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Capella's Shysters & Karen L. Thro, from Drinker Biddle & Reath Keep Adding to Their Billing Hours. . .& Is Capella's Shyster, Priscilla McNulty, Under Investigation by the U.S. Department Justice?

Shyster Chris L'Orange submits a public record that shows he earns $450 per hour to conduct his abusive depositions and to prepare documents in which he intentionally lies to Federal Courts. We'll post more information on this FACT later but, for now, we also want to post information that is freely available on the Internet that document the EXTRAVAGENT LUXUARY VACATIONS that the obscene $450 per hour that L'Orange gets for lying for Capella University. A post attributed to L'Orange notes that he had “Wonderful accommodations, wonderful food, wonderful people!" for a trip to "Marina Phuket Resort" in Thailand and numerous scuba diving trips to the exotic Solomon Islands where "L'Orange has devoted one dive bag not to masks, fins and wetsuits, but to school supplies -- pencils, markers, notebooks, solar calculators and globes he delivers to villagers. It's the thing to do, he says, and it makes his trips that much more meaningful." At $450 an hour, one would think that L'Orange would bring an entire case of pencils but, then again, pencils are "good enough" to brag about how hypocritically benevolent the vanity press he receives for lying to Federal Courts and obstructing justice in order swim with his first-degree relatives - sharks.

Shyster Gets $450 an Hour to Lie for Capella University

(October 16, 2008) Hmm. . . Drinker Biddle Reath continues to feed their obsessive-compulsive fetish by spending more hours on this site today. This time (as in the past) we've noted that one of their employees has joined in. Specifically, our logs indicate that someone by name of of throkl has apparently saved our site to her "C drive" on her Drinker Biddle & Reath computer. It doesn't take much to determine that "throkl" must be a Drinker Biddle Reath employee by the name of "Karen L. Thro." BTW, Karen, why are you doing Google searches for the book that liar Chris L'Orange has helped to ban, after all, he made sure he had a copy before he sought to prevent truth about Capella University from being revealed! Why don't you just borrow his copy? Just how many Drinker Biddle and Reath employees are there that are engaged in running up their billing hours for Capella?

(October 15, 2008) We've long noted the obsession of Capella lying shysters' fetish for visiting this site but we thought we would add a counter (at left) to help them keep track of their billing hours (heck, other than feeding their fetish, raking up those billing hours must be a close second)! Not wanting to minimize the impact of our other recent headlines, visitors (and Capella's shysters) may want to click here to view some of Drinker Biddle and Reath's and their high-paying client, Capella University, recent visits to this site. Also, the United States Department of Justice visited our site today, apparently to find information on Capella's own in-house shyster, Priscilla McNulty and Greg Thom (it is an indisputable FACT that both of these unethical shysters have intentionally lied to law enforcement agencies). Click here to read more (or to increase those billing hours!)

Blogger Accuses
Capella University of
Bait-and-Switch Tactics!

We've just come across a damning blog post (and, in our opinion, an outstanding exposé on the sleazy practices of Capella University unethical sales tactics) by someone who was looking for work online only to find that an alleged job application was being used as a front for an apparent phishing scam designed to help boost Capella University's ever-increasing enrollments and profits. The blogger reports that instead of obtaining a real interview for a potential job, he/she was given a sales pitch about Capella University with an offer of assistance for financial aid. The blogger apparently received the following snow job:

"You sound like someone who cares a lot about his education, so I tell you what I'm going to do... I'm going to transfer you to someone at one of our partner companies who can find an online, accredited university that can offer you financial aid and help you finish your education."

Imagine that?! Apply for a job only to find that Capella's sales force is trying to get you to enroll instead! What a deal! Just as enlightening is the blogger's statement that:

"It's been over a week since I was "interviewed" for that job, and I've heard nothing from the school that posted the ad, if they ever existed in the first place. On the other hand, I've gotten two or three calls from Capella University every day and just as many emails touting the school's excellent financing options. When I was considering attending the University of South Florida, no one called to try and sell me on the school. When I was thinking about buying a new car, on the other hand, dealers fell over each other to get in touch with me and convince me they had the best financing, but even a used car salesman won't barrage you with phone calls like an online university."

As we've stated so many times before, Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware!

Capella and their lying shysters continue feeding their fetish

Some things just never change: the sun rises everyday, the tides never stop, taxes . . .and Capella University and their lying shysters can't stop feeding their fetish by visiting this site. Granted, there are other obsessive/compulsive visitors, such as Capella's head cheerleader, Shawn Ambrose, Robert Evans, and Pizzaface (oops, make that Pizzaman - this clown seems to pop up just about everywhere that Ambrose does), all of whom seem to live and breathe every word posted on this site. We've got to hand it to Capella University and the "law firm" (try not to gag) of Drinker Biddle and Reath for nearly crashing the Internet everyday with their ceaseless visits to this site. So, in order to give the liars from Capella and Drinker Biddle Reath more to read, we've posted some of our latest logs (October 13, 2008) to document their obsessions.

