rtable with what this suggested. It
wouldn't do to have the panel hear much more of this. He commenced
another long speech, explaining that Lyle couldn't have said anything
like that because it was not Lyle Stone that sent the 'suspect' SmurFFs
out--it was Mark, the university attorney. "So you see, you must have
misunderstood," he concluded, patronizingly.

Before the witness could respond, Anuse professed not to understand why
it made any difference how the evaluation was conducted. He went on
and on in this vein in a querulous, whining voice.

Once he had wound down, Esther started to muddy the waters because she
didn't understand what was sent out and when. "Are you saying all the
SmurFFs were sent off campus?" she asked.

"No, the discussion is about these 'suspect' evaluations," explained
Jane, indicating the exhibits.

"Well, that's all right then," Esther explained in a motherly tone to
the witness, "those SmurFFs never left. The examiners came here
yesterday and looked at them." Esther had become more of a space cadet
than ever, thought Jane. And obviously, Henry and Anuse are disturbed
by this.

Stupid broad, thought Henry. He signaled Janet that the hearing was
off the record and gathered the panel into a huddle to straighten out
Esther before she did some real harm.

When the hearing reconvened, all the players went round again with
paternal and maternal advice. Rather than asking for information from
the witness, they took turns telling her that she hadn't heard what she
was testifying about. Obviously, she was mistaken.

"Now, I'm sure you see that no one was trying to attempt to have any
student identified by having a document examiner look at these,"
cajoled Anuse.

"That's what you say. But I think what you have done is illegal. I
really think it is illegal and if I find a way to do it, I am going to
stop it...."

Anuse tried to interrupt, but Jennifer was on a roll. "We had an oral
contract. Dr. Stone stood up in front of the whole class and told us
what the evaluation forms were to be used for. And they weren't, they
were used for something else and that is not right."

Henry was stung into action. He interjected to assure her that she
must not worry because the administration would never violate a
student's confidentiality or go back on its word to them.

He thought he was pouring on oil, but Jennifer knew bullshit when she
heard it. "I don't believe it," asserted Jenn