"Dr. Barton should be able to help you with any issues," you volunteer helpfully.\n\nStefan looks sheepish. "Okay, well, thanks for your time." He scoots away, leaving you to your work. Well, that was a close call.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

You remember exactly how angry Khaled sounded when he shared the news, and how much time he felt like he wasted that could have better been used on his own research. What if the same thing happened here? What if they all knew it was your fault? You'd become a pariah for sure.\n\n[[Back.|preeta prenlen]]

“It’s not that I’m not taking you seriously, but what you’re accusing Gabby of is very serious.” You haven’t heard him talk like this before. “I don’t want to get the lab into trouble over something that probably didn’t happen.”\n\n“That’s exactly why I’m going to go report this to someone. This is going to blow up in all of our faces, dude!” He turns his chair from you and mutters, "What the hell, man..." You leave the office.\n\nYou might be solving the problem, but if what you’re pretty sure happened did in fact happen, then having Bernie in on this process would be a better approach. His career and reputation could be at stake, let alone your personal relationship with him.\n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

“You know, that probably is the way to go on this. Even if they’re being a little too slow for our liking, there’s a reason they exist.” He sounds more at ease now. "And I do recall that Katherine had to get IRB approval at Desert U, though unfortunately that doesn't help us here."\n\nThe fact that Ned sounds a little surer is reassuring to you. Getting into trouble with the IRB over this is really not a good look, even if it’s painfully slowing everything down. In the end, all of the work could be wasted and your professional standing could be compromised.\n\n[[“Do you think they’d be able to tell us what the holdup might be?”|FutureMeeting]]

“You know, I don’t think we ever discussed credit on the chapter. He just asked me to work on it.” Your heart sinks.\n\n“He never brought it up? Really? At the very least he should have talked with you about it before sending of the final version.” She looks genuinely surprised.\n\n[[“...Not once.”|decide]]\n\n[[“He’s not on top of things most of the time. I’m not surprised.”|decide]]

Katherine is tremendously smart and talented and she's just a great person, really. It's always fun to spend time around her at conferences in your field.\n\nIf you're being frank, though, you were a little irked that she asked you for this favor, since you’re already way too busy with other projects. Still, you couldn't say no. While you feel a little guilty dumping it on Brad, this is part of why you have graduate students. Plus, he's being paid for it out of Kathy's grant for the project.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Thea furrows her brow. “I don’t know... I’m still feeling uncomfortable about this whole thing.”\n\n[["What's making you feel that way?"|2well]]

<<set $nedGoodEnding to 1>>“Look, Brad. When you’re interviewing your subjects, you need their informed consent about what exactly you’re doing. You’d effectively be lying to them if you said you had IRB approval at this point. It doesn’t matter how likely the approval is.” You sigh. “I can’t suggest that you go forward with this.”\n\n“Alright, Ned. I understand. Thanks for telling me this.” He looks defeated as he leaves your office.\n\nThis probably could have gone better, but at least you helped him avoid a terrible mistake.\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

“If you’re worried about reviewing this particular paper, I’m confident you’d never plagiarize. I suggested this to you so that you could get another perspective on something similar to your work. If you’re still worried, come talk to me more. How does that sound?”\n\n[[“Thanks, Lucy. I trust you on this.”|Super]]\n\n[[“I’m not sure that can work.”|Why]]\n\n[[“Is peer review normally done like this?”|Other]]

“I never promised you I’d be giving you anything final today. What I said was that I could get you projected results by the end of today, and that’s still likely.” She pinches the bridge of her nose. “I can’t help with what you think you hear.”\n\n[[<nowiki>*sigh* “So when will you have the actual results?”</nowiki>|independentBad2]] \n\n[[“Then don’t be so vague.”|independentBad2.5]]

You're not sure whether Professor Prenlen has ever said so much as a word to you at all -- you've only seen him in person maybe twice this entire summer. As far as the students have told you, he's been mostly hands-off throughout this project, save for the afternoon when he took them all to the pet store to buy the guinea pigs.\n\nThis, of course, makes you even more nervous.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