• Click here to view recent visits by Capella University
• Click here to view recent visits by Drinker Biddle and Reath

So, just what are these liars looking for when they fixate on visiting this site? Some of the recent search terms used by Drinker Biddle and Reath include:

• "Diane Stottlemyer" (the charlatan from Capella University who bought and used fake degrees from a Diploma Mill and, even though Capella has known of this FACT for many years, continues to "teach" there). Of course, H. Christian L'Orange, Capella Stella Fey Epling, and Capella have done everything possible to HIDE this FACT.
• "UCI Matkin" - Why are Capella and the lairs from Drinker Biddle and Reath looking for information on the University of California and Gary Matkin, Dean of Extended Education? Simple! Matkin and Michael Offerman (Capella's "Vice Chairman of External Affairs" and former "President") where caught in a kickback scam whereby Capella University was paying UCI for each student being feed into Capella's programs. This FACT was reported on by the Los Angeles Times and CBS News (among other national news media agencies)
• "Greg Thom" and "Greg Thom FERPA" - Greg Thom is Capella's chief shyster and Congressional Lobbyist who has intentionally lied (and that's a FACT) to at least two law enforcement agencies - the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights and the Family Policy Compliance Office in an attempt to cover up the illegal actions of his employer, Capella University. His buddies at Drinker Biddle and Reath (H. Christian L'Orange and Capella Stella Fey Epling) have intentionally tried to prevent these FACTS from being provided to Federal Courts and.
• "Fey Epling" - An lawyer from Drinker Biddle and Reath (need we say more?)
• "Kurt Linberg" - the esteemed "dean" at Capella University who has also lied to Federal Law Enforcement Agencies and also to Federal Courts. Once again, the liars from Drinker Biddle and Reath are doing everything possible to prevent the FACT that Linberg is a liar and has committed perjury from being exposed.

Like Drinker Biddle and Reath, Capella also can't get enough of this site; their recent search terms have included:

• Brian Imholte - One of Kurt Linberg's underlings who also serves on Capella's Kangaroo Courts in which students are denied ALL due process while, at the same time, is given approximately 150 hours to "collect" fodder for Capella's inquisitions. Imholte, who claims to be dyslexic, engages in abusing students with documented disabilities.
• "Capella University stock" - at least Capella is looking for information on the FACT that they are a public entity. Perhaps they should look for information on their stock on the New York Stock Exchange site.
• Juanita Ikuta - another participant in Capella's refusal to provide due process to students they retaliate against.

KABOOM!

Capella University and their Shysters are Now in for a Surprise!

The President of the United States has just signed the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act!

The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act was passed unanimously by the United States Senate just last week, it was then sent back to the United States House of Representatives which unanimously approved the final version by the Senate and now President George W. Bush has signed the bill into law (September 25, 2008)!

So, what does this mean for the bigots at Capella University and their sleazy shysters?! Well, one of the lawsuits currently pending against Capella University for their blatant discrimination, retaliation, and bigotry against students with disabilities a VERY BIG surprise (well, it really won't be - Capella University and their unethical lying shysters from Drinker Biddle and Reath continuously feed their fetish by visiting this site on a nearly DAILY basis) is now in store for a big surprise because the President, the Senate, and the House have now all OVERTURNED the very pernicious and bigoted rulings made by the U.S. Supreme Court that a lower court used to prematurely "dismiss" a lawsuit against Capella (which is currently on appeal before the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals). One of those cases was the vile ruling in Toyota Motor Mfg. v. Williams, 534 US 184 (2002). The Toyota case (and in other cases, particularly Sutton v. United Air Lines, 527 US 471 (1999)), the Supreme Court decided to IGNORE the intent of Congress when it originally passed the ADA in 1990 and invented their own meaning as to what "disabilities" are. Essentially, the Supreme Court took it upon themselves to play doctor and ignored the very real disabilities of a HUGE number of Americans. Since when do the courts make medical diagnoses instead of enforcing the laws of the land? Well, the Supreme Court did and Congress was PISSED!

Of course, the very rulings that Congress and the President have now OVERTURNED, were also used to justify the equally bigoted rulings in Wong v. Regents of Univ. of California which were the EXACT cases used to prematurely "dismiss" the lawsuit against Capella University last November (More on that in a moment). Opps...it looks like the idiocy of the pernicious Supreme Court rulings has just been given a final death blow by UNANIMOUS votes by BOTH Houses of Congress and the President of the United States! For once, sanity prevails through this the American system of "checks and balances" - which permits Congress and the President to OVERTURN stupid Supreme Court decisions. As a result of all of this, Capella, their shysters, and even the Federal Courts can no longer ignore the bigotry that occurs at Capella University.

