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(September 10, 2006) Let Them Eat Chocolate Cake Did Bushardt Improve the CoB's MBA Program? "Stephen Bushardt's (Professor of Management) tenure as Director of Graduate Programs in the College of Business at USM has been a heretofore overlooked subject. We have seen reports on how he used some of the CoB's budget, but the details of that use were missing from those reports...".
(September 10, 2006) Special Report How Much does JCRGB Sponsorship Cost the CoB? An Investigative Series on the use of the CoB's Budget "The recent "CoBscam . . ." report about the questionable publishing practices of Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand and economics professor Edward Nissan have sparked a lot of interest among usmpride.com readers. This "Special Report" is partially the result of a reader's tip...".
(September 11, 2006) Special Report How much of Spring '99 did Babin Miss by Teaching in Montreal? An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for Personal Gain "…This report is another in that genre. It turns out that Barry Babin (now Chair/Professor of Marketing) may have missed more than one week of Spring semester '99 due to teaching an intensive course on "Retailing in the U.S." at the Ecole des Hautes de Etudes Commerciales in Montreal. The screen inserted below indicates that the HEC in Montreal proudly announced is first ever summer school named "Marketing in the U.S.":…".
(September 13, 2006) Special Report Klinedinst's 2,400 Mile Marathon and More An Investigative Series on CoB Travel "This Special Report examines two trips made by Mark Klinedinst, one in 1999 to New York City and the other in 2000 to Italy. The first of these trips, to New York City, was made by Klinedinst to attend the American Economic Association meetings, as the insert below indicates:...".
(September 13, 2006) The Management and Marketing Bee Hive
(September 15, 2006) Special Report Niroomand makes another "Academic Visit" to Atlanta An Investigative Series on Travel by CoB Faculty "Investigators at usmpride.com have uncovered details of yet another "academic visit" to Atlanta made by CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand. This one occurred from June 2-6, 2005, or just days after Niroomand returned from 2.5 weeks in his home country of Iran. Details of this latest find on "academic visits" are presented below...".
(September 15, 2006) Special Report The AGB "Amigo" Crosses the Rio Grande An Investigative Series on Travel by CoB Faculty "This Special Report covers more details involving CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand's dealings with the Association for Global Business. Previous exhibits at usmpride.com have pointed out that the quality of this Association is suspect, and that Niroomand and Edward Nissan's (Professor of Economics) involvement with it has (i) cost USM a relatively large amount of money and (ii) led to some nifty raises for both, particularly Niroomand...".