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Nevada Athletics On Probation For Major NCAA Violations

2010-03-18T20:07:00Z

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno has been placed on probation for major violations of NCAA rules today.

Penalties imposed and adopted by the committee were as follows:

-Public reprimand and censure;

-Three years of probation;

-Limiting the grants in aid in men's golf to 4.0 for the both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years;

-Limiting in women's golf grants in aid to 5.5 for both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years;

-The institution shall pay a fine of $1,500 to the NCAA;

-Show-cause order placed on the former head men's golf coach for a period of two years;

-Annual compliance reporting required.

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Rich Merritt was NOT CLEARED of gambling charges. He refused to cooperate in the NCAA investigation pertaining to the sports betting charges. So instead he was charged with unethical conduct for failure to cooperate and for providing false and misleading information to the NCAA.

On June 6, 2008, when requested to do so by the enforcement staff, the former head coach refused to provide access to records of all his credit card transactions during his tneure as head men's golf coach. The recrods were requested as part of the enforcement staff's investigation into allegations that the former head coach wagered on sports during his tenure as head men's golf coach.

The Show-Cause penalty levied against Merritt means he is essentially ban from working in the NCAA for two years. Any university who wants to hire him has to show-cause as to why he should work for them.

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Here is more on Rich Merritt's violations:

Violations of NCAA legislation involving extra benefits provided by the former head men's golf coach and his father:

-Impermissable provision of airline ticket for student-athlete;

-Impermissible provision of cash;

-Providing alcoholic beverages;

-Provision of impermissible transportation, lodging, meals and complimentary golf;

-Unethical conduct finding for the head men's golf coach for providing false and misleading information

-A failure to cooperate and promote an atmosphere of compliance.

Here is the report NCAA REPORT.

In Honor Of March Madness . . .

2010-03-18T02:36:00Z

I could not help but think of my ol' colleague Rich Merritt with college basketball's March Madness starting up.

Rich is the former Head Men's Golf Coach at the University of Nevada who was forced out in 2008 after the NCAA came to town to investigate allegations of his numerous NCAA violations, including sports betting (a very serious violation for employees of the NCAA).

At my whistleblower hearing Athletic Director Cary Groth and I both sat and listened to eyewitness testimony under oath from a confidante of Merritt's that Merritt bet on college and professional sports at local casinos.

Despite the repeated spin and manipulation in the media from Groth that Merritt will be cleared of sports betting charges when the NCAA renders its decision, Groth and I both know the evidence says otherwise.

It should be noted that Merritt and Groth come from the same school of ethics . . . liars, liars!

Terri Patraw: Roommate Perks

2010-03-15T03:47:00Z

As revealed four posts below under Corrupt Hiring Practices In Nevada Athletics, Athletic Director Cary Groth's domestic partner, Laura Scott, was hired last month in the Nevada Athletic Department.

Current Owner Mailing Address
Owner1	Owner 2 or Trustee
GROTH, CARY S ETAL	SCOTT, LAURA A

This snapshot is from the Washoe County Home Assessor's site.

I then reviewed a stack of documents that contained Groth's host expense forms over the past few years.

These forms are detailed receipts of who and what the athletic director spends university money on.

Well wouldn't you know whose name repeatedly appeared as a "guest" of Groth's on these forms prior to her February hire . . . Groth's roommate Laura Scott.

So Groth's roommate is repeatedly entertained on the university's dime and subsequently given a job in the athletic department over more qualified candidates.

Policies, (NCAA) rules, laws . . . who needs 'em . . .

Athletic Director Cary Groth Shuns NCAA Values, Rules

2010-03-11T18:34:00Z

At a recent Board of Regents meeting for the Nevada System of Higher Education, University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick made the following statement:

The NCAA could enforce the relocation of coaches, but they do not enforce the movement of athletic directors.

What Glick is saying is that the NCAA could require an institution to remove a coach who was caught violating NCAA rules from his/her position. However, according to Glick, the NCAA does not require an institution to remove an athlletic director caught violating NCAA rules (i.e. lying and cheating).

Now why would Glick feel compelled to make such a statement to the Regents in the midst of an ongoing NCAA investigation at his institution? Hmmmm......

Do you find it disturbing that Glick is only concerned with what the NCAA can and cannot enforce?

Glick knows that his Athletic Director Cary Groth lies and covers up NCAA violations, clearly violating NCAA rules. However, as long as the NCAA will not require him to remove his corrupt athletic director from her position he will continue to employ her and even extend her contract!

Groth and Glick are making a public mockery out of the NCAA and the pillars on which it stands: Honesty, Integrity, Ethical Conduct, and Moral Values. NCAA Bylaws 10, 11, and 19.

Dr. Perry, Oversees NCAA Compliance, Lied To The NCAA

2010-03-08T02:42:00Z

A few months back I was reviewing documents when I ran across an email from Dr. Jean Perry, UNR's Special Assistant to the President for Athletics Academics & Compliance, to several employees at the NCAA.

The email was about me and my knowledge of the NCAA investigation . . . and guess what?

Yep . . . Dr. Perry, who oversees NCAA compliance at UNR, lied to the NCAA.

In response to this discovery, I sent an email to the individuals at the NCAA to inform them that Perry lied to them about me. I also provided proof. Unlike Dr. Perry, I was gracious enough to copy her on the email.

I am still waiting for an apology from Dr. Perry . . .

So the person responsible for NCAA compliance at UNR, Dr. Perry, lies to the NCAA, defames others, gets caught, and refuses to apologize.

And then in the next breath she tells administrators, coaches, and student-athletes to abide by NCAA rules??? You know the rules that promote honesty, ethics, and integrity. Oh the hypocrisy!

Dr. Perry has also been implicated in the grand jury investigation of public corruption at UNR. I have evidence that Dr. Perry was involved with Athletic Director Cary Groth and recent Executive Associate Athletic Director Cindy Fox in falsifying documents in my case.

The purpose of these fraudulent documents? To cover up NCAA violations at UNR!

So what did Dr. Perry do in response to my exposure of her lies and falsification of documents? She appeared at the The Dog And Pony Show ... lied under oath ... and falsified another document.

Dr. Perry does not seem to understand that what she lied about has no redeeming value whatsoever in the court of law. It served absolutely no purpose. Yet, just like the rest of the retaliation team, she allowed the UNR attorneys to use her and make a public spectacle of herself.

What amazes me is not that Dr. Perry joined the retaliation team after I exposed her lies and fraudulent conduct, but that she lied about me again when I have the ability to prove it . . . yet again.

Any more questions as to why Nevada Athletics is under investigation by the NCAA?