Let's take a look at just a few highlights from the ADA Amendments Act as it appears in the Congressional Record. The Senate's original sponsor of the ADA Amendments Act, Senator Tom Harkin, stated:

". . .in . . . the Toyota case, the Court held there must be a ``demanding standing for qualifying as disabled.'' Again, restricted; a demanding standard. We have never said that in the ADA bill. We didn't say that at all. 

"What has happened is that countless individuals have been excluded from ADA, even though the general rule of all civil rights laws is they should be broadly construed to achieve their remedial purposes, and the ADA is a civil rights statute.

"Again, what does all this mean? What this means is the Supreme Court decisions have led to a supreme absurdity, a Catch-22 situation that so many people with disabilities find themselves in today. For example, the more successful a person is at coping with a disability, the more likely it is the Court will find that they are no longer disabled and therefore no longer covered under the ADA. If they are not covered under ADA, then any request that they might make for a reasonable accommodation can be denied. If they do not get the reasonable accommodation, they cannot do their job; and they can get fired and they will not be covered by the ADA and they will not have any recourse. "

In the premature dismissal of the lawsuit against Capella University, Federal Magistrate Marc L. Goldman stated in his opinion (and, of course, he certainly couldn't overturn the higher court rulings in his opinion):

". . . whether Plaintiff's [who is suing Capella University] impairments substantially limit a major life activity, is more problematic. "Merely having an impairment does not make one disabled for purposes of the ADA." Toyota Motor, 534 U.S. at 195. The Supreme Court determined in Toyota Motor that [i]t is insufficient for individuals attempting to prove disability statue under this test to merely submit evidence of a medical diagnosis of an impairment."

First let's repeat what Senator Harkin stated in the Congressional Record (just before the Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed the ADA Amendments Act a few days ago) about the Toyota case:

". . .in another case, the Toyota case, the Court held there must be a ``demanding standard for qualifying as disabled.'' Again, restricted; a demanding standard. We have never said that in the [original 1990] ADA bill. We didn't say that at all."

A mere three sentences later, Senator Harkin BLASTS the Supreme Court in the Congressional Record (just before the Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed the ADA Amendments Act a few days ago) by stating:

". . .the Supreme Court decisions have led to a supreme absurdity, a Catch-22 situation that so many people with disabilities find themselves in today. For example, the more successful a person is at coping with a disability, the more likely it is the Court will find that they are no longer disabled and therefore no longer covered under the ADA." [emphasis added].

Of course, the lower courts have also been forced to commit the exact same SUPREME absurdity due to the Supreme Court's vile rulings which have subsequently HARMED millions of Americans. Senator Harking rightfully notes, that " the more successful a person is at coping with a disability, the more likely it is the Court will find that they are no longer disabled and therefore no longer covered under the ADA."

Hmm...now isn't THAT interesting! Senator Harkin not only states the Supreme Court DID NOT abide by the intent of the original law as written by Congress, but also notes the absolute (or was that the "supreme") stupidity of their rulings. Essentially, the Supreme Court told all Americans that they should dare to be average! Looks like the Army should change their slogan to "Be AVERAGE in all that you can be." Of course, the vital obligation of all Americans to be AVERAGE was also made painfully clear in Magistrate Goldman's opinion,

"As Wong II makes clear, that Plaintiff [who is suing Capella University] may not be reaching his potential does not render him "disabled under the ADA. All of Plaintiff's scores are either average or above average. Plaintiff cannot claim to be substantially impaired in the major life activity of learning, as compared to most people, when his alleged learning disabilities place him squarely within the average range. As the Ninth Circuit has stated, person who has a 'learning disability' is not necessarily disabled' under the [ADA] . . . . The law compels accommodations for someone who is 'disabled as that term is used in the [ADA], but not for everyone who may have a condition described as a learning disability. ' " Wong 11, 410 F. 3d at 1066 n. 6 ."

Oh really? Again, as Senator Tom Harkin, who was also one of the original ADA (1990), state a few days ago (the redundancy in this post is intentional as Capella's shysters from the law firm of Drinker Biddle and Reath continued to feed their fetish by spending more than FIVE HOURS on this web site today [just think of those billing hours they're running up) said a few days ago that,

". . .in another case, the Toyota case, the Court held there must be a ``demanding standing for qualifying as disabled.'' Again, restricted; a demanding standard. We have never said that in the ADA bill. We didn't say that at all."

