ARTICLES CONCERNING
HOW MONEY IS SPENT
(August 14, 2007) ECONewbies Institutional Affiliations on the Research of EFIB’s Favorite Sons A number of reports at
USMNEWS.NET have examined the 2007 merit raises of Sami Dakhlia and Akbar Marvasti, two of EFIB Chair George
Carter’s favorite CoB faculty (and two faculty who joined the CoB in mid August 2006). One report compared the
combined 2007 merit raises of Dakhlia and Marvasti – which totaled about $17,500 – to the combined total of $8,500 for
Franklin Mixon and Edward Nissan. What’s striking about that report is that the research over the appraisal period
(2004-Present) that was produced by Mixon-Nissan is leaps and bounds beyond what the tandem of Dakhlia and
Marvasti submitted to Carter for consideration.
(January 14, 2008) 31st & Pearl Saunders–Amodeo Relationship Should be Examined After reading the drivel that Mona
Amodeo's consulting firm produced in response to USM's recent "Core Dialogues," it's clear that the University got
hosed by its contractual relationship with Amodeo. For a report which barely presents any coherent thoughts, and
includes some classic, oxymoronic management-speak, such as the oft-referenced "collective individualism,"
Mississippi's taxpayers had to part with $40,000 of hard-earned cash. Because of that, it's not surprising to hear than
some taxpayers did a quick cyberspace search about Amodeo's consulting firm, and the results were surprising.
(January 30, 2008) Breaking News Goodwin Sets New Record HATTIESBURG – Sources tell USMNEWS.NET reporters
that the new hire in finance, Kimberly Goodwin, was issued a starting salary that eclipses the starting salary of any new
PhD-hire in the CoB's history, and, most likely, also eclipses the starting offer of any new, non-administrative hire in the
college's history. According to the data, sources say Goodwin's offer exceeds the current salaries of finance assistant
professors Farooq Malik and Matthew Hood by about 20 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Not only that, Goodwin's
offer exceeds John Clark's current salary by about 3 percent, and Clark is an associate professor of finance in the CoB's
EFIB.