UNR Attorney Kent Robison A Liar And A Thief?

2010-03-04T05:11:00Z

UNR Attorney Kent Robison speaking to the Judge in open court at "The Dog And Pony Show":

Patraw took the matter up [with] the Supreme Court that you could not be fair, that I was a liar and a thief and this, that and the other thing, and that the evidence presented . . . was fabricated and lies.

Well, just to be clear, I actually proved all this to the courts. . . with hard, factual evidence.

Robison then conceded to it after the evidence left him more than a tad bit exposed.

Thief is his word, not mine. However, I am sure he is referring to his fraudulent billing records on his state contract in my case.

I presented evidence of his false billings at the evidentiary hearing on public corruption by UNR officials.

Corrupt Hiring Practices In Nevada Athletics?

2010-02-26T21:42:00Z

Ok, so I avoided this one even though I have known about it for awhile. However, too many people are up in arms about it and keep asking me to post this. Here is what my sources revealed:

Cary Groth announced a new hire in the athletic department this past month at a staff meeting.

The new hire is a woman named Laura Scott. Her new position is academic advisor for athletics.

Laura Scott was most recently the director of fitness at Montreux Golf Course in Reno. She is also the former Head Tennis Coach at Northern Illinois University. Scott resigned from NIU in 2004, days after Cary Groth accepted the athletic director position at Nevada.

Scott moved to Reno and owns a home with Groth. I guess that makes them domestic partners?

Current Owner Mailing Address
Owner1	Owner 2 or Trustee
GROTH, CARY S ETAL	SCOTT, LAURA A

This snap shot was sent to me. It is from the Washoe County home assessor site.

I have yet to hear that Laura Scott has any academic advising experience. However, I am told that there were two very qualified candidates in the pool of applicants from the Pac-10 and the ACC that had academic advising experience in athletics.

Based on my experience there, Dr. Jean Perry would have overseen this search process. Dr. Perry is also working closely with Groth on the NCAA investigation as Perry oversees NCAA compliance at Nevada. And we know Cary Groth has covered up NCAA violations at Nevada.

Next time you seen Dr. Perry ask her if this was an honest search process done with the best interest of the student-athletes in mind?

Terri Patraw: Did Cindy Fox Lie?

2010-02-22T03:42:00Z

Nevada's recent Executive Associate Athletic Director Cindy Fox made the following statement in court:

I said, nobody lied at that [whistleblower] hearing. I mean, I said everybody was telling the truth.

Uhhh, are you serious???

See the post directly below this one: "Athletic Director Cary Groth Commits Despicable Perjury". The two depositions by Groth detailed there occurred at the whistleblower hearing!

See also Blog #3 - it is now devoted entirely to Nevada Athletic Director Cary Groth. There you will find numerous examples of perjury and other misconduct, much of which occurred at the whistleblower hearing.

Next time you see Cindy Fox, ask her if she stands by her statement! Oops!

Fox, by the way, was one of the individuals implicated in soliciting student-athletes to falsify evidence against me. Desperate people do very desperate things ...

Athletic Director Cary Groth Commits Despicable Perjury

2010-02-16T19:01:00Z

On June 22, 2006, Athletic Director Cary Groth received an email containing a statement that I was aware of NCAA rule violations in the Nevada men’s basketball program.

Here are excerpts from her deposition regarding that email:

Athletic Director Groth’s Deposition #1:

Q:            And on the second page it says, "Coach Patraw said she also had knowledge of a basketball coach violating NCAA rules and believes he is also afraid of her disclosing the violations to the University." Is that the part that you were referring to?

GROTH:   Yes.

Q:          Did you take it to [the Director of Compliance]?

GROTH:   I didn’t.
....

GROTH:   Our faculty athletics rep at the time was Chris Exline, and I showed him this letter...

Q:          Do you know if he did anything at all with –

GROTH:   No. I don’t know if he had a conversation with Terri or not.

Athletic Director Groth’s Deposition #2 (on the same subject/email two weeks later):

Q:          Okay. What did you do about it?
....

GROTH:    ...  had a conversation with our faculty rep, and I don’t know what he did about it.

Q:             Who is the faculty rep?

GROTH:    It’s Dr. Exline, Chris Exline.

Groth’s testimony is nothing but a physical impossibility. Dr. Chris Exline, a wonderful man, passed away on April 11, 2006, two months before the existence of the June 22, 2006 email alleging the NCAA violations.

Groth did not "show him this letter" nor did she "have a conversation with him" about it.

Not only did Groth lie, she placed blame for the lack of investigation into the allegations on an innocent man who is no longer with us to defend himself. Her lies exposed her cover up of NCAA violations in the Nevada Athletic Department.

The faculty rep at the time was Jean Perry. Perry testified that Groth did not report the allegations to her.

Any more questions on this Athletic Director's integrity, or rather lack thereof?

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

AD Groth Commits Perjury About NCAA Violation Cover Up

2010-02-13T23:58:00Z

In my post directly below this one I mentioned the ridiculous Dog and Pony Show that broke out at the court house last week. Well, the little criminal skit included an abundance of perjury . . . imagine that!

Of course, true to form, Nevada Athletic Director Cary Groth committed more perjury . . . pertaining to her own cover-up of NCAA violations in the Nevada Men's Basketball Program.

Athletic Director Cary Groth's Under Oath Lie:

ATTORNEY KENT ROBISON: .... did you become aware later that [Terri] accepted money in exchange for not reporting [Assistant Basketball Coach] to the NCAA?

CARY GROTH: I did.

ROBISON: Is that violative of her role as a coach at the University of Nevada, Reno?

GROTH: It is her responsibility to inform us of any potential NCAA violations, yes, sir.

Groth and Robison know that I have NEVER accepted any money from the Assistant Basketball Coach in exchange for not reporting NCAA violations. I have absolute proof of this. In addition, the Assistant Basketball Coach has also stated that this is a false statement [lie] by Groth.

So why would Groth lie about this? Because she is the one who covered up the violations in the basketball program that I had reported and subsequently violated her role as Nevada's Athletic Director.

Psst: I can only hope that Dr. Jean Perry, who took part in The Dog and Pony Show, reported AD Groth's misconduct (perjury and cover up of NCAA violations) to the NCAA. Perry oversees compliance at UNR so it would be violative of her role if she failed to do so.

It is Groth's misconduct that has the University under investigation by the NCAA...for over two years now.

Much, much more on this very soon . . .

Terri Patraw: The Dog And Pony Show

2010-02-09T19:35:00Z

I went to the court house last week and a dog and pony show broke out. It was truly one of the most embarrassing displays of public corruption I have ever witnessed by so called professionals.

