1. Well over 100 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.
2. Articles about the unethical and illegal practices of Capella University as reported by the National news media. 
3. 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).
4. The grossly unethical actions and activities of Capella University, their administrators, instructors, cheerleaders, etc. 
5. . . . and much, more. 
   

 Be sure to visit Capella Facts today if you want the facts on Capella University.

"I just wanted to drop you a note outside the discussion area to let you know that you did an excellent job on the final project. Despite the challenges you've faced this quarter, you do excellent work and you're an excellent student."

Of course Capella's sleaze team consisting of hypocrite, Sir Chrisy the Sissy (H. Christian L'Orange) and liar Capella Stella Fey Epling, along with Capella's shysters, Greg Thom and Priscilla McNulty are too unethical and intent of obstruction of justice to turn over ANY of the education records, including the above letter, required under FERPA, pertaining to Kris Luopa's class. (They have also literally refused to turn over the records from FOUR other classes).

BTW, Capella's intentional refusal to turn over records pertaining one of the lawsuits currently pending against them is also one of their unethical attempts to hide other FACTS. For example, at the time that Kris Luopa (formerly Kris Petrie) wrote the above to a student as part of her class "TS5120 - Project Management for Technology Professionals," Luopa appears to have been just 24 years old! How many real graduate schools have someone so young as a member of their "core faculty"?

Before we begin our first series of FACTS concerning what Capella University, their shysters, and other scum bags have been intentionally lying about, we thought we would reprint one of shyster Greg Thom's lies to the media (ever heard of defamation shyster Greg Thom). BTW, stating someone is an ethical sleazy shyster, like Greg Thom is, isn't defamation when it's true! Anyway, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that,

"Greg Thome [sic], general counsel [shyster] at Capella, says Mr. La Marca's suspension was for inappropriate behavior in online courses and had nothing to do with his accusations. The lawyer says students and instructors complained that Mr. La Marca was making improper comments in class.

"I would characterize it as personal attacks, questioning the intelligence of people," Mr. Thome [sic] said. "We had complaints from other learners saying, Look at what this guy is doing."

Of course, shyster Greg Thom, along with other unethical scum bags from Capella University knows that his statement was a blatant lie. As a result, here's the first of a series of comments that the plaintiff's instructors REALLY said (BTW, no students from the plaintiff's classes complained either).

On June 8, 2004 (just one month before Capella University illegally retaliated against the plaintiff), Dr. Nancy Johnson stated that,

" I have thoroughly enjoyed your postings, and appreciate all the energy you are investing in the discussions."

Then, on June 17, 2004 (just three weeks before Capella's illegal actions), Dr. Nancy Johnson told the plaintiff,

"You are a delight to have in the course."

Finally, on July 4, 2004 - the same week the Capella illegally locked the plaintiff out of his classes, Dr. Nancy Johnson commented on the Plaintiff's final project (which was turned in long after the quarter had ended due to incompetent design of WebCT) that she had,

"read the paper, and the tiny changes needed are so minor I want you to STOP working on it. The paper content is what matters, and what you have done is superb. . . After you have recovered, let's keep talking about where to submit your paper (or a shorter version of it) for publication."

Obviously, shyster Greg Thom is a blatant liar (we'll be posting more FACTS about the truth in the coming days). We're sure that readers will be interesting in learning that Greg Thom and shyster Priscilla McNulty have literally refused, for THREE years, to turn over all of the above (and many other) documents as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Be sure to come back tomorrow (July 12, 2007) to read what another instructor had to say about the plaintiff!

Fact One (July 10, 2007) - Capella Instructor Speaks Out About WebCT!

One of the plaintiff's instructors had this to say about WebCT as it was incompetently implemented by Capella University. (FYI, WebCT and Capella University's intentional harassment of students who spoke out about WebCT, is the subject of one of the lawsuits currently pending against Capella University).

"I was asked to participate in a meeting on Monday with the WebCT reps who came to Capella (MN) from Vancouver, CA to resolve problems. I represented the viewpoints of the faculty and learners. I was honest about my experiences, and what learners have represented.

". . .I told the group that the old courseroom [sic] platform was like going to a supermarket as most of the meat was in one place. the new courseroom [sic] is like shopping in Kenya was: it took all day because we (the driver and I) had to go to at least six stores (butcher, greengrocer, butter/egg, dry goods, fruit stand, etc.) and a few open air markets to get one day's worth of shopping done. The latter is a lot like using VISTA---lots of clicking, lots of places to check, very time consuming--same results as a supermarket. Oh well.

