08 through 2009-10 is a paltry 47.9%.

(May 3, 2010) Your Next Southern Miss President, Ladies and Gentlemen ... Like father, like daughter. Martha is now officially on the clock. Our only question is this: was Martha hired for a short-term tenure or have all the problems she caused at her last job combined with all the problems she has caused here led to her impending departure?

(May 5, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . President Saunders Accepts CFO Morgan’s Resignation HATTIESBURG – USM president Martha Saunders informed the campus community on 4-May-2010 that she had accepted “the resignation” of USM chief financial officer Joe Morgan, effective 30-Aug-2010. Calling Morgan “a long-time and loyal member of the Southern Miss family,” Saunders wished him well in his future endeavors through her communiqué with the USM community.

(May 13, 2010) Aunt Martha’s Field of Bad Dreams A Look at How USM’s Prez is Managing Athletics The “Banner Year” series here at USMNEWS.net has pointed out that USM’s varsity sports programs appear to be slipping under USM president Martha Saunders’ stewardship. This report examines how Saunders has been managing, or as the data below suggest, mismanaging, the once-proud softball program at USM. The numbers in Table 1 below make the case that USM’s softball program has been floundering since Saunders’ arrival back in spring of 2007. The overall win percentage for USM softball from 2007-08 through 2009-10 is a paltry 47.0%.

(May 17, 2010) Aunt Martha’s Money Pits A Look at How USM’s Prez is Managing Athletics The “Banner Year” series here at USMNEWS.net has pointed out that USM’s varsity sports programs appear to be slipping under USM president Martha Saunders’ stewardship. This report examines how Saunders has been managing, or as the data below suggest, mismanaging, the track programs at USM. The numbers in Table 1 below make the case that USM’s country track programs have been seriously unproductive since Saunders’ arrival back in spring of 2007. The overall win percentage for these two money pits from 2007-08 through 2009-10 is an embarrassing 23%.