My attorney and I left the court house. The defense team had to perform their criminal skit to an empty
audience. Of course the skit was designed to harass and intimidate me. Can we say desperate?

I have never been so embarrassed for this defense team as I was Monday morning when I learned the details of their little skit.

With the state budget cuts going on right now it might interest you to know that the UNR administration (and their accomplices) spent hours committing more perjury and submitting more manufactured evidence to the court on state time!

The criminal activity that took place there has, of course, been forwarded to the appropriate agencies.

Oops! UNR Attorneys, probably forgot to tell their puppet accomplices why they so desperately needed them. These attorneys are deeply implicated in criminal activity in my case. They needed help covering up their criminal conduct. They just dug the hole that much deeper.

Funny thing is that I have evidence that proves they committed perjury!

One piece of advise: Don't lie about things that occur on campus. There are over 200 homeland security cameras on campus that can prove you lied!

Terri Patraw: Desperate People

2010-02-06T21:22:00Z

A very wise man told me that desperate people make bad tactical decisions.

They think for the moment and not about the long term implications of their strategy.

He said one must sit back and wait until the desperate overplay their hand.

I have found this to be great advice . . .

Terri Patraw: A Vast And Important Audience

2010-02-04T07:43:00Z

Based on a phone call I received recently, my blog is being read by a very interested and important audience. Thanks to all of you who visit this site!

Here are some more messages of support that people have sent to me of late:

I was just a student there . . . but already I was catching on to how they operated . . . I dropped my classes, never went back. I had gone to college before, but had never quite experienced a group such as these people.

This is why I admire all of you, in sticking together, and bringing out justice not only for yourselves, but the taxpayer. When all of this is over, I expect some heads to roll.

Terri, I read with sadness your story as you are a great coach. Please feel free to e-mail me . . .

I tell everyone to read your blog! I really hope others do too!

Thanks for reporting the real news in Reno.  You would never get such interesting and important
information in the RGJ!

The Athletic Department is a mess. But you already knew that. Everything you said is proving to be true! Go Patraw!

You have a big fan club at Arizona State University. There are a lot of people there reading your blog who know Milton Glick's unlawful and retaliatory ways from his days as Provost at ASU. They love that you are shining a bright and truthful light on him!  Everyone's rooting for you.

Does Athletic Director Cary Groth Have Behavior Issues?

2010-02-01T18:13:00Z

You can imagine what is has been like for me sitting there watching Nevada Athletic Director Cary Groth lie over and over and over and over. There are days when I had to refrain from laughing out loud in disgust as I sat and watched her lie . . . knowing I could prove it.

After reviewing some of her lies / perjury in several posts below, you may find this quite interesting:

QUESTION: Do you consider lying and committing perjury behavior issues?

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CARY GROTH: Yes.

The Athletic Director at the University of Nevada, Reno admits under oath that she considers lying and committing perjury behavior issues . . . And Groth has repeatedly lied and committed perjury.

AD Cary Groth ... Yep, You Guessed It ... More Lies!

2010-01-28T23:23:00Z

Athletic Director Cary Groth was made aware (via an email) on June 22nd, 2006 that I had knowledge of NCAA violations in the men's basketball program.

This is Cary Groth's testimony regarding that email:

Groth read that e-mail and she acknowledges that in her deposition.

Groth concedes she did not take the allegations of violations in the email to her Director of Compliance.

Groth also says she did not tell Jean Perry about it because "Jean Perry wasn't hired at the time" (June 22, 2006). Perry oversees the compliance office in the Nevada Athletic Department.

Athletic Director Cary Groth testified under oath that "Jean Perry wasn't hired at the time" (June 22, 2006). If you go back one page to 1829, it proves that Jean Perry was hired five months earlier.

Jean Perry began working in the athletic department on January 1st, 2006.

So that was another lie by Groth in her coverup of NCAA violations.

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Terri Patraw: AD Cary Groth Tampered With Witnesses

2010-01-24T04:49:00Z

The following is an example of witness tampering by University of Nevada, Reno Athletic Director Cary Groth, Executive Associate Athletic Director Cindy Fox, and Head Golf Coach Rich Merritt.

Q: "Did Cary Groth ever call you and encourage you to stay out of this lawsuit?"

WITNESS: "Yes, she did."

Q: "Did Cindy Fox?"

WITNESS: "Yes, she did."

Q: "Did Rich Merritt?"

WITNESS: "Yes, he did."

The witness then testified about what AD Cary Groth said to her:

WITNESS: "You are going to want to stay quiet. Keep your mouth shut. Stay quiet, you know, stay out of this because it's going to involve attorneys and to protect your family you don't want to be involved."

Q: "Did anybody ever say to you that Terri wasn't your friend?"

WITNESS: "Yes, Associate AD Cindy Fox. She called my house . . . I pretty much kind of questioned her because Terri and Cindy were so close."

"Cindy said the same thing that Cary said, 'Stay out of it, you know, protect your family. Protect those boys . . . remain quiet. Don't talk to Terri,' those types of things."

Q: "Similar to what Cary Groth said to you?"

WITNESS: "Yes."

Q: "Was Cindy Fox still your supervisor at the time?"

WITNESS: "Yes."

Bribing or intimidating witness to influence testimony is a category C felony; imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 5 years.

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

AD Cary Groth . . . More Lies And Manufactured Evidence

2010-01-19T06:56:00Z

The overwhelming evidence of whistleblower retaliation in my case, including direct admissions of retaliation by Athletic Director Cary Groth and the university lawyers, led the defendants to engage in criminal activity in their efforts to defeat my claims.

The testimony below sheds light on another lie by Groth while she was attempting to manufacture evidence against me.

______________________

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GROTH TESTIFIED:

Q Was - - now . . . was any opportunity given to Terri to talk to NAME REDACTED?

GROTH: No. I made that decision. She asked. I told her I’d set it up, but after discussing it with other people, and trying to determine what the benefit of that meeting would be, I decided not to, and NAME REDACTED, at the same time, didn’t want - - to have a conversation with her.

NAME REDACTED TESTIFIED:

Q Do you know if Terri was trying to get a meeting with you about this matter?

NR: Me?

Q Yes.

NR: Not to my knowledge.

Q Ms. Groth never told you that?

NR: No.

______________________

In her desperation to manufacture evidence against me, Athletic Director Groth is caught lying once again.

Links to all 5 of my blogs are in the left hand column. Blogs #1 and #2 are frequently updated.

Falsification Of Academic Credentials At UNR

2010-01-12T17:29:00Z

The following is testimony from a current University of Nevada, Reno professor. He is testifying about another UNR professor falsifying her academic credentials, including fraud and forgery of her dissertation.

