SAMI DAKHLIA, FORMER ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
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(September 18, 2007) Breaking News Has the 2007-08 P&T Jailbreak Begun? HATTIESBURG -- Reporters at USMNEWS.NET were just on the receiving end of an e-mail in circulation that states that assistant professor of economics Sami Dakhlia and associate professor of economics Akbar Marvasti have submitted their applications for promotion. Recent columns at USMNEWS.NET have predicted that a P&T jailbreak of sorts was imminent, and sources claim these applications could indeed mark the beginning of that.
(September 24, 2007) CoB News, 24 September 2007 CoB Fundraising Grinds to Halt If you've wandered by the CoB's Development Office in recent weeks, you've noticed that the door is locked and the lights are off. That's because the CoB's fundraising officer, Emile Dieth, is now serving as the Interim Executive Director of USM's Foundation. Dieth's replacement, if there is to be one, has not reached Joseph Greene Hall yet. That means that whatever fundraising programs were underway when Dieth departed the CoB over the summer of 2007 are no longer operating at full throttle.
(September 26, 2007) Breaking News Bad News on the P&T Jailbreak Train LONG BEACH – Reporters with USMNEWS.NET have just learned that the Draughn Assistant Professor of Healthcare Marketing, Michael Wittmann, is submitting a 2007-08 application to become the Draughn Associate Professor of Healthcare Marketing. Wittmann, who some sources believe is one of the highest paid assistant professors in marketing in the South, stands to earn a 9-month taxpayer-supported salary of just under $100,000 per year with the salary increment that comes with promotion in the CoB.
(October 1, 2007) The CoB P&T Jailbreak Train, 2007-08 Passenger Manifest
(October 8, 2007) Special Report Memo to Martha, Part I A Look at Alvin Williams’ Role in the Mobbing of Aug-07 Reporters at usmnews.net have received a copy of a memo sent by Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams to USM President Martha Saunders, through Interim Provost Bobby Middlebrooks, asking Saunders to terminate the employment (at USM) of USMNEWS.NET editor and accounting professor, Marc DePree. Williams’ letter is dated 21 August 2007, the same day that Saunders penned a letter to DePree advising DePree that he was being relieved of his teaching and services responsibilities to USM during the fall 2007 semester.
(October 10, 2007) Once Upon a Time The Fanciful Expressions of Interim SAIS Director Steven Jackson The Aug-07 mobbing of USMNEWS.NET editor, Marc DePree, has been the subject of a number of reports here at USMNEWS.NET Parts I and II of "Memo to Martha" explain in graphic detail the misrepresentations and mischaracterizations in Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams' 21-Aug-07 memo to USM President Martha Saunders requesting that Saunders terminate the employment of DePree, a professor of accounting at USM.