As much as you love Bernie, he has a habit of launching into tangential diatribes at times both opportune and inopportune, this meeting being an example of the latter case.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Do you have any evidence of what you've just told me?” She presses.\n\nYou have five of the drafts with you, complete with Plottner’s feedback. It’s just an authorship credit -- is it worth bringing in evidence? This isn’t a criminal investigation or anything.\n\n[[You take out the drafts and put them on the desk.|nittygritty2]]\n\n[[//I shouldn’t push this too far. I mean, it’s not like bringing this up can change much.//|deflect3]]

You and Tripp have been dancing around talking about reproducing Gabby’s results, but you need to get to it soon, since you have a meeting with her scheduled right after this one. Tripp also looks like he has something he wants to talk about, but he’s been fairly reserved this whole time. It’s a little difficult to tell.\n\n[[“Tripp, man, you look like you have something on your mind. Dish, brother.”|Let them talk]]\n\n[[“Look, man, let’s get to the point. I know what I’m having you do isn’t far out or whatever, but it’s one of the most important parts of research.”|Enter Diatribe]]

He lets out a breath. “So Plottner just had a book chapter published, right? Well, I wasn’t credited for the work that I did on it.”\n\nYou know Randal has been a mess lately, but that’s a little surprising even for him.\n\n[[“Hang on, could you first tell me how you wound up working on this?”|dirtydetails2]]

“Thanks, Yvonne. Have a good rest of your day...” He slings his bag over his shoulder and leaves your office.\n\nIf he doesn’t want to pursue this further, that’s that. Randal’s likely the root of the problem, but without knowing what Benson actually wanted to talk about with you, you’re basically stuck.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

You don't have funds right now to support her over the summer. At the beginning of the year, you worked with a university administrator to plan your lab financials through the end of the summer. It's a finely tuned machine, and now Teresa is asking for you to disrupt the plans to appropriate funds that were set aside for other work.\n\n[[“What do you mean you ‘won’t need much from me?’ I’ll still need to fund this work.”|itGetsBetter3]]\n\n[[“Summer? I’m already confused about whether or not I should have been expecting results from you today, and now you’re asking me for even more time?”|beginningOfTheEnd]]

Your short break is ended by a knock against your door, and you hear a voice from the other side.\n\n“Hi, Dr. Quint. May I come in?”\n\n"Ah, Aya. Sure, come in."\n\n[["I hope you're doing well."|smalltalk1]]\n\n[["How's the dissertation, dare I ask?"|smalltalk2]]

"I know that sometimes, grad school can be a little different from what you might expect coming in," you continue. "Has this been the case for you?"\n\n"You could say that." You detect somewhat of a bitterness in his voice.\n\n[[Let Stefan continue talking.|maryam results]]

<<set $bensonGoodEnding to 1>>“That’s a huge problem. He’s supposed to be the one helping you with this as your adviser.” She doesn’t look particularly thrilled at the situation. "I'm surprised he didn't include you on the emails with the book editors."\n\n“Is there anything to do now?” Your heart sinks more.\n\n“Unfortunately, no, since the chapter has been published already. I’m really sorry that I can’t do more.” She looks pained.\n\nEverything she’s said makes sense, but it’s still difficult to hear, and it hasn’t helped to improve your opinion of Plottner. You thank Yvonne for the help and leave her office with a valuable, if painful, lesson.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

"Just forget it.” He grabs his bag and leaves. \n\nYou sit in a bit of shock for a moment. You don't feel that you were that hard on him, but given his experience with the department, maybe you were. Randal isn’t an easy person to deal with, regardless of how you know him, and you can’t blame Benson for being as frustrated as he was. \n\nMaybe you should reach out again, once he’s had a little more time to process.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

It was the usual sort of gathering of grad students in your department with all the usual sorts of hijinks -- people who work hard play even harder, as the old saying goes. (Erin was at some concert in the city with her boyfriend, otherwise she'd have been there too.)\n\n[[...|the party you went to this weekend 2]]

