d for the
last word.

"I shall, but first I want to point out that the charges against me
contain the words taken from the faculty handbook, 'serious breaches of
generally accepted moral standards in the profession....'

"I submit to you that the copyright infringements committed by Ian and
Randy were also serious breaches of generally accepted moral standard
in the profession and Chairman Lyle Stone condoned them.

"Now I'll get my next witness." said Diana, heading once again for the
door.

James Prouty walked into the hearing room and looked around. "Take
that seat there, please." Henry motioned toward the seat opposite the
panel.

"Oh," said James, in a surprised tone of voice. "I understood from
someone who had testified earlier that the witnesses sat across from
Diana."

"Well...." the chair cleared his throat and looked uncomfortable.
"Things get shifted around, you know. Sit right there and be sworn in."

That James, thought Diana, barely stifling her laughter, trust him to
say something disconcerting. He knew darn well that there was a
different seating arrangement for the two sets of witnesses because she
had told him about it.

Under questioning, James Prouty said that he had rented a room in
Diana's home for four and one half years. He could and would affirm
that she had written a radiology manual at her home computer.

He could also confirm the great animosity held against her by the
former chair of NERD, Jimbo Jones, who was now one of the many
associate academic vice presidents. James had been a work/study
student in NERD and had heard Jimbo yell and verbally hammer at Diana
any number of times.

"As you all are aware," James said, smiling at the panel, "besides the
five medical student SmurFFs, there are two SmurFFs that Dr. Jones is
said to have found in the Nursing Nutrition course that he lectures in."

"And that the document examiners are sure Diana wrote," Anuse crowed,
breaking in triumphantly. "But all this tells us nothing new
concerning the charge. This is repetitive, time wasting information.
Mr. Chairman, may we get on with it."

"James, were you living in my home last December?"

"Yes, I was."

"Would you please tell in your own words why I could not have printed
or written the two 'suspicious' evaluations found by Lyle who claims
they were written and submitted by me that year?"

James turned his agreeable, smiling face once more toward the panel and
said clearl