The Ultimate Machiavelli
Technical Communication - Kangaroo Court - Abstract

Paul Trummel moved to University of Washington (UW) to complete a PhD program as agreed among professors Mark P Haselkorn, College of Engineering; William D Winn, College of Education; Stephen T Kerr, College of Education; ratified by James I Doi, Dean Emeritus (then dean), College of Education.

University officials, faculty members, and attorneys general have broken laws, framed evidence to support sham disciplinary proceedings, and covered up kangaroo court findings. Only an independent investigator can fairly examine the voluminous documents which support these contentions.

Judith A Ramey and Jan H Spyridakis wrote propaganda in collusion with Landolt and Olswang. They ignored positive recommendations written over several years. Winn and Rubens filed their statements on doctoral progress with both Rensselaer and University of Washington; however, officials at each university either destroyed them or refused to allow first party access to them. Obviously, she does not understand the cultural bond that exists among “straddlers” who move from blue- to white-collar then suffer a lifetime of alienation by family and the middle class - academic limbo.

Otto Enger CPA had a conversation with Olswang (26 Feb 92) with respect to an IRS inquiry. Olswang confirmed that Trummel attended University of Washington for PhD work and that he could deduct PhD expenses for tax purposes. Five months later, Graduate School, University of Washington confirmed receipt of twelve documents signed by professors required for admission into UW Special Individual PhD Program (SPhD). Another three professors certified their willingness to serve on the PhD committee.

Trummel possesses a US MS degree in communication and rhetoric earned at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and completed PhD work at that institution. He also holds certified UK BS and MS equivalencies in verbal and visible communication. He has worked and taught technical communication for more than six decades and founded the first technical communication companies in London during the 1950s. He has held graduate teaching positions at several leading US universities.

A kangaroo court convened by Olswang and others decided that the author had not made satisfactory progress towards completion of a master's degree in the Department of Technical Communication (TC) - a program in which he had not enrolled - a blatant violation of law also constitutional and human rights. At the instigation of Olswang Trummel (who originally registered for the PhD program in the College of Education) agreed to register for a Special Doctor of Philosophy (SPhD) degree.

Feetham had a personal stake in denying due process to evade exposure of her previous unlawful actions. Landolt tried to appoint her to chair the kangaroo court despite her position as director of SPhD programs. Ramey, an associate professor with equivalent academic rank to Trummel in the same discipline and far less professional and teaching experience, had no authority or qualifications to supervise PhD academic progress let alone to expel a mature SPhD doctoral candidate for nonperformance.

Kangaroo courts conduct their business without regard for the rights of individuals. Decisions result from foregone conclusions made in secret and based upon political expedience or other bias. University administrators frequently convene them to deny due process, to cover up their own crimes, or to gain promotion. Due process of law would expose what they represent. The whole procedure characterizes dishonesty by violating established legal procedures. Kangaroo courts, or using the pseudonym “risk management protocols”, amount to nothing more than denial of due process of law by using a system of self-regulation that amounts to no regulation at all. Risk management creates serious obstacles for victims of abuse.

Although University of Washington publishes independent judicial procedures along lines generally accepted in law, a closer look at those protocols shows that administrators absolutely control them by simultaneously assuming the roles of prosecution, defense, judge, and jury. They use the term risk management to hide the kangaroo court stigma.

In an attempt to cover up gross malfeasance that resulted from the kangaroo court, Huntsman conspired with Olswang, Landolt and Feetham to manufacture denial of a formal appeal. Silent withholding of documents played a large part in the enigma. Gregoire has since stonewalled an appeal of the decision made by Huntsman thereby denying due process of law as both Attorney General and Governor for more than a decade

Academic harassment defines as behavior that: intends to unreasonably interfere with an individual’s educational performance both on or off campus; distributes verbal, written or electronic communication with intent to annoy; causes unlawful arrest; creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive classroom environment; directs personally offensive remarks with intent to demean, belittle, or cause personal humiliation or embarrassment in public; and, threatens, intimidates, or coerces.

Olswang, known among US Department of Education officials as "Dr. Bait and Switch" and described by a leading Seattle attorney as the "University of Washington Hit Man" has certainly practiced Machiavellian ideals. He probably ranks as the most corrupt and devious professor/lawyer on campus - The Ultimate Machiavelli - prime choreographer of farcical disciplinary hearings and administrative dishonesty.

Only those universities that function within the law preserve the individual freedoms granted by the Constitution despite the self-government privileges that university and state officials possess. Both Rensselaer (a private university) and University of Washington (a public institution) denied both faculty members and students the basic protection that courts provide as a constitutional right even to jaywalkers.

In Washington state, the Attorney General must arrange for the Superior Court to call a grand jury or petition the Supreme Court for an order appointing a special inquiry judge as recommended by former Washington Governor Gary Locke. This could include the organized crime advisory board naming a special prosecutor to investigate both Rensselaer and University of Washington. Christine O Gregoire, Governor, State of Washington (formerly Attorney General) and Mark A Emmert, President, University of Washington continue to acquiesce to this situation and condone a laissez faire policy that has existed for more than a decade.

Fortunately, Washington has a 2008 gubernatorial election scheduled which will probably facilitate dispatch of these Whores of the Academe in a political farce of their own creation. They do not have much time left to address the issues. Relegation of The Ultimate Machiavelli does nothing to mitigate the damage that he caused during a two-decade rampage of lawlessness.

The Ultimate Machiavelli

[Introduction - Full Text]
[Kangaroo Court - Abstract]
[Kangaroo Court - Full Text]
[Technical Communication - Hearing - Abstract]
[Technical Communication - Hearing - Full Text]
[Technical Communication - Correspondence]

[Introduction - PDF]
[Kangaroo Court - PDF]
[Technical Communication - Hearing - PDF]
[Technical Communication - Correspondence - PDF]