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(October 10, 2006) Minimal Sufficiency or Adequate Evidence? "Consider the second installment reviewing Dean Doty’s memorandum in response to our grievance. He wrote, “In summary, you have failed to present objective evidence that provisions of the Faculty Handbook were violated." (Decide for yourself whether Dean Doty’s claim is accurate. See our grievance pp. 2-4. Evidence for claims in the grievance includes documents written by Drs. Carter and Doty.)" For additional documents referenced in this opinion piece: Carter memo, Doty email to Provost Grimes.

(October 12, 2006) 31st & Pearl Carterspeak Judging from the evidence coming forth on the 'Black Tuesday' coup that was orchestrated by the EFIB's chair, George Carter, it seems clear to this columnist that Carter cheated to win his way back into sole possession of the personnel decision-making seat. But, just what did he win in the process? As Carter tells it, he won the comfort of rendering an independent judgment on departmental personnel issues; that is, he won independence from having to receive the advice and counsel of Tom Lindley and Mark Klinedinst...".

(October 13, 2006) 31st & Pearl Greene Hollow "Judging from EFIB Chair George Carter’s prepared statement to the EFIB on 19 September 2006 (“Black Tuesday”), Greene Hall is becoming Greene Hollow. In stating that the faculty governance choice made by EFIB is one with which the departmental chair must be “comfortable,” as Carter did that day, Carter essentially added some language to USM’s Faculty Handbook. What Carter fails to recognize is that faculty governance belongs to the faculty, which is precisely why the Faculty Handbook calls for a vote among all eligible faculty members. The department chair’s comfort zone does not enter the equation at any point...".

(October 18, 2006) CoBscam? A Look at Questionable Teaching Schedules in the College of Business "An interesting angle on some teaching scheduling practices in the CoB is taking shape, based on some documentation obtained by USMPRIDE.COM. Investigators have copies of the EFIB teaching schedules for fall 2006 and spring 2007. Those schedules indicate that certain EFIB faculty are receiving overload pay for teaching “out-of-load” courses. Let’s start with the fall 2006 schedule...".

(October 19, 2006) What was a “Black Tuesday” Proxy Worth? A Look at Circumstances Suggesting a Potential Vote-for-Benefits Arrangement "In the course of their investigations into the spring 2007 EFIB teaching loads, investigators have put together a cases that suggests there may have been a vote-trading arrangement in the EFIB regarding the now infamous “Black Tuesday” EFIB governance re-vote. In carrying the day on 19 September 2006, George Carter needed every bit of the help that CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand’s vote, and those of the two proxies that Niroomand held that day from Weihua Shi (visiting assistant professor of economics) and Farooq Malik (assistant professor of economics). As USMPRIDE.COM readers are aware, the Chair-only governance option (III) won by an 11 to 8 decision, with Niroomand casting three votes himself. USMPRIDE.COM readers will also recall that Carter’s announcement of the meeting, via e-mail and memo, failed to mention anything about a vote being taken at that (then upcoming) meeting. Yet, Niroomand sought the two proxies from the USMGC campus...".