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(September 10, 2008) Special Report More “Fun Money” Found? An Investigative Report on the Growing Fall ’08 Book/Online Fees Controversy Recent reports and editorials here at USMNEWS.net (see 1, 2, 3) have expanded upon The Hattiesburg American’s coverage of various textbook pricing/online fees scandals that have been plaguing USM’s campus in recent weeks. These issues have not only been hot topics at both The Hattiesburg American and USMNEWS.net, they have also been the subject of discussion on the USM Forum –To build trust, a team and a campus – Message Board. Since these issues have arisen, reporters here at USMNEWS.net have uncovered other tentacles of the story, reaching to other fees associated with various CoB courses. Of course, included in this new finding are the fees associated with the CoB’s participation in the Wall Street Journal’s Academic Partnership Program (WSJAPP).

(September 10, 2008) Economoney A Look at the 2008-09 Salaries in ECO Continuing recent reports examining some of the financials in the CoB's economics unit, this report presents the 2008-09 salaries for all of the CoB-H's economics faculty. These data, which come from the 2008-09 USM Budget Book, are shown below in Table 1.

(September 11, 2008) Special Report The 4 "Ds" CoB Administration Stipends, 2008-09 Two veteran CoB faculty took on important administrative posts to begin the 2008-09 academic year. These are Donna Davis, professor of MIS, and David Duhon, professor of MGT. Davis assumes the role of Interim Director of Graduate Academic Services, while Duhon has accepted the position of Interim Chair of the MGT & MKT department. With these two appointments, both of these CoB faculty were moved from 9-month contracts to 12-month contracts. At the same time, their "annual" compensation figures rose.

(September 13, 2008) Special Report The 4 "Ds" CoB Administration Stipends, 2008-09 Two veteran CoB faculty took on important administrative posts to begin the 2008-09 academic year. These are Donna Davis, professor of MIS, and David Duhon, professor of MGT. Davis assumes the role of Interim Director of Graduate Academic Services, while Duhon has accepted the position of Interim Chair of the MGT & MKT department. With these two appointments, both of these CoB faculty were moved from 9-month contracts to 12-month contracts. At the same time, their "annual" compensation figures rose.

(September 19, 2008) Perks for Buds XVIII Musical Professorships – Real Estate The Parham Bridges Real Estate Professorship, or Real Estate Chair, or Real Estate Fund; it has been so long since anyone has seen evidence of its existence that it is believed to be missing or abducted. The CoB and USM do not have nearly enough resources for that to happen. This money has been rumored for years to have been used for non-real estate purposes under the Gunther-Niroomand and Doty-Niroomand years.