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(December 6, 2007) 31st & Pearl Niroomand's Statements on "Early P&T" Miss the Mark Throughout his recent political campaign in support of the 2007-08 P&T files of second-year CoB economists Sami Dakhlia and Akbar Marvasti, former Associate Dean and economics professor, Farhang Niroomand, made a number of faulty and contradictory statements about the merits of the two cases. On one hand, Niroomand stressed that these two had been in academia about eight and 24 years respectively, and therefore there was nothing at all "early" about their promotions.

(December 24, 2007) CoB News, December 2007 CoB Turf Wars The CoB's recent Distinguished Alumnus Award dinner, hosted for recipient Bruce Aust, was covered by Hattiesburg's society magazine, Signature. Photos from the event appeared in Signature's December 2007 issue.

(December 28, 2007) Dear USM Pride, Next, regarding what you all are calling Akbar Marvasti's "2007-08 P&T Gambit," I have been told that Marvasti is a resident of the Timberton neighborhood. That is the same d<**>n neighborhood that Charles Sawyer, Marvasti's supposed "external reviewer," resides in. That has to be a first, and is something beyond the pale, even for USM.

(January 28, 2008) GH Chatter Akbar Marvasti’s first foray into the EFIB hiring machine is drawing a lot of attention. As the leader of this year’s EFIB search team, Marvasti’s selection of finalists is “turning heads” in and outside of Joseph Greene Hall. It looks like making the CoB “a fun place to work” might be high on the agenda again.

(January 30, 2008) Greetings USM news! Aren't Akbar Marvasti's antics becoming an embarrassment for the college? One would think so. But it looks like the administration is either losing control of things or doesn't care.

(April 13, 2008) More Summer Teaching Shenanigans in EFIB George Carter's Preferential Teaching Schedules are Becoming an Annual Affair Summer teaching schedule shenanigans are not new to George Carter's EFIB. In The CoB's 2006 Summer Teaching Deals Explained, USMNEWS.NET reporters explain how Carter, the chair of EFIB, gave preferential summer teaching salaries in the summer of 2006 to economists Edward Nissan and Charles Sawyer (now with TCU), while Trellis Green and Ernest King, also EFIB faculty, were denied those same salary deals.

(June 17, 2008) Crushed by Kindness A Look at Akbar Marvasti's Pleas to USM Officials for a Better Work Environment Just six months into his new job at USM, EFIB associate professor Akbar Marvasti sent the following e-mail to USM Human Resources Director Russ Willis: