Today I entered class under something like armed escort.

This may be a slight exaggeration, but the Raleigh police (not campus security) were standing outside the front door of our building, outside the door of the classroom, and I think at other locations. As soon as I got inside P.H. told us that we would be moving to a different room. We were to file out in ones and twos so as to avoid detection. (I know!!!)

As I was leaving with my safety buddy we saw C.A.S. being cornered and confronted by the police.

Once we were in our new, secure (?) classroom everyone started talking and had different things to share. Possibly the scariest bit of all is that she had a professional camera in class on Monday and was taking pictures of the professor and everyone who talked to him at the end of class. Also I learned that she believes we all watch too much porn to be able to rightly interpret any of the material we would be reading this session and that was because we are all country hicks.

Good to know!

My understanding is that she was charged with trespassing and that there will be security guards/police at every class meeting for the rest of the semester. We made jokes about changing classrooms EVERY DAY so as to further elude her wiley self. Perhaps we could fashion a secret code about the location of each day’s meeting?

As funny and bizarre as it all is, I deeply appreciate the measures being taken and am glad that the situation has been treated seriously. The professor said that she didn’t impress him as being violent, but we can’t know that of course and every precaution is being taken.

So! The saga continues. Hopefully tomorrow will be uneventful? This is, by far, the most bizarre occurrence of my academic career. And I went to a BAPTIST college!