<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Jeff</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think you mentioned that his father bought the piano, and that he (or= his father), went to the dean to get someone to work on this piano, even paying = for it. I wonder if his father is also "paying" to get his son to teach.&nb= sp; When I say "paying," I mean is his father making a sizable contribution= to the school, with the understanding that his son be allowed to teach. (O= r is this guy that good that he is indeed a qualified professor?)  In either case, as you mentioned, this is pure politics, and there is not a hel= l of a lot you can do about it. Mike said lay low. Alan mentioned that you should= not put up with it. I am recommending that you do that, too. As a form of protest, tell the chair you no longer want to work for the school, as l= ong as this adjunct is teaching there. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>