". . .this too shall pass, and there are a LOT of embarassed [sic] techies at Capella and a VERY frustrated president [i.e., liar Michael Offerman]. your friend, [name of this instructor has been redacted - for the moment]"

The above quote was taken verbatim, from a document already provided to Federal Court. Visitors to this site will also be interested in learning that the instructor who made the above statement was a member of Capella's "core faculty!" Of course, Sir Chrisy and Capella Stella KNOW that this statement was made by one of Capella's "finest" - is that why they've REFUSED to turn over this and countless other documents that prove the gross lack of ethics at Capella?!

Just as disturbing is that Capella University has refused, for the past five months to turn over records demanded as part of the discovery process in one of the lawsuits against them. Many of these records will shed some additional light on the fact that Diane Stottlemyer is a charlatan (along with may other facts concerning the lack of ethics at Capella University). We believe that Capella University; along with their "Dream Team"; their chief shyster and liar, Greg Thom; and his sidekick, senior attorney, Priscilla McNulty will soon be held in contempt of court for obstruction of justice for their ongoing failure to turn over records.

We can only hope that Marilee Jones will find some good company should she decide to apply at Capella University - she would certainly fit in rather nicely with the other charlatans there!

Based upon our initial reading of Christensen v. Capella University, it appears as if Capella continues to discriminate against individuals with disabilities. Not surprisingly, Capella University is being charged with:

1. Failure to provide appropriate accommodations to someone with a medically documented disability.
2. Unlawful employment practices described as being “intentional and . . . performed by [Capella University] with malice or reckless indifference to anti-discrimination laws.”
3. Retaliation by Capella University after the employee “exercised his rights under the Family Medical Leave Act.” 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et.seq.

One thing that is beginning to become apparent is that Capella University doesn’t care who they discriminate against; students and employees are equally subject to the vile actions of the thugs who manage this so-called for-profit online “university” – we’re just surprised that Capella doesn’t offer courses on how to abuse others.

“. . .coverage exists under the policy at issue. The policy is a claims made policy that excludes coverage for claims ‘based upon, arising from, or in consequence of any . . . formal administrative or regulatory proceeding commenced by the filing of a notice of charges . . . against any Insured on or prior to the Pending or Prior date set forth in Item 6 of the Declarations, or the same or any substantially similar fact, circumstance or situation underlying or alleged therein.’

"The former student’s legal claims against Plaintiff [Capella University] commenced in California federal district court are substantially related to administrative charges of discrimination and retaliation that the former student filed against Plaintiff with the United States Department of Education before the Pending or Prior date set forth in the policy declarations.

[NOTE: Capella University purchased their policy on or about June 15, 2005, more than a full year after the student filed his initial complaint against them with the United States Department of Education (USDE). Specifically,  the student filed his initial complaint against Capella University on or about April 19, 2004 – more than a full year BEFORE Capella bought their insurance policy. Numerous additional complaints with the USDE and other agencies were subsequently filed. Furthermore, the charges of discrimination and retaliation were not just “substantially related” to the USDE; they were IDENTICAL to those originally filed.]

“In addition, coverage is not available under the policy because in its application for insurance, Plaintiff did not disclose the former student’s administrative charges despite specific requests for disclosure.

[NOTE: Capella University lies again! It’s only too bad that, so far, those that lied to ERSIC have not yet been named publicly, it would be our guess that these would include Capella’s chief shyster: Greg Thom, and his sidekick, Priscilla McNulty.]

“Coverage may also be precluded under the policy by operation of specific exclusions, including but not limited to exclusions for: claims covered by prior policies of insurance; claims seeking emotional distress damages; claims for the costs associated with compliance of reasonable accommodation obligations arising under federal, state and local anti-disability discrimination laws; and claims for the costs associated with compliance with any order for, grant of or agreement to provide injunctive or non-pecuniary relief.”

