The following is an exploration of the spatial configurations (and their implications) within a typical panel session at an academic conference. The presenter initially takes up different roles and hyperbolically describes some possible messages that the spatial arrangement sends. Eventually, the presenter engages the audience members in atypical…

This paper offers a humorous parable showing the trials and problems facing a chief lawyer for an institution of higher education. The lawyer, who happens to be a pit bull, faces such issues as deciding whether to take this new position at the university, his orientation to the university setting, his experience dealing with the workload and lack…