2006

Dean of The College threatens to deduct health insurance premiums from future salary payments. President of The College resigns effective June 2007. The College’s Affirmative Action Officer resigns effective June 2006. Philosophy Department Adrian Photo credit: Polly Bradengoes into administrative receivership under supervision of Associate Dean of The College. Dean of The College charges $9,000.00 worth of health insurance premiums retroactively to July 2005, demands immediate payment. Piper finishes Rationality and the Structure of the Self. Finishes Unite. Begins final revisions on Kant’s Metaethics: First Critique Foundations of His Theory of Action. Reads Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Reads Muhammad Yunus’ Banker to the Poor. Attends sixth Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie Kongreß at the Freie Universität Berlin. Notifies MCAD of decision not to return to continuing hostile environment at Wellesley. MCAD “resends” notification of September 2005 dismissal of charges. Requests Substantial Weight Review of case by U. S. Employment Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Delivers keynote address, “Criticizing the Critics” at Frieze Art Fair, London. On U.S. lecture tour, delivers “Passing Beyond Passing,” “The Ideal of Agent Integrity,” and “Why Shiva Dances” in Austin, Santa Fe, Minneapolis, and Bloomington, discovers name on U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s Suspicious Traveler (SSSS) Watch List. Returns to Berlin, notifies Wellesley College of SSSS List and requests indefinite leave of absence. College denies request, threatens termination of employment as tenured full professor. Adrian Photo credit: Heidi Träbert