[NOTE: Once again, ERSIC has their bases covered as it appears as if they are correct essentially all of the above! In addition to claims seeking emotional damages, costs associated “with compliance of reasonable accommodation obligations arising under federal, state and local anti-disability discrimination laws,” and other matters, the student’s lawsuit also includes charges of significant and severe violations of state (California) laws; including but not limited to:

• Unruh Civil Rights Act
• The “Leonard Law”
• California’s Anti-SLAPP laws

This brings us to another one of the sleazy attempts that Capella University is ignoring to bilk money out of their insurance company – to date, ALMOST NO EFFORT has been exerted by Capella University to “defend’ themselves as the lawsuit that the student has filed against them remains in its infancy due to Capella’s vicious, frivolous, and completely unfounded counter-suit against the student. That’s right, Capella hasn’t been spending money on their “defense” they’re only spending on it their offensive [pun intended] actions against the student! Furthermore, according to the materials that Capella has submitted against ERSIC, the University has already spent more than $175,000! That’s right, Capella University has spent more than $175,000 ATTACKING the student even though that student’s lawsuit is still its initial stages! Of course, this should also demonstrate that, regardless of all of the other reasons listed above, the fact that Capella is spending money for their sleazy smear campaign against a student, has nothing to do with a defense! Apparently, Capella University is, once again, too stupid to act in an ethical manner and feels that their insurance company is just another revenue source intended to fund their pernicious activities.

Click here to listen to "We clean your toilets!" (.mp3 file)

For those that don’t know, a protest is currently being waged against Villaraigosa for his bigoted comments at a rally in support of illegal aliens; specifically, he told real Americans that “We clean your toilets!” (We’ve been quite disturbed that Capella hasn’t displayed any of their banners or logos alongside all of the beautiful Mexican flags at these events – just think what a great PR stunt that could have been!)

Thanks to the inspiration provided by Villaraigosa, we’ve decided to try our own hand at the creation of a blog entry that would be worthy of promotion by Capella’s propaganda machine. Of course, the following is an entirely fictional account, but it does sound great, does it not? So, for your reading pressure (sic):

“Macho Man Gives Up Life to Clean Your Toilet and Enrolls at Capella University!”

Once upon a time. . .little Paco, the son of a poor destitute mother, Maria Garcia, was born in the subtropical paradise of the barrios of Tijuana, Mexico. He never knew his father as his mother only met him once – about nine months before little Paco was born (isn’t this a great story?!).

Maria lived with her family in a rugged cardboard shack that lacked running water: the streets were little more than open sewers that were infested with every known (and unknown) disease. While living conditions could only be considered as deplorable, Maria would wake up each morning dreaming that she would one day sneak across the border into the land of the free and the home of the brave – after all, that is what all children in her family were expected to do. Sadly, Maria knew that her own parents would never attempt the dangerous journey – her mother had been hit by a truck carrying chickens many years earlier that left her deaf in one ear, required that her nose be amputated, and provided her with a chronic case of radiation sickness (don’t ask). Her father, Raul Garcia, had been mugged by the corrupt Mexican police and left to die in the open sewers of his beloved city. When the Garcia family found him, he was covered with boils caused by the high acid content of the effluent that had washed over him during his final hours. From that moment on, Maria promised her poor, decrepit mother that she would sneak across the border into the United States to obtain a better life for her only son. Of course, her main motivation for doing so was that she had heard about a school that was unlike any other; in fact, it was a fully accredited online university that took online education to the next level. While Maria was only eleven when her son, Paco, was born, she knew that this school, Capella University, would be her redemption and transform her boy into a great macho man (just like his father) – what could possibly be better?

Sadly, Maria had never gone to school herself and even lacked the skills necessary to find a job as a toilet cleaner for spoiled Americans. That; however, didn’t stop her from illegally crossing the border (too many times to count) only to eventually make her way to another city with a toxic river (which reminded her of her own native land) - El Rio de Nuestra Senora la Reyna de Los Angeles de Porciuncula. When she saw the cement walls of this great tributary (covered with graffiti which, even though it was in Spanish, she could not read), Maria knew that she had arrived in the land of opportunity that her son was entitled to. ¡Gloria al Dios!

While Maria didn’t have any possessions, she searched skid row for months seeking information about Capella University – the place where she knew her son belonged. She looked in the garment district, attended rallies for illegal aliens, waived Mexican flags, even visited Olvera Street, but her quest remained an enigma. No matter where she went, she simply could not find an enrollment counselor from Capella University.

Maria was; however, a young women with great determination and persistence. During the years that she and her son had lived on the crime-filled streets of Los Angeles, she had the pleasure of watching Paco grow into a fine young man. After all, she had enrolled him in a school run by Cardinal Roger Mahony and many handsome young pedophiles priests. Paco managed to get through his schooling and was only molested ten or twelve times – not too bad for a young illegal alien. By offering her son to the priests for their extra-curricular activities, the Church eventually offered Maria position as the official toilet cleaner at the Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral (she was only permitted to clean the toilets of real American citizens).

