the university's witnesses sworn in by the
court stenographer. The committee will then examine each of the
witness, then the accused may cross examine them.

"After all our witnesses have testified, Trenchant may examine her
witnesses and the committee will cross. Are there any questions?"

"Yes." Diana said firmly. "You have said that the witness are to be
sworn by the court stenographer and I have no objection to that.
However, I want it in the record that I was told both by the ombudsman
and by you, Mr. Chairperson, that this would be a typical
administrative hearing and that witnesses are generally not sworn.
When they are, it is done by one of the hearing committee.

"I was further told that recording of the hearing would be by tape
recorder. I find that neither of these two things are true.

"In addition, I want it recorded that I have requested several times
that this hearing be open, and the chair has refused. The Attorney
General's Office has asked to be allowed to send an observer to this
hearing. Their request was denied, but they were promised a complete
transcript of it."

"OK," Henry brushed aside Diana's observations as if they were of no
import, and continued, "we'll call our first witness." Henry rose and
went to get the Lyle Stone, chair of the Nutrition, Embryology and
Radiology Department--NERD.

Lyle was seated directly opposite Trenchant and was sworn by the
stenographer. Under questioning from the committee, he gave his name
and position.

Dr. Lyle Stone was a man totally driven by ambition. He treated people
on two levels. If he needed something from you, he was most decent,
even kindly; if not, he ignored you.

Quick to anger, he rarely checked facts. He took good care of himself,
and at the age of 58, he regularly worked out at the gym and was seldom
sick.

He was, however, short. Shorter than the average man, he tried to make
up the height with bluster. This gave him not only a Banty rooster
approach to life but also may have been why he resembled one.

"How did you become aware of the issue that this panel is
investigating?" Henry continued.

Lyle testified that two years previously, Dr. Randy Fecesi had come to
him with two medical student feedback forms which he had found.
"Students are required to fill out and bring to the NERD office a
questionnaire type form that critiqued each of the faculty in each
course and the course itself," he explained....

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