“With everything piling up this semester, I don’t think I can actually give you and everyone else in the lab longer meetings.” He sighs. “I still don’t know how I managed to get that book chapter in on time with the way everything is at the moment. I barely remember writing it.”\n\nCutting into any time he has to recover might make him even worse day to day, but he should be able to make time for his students. Plus, this is still the best chance you have of actually having a conversation with him.\n\n[[“I-I can try to figure out something to speed things up on the project...”|fixit]]\n\n[[“As far as the timeline for the project, the estimate I gave you last time was an optimistic one. It's still possible, but we’ll need to get a little lucky.”|sixweeks]]

“Alright, I’ll work on getting things to you as soon as possible.” She gets up and leaves without waiting for you to say anything else.\n\nThat’s one way of motivating her, but she probably just told you what you wanted to hear. Who knows if she’ll actually get you anything on time. She did say that you should have known what the schedule was already, but that’s hardly your fault...\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

He sits in the chair, waiting for your reply. Maybe just having him talk to someone at the IRB about this is the best move. Part of their job is to talk to researchers about proper procedure, right?\n\nAnother option is to explain the whole process to Brad yourself, to the best of your knowledge. That way, you can be sure he gets the information soon enough.\n\n[[//This is for the IRB to deal with.//|Help]]\n\n[[//It’d be better for me to explain things to him right now.//|BlindLeadingBlind]]

RCR regulations stipulate that you should not unduly benefit from the unpublished work of others in your field. It can be difficult, as this scenario shows, to avoid unethical reviewing situations, but exploiting unpublished work can damage careers and hold back entire fields.\n\n<<if $theaGoodEnding > 0 && $lucyGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|peer review]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|peer review]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Select new scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

"Oh no, not at all," Preeta responds, backpedaling. "They are being cared for perfectly fine. I've been inside to check."\n\nHmm. Would it really be appropriate to rake Dr. Prenlen over the coals over a minor technicality? Could he possibly have getting special permission to house animals in his lab, without you knowing about it? Maybe it's best to give him the benefit of the doubt.\n\n[["In that case, I don't really think it's anything to worry about."|nick all right]]\n\n[["I'll ask Dr. Prenlen about it myself, then."|nick ask]]

Quint looks worried now. “You didn’t discuss these issues with him before the semester started?”\n\n[[“Not that I can remember... What should that all look like?” |outOfTime]]

“I should warn you that it doesn’t get much better as time goes on.” He smiles curtly. “Remember that part of why we’re meeting is to discuss problems that you may be facing in addition to your research.”\n\nYou’re balancing everything on a knife’s edge. The more stressed you feel, the more likely it could all come crashing down. You can’t help but be reminded of why your [[friend Brook|Brook]] dropped out of the PhD program last year.\n\n[["I don't know if I can keep balancing this split appointment."|kindOfRelated]]\n\n[["My current living situation isn't helping with anything."|notRelated]]\n\n[["Working with Dr. Gilder has been different from what I expected."|notRelated2]]

“Please feel free to talk about what’s stressing you. These meetings aren’t just to discuss research.”\n\nWith a response like that, you could talk about any number of the things in your life. How much can be resolved in the space of this meeting, though? You’re reminded of [[Brook]] mentioning a similar meeting right before she quit her PhD last year.\n\n[["Alright... trying to balance this split workload has been a problem"|kindOfRelated]]\n\n[[“My living arrangement is... complicated, to say the least.”|notRelated]]\n\n[["I'm getting on for the most part. Dr. Gilder is... quite the character though."|notRelated2]]

<<set $theaGoodEnding to 1>>“I understand, and I can’t force you to review this. I just thought it might help, in a variety of ways.”\n\nIt’s hard to make eye contact with Lucy at this point. You stare at a corner of her office and make your apology for your frankness before excusing yourself and leaving. Back to your research. Ugh. Maybe you’ll work a miracle and impress Lucy to make up for today. Or maybe that would only make her feel worse.\n\nYou can’t help but feel bad about how things turned out, but at least you made the right decision.\n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

“Really? If you can manage that, I’d be incredibly grateful.” He looks at you hopefully. “It would mean that I didn’t miscalculate things quite so badly...”\n\nYou didn’t think you’d see Randal looking like this but, hey, if you pull this off, you’ll //really// impress him!\n\n[[“Yes, I think I can reshuffle my schedule.”|itwasn't]]

