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(September 18, 2006) Special Report Dr. Niroomand's "Academic Visit" to Irvine An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Travel "This Special Report examines another "Academic Visit" made by Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand. In October of 2005, while the rest of the CoB was struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Niroomand took a trip to Irvine, CA. The details of Niroomand's plans for the trip are below:...".

(September 18, 2006) Special Report Nissan Back to San Francisco - May of '06 An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Travel "This Special Report looks at another suspicious trip to San Francisco made by Edward Nissan (Professor of Economics). As the insert below indicates, this trip was a bit shorter than previous ones, though it still consumed about $1,000 of the CoB's budget...".

(September 20, 2006) Special Report Harold @ Hooters: “Delightfully Tacky, Yet Unrefined”An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Travel

(September 21, 2006) Special Report Bureau of Business & Economic Research: The Untold Story An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for Personal Gain "This Special Report presents some new information obtained by usmpride.com investigators regarding CoB Dean Harold Doty's new Bureau of Business and Economic Research. A previous report indicated that Doty's new internal venture was profiled in the Spring 2005 issue of the CoB highlights magazine, Joint Venture. An excerpt from that story appears below:...".

(September 21, 2006) Special Report Harold and Farhang will Always have Paris An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Travel "This is the installment in the Special Report series that so many of you have been begging for. Finally, without futher delay, buckle up and get ready for some of the details about the now infamous AACSB trip to Paris in April of 2006. We start with a few items of interest submitted by the CoB's Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand...".

(September 21, 2006) Special Report The Cost to the CoB of Barry Babin's '06 "Invitations" An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Travel This Special Report examines some of the recent "invitations" to present research that Barry Babin has received. The usual understanding is that the inviting organization would pay the freight, but as usmpride.com investigators have discovered, that is rarely the case with invitations involving CoB faculty.

(September 22, 2006) Special Report "Dinner with Colleague(s)" An Investigative Series on the use of the CoB's Budget "This Special Report takes a look at a recent stack of paperwork obtained by usmpride.com investigators involving several meals that CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand has had with various "colleagues." The parties involved, and the purpose of these meals, is not spelled out by Niroomand on any of his reimbursement forms. It seems as though Niroomand's thinking is that simply using the word "colleague(s)" makes any meal expenditure legitimate...".