A   So now we have a person on our faculty. We now know we have this person who has committed fraud and forgery, and she is teaching undergraduate students, has been for years, and she is high and mighty to them about ethics and cheating and you've gotta do everything right because this is how it's done in the real world . . .

A   So I wrote a letter of protest about that, because that's a violation of all kinds of internal department policies and rules and procedures. They're all over the code.

I sent that to President Glick; never got a reply.

Q   So President Glick, in your opinion, would it be safe to say, he does not care if these professors are defrauding their qualifications to their customer base, so to speak?

A   This proves that statement to be true.

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Terri Patraw: UNR Lawyers Lie To Judge . . . Again

2010-01-07T18:11:00Z

University of Nevada, Reno Attorney Charles Hilsabeck lied to Judge Flanagan during briefing in my case.

There was testimony that Athletic Director Cary Groth received the final report detailing and confirming violations of NCAA rules by Head Golf Coach Rich Merritt "around August 20th".

Hilsabeck stated in his brief that "In fact, this is not the case, and NAME REDACTED's tentative testimony does not prove that to be the case."

Liar Liar! Hilsabeck was exposed in a follow-up deposition and documents which revealed that the report was absolutely given to Groth on August 20th.

Hilsabeck lied to the Judge to conceal Groth's retaliation against me.

You see, Groth had reduced my contract offer on August 22nd, just two days after she found out that my allegations against the golf coach were true.

Groth retained Merritt despite full knowledge that he lied, cheated, hit a student-athlete, and jeopardized the eligibility and welfare of his student-athletes.

Groth fired the person who reported the violations, had top performance evaluations, won a championship,
and had a clean NCAA record. Any question about her morals?

Hilsabeck and the UNR defense team (led by Mary Dugan and Kent Robison) lie in nearly every brief they file. Therefore it should not be a surprise to learn that Hilsabeck was sanctioned by a Federal Judge for submitting four false affidavits in another UNR retaliation case.

The UNR retaliation team has submitted false affidavits and false personnel files in my case. These people have no shame.

Terri Patraw: Nevada Supreme Court Delivers Message

2010-01-04T03:28:00Z

CARSON CITY (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has approved revisions to the state code of judicial conduct, the first major update in nearly 20 years on how judges should behave.

One major change is that judges will now have an obligation to report misconduct by another judge or lawyer if they have information indicating a “substantial likelihood” of a violation.

Existing rules only required reporting if a judge has knowledge of “known misconduct.”

The new rule also mandates a judge take appropriate action when they believe another judge or lawyer’s performance is impaired by drugs, alcohol or a mental, emotional, or physical condition.

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I know of a judge and a few lawyers who must be very uncomfortable with this new rule.

The Nevada Supreme Court will soon be reviewing the misconduct of the Judge, lawyers (Mary Dugan, Kent Robison, Charles Hilsabeck & John Arrascada), Athletic Director Cary Groth, and President Milton Glick in my case.

One can only imagine what the Supreme Court is going to say about these lawyers' and the judge's misconduct.

The Supreme Court has already reviewed a sampling of the fraud in my case.

Happy New Year!

Terri Patraw: Athletic Director Cary Groth Keeps On Lying

2009-12-19T22:46:00Z

Unbelievable!  I learned a few more things today:

1)    On March 2, 2009, Athletic Director Cary Groth entertained 5 other individuals for dinner at Sterlings in the Silver Legacy Casino.  The University produced a host expense documentation form (dated 3-2-09) that lists the names of Groth's guests . . . Janet Judge, Cissy Rosenauer, Valerie Cooke, and Cindy Fox. There was another guest, however, whose name was redacted from this form. Apparently someone does not want us to know who Groth was entertaining that night on the university's dime.

If you happen to know who the mysterious individual is I am all ears.

2)    I also reviewed minutes from the AAUN (athletic department donors) meetings. The minutes revealed that Groth lies to the donors too. Unbelievable. She, of course, spoke to them about me ... and guess what? She lied!  If these people only knew.

It is stunning that the Athletic Director would lie to a group of people who are voluntarily donating their time, energy, and money to the Nevada Athletic Department. She is a sad role model for the student-athletes.

3)    Groth also told these same donors that the university won my whistleblower hearing.   However, she apparently failed to tell them that the whistleblower hearing was remanded on appeal because of her perjury, falsification of evidence, and concealment of documents.

She also failed to tell them that the hearing officer was suspended for his misconduct in my case. I could not find this information anywhere in the minutes.  So much for operating with transparency.


After 2+ years of witnessing UNR Athletic Director Cary Groth lie under oath, lie in affidavits, lie to the media, lie to donors, and lie to "others", I was compelled to do a little research on liars.

Pathological Liar:  is usually defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their way and does so with little concern for others. Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights and feelings of others. A pathological liar often comes across as being manipulative, cunning and self-centered.

Compulsive Liar: A compulsive liar lies out of habit.  Compulsive liars bend the truth about everything, large and small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is very awkward and uncomfortable while lying feels right.

So much for honesty and integrity in athletics!   This is going to be one revealing book . . .

Terri Patraw: More Unlawful Retaliation

2009-12-16T19:41:00Z

It is important to mention that Athletic Director Cary Groth, President Milton Glick, General Counsel Mary Dugan, and Attorney Kent Robison went to great lengths, and engaged in additional criminal activity, in an attempt to prevent me from testifying at the grand jury proceedings.

They convinced their "friend", Judge Flanagan, to issue an unlawful order outside his jurisdiction that was designed to disrupt my presentation of evidence before Judge Steinheimer. No, Judge's are not allowed to do that!

Judge Steinheimer was so outraged at their retaliatory actions against me in her court room that she shut down the court for 40 minutes.

Their desperate acts to silence me included attorney Robison lying to two district court judges and to the Nevada Supreme Court as well as falsification of evidence by Groth, Glick, Dugan, and Robison.

UNR's Attorney Kent Robison Lacking Ethical Standards?

2009-12-13T04:30:00Z

Attorney Kent Robison is an outside attorney hired by UNR President Milton Glick to represent himself and the university. Apparently Glick has no faith in his legal team of 7+ in-house lawyers led by UNR General Counsel Mary Dugan.

President Glick is leading a university that is now under criminal investigation. Therefore, it should be less than surprising that he has hired a less than ethical lawyer to represent him and the university.

Read here what the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco had to say about Kent Robison:

The Nevada Supreme Court found that "counsel withdrew not because the county denied him compensation, but merely because the county declined to compensate him in advance." In seeking to withdraw from representing a client charged with murder after the trial has started because the county would not advance his expenses, attorney Robison has demonstrated ethical standards that fall far short of responsible professional conduct.

