Piper teaches Philosophy of Yoga course. Blocks Philosophy Department's second attempt to cancel annual Kant seminar. Finishes The Color Wheel Series with video, Shiva Dances at the Art Institute of Chicago. Dean of The College discontinues medical disability accommodations against doctors' warnings, effective Spring 2005. House vandalized. Begins purchase of apartment building in Berlin-Mitte. Philosophy Department accidentally drops new Rawls & Habermas course description, repeatedly, from 2005 course catalogue. Piper's second liver biopsy reveals persisting cryptogenic portal Stage 2 fibrosis. Piper discovers bhangra hip-hop. Shunned by Philosophy Department junior colleague; Department and Committee on Faculty Appointments decline to reprimand her. Piper teaches Kant's Metaethics seminar. Summarily relieved of committee responsibilities and involvement in promotion & hiring decisions by Philosophy Department. Develops chronic pleurisy. Again amends MCAD lawsuit to include additional charges. Attends London-Berlin premieres of Shiva Dances with the Art Institute of Chicago and gives talks: "Political Art and the Paradigm of Innovation" (Tate Modern and Humboldt University Art History Department), "Passing Beyond Passing" (Haus der Kulturen der Welt). At urging of European friends, sees Lars von Trier's Dogville; gets it. Invited to accept Research Fellowship at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin/ Institute for Advanced Study for academic year 2005 - 2006. Produces and gives talk on soundwork, Construct Madrid, at Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid, for citywide 2005 exhibition, Itineraries of Sound. Attends second opening of group show, "Funky Lessons", BAWAG Foundation, Vienna.