s. It was much better for her and others to be positive and
upbeat.
When she identified herself and was sworn, she told the panel that she
was a full-time student in the College of Agriculture and worked
part-time at the Belmont print shop.
A petite woman in her late twenties, she sat back in her chair, larger
than life and twinkled merrily at the panel. Her good humor was so
contagious that the panel, as one, smiled back at her.
She readily confirmed the testimony of Jennifer, announcing clearly
that she was present when the conversation with Lyle took place. "He
said many times that no student evaluations had ever been sent to the
document examiners. When we asked him how he knew beforehand that none
of the ones he was sending were student's, he replied that he knew who
had written them before they were sent away to be analyzed."
Diana asked her to think carefully, "Are you sure that he meant that he
knew this before the documents were sent and not as a result of the
report of the document examiners?"
Roz's reply was good natured but firm. "Yes, I am certain. We asked
him the question several times because we found his answer a little
odd, I mean, why would he bother to have them analyzed if he knew who
wrote them?
"He said clearly, more than once, that no student evaluations had been
sent because he knew beforehand who had written the ones sent."
"Did he have any opinion on why I would do such a thing?" prompted
Diana.
"He said you had a psychological problem. He inferred that you were
sick but he was not a psychologist so he couldn't define it."
"How did he conduct himself during your conversation?"
"He was very angry and seemed threatened by us. I backed away many
times when he raised his voice and shouted. I thought it was a little
strange that two undergraduate women would be a threat to him--maybe he
needs psychological help!" Roz turned to the panel with a big smile to
share the joke with them.
Diana placed her hand firmly against her mouth and looked down at her
notes until the bubble of mirth that threatened to overcome her had
dissipated, then continued with her questioning. "On a different
subject now--do you have any contact with medical students?"
"Yes. Working right in the medical building as I have for the last
three years, I get to know a lot of them."
"Last year, during the first semester--that would be from September
through December--do you recall any impressi
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