The Memorial Union of Arizona State University always looked as if it prided itself at being the center of all student flow for the campus—and this fact had not been lost on the administration or student groups. The long, broad hallways adorned themselves with tapering banners emblazoned in the maroon and gold of the school … Read more
Larry Pilgrim spoke up. “Brad and I take German,” he said. “I’m a bit more advanced but he’s in my conversational classes. That’s how come I got caught up in all this. Do you need me to translate it for you? It says—” Elaine put her hand on the page, covering the text before Larry … Read more
The entire set of testing took almost three hours as Brad had predicted and by the time they finished a sense of night had fallen over the Law Library. Even without windows open to the outside and the artificial lighting, everyone felt the weight of the day upon them. Elaine rubbed her neck and watched … Read more
He ducked out of the room and Casey sat down heavily in a chair across from where Brad stood. He rolled his eyes and put both hands on the table. “Do you really think that I’m behind the fact this is still going on?” Casey leaned forward. “Give me a reason why I shouldn’t think … Read more
Elaine stoically attended to other developing facts appearing in the datastream of Hadaly’s investigation as she and Frog escorted the trio of cheaters back to the ASU Law Library. Larry Pilgrim vainly tried to engage her in conversation with a dogged persistence; at first Elaine thought he’d been talking to himself, with the way he … Read more
Larry folded his arms and sighed loudly. “What is it?” Hitting a stud on the side of the Enoch, Elaine triggered a small projector behind a slit in her goggles. An oscillating beam of light issued forth and reflected off the inside of her goggles—dates and text spilled across her vision and she waited a … Read more
Larry began to ask them what they’d like, but paused mid-word when he noticed Frog’s dark sunglasses and flat expression. His eyes slid from her and onto Elaine, where they hung for a moment on the goggles poking from her hair. Elaine noticed how he looked totally unprepared for them, from the dazzled look in … Read more
Frog started to protest and folded her arms across her chest. “Just because the dean doesn’t know how they’re doing it, doesn’t mean that they’re not cheating through conventional means,” she stabbed a finger at the page. “I’ll concede, though, that this sure seems similar…” Elaine lifted and squared her shoulders and sketched a practiced … Read more