So, where did the courts get the idea that "The law compels accommodations for someone who is 'disabled as that term is used in the [ADA], but not for everyone who may have a condition described as a learning disability." Obviously, the courts divined that concept out of the thin air - Congress NEVER wrote, or even implied that when they wrote the original ADA!

Next, let's look at what the Congressional Record from that House of Representatives has to say about the obscene rulings in the Wong vs. Regents of Univ. of California cases:

 “Mr. George Miller, [Congressman from California] stated:

"As chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, I agree that both H.R. 3195 and S. 3406 [the ADA Amendments Act] reject the holding that academic success is inconsistent with the finding that an individual is substantially limited in such major life activities. As such, we reject the findings in Price v. National Board of Medical Examiners, Gonzalez v. National Board of Medical Examiners, and Wong v. Regents of University of California."

Hello?! Anyone home? Once again, Congress BLASTS the Supreme Court (and their underlings) for the vile rulings in the Wong case (which both another Federal Court and Capella's shysters claimed were remarkably similar to the lawsuit against Capella University)!

Congressman George Miller continues with:

 "As we stated in the committee report on H.R. 3195, the committee supports the finding in Bartlett. Our report explains that ``an individual with an impairment that substantially limits a major life activity should not be penalized when seeking protection under the ADA simply because he or she managed their own adaptive strategies or received informal or undocumented accommodations that have the effect of lessening the deleterious impacts of their disability" (emphasis added).

Once again Magistrate Goldman, guided by the disgusting rulings of higher courts (which have now been OVERTURNED BY CONGRESS) went on to wrongly state that:

"Plaintiff also has ADD, which could potentially render him disabled under the ADA independent of his learning disabilities. However, as in the context of his learning disabilities, Plaintiff's considerable academic success even without the benefit of accommodations demonstrates his superior skills with respect to the life activity of learning. The Court finds that Plaintiff is not "disabled" under the ADA by virtue of his ADD."

Oh really?! In the above situation, the court again divined information out of thin air because evidence could NOT be introduced regarding the Plaintiff's full academic history as the trial was dismissed EARLY. Not only was the Plaintiff's full history NEVER considered but Capella's shysters did everything possible to PREVENT real evidence from being heard and, instead, focused on spurious material while avoiding reality. Of course, Capella's shysters have also continued to REFUSE to abide by Federal Law by intentionally refusing to produce countless documents and other records that pertain specifically to this lawsuit - that; however, is a story in itself. BTW, ONE OF CAPELLA'S VERY OWN SHYSTERS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, BY A BAR ASSOCIATION FOR INTENTIONALLY LYING TO A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY AND REFUSING TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE that is specifically related to the ongoing lawsuit against Capella University.

Naturally, we won't even MENTION the fact that the court COMPLETELY IGNORED Capella's retaliation against the student by denying ALL due process rights. Not a single Capella Instructor or student ever testified against the Plaintiff - not one!

Hmmmm....what's going to happen now? LOL!

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Here are a few things you'll find:

• Well over 120 complaints and negative comments about Capella University (by completely independent sources), on sites such a Yahoo! Answers, national news media forums, and many other places, by those critical of for-profit Capella University
• Articles about the unethical and illegal practices of Capella University as reported by the National news media.
• The names, and "WhoIs" information on the HUGE number of web domains owned by Capella University (current count appears to be approximately 160 web domains, including those operated by marketing companies hired by Capella).
• The grossly unethical actions and activities of Capella University, their administrators, instructors, cheerleaders, etc.
• . . . and much, more.

We're certain you'll be shocked at factual (and verifiable) information posted on Capella Facts.

Capella University Forced to Comply with Federal Law!

Capella University, after refusing for FOUR YEARS to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which requires that they produce education records within forty-five (45) days of the initial request (in this instance, that initial request was made on July 10, 2004) and due their ongoing refusal to produce those same records when a Federal law enforcement agency determined that the University had violated that law on ten different counts on September 24, 2007, a Federal Magistrate has now given Capella just ten days to produce those records (and that doesn't include all of the records that they've failed to produce). In an order dated, June 26, 2008, the judge ordered,

"Within ten days of today’s date [June 26, 2008], Capella [University] will designate documents responsive to the categories identified in the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights’ [sic] September 24, 2007, letter and provide them to Mr. Thomas, who may then provide them to [the Plaintiff]."

