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October 21, 2008

Universities: Scandal should continue reform

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 10/21/8 The shrubbery scandal at Mississippi State University offers the state College Board the chance to clean up its act. It can see the disgrace surrounding Higher Education Commissioner Tom Meredith and MSU now-former interim-President Vance Watson as an opportunity to clean house or it can watch public trust in the university…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 21, 2008

Election ’08: Financing of campaigns is askew

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 10/21/8 In the presidential campaign, Democrat Barack Obama is outspending Republican John McCain better than 2-to1 and, in Mississippi, the ads in the special U.S. Senate race between Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove have reached the level of the absurd. What do they have in common? Both are examples of campaign spending…