Piper teaches "Vedanta Ethics and Epistemology" course for first time. Secures permanent existence of Wellesley's Black Task Force through College legislation. Attends Internationalen Kant-Kongress in Berlin and "Science and Consciousness" conference in New Mexico. Sends Personal Report: Fall 1990 – Spring 2000 to Wellesley President, who refuses to discuss it. Home burglarized twice in two weeks. Spends summer doing paperwork and fighting with security alarm company. Sues Wellesley College for fraud, breach of contract, loss of reputation, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Rushed to hospital with ruptured appendicitis one week after warning department chair of impending physical collapse. Undergoes emergency appendectomy. Develops peritonitis, intestinal adhesions. Undergoes lysis of adhesions. Released from hospital after one month. House vandalized. Goes on medical leave for rest of Fall semester. Completes The Color Wheel Series, First Adhyasa: Annomayakosha #2-24 in time for exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery. Concurrently exhibits related works at Thomas Erben, both retrospectives conjointly at the New Museum. Gradually resumes yoga practice with a few elementary asanas. Completes design for Prayer Wheel. Begins preparing to leave U. S in wake of "election" of George W. Bush as U.S. President.