In addition to the fact that a demand for Sanctions has been filed against Capella University and one of their "attorneys," H. Christian L'Orange, that is currently before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, (which was filed approximately one week ago) due , in part, to their ongoing refusal and intentional lies about complying with FERPA in signed documents presented to Federal Courts (plural), formal complaints have been lodged against H. Christian L'Orange with the California Bar Association. In addition, one of Capella University's in-house "attorneys," Priscilla McNulty (who makes literally makes faces at people during depositions) has also been caught intentionally lying to Federal law enforcement agency. McNulty's personal and brazen disregard for the law has already resulted in formal complaints against her for lying and obstruction of justice - with more complaints being filed within the week. The most blatant lie that McNulty has recently told is well documented in an arrogant letter she wrote on December 12, 2007 to United States Department of Education, Family Policy Compliance Office. In that letter, McNulty very specifically stated,

“As you may be aware, [the Plaintiff] brought legal action against Capella in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California. All of the documentation referred to in the September 24, 2007 letter, including e-mails and notes taken by various individuals, was produced as part of the discovery process in that case [emphasis added]."

FACT: Due to Capella's ongoing refusal to comply with Federal Law, as noted in both the Magistrate's order of June 26, 2008, as well as in McNulty's letter on December 12, 2007, in which both acknowledge the USDE FPCO violations letter of September 24, 2007 - which found TEN violations of FERPA - there can be no doubt that Priscilla McNulty lied! As Michael Offerman (now Capella's Executive Grand Poopah), Greg Thom (Capella's chief shyster), Priscilla McNulty, and both of Capella's "attorneys" from the law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L'Orange, and Stella Fey Epling have all actively engaged in illegally withholding documents demanded four years ago (again, they were required, by law, to produce those documents within just 45 days), many more complaints will now be filed with a variety of law enforcement and other agencies.

As both Capella University and Drinker Biddle & Reath monitor this (and other sites) on nearly a daily basis, they are being put on notice that their refusal to provide ALL documents as required under FERPA, and as now ordered by a Federal Court, will not be tolerated. Furthermore, as Chris L'Orange has participated in Capella University's McCarthyist shenanigans refusal to engage in ethical behavior and had the audacity to infer that all names will be redacted from any of the records that they may (we're not going to hold our breath) turn over, L'Orange (who still can't even pronounce the acronym "FERPA" ) and his lawbreaking clients need to know that only student names (in most, but not all) cases may be redacted, the names of Capella University employees, officials, agents, shysters, surrogates, etc. MUST appear on those documents an may NOT be redacted. Of course, this fact has already been confirmed with the USDE FPCO they should contact the:

Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-5920
(202) 260-3887

to ensure that they comply with the law. Considering that L'Orange's rambling pontifications before Federal Courts about upholding decorum should also mean that he (and his clients) need to learn how to abide by the LAW. Now isn't that an interesting thing for a "lawyer" to consider?!

One of Capella's LYING Attorneys,
H. Christian L'Orange
has another temper tantrum because
Kurt Linberg was caught lying under
penalty of perjury!

In his ongoing and intentional quest to violate Federal Laws, on behalf of his "client" Capella University, H. Christian L'Orange is not only continuing to refuse to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) by making threats whenever the TRUTH is exposed. Of course, L'Orange has been so consistently STUPID, as court records consistently attest, that he is unable to pronounce the acronym "FERPA", let alone abide by the law. Perhaps he should stop swimming with sharks and learn how to read.

NEWS FLASH! New Book About Capella!

Our new book, Capella Crimes: The Prelude - Exposing the Ongoing Unethical Practices of For-Profit Capella University, Their Employees, & Dishonest Attorneys, has just been released (June 16, 2008) to document some of the (many) lies told by Chris L'Orange, his partner in crime, Capella Stella Fey Epling, both from the "law firm" of Drinker Biddle & Reath, and their equally dishonest client, Capella University.

Click here for your FREE copy!

While essentially EVERY one of Capella's unethical shysters have lied (often under penalty of perjury) stating that Capella has complied in full with FERPA (and yet, nearly four years after one such request for records under FERPA was made), all of those records have NEVER been produced. Furthermore, Capella University is STILL under investigation for their intentional refusal to comply with that Act and yet L'Orange continues to cry - like the unethical lying baby he really is - because one of those records, which is CLEARLY an "education record" as defined by Federal law, has been posted by a student that PROVES CONCLUSIVELY, that Capella University intentionally denied and, indeed, kept hidden the FACT that they deny due process to those who stand up to their evil practices.

So, to highlight the latest unethical actions of H. Christian L'Orange, we've added a new page to this site that demonstrates that Capella's own Kurt Linberg not only lied under penalty of perjury (as has L'Orange) by claiming "he didn't know" if a student he abused had been "disenrolled" but was, in fact, actively involved in INTENTIONALLY COVERING UP evidence which PROVES this fact! Additional information may be found:

• By reading our new page about Linberg's lies
• Read a portion of a deposition given by Linberg under penalty of perjury - Linberg states he "didn't know" if a student has been expelled.
• Read the actual e-mail chain in which Capella states that a student is NEVER to be told he was "disenrolled" (Capella-speak for expelled.) - This document not only PROVES that Linberg KNEW the student had been expelled but that this fact was to BE KEPT HIDDEN from that student! This document was intentionally kept hidden from the student, in DIRECT DEFIANCE OF FEDERAL LAW, by Capella's shysters - H. Christian L'Orange, Stella Fey Epling, Greg Thom, and Priscilla McNulty

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Capella University GUILTY
U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of the Inspector General finds Capella Overcharged More Than
Half of a Million Dollars!

