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...drawing mixed reactions from members of the Faculty. Although the possibility of the program has been floated for some time, FAS began to seriously consider implementing it around November, when it became clear that the financial crisis was going to hit the University hard, said Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith. Since Smith has slashed the number of visiting professorships for next year and the hiring slowdown will limit the number of new lecturers FAS will be able to hire, the new program provides an economical alternative to fill teaching vacancies. While professors acknowledged that FAS needs...
...after nominating W. Craig Fugate to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Figuring out what the President was alluding do isn't rocket science: the agency's inability to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and George W. Bush's now-infamous accolade of then-FEMA director Michael Brown ("Heck of a job, Brownie!") have become touchstones of bureaucratic mismanagement. (See Obama's White House...
...Turned down George W. Bush's nomination to replace Michael Brown, who resigned in September 2005 amid a public outcry over his handling of Hurricane Katrina relief. Fugate has said he declined the job because "the timing wasn't right...
...This one really has me worried. I wish a certain governor was from Louisiana ... and his emergency manager." - Michael Brown, blasting Louisiana officials in an Aug. 27, 2005 email to Fugate while praising his and Governor Jeb Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina in Florida...
...With reporting by Michael Peltier/Tallahassee