She looks at you quizzically. "I see. What did Dr. Barton say you should do about this?"\n\nYou panic. The whole reason you're even here is because you can't talk to Dr. Barton. You can barely even look him in the eye. Not since [[what Leah told you]].\n\n[["I... actually haven't talked to anyone else about it yet."|stefan barton]]\n\n[["I, uh, haven't been able to schedule a meeting with him."|stefan meeting]]\n\n[["I'm not comfortable approaching Dr. Barton about it."|stefan uncomfortable]]

“Teresa, you said in our last meeting that you’d have these great results by our next meeting, which is today. You’ve even pushed this one back, too, and now you’re telling me they're not ready?” He massages his temples in frustration.\n\nUgh, he really didn’t understand what you said in your last update. At this point there’s nothing else you can do aside from being totally up front with him. If he's going to be direct, why not match his tone?\n\n[[“But I didn’t say I was going to have everything by our next meeting. If you had given me more than ten minutes for an update, I could have made that more clear.”|toofast]]

“I forgot you were teaching an intro class.” She slowly lets out a breath. “Yeah... that does sound like a lot.”\n\nApparently now’s the time to relieve some of the pressure that’s been piling onto you for months. You start talking about how keeping track of all of the lab projects is eating up more time than it should, how much of a mess the class curriculum was when you got it, and how you weren’t given enough TA slots for the number of students in the course.\n\n[[Benson arrives for your next meeting.|timesUp]]

Meetings, meetings, meetings. That’s all you feel like you do anymore. Sure, there was the class you taught last semester, but being the [[graduate director|DoG]] has been eating up most of your time. Helping the graduate students in your department navigate the program is rewarding, for sure, but it also frequently stressful. Student funding is always a foremost concern in the department, but lately the issue has been coming up more often, especially after [[what happened last year|losingstudents]].\n\n[[...|Curtis Quint 2]]

“But yeah, man, Y2K is around the corner. I know they say people are working to fix it but...” He looks back at the CRT.\n\nYou really really really really really really really don’t care. Civilization can end in two years for all you care, if that means you’ll be done trying to reproduce this experiment. What’s with Bernie and Y2K, though...\n\n<<if $n >= 3>>\s\n[[“Bernie, I //really// need to talk to you about the stuff Gabriella was working on.”|Give Details]]\n<<else>>[[“You know the results that I’m trying to--”|Eternal Diatribe]]\n<<endif>>\n[[...|Eternal Diatribe]]

“Tripp, have you ever been out in the desert at night? It’s incredible, man. Incredible! You should go at some point. Like really //go//. On clear nights, you can see the galaxy. It’s like staring into the entire universe... of possibilities...”\n\nYou really really really don’t have time for this. You’re sure the desert sky at night is pretty, but you’re not going out of your way to see it any time soon.\n\n<<if $n >= 3>>\s\n[[“Bernie, I //really// need to talk to you about the stuff Gabriella was working on.”|Give Details]]\n<<else>>[[“Bernie-”|Diatribe 5][$n += 1]]\n<<endif>>\n<<if $m >= 5>>\n[[...|Eternal Diatribe]]\n<<else>>[[“Mm...”|Diatribe 5][$m += 1]]\n<<endif>>

“You’ve heard they started work on an //international space station// right? International! Of course you have, who hasn’t? We’re going to have something permanent in //space//! Think of all the new things we can study...”\n\nYou really really really really don’t have time to listen to him. It’s not like either of you will ever make it up there, though one could argue Bernie already has...\n\n<<if $n >= 3>>\s\n[[“Bernie, I //desperately// need to talk to you about the stuff Gabriella was working on.”|Give Details]]\n<<else>>[[“About the experiment, I--”|Diatribe 6][$n += 1]]\n<<endif>>\n<<if $m >= 5>>[[...|Eternal Diatribe]]\n<<else>>[[“M...”|Diatribe 6][$m += 1]]\n<<endif>>