Click here to read the USDE Report on Capella's Violations

This breaking story has just been released (March 12, 2008) by the Chronicle of Higher Education and notes that Capella University Overcharged Student Lenders $588,000! That's right, Capella and their unethical administrators have been caught violating the law again. As previously reported on this site, Capella University has:

• Multiple violations of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for their intentional refusal to turn over education records as required under that Federal Law. Capella's "Vice Chairman" Michael Oaf Offerman (formerly Capella's "President") and shyster Greg Thom are both personally involved in that situation. Needless to say, Capella University continues to refuse to comply with FERPA.
• Just been hit with another lawsuit last week on allegations of patent-infringement, The plaintiff has stated that Capella and two other "schools" (University of Phoenix and Walden University [Kurt Linberg's alma mater]) are "inflicting 'irreparable harm' on its business."
• Has been caught paying kickbacks to the University of California and, once more, Michael Oaf Offerman has refused to provide information on how many other schools Capella has similar agreements with.
• Already been involved in other kickback scams: Capella's former Director of Financial Aid, Timothy Lehmann, was caught in a student loan kickback scam last year.

Interestingly, Capella's insiders (including Michael Oaf Offerman) seem to have no problem cashing in on their stock options. Heck, copy of the Report by the United States Department of Education, Office of the Inspector has also just been released and reports on Capella's latest violations of Federal Law! Here are a few highlights:

• "The University did not return all funds disbursed on behalf of students who dropped before the first day of class of the payment period. The University used the midpoint of the academic quarter (payment period) as the withdrawal date for all students who unofficially withdrew, even when the University lacked documentation of the student’s attendance during the payment period. As a result, for the 2002-2003 through 2004-2005 award years, the University returned to the Title IV, HEA programs about $588,000 less than it should have returned."

• "The University disbursed Title IV, HEA program funds (FFEL and Pell) to students who were not enrolled in an eligible program at the time of the disbursement."

• "The University could not provide support to show it conducted exit counseling for 2 of the 25 students in our sample who had ceased at least half-time study at the University. In addition, the University performed exit counseling 11 to 18 months after 3 other students stopped attending."

• "for the 2002-2003 through 2004-2005 award years, the University did not comply with the provisions of the law and regulations governing the return of Title IV, HEA program funds and FFEL and Pell disbursements."

• "The University did not return all Title IV, HEA program funds disbursed on behalf of students who dropped before their first day of class for the payment period (Finding No. 1)"

• "disbursed Title IV, HEA program funds to students who were not enrolled in an eligible program at the time the disbursement was made (Finding No. 2)"

• "did not document that it performed exit counseling for all students receiving FFEL Program funds during the 2004-2005 award year (Finding No. 3); and disbursed Title IV, HEA program funds to a student who was enrolled in an ineligible program (Finding No. 4)."

Perhaps most disturbing of all is that,

"Approximately 70 percent of the University's revenue is derived from Title IV, HEA program sources."

Why are tax payers funding a sleazy operation like Capella "University?" Oh well, as Oaf Offerman stated during his PR stunt with his "Transparency by Design" nonsense, "We have the courage to do the right thing." If that's the case, then why does Capella continually violate Federal laws? We urge the Office of the Inspector General Inspector to throw the book at Capella.

Oh. . .lest we forget, Capella's lying chief shyster, Greg Thom, is about to be reported to the USDE for lying to Federal law enforcement agencies. That should be a lot of fun!

Capella University's Violation of Federal Law is now the subject of our latest multimedia extravaganza!

In addition the the media reports regarding Capella University's kickback scam with other schools whereby they're paying $500 for every student that enrolls in their substandard programs (taught by charlatan's such as Diane Stottlemyer who have literally bought and used fake degrees from diploma mills), Capella University dishonest, lying president, Michael Oaf Offerman is also being exposed for the FACT that he, along with his equally sleazy chief shyster, Greg Thom, are the two individuals responsible for Capella University's violation of Federal law.

Click here to view a copy of the actual letter documenting the FACT that Capella University has violated FERPA on TEN DIFFERENT counts!

