"Was it right around that time, perhaps?"
"I really don't remember. The copyright infractions happened last fall—actually during the first week of classes. So I don't remember for sure, but I think Randy came to me after that with these SmurFFs."
Good lord, the asshole is admitting to plagiarism. Henry found his tongue finally. "The reason we are here has to do with these 'suspect' evaluations and irrelevant matter should be left out," he protested with a warning look at Ian.
Interesting, thought Diana. It's OK to bring in anything that is derogatory or even believed to be derogatory about me and my casting spells on the students, but anything about their admitted dishonesty is verboten. Beam me up, Scotty....
She turned her attention back to Ian. "Just a few more questions. You have said that Randy picked these evaluations out, and I see no date on them. Do you have any idea of the year they refer to?"
"I assume that they were the SmurFFs that he had received recently. But I'm not sure. We just keep them all in one pile."
"Now, usually after the students have handed in their SmurFFs is it not correct that you are given yours and the course critiques and you keep them unless Lyle wants the secretaries to summarize them for the dean?"
"Right."
"That is all I need to ask. Thank you."
There was a short break while Henry dismissed Ian and called the panel into a whispering huddle with him. Looking up, he addressed Janet and Diana, almost as an afterthought. "You need not leave the room, we will be finished in a few minutes."