write the end-of-term paper. Veronica received one of the three "A"s that Prof. Landry gave out for this paper. When Veronica finds out that her father is investigating whether Dean O'Dell's wife is having an affair, she tells Keith what she knows about Prof. Landry and Mindy. Keith tells the Dean, who takes a loaded revolver and visits Prof. Landry and Mindy O'Dell in the middle of one of their rendezvous. It is as of now unknown what transpired in the room that night. When Keith takes the Dean O'Dell case, he finds Prof. Landry at a local bar and attempts to entice Landry's confession over some drinks. However, this does not work as Landry informs Keith that he read Keith's book and he knows that Keith is a private investigator. Claire Nordhouse Krista Kalmus plays Claire Nordhouse, a feminist and member of Lillith house, friends with Nish and Fern. She is one of the protestors who made a front-page newspaper picture of many topless women holding a banner reading, "We go to Hearst, go ahead and rape us!" Claire is beautiful, with long blonde hair, making her the target of the rival newspaper's response (topless men holding a banner saying "No thanks! (except maybe the blonde in the middle)"). The three use this response to have the Pi Sig house shut down and the rival newspaper run by them by faking Claire's rape. However, Veronica finds out that it was not real and exposes this – ATM photos showing the guy with her before her rape, who took her home, was Claire's boyfriend who helped set it up. She is then expelled from Hearst as a result. She was Patrice Pitrelli's best friend in their freshman year and was the source of information about the Theta Beta two-way mirror. Cyrus O'Dell Ed Begley, Jr. portrays Cyrus O'Dell, the Dean of Hearst College. Initially, Veronica's adversary, gradually becoming her ally and gaining her respect, and vice versa. Married to much younger Mindy, he suspects her of having an affair, which Keith later proves to be with Hank Landry. He confronts the two, threatening to leave her broke and ruin Landry's career. Tim Foyle kills him during the ninth episode in Veronica's Plan a Perfect Murder paper (a fake suicide). After his death, it is revealed that he wrote her a referral to the FBI, a statement of what a brilliant