Be sure to count the number of times that shyster Greg Thom's name is personally mentioned (we want to point this out because shyster Hank Chrisy the Sissy L'Orange also seems to have a fetish for counting things), as well as lying to Federal Courts that Greg Thom was not involved in Capella's ongoing and intentional violation of the law.

Not content to continue their intentional violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (more than a full month after Oaf Offerman and Shyster Greg Thom, were personally notified of Capella's TEN VIOLATIONS of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), they continue to refuse to abide by the demands of a law enforcement agency that they comply. Of course, Capella University's equally vile and unethical lying shysters, Sir Chrisy the Sissy L'Orange and Horse's Ass, Capella Stella Fey Epling, from the "law firm" of Drinker Biddle & Reath, have also refused to abide by the same law (and are; therefore, also lawbreakers) we've created a special multimedia extravaganza featuring none other than Michael Oaf Offerman's latest publicity stunt - our rendition of the press conference he just gave at the National Press Club last week on his latest scam - the "Transparency by Design" initiative in which Offerman claims was created to promote accountability! It is known that Offerman personally refused to answer questions to reporters about Capella's unethical kickback agreements with other schools. Of course the FACT that Offerman and his shyster squad (Thom, Priscilla McNulty, L'Orange, Epling) are all participants in Capella's violation of FERPA, reveals that "Transparency by Design" is nothing more than a huge pile of oral excrement being spewed by Offerman to hide his illegal and unethical conduct. (BTW, we don't want to forget that Oaf Offerman is also cashing in, BIG TIME, by exercising his insider stock options -over TWO MILLION dollars in recent months!) Since we put up "Transparency by Design, Deceit on Purpose" on the Capella Sucks Blog, Capella and their shysters have again invaded our sites as part of their visit fetish (they certainly seem to get their jollies by endlessly living on our sites).

Click here to view copies of our site logs that document Capella's lawbreakers' obsession with our sites.

(Of course, these liars should all be busy complying with the law instead but that would require something none of them seem to have - honesty and ethics).

So, with that in mind,, we thought that we would make it easy for them to view Offerman's hypocritical marketing drivel by giving his "presentation "it deserves - on our front page. Enjoy!

Capella University GUILTY!

A Federal Law Enforcement Agency has Just Found Capella University in Violation, on TEN COUNTS, of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)!

In yet another secular announcement, within the past two days, the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO), a law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Education, has just informed Capella University's lying President, Michael J. Oaf-Offerman (who is also involved in the Capella University - University of California, Irvine kickback scam that was also just reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education) that his "school" has been found in violation, on TEN COUNTS, of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for their intentional refusal to turn over education records of a student who is currently suing them. What makes this even more disgusting is that well over THREE YEARS have already transpired and Capella still hasn't produced those records (and; therefore, the FERPA investigation against them remains open)!

While there is much, much more to this story than we are currently reporting (to be posted in the near future), the FPCO notified Oaf-Offerman in a letter dated September 24, 2007 that there were ten items that the student had request but that Capella has refused to produce for which,

"There is no explanation as to why such records were denied the Student by the University or a reason under FERPA that supports such denial. We find, therefore, that [Capella] University violated FERPA when it did not provide the records outlined below to the Student within 45 days of his July 10[, 2004] request.”

It can't get any plainer that that! Again, will be posting much more on this matter, including the countless number of times that Capella own unethical shysters have stuck their big feet hooves, in their mouths regarding this important case!

A copy of the actual letter documenting the FACT that Capella University has violated FERPA on TEN DIFFERENT counts may be viewed by CLICKING HERE!

Former Capella University "Instructor"

Sharon Bender Accused of Plagiarism!

And is now being sued for her apparent dishonesty!

Minnesota's Pioneer Press reported (June 16, 2007) "In rare turnabout, student accuses teacher of plagiarism" regarding the case of student-hero, Mary Swenson, for suing Capella University "instructor" Sharon Bender. The article states that,

"Swenson said she discovered "thinly veiled" versions of her own writing on Bender's Web site and said that, when confronted, her mentor claimed she deserved some credit herself."

Gosh, isn't that nice?! Obviously, Sharon Bender appears to be joining other corrupt and unethical Capella University instructors such as: Diane Stottlemyer (the one who buys and uses bogus degrees from diploma mills), Shawn Ambrose (Capella's head cheerleader who harasses other students), Richard Costello (caught using another employer's computers to "teach" Capella courses), as well as many, many more employees.

The Pioneer Press noted that many other interesting items including Capella University's claims about obtaining accreditation from the American Psychological Association (APA) -

"Capella offered a doctoral program in organizational psychology; the school said it was seeking accreditation from the American Psychological Association. It all seemed to fit nicely. (Capella has not received the accreditation.)"