This, of course, is the same Kent Robison who lied to Judge Flanagan, lied to Judge Steinheimer, and then lied to the Nevada Supreme Court regarding matters pertaining to my case. Robison was so exposed in all of these lies that he conceded every one of them to the Nevada Supreme Court. Robison has a pattern and practice of lying throughout my litigation . . . to the media, to judges, to whomever will listen to his slander.

I am going to go out on a limb and bet that Robison was in Indianapolis with Glick, Dugan, and Athletic Director Cary Groth yesterday defending allegations of major violations of NCAA rules in the Nevada Athletic Department. Yep, they were ordered to be there in person by the NCAA.

Dugan needs help doing damage control so I am pretty confident she brought along her partner in crime. The only question is...how many more lies were told by this crew to the NCAA Committee on Infractions? Damage control, led by Dugan and Robison, consists of more fraud to cover the exposed fraud.

Be sure to check out blog #2 to see what others are saying about UNR's rough day yesterday.

Links to all 5 of my blogs are in the left hand column. Blogs #1 and #2 are frequently updated.

Judge Orders Grand Jury Investigation Of UNR

2009-12-11T21:01:00Z

On May 14, 2008, three citizens filed a Petition to convene a grand jury investigation of public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno. The affidavits and complaint exceed 1700 pages.

Judge Connie Steinheimer issued an order on December 10, 2009, granting the Petition in part. The Judge filed her findings in support of the grand jury petition under seal to protect the secrecy of the grand jury proceedings.

In her ruling, Judge Steinheimer found that "Petitioners have met their burden as to reasonable evidence existing to refer some matters to the grand jury for investigation. The specifics of those matters have been addressed in the sealed order filed contemporaneously with this public decision."

On September 17-18, 2009, several Nevada citizens testified and presented evidence of crimes committed by UNR officials at an evidentiary hearing in the Second Judicial District Court before Judge Steinheimer. In addition to the testimony, which covered a small sampling of the evidence, the citizens submitted over 5000 documents of supporting evidence.

Petitioners brought forward a large number of allegations and a fraction of them were dismissed by Judge Steinheimer. For many of the allegations that were dismissed the Judge argued the statute of limitations had expired, rather than lack of evidence.

The Petitioners plan to appeal the dismissal of these allegations to the Nevada Supreme Court.

For more information see www.unrgrandjury.com.

Links to all 5 of my blogs are in the left hand column. Blogs #1 and #2 are frequently updated.

Terri Patraw: Abuse Of Authority . . . Retaliation

2009-12-07T21:18:00Z

Despite my repeated requests, the UNR administration, UNR General Counsel’s Office, NSHE Board of Regents, NSHE Chancellor, and NSHE Chief Counsel’s Office could not provide any NSHE Code or any law that allows President Milton Glick to ban a citizen from the public campus.

Therefore, it is evident that President Glick has repeatedly violated NRS 197.200 and the NSHE Code with his clear abuse of authority.

NRS 197.200 Oppression Under Color Of Office.

      1. An officer . . .who unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority:

      (d) Does any act whereby another person is injured in his person, property or rights commits oppression.

      An officer or person committing oppression shall be punished a category D felony or gross misdemeanor.

Terri Patraw: Those Darn Personnel Files

2009-12-03T23:10:00Z

Athletic Director Cary Groth to me: "You are a great, great coach. Nobody can deny that. I just need to move on. I looked in your personnel file. There was nothing to use against you."

I responded, "This has whistleblower lawsuit written all over it."

Groth replied, "I know."

I guess it is pretty clear why the university lawyers had to falsify my personnel files. My annual
"commendable" personnel evaluations were problematic for them.

Board of Regents Handbook: An overall evaluation of "commendable" shall be considered meritorious.

Links to all 5 of my blogs are in the left hand column. Blogs #1 and #2 are frequently updated.

Terri Patraw: 10 Facts "They" Do Not Want You To Know

2009-11-23T07:24:00Z

Here are 10 facts that UNR administrators do not want you to know:

1) UNR lawyers were caught falsifying my personnel files twice! They have no shame. My
"commendable" evaluations every year were very problematic for the defense team.

2) My whistleblower hearing was remanded on appeal after I presented perjury, falsification of evidence, and concealment of documents by Athletic Director Cary Groth and the university lawyers (Mary Dugan, Charles Hilsabeck, and Kent Robison).

3) Student-athletes testified that they were solicited to falsify evidence against me by my former assistant coach, Antoinette Marjanovic. Marjanovic's emails and phone records provided direct evidence of this solicitation. Kudos to the student-athletes for saying NO to this despicable request.

4)  Athletic Director Groth threatened me if I reported NCAA violations in other sport programs. Groth covered up violations, retained a coach who lied and cheated, and terminated me.

5) The University has been, and continues to be, under investigation by the NCAA (for over 2 years now).

6) Athletic Director Groth admitted under oath that she terminated me for standing up for equality for the female student-athletes (Title IX reports). Yep, she said it! She is a retaliator.

7) UNR lawyers admitted in writing that I was retaliated against financially because I reported Title IX and NCAA infractions. Hence the contract negotiations not squaring up.

8) Yes, my lawsuit is still going on. Yes, I continue to seek reinstatement to my position at UNR.

9) I recently filed a petition to the Nevada Supreme Court, exposing wide scale judicial fraud by the trial court judge in my case. This petition also exposed UNR attorney Kent Robison for lying to 2 district court judges and to the Supreme Court after I exposed falsification of evidence by Athletic Director Groth, President Milton Glick, and the UNR attorneys.

10) I am one of three citizens who successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of Nevada to hold an evidentiary hearing on public corruption at UNR.

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For direct evidence of criminal activity in my case as I presented it to the district court judge at the hearing on UNR corruption see this link:

                                    Court Transcript Of Corruption Hearing (Day 1 - Afternoon)

The specific details of the criminal activity in my case are on Page 38-95. It is a fast read.

Count how many felonies AD Groth committed. Hint: you will need pen and paper to keep track of them all.

UNR's Retaliation Apparatus To Silence The Whistleblower

2009-11-15T17:26:00Z

We've seen examples of faculty and staff, coaches, police officers, and citizens who have evidence of criminal violations and they've suffered massive retaliation at the hands of the whole University of Nevada, Reno retaliation apparatus that protects the upper-level administrators.

The retaliation apparatus involves President Milton Glick's private police force, the UNRPD. It also involves the human resources and affirmative action offices.

Affirmative action is designed to protect the faculty, staff and students. But at UNR it's turned around and used as a tool for harassment by conducting secret investigations of whistleblowers.

