answered, again with the qualifier, which was not deemed
noteworthy by the committee members. "In my opinion, they may not be
used for just any purpose, but they certainly may be used for those
purposes."

Well, sure. Ask the guy who did it if it was all right. Some legal
opinion! thought Diana.

It was, however, the benchmark, the criterion of the prejudice
exhibited by the hearing panel throughout. The Attorney General, after
her investigation was complete, wrote in her report that, "....the
panel utilized a procedure in which guilt was not investigated, but
assumed. The university placed the burden of proof on Diana Trenchant
to prove she was innocent, but denied her the evidence to do so.

"In fact," The A.G.'s report continued, "the process was so
fundamentally unfair and reflected such an aggressive determination by
the university to discharge her, that its actions have strengthened the
inference of discrimination."

Chapter 24

After Mark had left, Associate Academic Vice President, Jimbo Jones was
sworn. He had held the chair of NERD for many years, then when Lyle
took over, Jimbo was moved to the central administrative post. Henry
smiled wryly, hoping for the best because no matter how poor a
performance was turned in by senior administrators, they were never
fired--they knew where too many bodies were buried. They were kept
around and use as needed to plug gaps and cover asses, especially their
own....

Having few duties as a Vee, Jimbo lectured, teamed with Lyle, in the
nursing nutrition course. He used to refer to them as a dog and pony
show. The students thought of two other animals that would have
described the situation better, since neither man was greatly liked.

This was mainly because both had a low opinion of undergraduates, felt
it was beneath them to lecture at this level and didn't try to hide
their opinion from the students.

Lyle and Jimbo gave these few lectures because the university policy of
increasing administration personnel and research faculty while
decreasing teachers had decimated the ranks of competent instructors.

Upper level administrators like Jimbo were paid in the six figure
category. A few professors received fifty grand a year; most
substantially less. A limited number of excellent teaching faculty
worked their butts off teaching course after course for peanuts. The
ever burgeoning, corpulent administration and research people had light
duties a