As we have long noted, Capella has been trying, for many years to obtain accreditation from the APA without success. Hopefully, they never will.

interestingly, the article notes that one of Capella's "attorneys" (which must be either shyster Greg Thom or his side-kick, Priscilla McNulty) had the audacity to send a threatening letter to Swenson. Specifically, "the letter also warned that Swenson's 'continual actions in placing blame on others, including claims that everyone from her editor to her mentor to members of the (doctoral) committee changed her work, raise serious issues of academic integrity.'" In light of the blatant lack of integrity that has been so consistently displayed by shyster Greg Thom, as well has the hilarious drivel submitted to the court (concerning another lawsuit against Capella) by Priscilla McNulty, they are the LAST individuals, anywhere, to threaten others regarding the topic "integrity."

"scheduled for trial this summer in Anoka County, Swenson's lawsuit against Bender may offer an unvarnished look at who controls ideas in the give-and-take of college research.

Capella University and their Sleaze Team Refuse to Turn Over Records

Capella University and their Sleaze Team have refused, for THREE YEARS, to turn over education records as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - the initial request was made on July 10, 2004. FERPA requires that such records be turned over within forty-five days of the initial request. Just as disgusting is the fact that Sir Chrisy the Sissy (H. Christian L'Orange) and Capella Stella Fey Epling have consistently thrown temper tantrums when they don't get their way. For example, take a look at the whiney letter that Sir Chrisy wrote more than a year ago. To date (July 23, 2007) Sir Chrisy the Sissy, Capella Stella, shyster Greg Thom (pictured at the left), Thom's lying sidekick shyster Priscilla McNulty, and Capella have also REFUSED to turn over all documents demanded by a formal Request for Production made of them last December (2006). In other words, they are intentionally engaged in the obstruction of justice.

FERPA Counter

The following counter displays the days, hours, minutes, and seconds since a demand for educational records under FERPA was made and for which Sir Chrisy the Sissy (H. Christian L'Orange), Capella Stella Fey Epling, Shyster Greg Thom, and Shyster Priscilla McNulty have all intentionally refused to comply with.

Failure to Produce Documents Counter

Like the FERPA Counter Above, Capella University and their sleaze team, lead by Sir Chrisy the Sissy L'Orange and his lying sidekick, Capella Stella Fey Epling, have refused to turn over an enormous number of documents demanded under a formal "Request for Production" made more than SEVEN MONTHS AGO, on December 1, 2006! As we've already noted, Sir Chrisy the Sissy whines like a little girl when he doesn't get his way and yet both he, Capella Stella, along with Capella's shyster twins, Greg Thom & Priscilla McNulty, are engaged in what we believe is an intentional obstruction of justice. Heck, they can't even cough up Capella's charlatan, Diane Stottlemyer's resume! What's wrong Chrisy? Afraid of the TRUTH?!

In light of Sir Chrisy's continual temper tantrums, we are now convinced that he, along with his sidekick Capella Stella Fey Epling, are hypocrites who intentionally engaged in the obstruction of justice - there is NO REASON that they shouldn't have coughed up such simple things as the resumes of Capella's charlatans - SEVEN MONTHS AGO - so, in honor of the ongoing deceit and intentional obstruction of justice, we're going to post a new, shocking FACT about Capella on this site everyday.

Due to the Ever Increasing Number of FACTS that we're posting on our site about Capella University and their Lying Shysters, please visit our Capella University Lawsuit FACTS Page!

BTW, it's now been an entire MONTH since we started posting true FACTS about Capella University and their shysters as a direct result of their ongoing to refusal to comply with a Demand for Production, made more than EIGHT MONTHS ago (on December 1, 2006), as well as their ongoing refusal to comply with a FERPA demand made more than THREE YEARS ago. As these hypocritical liars have made no attempt to provide the (what a surprise), we got plenty of TRUE FACTS about Capella University and their shysters - Greg Thom & Priscilla McNulty, along with their sleazy unethical "defense" team from the "law firm" of Drinker Biddle & Reath, Sir Hypocrite "Hank" the Liar L'Orange and his trusty steed, Horse's Ass Capella Stella Fey Epling. Be sure to visit our FACTS Page to learn more about these unethical dung heaps!

Capella University dot Org is dedicated to halting the abuse of students by some of Capella University's highest-ranking (and most dishonest) officials. We've already posted actual student complaints (never before seen outside of Capella University's "General Discussion Forum"), materials demonstrating how this "accredited online university that takes online education to the next level," hires instructors who have purchased their graduate "degrees" from other online diploma mills, ignores student complaints on a vast scale, and is run by a bunch of jerks and liars. At the present moment, we are in the process of posting the names and true stories about dishonest individuals at Capella University, including those of the President, Provost, Chief Counsel, at least one Dean, and many others who we feel have abused students.