“You ever try peyote, man? I'm not saying do it, but-- I was... studying it... after I graduated from Desert U. Not on a grant or anything. Helluva chemical composition, I have to say. It made a lot of things clearer to me. Hell, it’s probably why I stuck with chemistry as long as I did...”\n\nYou really really really really really don’t have time for this. Though the peyote does explain a few things...\n\n<<if $n >= 3>>\s\n[[“Bernie, I //really// need to talk to you about the stuff Gabriella was working on.”|Give Details]]\n<<else>>[[“Listen, Bernie--”|Diatribe 7][$n += 1]]\n<<endif>>\n<<if $m >= 5>>[[...|Eternal Diatribe]]\n<<else>>[[“Mm...”|Diatribe 7][$m += 1]]\n<<endif>>

“I have to say I appreciate the fact that such a popular game has you play a scientist, even if it only has you perform one experiment. It’s a pretty earth-shattering one, though...” He chuckles.\n\nYou really really really really really really don’t need to listen to him talk about //Half Life// again. \n\n<<if $n >= 3>>\s\n[[“Bernie, I //really// need to talk to you about the stuff Gabriella was working on.”|Give Details]]\n<<else>>[[“So the work Gabriella did--”|Diatribe 8][$n += 1]]\n<<endif>>\n<<if $m >= 5>>[[...|Eternal Diatribe]]\n<<else>>[[“M...”|Diatribe 8][$m += 1]]\n<<endif>>

“Tripp, man, have you seen this Google thing? How //clean// that page is? And those search results? They've got everything on there -- everything. //Damn//...” He looks wistfully toward the beige CRT sitting on his desk, then up toward the ceiling.\n\nYou don’t have time for this, and besides, AOL isn’t going anywhere.\n\n[[“Uh huh, yeah. Bernie, listen. It’s about the experiments Gabriella worked on...”|rude boy]]\n\n[[“Yeah, man. Cool stuff...”|Diatribe 1][$m += 1]]

He shifts his back gaze toward you. “Bernie, I understand plenty. I’ve been losing sleep over this. I wouldn’t be saying this to you if things didn’t look funny.”\n\nYou can tell he’s about as sure as someone can be of this type of thing, at least at this stage. Still, he’s making a pretty serious claim.\n\n[[“Alright, man. But I want to make sure you know the stakes of what you’re throwing around. This is some potentially career-killing stuff.”|Elaboration]]

“Levels... Oh man, have you been playing //Half Life//? That video game? There’s some wild stuff in there. Wild stuff! Have you //seen// some of the animations in there? And it’s about a scientist -- like, how awesome is that!” He smiles and looks at the ceiling.\n\nYou really don’t have time to listen to him. And yeah, //Half Life// is good but... all the people still look, well, not that close to people.\n\n[[“Uh-huh... Bernie, about the experim-”|Diatribe 3][$n += 1]]\n\n[[“Mmhm...”|Diatribe 3][$m += 1]]

“You’re so lucky to have stuff like //Half Life// now. As much as I love the old arcade classics -- //Missile Command// and //Pac Man// and //Tapper// -- that stuff was expensive when I was an undergrad. It didn’t help there was really only one arcade around Desert U at the time because, well...” he laughs, “it’s in the desert, man.”\n\nYou really really don’t have time for this. He’s a //tenured// professor now, so it’s hard to feel that bad for him, especially since those games were actually good.\n\n<<if $n > 2>>\n[[“Bernie, I //really// need to talk to you about the stuff Gabriella was working on.”|Give Details]]<<else>>[[“Bernie, I //really// need to talk to you about--”|Diatribe 4][$n += 1]]\n<<endif>>\n<<if $m < 5>>[[“Mmm...”|Diatribe 4][$m += 1]]\n<<endif>>

“Renting... I can’t say I miss it. But I can’t say that I appreciate my mortgage, either.” He sighs.\n\n[[You chuckle. “The stress never goes away, does it?”|convo1.5]]

