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University mergers proposed |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 |
By BRIAN HAWKINS
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Rumors of a university merger proposal have run rampant for several days amid discussions on the state budget situation, and Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday confirmed he was advocating such a plan.
Barbour’s proposed 2010-2011 state budget aims to reorganize state government, and his proposals include merging the state’s eight public universities into five as a means of streamlining administrative costs and reducing expenses.
Barbour’s proposed FY 2010-2011 budget calls for $5.5 billion in spending, a reduction of $715 million from the current fiscal year. The figure Barbour proposes reflects sluggish state revenues and slow economic recovery.
The proposal includes reorganization of the state Institutions of Higher Learning, namely merging Mississippi University for Women in Columbus with Mississippi State, which is the state’s largest university by enrollment. The proposal also includes merging Mississippi Valley State and Alcorn State into the larger Jackson State University.
“No campus would close, but administration would be unified and a significant savings achieved,” said Barbour in the written budget proposal submitted to the Legislature.
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Hazard: In WWII, ‘nation could keep a secret’ |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 |
By PAUL SIMS
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During World War II, “this nation could keep a secret,” Dr. Mark Hazard said.
The country didn’t have computers, he said, and officials didn’t publicize troop movements or get detailed questions posed to them, such as queries about assault troops and casualties, among others.
“All that would have to be answered today, I think,” he said. “It wasn’t answered back then.”
Hazard returned to the Starkville Rotary Club Monday to complete his recollections of his service as a lieutenant in the United States Army’s 79th Infantry Division. He started sharing his story at last week’s meeting.
He is a retired veterinarian from West Point.
Ahead of D-Day, Gen. George S. Patton Jr. had pulled out of North Africa and was in Dover, England, Hazard said.
“That information got out on purpose,” he said.
German leaders believed the impending invasion would come at Calais, France. The Allied force instead landed on the beaches of Normandy.
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