ARTICLES CONCERNING
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES AND THOUGHTS
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(July 17, 2006) An Essay on Collegiality "Collegiality is a word that is bandied about the College of Business (and, in fact,
Academia as a whole) and (when necessary) can sometimes serve as a fourth category for tenure, promotion, and raise
determination, alongside the standard pillars of teaching, research, and service. But what is collegiality, and how should
collegiality fit into the Academic System?...".
(July 28, 2006) 31st & Pearl: Don't Talk to Them "As I was reading the essay on collegiality posted at
www.usmpride.com, I began to think about a CoB tradition - administrators telling young faculty and/or new hires to
stay away from certain older faculty members who have a history of being outspoken...".
(July 31, 2006) 31st & Pearl The WSJAPP as Told by One Who Was There "I have been visiting this site for quite a while.
The op/ed column "31st & Pearl" is a good way for me to tell a story that serves many purposes if told. That story is the
story of the Wall Street Journal Academic Partnership Program at the COB...".
(August 17, 2006) The CoB's New Department "For the past several years the CoB has been organized into three
academic departments - Management and Marketing, Economics, Finance, and International Business, and the School of
Accountancy and Information Systems. Apparently, there has been a fourth department added to that set, and the new
addition is a clandestine one. Below is a screen shot of new Assistant Professor of Marketing Charles Michael
Wittmann's information from the USM directory. Notice his "Department"...".
(September 9, 2006) THE PILEUM SHELL GAME "The depositions of Pileum Corporation and Jill Beneke were noticed
to determine how USM had previously accessed its faculty's and administration's emails. Thus far, the University has
been able to produce only a few of the emails I asked for in my Freedom of Information request. USM has gone so far as
to suggest that it would be necessary to hire IBM to search for/recover the requested emails--a typical USM
administrative ploy. The fact is, however, USM has previously searched for/recovered such emails with the assistance of
Pileum Corporation and Jill Beneke...".