One day, while cleaning an exceptionally vile mess (some nasty American citizen must have had a bad case of diarrhea) she heard a commotion coming through the stained glass window she had just opened to let out the stench – it was a marathon! Maria immediately dropped her toilet brush (even though she was still gagging) and bolted outdoors – she had heard that Capella University sponsored marathons! This was going to be the opportunity she had waited for so many long years (even her knees were scabbed from praying hours each day to la Senora la Reyna de Los Angeles)! Sure enough, there they were, miles upon miles of strong, manly Marines, Navy SEALS, middle-aged single mothers, even Shawn Ambrose - the Army National Guard Hero who had survived the 130 degree climate at Abu Ghraib – all proudly wearing the Capella University logo on their color-coordinated jogging suits. ¡Gloria al Dios!

Maria frantically ran back into the Cathedral to find Paco – she caught him just as he was leaving the confessional and was buttoning his shirt (funny, but she could have sworn she heard Roger in there too) and dragged him out to the street – just in time to see Shawn! ¡Gloria al Dios!

It was during this miraculous event that Maria met an official Capella University enrollment counselor. Sadly, this snake-oil salesman refused to let her enroll Paco (after all, she didn’t have any money), so he suggested that Paco enlist in the Marines – just to make sure he would be tough enough to handle the academic RIGOR required of all Capella Learners. Furthermore, Paco’s service to the United States would also enable him to obtain partial funding from the America government – in recognition of his work on the front lines in Iraq. (Let’s not forget, it would also make a great story to post on a Capella University blog!)

Of course, Paco realized that this was the answer to his mother’s dream (and he loved to see her cry tears of joy). Paco immediately enlisted as the chaplain for the Iraqi School for Orphaned Boys (he had been well trained by his own upbringing) and was awarded a Purple Heart for the injuries he sustained (syphilis?) while on active duty. To ensure that Maria would continue cleaning toilets in order to assist with Paco’s exhorbitant tuition (the portion that was not paid for by American taxpayers), Capella University enlisted their favorite poster-child, Vickie Cook, to save Maria from the dregs of illiteracy. Heck, Vickie Cook could also exploit Maria as an unpaid research subject for her master’s thesis, “Cultural Impact on a Mexican Family Literacy Project.” As as direct result of the years of experience Vickie Cook had received as a Wal-mart shelf stocker, her expert instruction was enough to allow Maria to enroll at Capella too! Of course, Maria was warned that, under no circumstances, would the University ever allow her own poor mother to enroll (after all, she had multiple disabilities). None of that mattered, though -  – her son would get the education that would really make him into a MAN (maybe Capella would even give him a blog!)

Epilogue

Maria graduated from Capella University at the same time that Paco received his doctorate: she earned a BA in Spelling (Kurt Linberg was her personal coach) and Paco obtained a Ph.D. in Business. Maria has since returned to the Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral where she continues to clean toilets. Thanks to the efforts of Vickie Cook, Ph.D.,  she can now read the labels – and can discern between the single-ply and two-ply toilet paper. Maria takes special delight in looking at Vickie Cook’s pictures on the Internet – and reading stories about Vickie’s own mother.

Paco, in order to show gratitude to his mother’s teacher, Vickie Cook, Ph.D., now cleans toilets for Wal-mart where he is proud to earn minimum wage – he looks forward to the day when he might qualify for their great health plan. Paco recently married another illegal alien, Juanita, who came from the tropical paradise of Guatemala. The happy couple are now the proud parents of twins – Chico and Jesus. They eagerly await the day when the boys can follow in their father’s footsteps and attend Capella University. Paco also dreams of the day when he can return to Mexico to visit the Walmart that was built by sleazy American's near Teotihuacan - until then, he is content to wave Mexican flags at rallys and marathons sponsored by his alma mater, Capella University. ¡Viva la Universidad de Capella!

As if that’s not bad enough, Capella University’s illustrious Rob Rosen who, in a recent “interview” with the iMedia Connection: Connecting the Internet Marking Community  (http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/8286.asp ), is identified as the “marketing manager responsible for all online advertising initiatives at Capella University.” For some strange reason nothing spewed by Rosen surprised us. Some of Rosen’s comments included:

Rosen: “We take a very controlled but open approach to consumer-generated content.”

Translation: Capella University is run by control freaks who will do anything to mask the truth in order to make money.