You've seen evidence that the president's office and the attorneys working for the president's office have actually intimidated the local media to make sure that they're really just a mouthpiece for the university administration and won't print most of the allegations that come forth from whistleblowers.

Other parts of the protection and retaliation apparatus are the general counsel's office (led by Mary Dugan). And that office is housed within the president's office. Therefore, everything that they do has the explicit recognition and approval of the upper administration.

What is all this trying to protect? It's trying to protect widespread abuses of the law involving financial crimes, athletic department crimes, police department crimes, EEO crimes, legal counsel crimes, and the whole UNR abuse of power.

UNR's message to faculty, staff, students and the public: If you challenge our power, we will threaten, intimidate, harass, demote, fire, sue and sanction you, and we'll get the taxpayers to pay for it.

I'm sure that when you first heard us say this or first read our documents you thought this was a pretty outrageous claim: UNR as a RICO operation. We submit to you that we have described and presented evidence that meets all 11 elements of the FBI RICO criteria.

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Terri Patraw: Evidence Of Bid Rigging At UNR

2009-11-12T18:52:00Z

PRESENTER: That's our first item that we want to bring to your attention, the allegation that there have been and there has been a long history of preferential contracts awarded, in some cases no-bid situations, to Gardener Engineering.

THE WITNESS: I retrieved this document through a Freedom of Information Act at the University of Nevada, Reno. I acquired approximately 3,000 documents.

One of the documents that stood out was this handwritten 9:00 a.m. conference call between the facilities maintenance staff.

And what it basically says is that -- and line, I think it's 12, the one with the arrow pointing at it, says: "By doing things this way at least it looks like a legitimate bid."

And then the other one, which is much worse, says: "Maybe other contractors will recognize this for what it is and not bid it."

This verified the conclusion of the Legislative Audit Report that said that Mr. Gardner had been receiving preferential treatment at the University of Nevada, Reno, through Vice President Buzz Nelson for approximately 20 years.

PRESENTER: . . . we want to draw your attention now to that Legislative Audit Report.

THE WITNESS: "Due to misinterpretations of law, violations of policies, opportunities to use convenient financing methods, many of these projects were not awarded through a competitive bidding process."

It goes on to say that "a total of 14 energy retrofit contracts totaling $8.2 million with Sierra Pacific Power, none of the contracts were awarded based on a competitive bidding process."

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Links to all 5 of my blogs are in the left hand column. Blogs #1 and #2 are frequently updated.

Terri Patraw: UNR's MOB

2009-11-08T18:24:00Z

Below is one of the signs that was on display at the recent demonstration in support of a grand jury investigation of corruption by University of Nevada, Reno officials. This sign was also shown on Channel 4 TV several times.

UNR's Police Chief Adam Garcia, General Counsel Mary Dugan, President Milton Glick, Athletic Director Cary Groth.

I have evidence and knowledge of corruption and criminal activity by all four of these individuals.

Terri Patraw: More Perjury By Athletic Director Cary Groth

2009-11-05T18:46:00Z

As we wait for the Judge's decision on the request to convene a grand jury investigation of University of Nevada, Reno officials, here is more direct evidence of felonies committed by the "upstanding" role model and leader of the Nevada Athletic Department, Athletic Director Cary Groth.

This is a condensed segment from the court transcript:

Deposition 1: Cary Groth said she picked up the phone and called Dedrique Taylor.

Deposition 2 (12 days after Deposition 1): Groth confirmed that she called Dedrique Taylor.

In an interview just 3 weeks after these depositions, Groth told the NCAA she did not recall contacting Dedrique Taylor.

UNR was then asked to produce the record of Groth's phone call to Dedrique Taylor. It is a long-distance phone call (between Groth and Taylor) so that is easy to produce with a billing invoice.

However, UNR says there is no document responsive to this request. BUSTED!

Dedrique Taylor also reported that Groth never called him. BUSTED AGAIN!

Athletic Director Groth is caught lying under oath...yet again. It gets more serious when you realize why Groth was lying about the phone call to Dedrique Taylor. That is spelled out in the court transcript beginning at the top of page 62.

By the way, UNR President Milton Glick is informed of Groth's criminal misconduct. The UNR attorneys have admitted that they read my blog. The cover-up continues and will until . . .

Perjury: a category D felony; imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year.

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Terri Patraw: NCAA Speaks On Honesty In Athletics

2009-10-31T17:43:00Z

I found this October 30, 2009 ESPN article about a student-athlete lying to the NCAA most interesting.

Here are some important comments in the article from Stacey Osburn of the NCAA:

"Our members have clearly spoken on the importance of honesty in athletics and expect all student-athletes and administrators to follow the principals of ethical conduct."

"These rules are in place to ensure integrity in the investigative process, and by extension to ensure a level playing field."

"NCAA rules are applied equally to all individuals regardless of national prominence or level of athletic ability."

At the University of Nevada, Reno, however, President Milton Glick just rewarded Athletic Director Cary Groth with a 3-year contract extension despite his knowledge that Groth has been exposed for lying under oath (a felony) several times about numerous issues including those related to the NCAA.

Groth has also been caught falsifying evidence and falsifying public documents . . . and of course she has the university under an ongoing investigation by the NCAA. She also admitted that she retaliated against me.

Rich Merritt, the former men's golf coach, was retained by Glick and Groth after he was caught lying, cheating, and jeopardizing the eligibility and welfare of his student-athletes.

We will find out soon enough (upon completion of the UNR-NCAA investigation) if Osburn's statements are true, that the NCAA applies its' rules equally to all students, coaches, and administrators.

Make sure you check blog #2 for a great photo taken by Debra Reid of the Sparks Tribune.

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Terri Patraw: Athletic Director Lies Again And Again And. . .

2009-10-26T04:31:00Z

This is one of many, many, many examples of perjury by Athletic Director Cary Groth:

• General Counsel Mary Dugan:

- "Patraw refused the contract offer made to her by AD Groth on August 22, 2007"

• VP Human Resources:

- "It is clear to me Groth had offered Patraw a contract"

• Associate Athletic Director:

- "Groth did mention that there had been a new contract offer to Patraw"

• Vice-Provost Janet Vreeland

- "Well, they made Patraw an offer. I was told she rejected it"

• An Athletic Director at another University:

- "I spoke to Groth . . . She stated she offered you a contract and you turned it down"

Here is Groth's testimony under oath in a deposition:

QUESTION: Had the August 2007 contract been extended to Patraw?

GROTH: No

Liar, Liar! Groth knew that terminating someone a few days after offering them a multi-year contract and raise is irrational and retaliatory. She lied under oath to conceal her retaliation.

