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(August 10, 2006) Niroomand vs. Dow Jones "A usmpride.com reader recently remarked that if Farhang Niroomand was a company, the reader would want to buy stock in him. The reader was referring of course to the fact that Niroomand's salary has risen so high so fast...".

(August 27, 2006) Special Report Pay for Play: 2006 Summer Salary Shenanigans An Investigation into Salaries in the CoB "This special report examines uncovered evidence of "special deals" given to some CoB faculty regarding Summer pay (for teaching) in 2006. The table below presents the teaching and salary ratios for a number of CoB faculty who taught during the Summer of 2006. Those with special deals are entered in red typeface...".

(September 4, 2006) SEDONA Files "� In this issue we visit the SEDONA records of Elizabeth LaFleur (Professor of Marketing). We start with the now public CoB Profitability Spreadsheet (available at www.usmpride.com) that lists a number of interesting facts, including each individual's grant contributions to USM. Three CoB faculty are listed as being involved with grant work. Farhang Niroomand and Sharon Topping have been known to engage in grant projects. The third, however, is Elizabeth K. LaFleur, whose line item in the profitability spreadsheet reports a $68,500 grant income to USM�".

(September 5, 2006) The Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Accounting Educator Award - An Outstanding Award? "According to a USM Marketing and Public Relations release dated January 20, 2005 James Crockett was named the 2005 recipient of the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants (MS SCPA) Outstanding Accounting Educator Award...".

(September 8, 2006) The CoB's Named Professorships, 2006-07 "A Look at the Record In early September of 2006, CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand announced the CoB Administration's choices for a number of "Named Professorships" for the 2006-07 academic year...".

(September 8, 2006) 31st & Pearl And So it Begins . . . "The search to find a secret replacement for Edward Nissan on the University Research Council is likely underway. A perusal of the USM website leads one to think that URC service is about as time consuming and bothersome as some of the prior service work Nissan has sought to avoid...".

(September 14, 2006) BAC/Partnership Society Professorship Finalists "During the August 2006 CoB Faculty Meeting, CoB Dean Harold Doty announced the CoB's BAC and Partnership Society Professorship program, begun under former CoB Dean William Gunther, would resume during the 2006-07 academic year. Doty stated that 10 Professorships were to be awarded this year, hopefully during September of 2006. Below is a list of what we consider to be 15 finalists for these 10 positions, as of August, 2006�".