Rosen: “When you are focusing on quality education and have so many great learner stories, it's hard not to be involved in this area. We have a lot of learners that are interested in talking about our school and what their education has done for them.”

Translation: Our bottom line is money. We don’t tell the world that our school is run by bigots and liars who discriminate, harass, and retaliate against those with disabilities. As evidenced by all of the lawsuits that Capella is involved in, the University aggressively attacks students who reveal the truth.

Rosen: “However, from a corporate perspective, we are hesitant to let them run loose without having some control in place from our end.”

Translation: Capella University is so afraid of what students will say, that they try to control everything that the world won't learn the truth about their scam. Of course, Rosen says nothing about the fact that Capella actively censors students inside their own course rooms and also files frivolous lawsuits against students who post facts on the Internet (especially if these posts are not controlled by Capella’s censors) as part of the university's brazen attempt to suppress students from utilizing their First Amendment Rights.

Rosen: “We work with publishers on using our learners as bloggers for ‘online education.’ We have given our learners a way to create blogs. And we are in the process of giving our learners the opportunity to create podcasts.”

Translation: Capella University exploits students (assuming that these people really do attend Capella) to spread their propaganda. Apparently, Rosen also thinks that Capella students are too stupid to create their own blogs and; therefore must rely on Capella to provide (and censor) them. With that in mind, Capella Lawsuits is proud to offer ALL citizens of the entire world (gasp!) with the opportunity to create their own blogs. Even better, these blogs are completely FREE (Capella won’t steal a single penny from you for the privilege) and Capella University advertisements don't appear on them! A few suggestions for your very own Capella-free blog include:

• Blogger  - http://www.blogger.com/
• TypePad - http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/

Isn’t that amazing! You can get a FREE blog right now and not have to worry about Capella censoring you!

Of course, with this latest publicity stunt to plaster the Internet with Capella’s drivel, we would like to provide links to some of Capella’s propaganda blogs. In true Capella fashion, these contain rags-to-riches, over-coming impossible odds, gosh golly gee-whiz, proud-to-be-an-American, politically correct, war hero, give me your tired, hungry, and poor stories regarding the miraculous transformations (nose jobs?) simple-folk have experienced by selling their souls to Capella’s bank accounts. (We hope you were singing America the Beautiful while you read that.) So. . .here they are (note their catchy titles):

• Carol’s Marathon - http://www.carolsmarathon.com/
• Navy SEAL Dives Into Online Degree: Ed Naggiar charts his course pursuing a PhD degree - http://www.navysealonline.com/
• Diary of Endurance: A runner/climber/triathlete shares his journey - http://www.diaryofendurance.com/
• One Marine’s Story: A Marine from Egypt serves his new country while pursuing an MBA online - http://www.onemarinesjourney.com/
• Opening Up on Open Source and IT: An exploration of open source software and other IT topics - http://www.myopensourceblog.com/ (What?! A Capella IT student is unable to create his own blog?)

Kinda makes one want to sing “Macho Man!” Of course, let's also not forget the “homey touch” most of them have:

• Carole received pretty running shoes that match her Texas shorts. We hope they also match her eyes.
• Paul’s Mom said, “Hi!”
• Ed tells us about his adorable wife and twins - isn’t that cute?!
• Lyle tells us where he went to grade school – we’re sure he was a nice boy.
• Wesam’s Mom hugged him and then cried - it doesn’t get more precious than that!

Oh heck, we’re getting all choked up now – better get back to business. While the above stories are just a few you’ll find on “As Capella Turns,” we want to point out the little blurb at the bottom of each of these blogs:

“Capella University is a sponsor of this Web log and maintains and updates its content. Comments collected from visitors will not be used as part of Capella operations or shared with any third parties.”

Let’s not forget that clicking on the Capella logo at the bottom of these blogs takes you (can you guess?) right to Capella University’s home page!

Need we say more? Not to worry, to quote one of these blogs . .  . “to be continued”

"ERSIC affirmatively alleges that on or about June 15, 2005, Plaintiff submitted an application for insurance. ERSIC relied on the representations in that application when they agreed to bind coverage for Plaintiff. ERSIC further affirmatively alleges that Plaintiff [Capella University] made misrepresentations of material fact in its application for coverage and that these misrepresentations void coverage for La Marca’s claims against Plaintiff under the Policy."

A copy of ERSIC's official response to the United States District Court, District of Minnesota is available by clicking here.