Also, the whistleblower decision was remanded after evidence of perjury, falsification of evidence, and concealment of documents by Athletic Director Groth was presented on appeal.

Perjury is a category D felony for which a court shall sentence a convicted person to imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 4 years.

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Terri Patraw: "Absolutely Despicable"

2009-10-23T00:13:00Z

This is testimony from a former UNR faculty member. She is also reading from a letter (in italics) written by a former student to the UNR Director of Affirmative Action:
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It turns out that because they have enabled this person (Robert Karlin) and his sexually deviant behavior - - he's still employed at UNR, he's still teaching - - and this is another example of how he's now going on to touch female students.

"I find the fact that four other women have come forward and that the university is still employing Karlin to be absolutely despicable.

The university is taking on a real liability and is failing to provide adequate protection for its female faculty and students from this known offender.

Had the university acted against Karlin instead of settling the previous sexual harassment complaint, I would have been protected and these incidents would never have occurred.

It is unreasonable to continue to protect Karlin. He is, in short, another lawsuit waiting to happen and will continue to abuse women at this institution."

Female students are unprotected, we have people we know, sexual harassers who are protected at taxpayer expense running rampant on the campus; is there a female student who is safe on this campus?

- Excerpts from the transcript of the hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Terri Patraw: Conflicts Of Interest In The Court House

2009-10-20T01:44:00Z

A year and four months ago we submitted our petition summon a grand jury on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno, to the District Court. NRS 6.130 says that this shall be decided by a District Court judge in five days. So we've been 16 months. Why is that?

First of all, six of eight state judges in this Second Judicial District Court recused themselves because of conflicts of interest. This means that many of them have some sort of involvement or connection or friendship with people at UNR.

What took so long, then, was the fact that we had to go through a large number of judges in the State Court. One of those judges (Janet Berry) actually threw our petition out. We had to appeal it to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court gave us a writ of mandamus referring it back to the District Court for an evidentiary hearing.

Here is what the Supreme Court had to say about Judge Janet Berry's order dismissing the original petition:

"In footnote 4 to the district court's order denying the petition, the district court cites to NRS 172.175, but assigns language to that provision that is not found in the statute. We are at a loss as to the source of the language the district court assigns to NRS 172.175."

"Therefore, we conclude that the district court manifestly abused its discretion by denying the petition based on the erroneous reasoning that NRS 172.175 applies only to alleged misconduct of county public officials."

Upon remand back to her court, Judge Berry informed Petitioners that her husband is a very large donor to Nevada Athletics. We subsequently asked her to recuse herself from the case...to which she obliged.

Terri Patraw: Another Website On UNR Corruption

2009-10-16T02:11:00Z

Citizens, completely independent of myself and my co-Petitioners on the grand jury petition, have joined the campaign to encourage the cleanup of corruption at UNR. Click on their link:

                                                   WWW.UNRGRANDJURY.COM

Please check out this website as they are strong proponents of the grand jury investigation of UNR Officials.

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Also, click on this website - Reno Outreach For Animal Rights:

                                                          ROAR

Note the announcement in the Red Bar across the top and the information that follows.  Certainly the evidence of animal abuse for profit on the UNR campus has to strike at the very heart of their organization.

Finally, be sure to check out blog #2 for big news . . .

UNR Corruption Transcript - Utterly Astonishing!

2009-10-13T04:48:00Z

Here are links to the official court transcript of the evidentiary hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno. It is a quick read...and contains some powerful evidence of criminal activity.

To quote a UNR employee after reading the transcript: "Utterly Astonishing!"

In addition to this testimony, citizens presented the district court with over 5000 documents of supporting evidence. This transcript is therefore only a very small sample of the evidence submitted to the court.

The table of contents can direct you to specific areas of interest or you can have at the entire transcript.

                                                       Table Of Contents

Day 1 Morning Session                                             Day 1 Afternoon Session

Day 2 Morning Session                                             Day 2 Afternoon Session

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If you are interested in the specific sections on athletics, which details crimes committed by Athletic Director Cary Groth et al, see:

Day 1 Afternoon - Page 38 - 95                                 Day 2 Morning -     Page 1 - 11

Day 2 Afternoon - Page 63 - 64 and 83 - 84

Psst: Count the felonies AD Groth committed. Hint: You will need pen and paper to keep track of them all.

Meet UNR's MOB:

Police Chief Adam Garcia, General Counsel Mary Dugan, President Glick, Athletic Director Cary Groth.

This sign was on display at the public demonstration in front of the Second Judicial District Court.

Terri Patraw: UNR Double-Talk

2009-10-09T20:19:00Z

The Nevada State Law Enforcement Officers Association contends that the university administration has done everything possible to protect their fellow administrator, Police Chief Garcia, and by doing so have caused the continuing problems at the University of Nevada, Reno. The NSLEOA is calling for Governor Gibbons to place operational control of the UNR police department under the Nevada Department of Public Safety as it should be and not under the control of vice president of finance at UNR.

Testimony from the CEO and President of NSLEOA at the evidentiary hearing on corruption at UNR:

"I have learned to speak UNR double-talk. What President Glick said is, I don't want to deal with this and I will forward it to Chief Garcia to cover up."

"What Chief Garcia said is, I received your complaint. I will take it seriously because I'm the individual who is ultimately responsible and I'm not going to take any responsibility . . . Tell me who the SOBs are that made this complaint. I will ensure that the appropriate discipline is administered swiftly. If you call me, I will attempt to circumvent this issue with smoke and mirrors while I find out who ratted me out."

Terri Patraw: UNR RICO Operation At Work

2009-10-04T22:54:00Z

Here is the RICO Operation's Organizational structure as presented to the district court Judge. The red dots are the retaliators. The blue dots are the good guys.

In my case, the Vice President of Human Resources (blue dot) testified honestly in her deposition. A few months later she was no longer working at the University.

Terri Patraw: UNR Athletic Director Falsifies Evidence

2009-10-01T19:59:00Z

How does University of Nevada, Reno Athletic Director Cary Groth falsify evidence?

Here is an email from a former UNR employee to Groth:

Can you remind me again what that email I need to say to you needs to have in it?

Forty-three (43) minutes later, at the direction of Groth, an email arrives from this former employee with Groth's manufactured evidence.
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Discovery in litigation leads to a review of the most interesting email communications . . . more on the significance of this particular email at a later date.

Did you know it is a felony to falsify evidence? Yes, Cary Groth committed yet another felony on the job. Groth engaged in this illegal activity through her UNR email account.

Why did this former employee take part in this criminal activity? Because he too was guilty of misconduct on the job and therefore conspired with Groth to cover it up.

A couple of real upstanding role models in positions of influence over young impressionable student-athletes.

Terri Patraw: More On UNR Organized Crime

2009-09-26T17:49:00Z

Some additional notes from the evidentiary hearing on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno.

The Judge said it will take a while for her to rule as she has a lot of reading to do. We submitted over 5000 documents to support our testimony. There were several witnesses who testified under oath.

The Judge's next step is to convene or deny a grand jury investigation of UNR and their affiliated law firms.

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Here are some nuts and bolts that the media did not report:

We met all the elements to prove UNR is a RICO operation (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization).

We met our burden of proof to secure the grand jury investigation. Our burden was slight to marginal evidence . . . a reasonable inference that a crime was committed. We presented overwhelming direct evidence of numerous crimes committed by UNR officials.

UNR lawyers, Athletic Director Cary Groth, and President Milton Glick engaged in illegal and retaliatory activity during the hearing that caused the Judge to shut the court down for 40 minutes. They were not allowed to participate in the hearing yet they caused a scene that was a disgraceful representation of themselves and UNR.   Much more on this in a couple of weeks.

We presented evidence of numerous felonies committed by Athletic Director Cary Groth. Evidence of criminal conduct by Groth included: perjury, falsification of evidence, conspiring with others to falsify evidence, falsification of public documents, obstruction of justice, retaliation, tampering with witnesses (this included Groth threatening a witness' family), lying in affidavits, more perjury, submitting false evidence to the court, harassment, and even more perjury!   Each allegation was supported with evidence.

We also presented evidence of crimes by UNR General Counsel Mary Dugan, President Glick, Police Chief Adam Garcia, outside lawyer Kent Robison, and several others.

General Counsel Dugan sat in the court room most of the entire two days . . . certainly taking names of anyone who dared to testify against her or others. The evidence revealed that she is a central figure in the RICO operation and is a leader of retaliation on the UNR campus. Her sons must be proud of her . . .

So much more to come in the next 2-3 weeks.

Terri Patraw: Put A Stop To This Corruption

2009-09-23T06:29:00Z

Terri,

Every Nevada Taxpayer owes you and your fellow petitioners our thanks.

The self proclaimed fourth branch of NV government covers things up because they are not held accountable to a higher authority.

Well you and your co-petitioners have put a stop to that by bringing your case to the higher authority that can put a stop to this corruption, the Nevada Taxpayer.

The NV Supreme Court ruled correctly and I truly believe the District Court will impanel a Grand Jury.

If the Court does not rule in our favor I stand ready to bring your/our case(s) directly to the public and if need, back to the Supreme Court.

I will make myself available to your citizens committee and the Grand Jury.

WHO SAID YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL OR THE NSHE!

Terri Patraw: UNR Public Corruption Hearing Update

2009-09-20T20:43:00Z

Some quick random points from the hearing . . .

The University of Nevada, Reno is involved in organized crime and has committed fraud, misappropriated public funds, and abused its power and should be investigated by a special grand jury, a professor testified Thursday in Washoe District Court.

University President Milton Glick "has his own private police force paid for by the citizens of Nevada . . .

When told of violations of laws, instead of cleaning it up, UNR covers it up, and the whistle-blower is attacked."

A former geological sciences professor, said the then-chair of her department "shoved a pipe between (her) legs" and rubbed it against her genitals. When she complained, she said the administration sided with her boss and fought to stop her from receiving research money from the National Science Foundation.

This department chair is still at the university despite several more complaints by women, including students, who say he sexually touched them too.

Is any female safe on the campus when Glick allows a sexual deviant continued employment and access to thousands of young women?

UNR officials have continually ignored evidence of fraud, forgery and violations of the law, according to testimony Friday, and instead of investigating the claims, they harassed, fired or launched personal attacks against those reporting the alleged wrongdoing.

Witnesses alleged a vast criminal conspiracy at UNR, including the embezzlement of millions of dollars, intimidation by UNR officials, bribery, extortion, abuse of power and the use of the UNR Police Department as a "private police force."

UNRPD officers and leaders harassed whistleblowers, protected drunks at the department and rocketed former UNRPD Lieutenant Kevin Youngflesh through the ranks after Youngflesh was demoted to officer for driving drunk in a state vehicle.

In addition, campus police officers participated in the illegal harassment and defamation of whistle-blowers, a former sergeant testified in the second day of hearings calling for a special grand jury to investigate the school.

In 2007, officers were given a directive to stop patrolling the areas just off campus and instead patrol on foot to save fuel costs, he told Judge Steinheimer.

But it was common for school officials to use their state vehicles for personal errands or to go to lunch, and patrol officers often picked up other officers at bars and casinos if they were drunk, he said.

The police directive was canceled after Brianna Denison was abducted from a house near campus and later found raped and murdered, he said.

The school was selling research animals for profit and said federal funds were paid to a private corporation in the name of a faculty member and research was done illegally at UNR.

"The research resulted in massive animal abuse, endangered the health and safety of the people in Reno, and the water quality of the Truckee River," the professor told the judge. "We maintain this shows the citizens have been defrauded."

And university lawyers used the media to defame whistle-blowers . . . "They'll discredit anyone who accuses them of wrongdoing," according to testimony.

"Over the past eight years, the message has been if you challenge our power, we will threaten, intimidate, fire, sue and harass you," a witness said. "And we'll get the taxpayers to pay for it."

Several witnesses testified to a variety of crimes allegedly committed by UNR officials, including illegal no-bid contracts at UNR, and being forced from their job after filing sexual harassment claims or raising issues with drinking at the police department.

Terri Patraw: I Do Not Make This Stuff Up!

2009-09-13T04:34:00Z

University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick is asking the Board of Regents to award Athletic Director Cary Groth a 3 – year contract extension on September 17, 2009 at their public meeting. Groth’s current contract expires on June 30, 2010.

Glick is doing this in the middle of an NCAA investigation.

Glick is doing this with full knowledge that my whistleblower hearing was remanded after evidence of perjury, a false affidavit, and concealment of documents by GROTH!

Glick is asking the Regents to do this on the same day that an evidentiary hearing on UNR public corruption is going to be held.

Glick and Groth are both implicated in this public corruption hearing and Glick knows we have direct evidence of criminal activity by Groth.

Any more questions on "institutional control" at UNR?

Is Glick snubbing his nose at the NCAA and its investigation?

The Regents know that Groth and Glick are both implicated in criminal activity.

If the Board of Regents approves this extension what does it say about them?

Board Of Regents Meeting Agenda (Item #17)