"Well, uh, I was in the lab late one day, and I saw a draft of the journal article about the research project I'm on. So, I read through it, and one of graphs looked really different from the one I was able to generate from my numbers. Like, a little too perfect, you know? It definitely looked like the data was fudged."\n\n[["And you're sure it wasn't just a mistake?"|maryam mistake]]\n\n[["Have you talked to Dr. Barton about this?"|maryam barton]]

You’re skimming through your email, killing time before one of your students arrives for a check-in meeting about a research project that he's leading the charge on. He’s been vocal about his displeasure with the slow process of getting [[IRB approval|IRB process.]], which has already taken over a month.\n\n[[...|Next]]

“Teresa, I really appreciate it.” Randal looks immensely relieved. "That's just a huge relief for me."\n\n“...Don’t mention it. I’d better get going.” You can already feel the stress building.\n\nAs you leave his office, you realize how unrealistic your offer was. Even if you can speed up getting results, there's still no way you'd get anything to him that far before your original estimate. You didn’t even manage to start fixing what got you here in the first place. In fact, you made it worse.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

You rack your brain trying to remember that first conversation you’d had months ago. Plottner said something like, “Hey, I’d like you to take a crack at writing this thing. It’ll be good practice.” Probably not his exact words, but close enough...\n\n[[back|previous()]]

The results he published in the most recent paper were almost a little too perfect, and you know this because you actually did one of the experiments, and you didn't remember the graph looking anywhere near that pristine. At first, you thought you might have made a mistake, but you checked and re-checked your records and calculations, and you're positive that things were sound on your end.\n\n[[Back.|stefan problem]]

“That’s the problem. I don’t know how he is with the faculty, but he never seems to take me seriously when I try and talk with him.” \n\n“I can’t say that I’m shocked,” she says and you feel a little relieved. “He’s a busy man, and he seems to always be taking on way more than he should.” \n\nYou know he’s busy, but that doesn’t excuse the way he’s been treating you.\n\n[[“It’s beyond him just having too much on his plate sometimes.”|adviserhabits1]]\n\n[[//Maybe I should tell her about the situation with the book chapter.//|Direct]]

“I’m sorry about that, but I never said I’d get you //final// results by today. I told you I could get you //estimates//.” She takes a breath. “As for the final results, I think we'll need to push into the summer a bit. But I won’t need much from you to do my work then.”\n\n[[...|itGetsBetter.a]]

You don’t wait for him to answer, and you storm out of the office. He’s to blame for the situation you both found yourselves in. Even if he’s taking care of a new baby and his mother, that doesn’t excuse the sorry state the lab is in right now.\n\nHe doesn’t seem to realize or care about the atmosphere of the lab or appreciate what you’ve done to help his other students. If he paid attention to any of it, you might not have to devote so much time to planning and hosting the lab get-togethers -- that should be //his// job.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

<<set $yvonneGoodEnding to 1>>You continue: “Look, I agree with you, you should have gotten credit for your work and Randal wasn’t doing his job as your adviser, but there isn’t much that I can do. I'm just his colleague. I know this sucks, but on the bright side, I don’t see it being a problem again.”\n\n“Thanks, Yvonne... Yeah, you’re right.” He collects the drafts and leaves your office.\n\nHopefully he’ll be able to move past this and get his name on another publication soon.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

“You can’t just start interviewing people in a study like this. I know you’re going to try and do it in the same way as your proposal, but we can't be sure that it will even be approved.” You notice he looks a little worried about the direction you’re taking the conversation in. “I think it’d be useful for me to explain the IRB procedure to you right now.”\n\n“First of all, you need informed consent. You know what that means, right...” You begin describing everything you remember about the IRB’s guidelines regarding research practices. This is going to be long. \n\n[[...|NotQuiteTheRightThing]]

“Outside of my research... I don’t know if I can keep balancing this split appointment.”\n\nAh yes, the patented [[Garry Gilder|prof.gilder]] lab and startup crossover. These types of appointments are peculiar, to say the least.\n\n[["Yes, yes, your assistantship. You’re spending part of this semester working with Garry at the startup. Exciting stuff! That company’s been a wonderful asset to the department. I’m not saying it’s problem-free, and you mentioning the split is proof enough, but it’s still a great opportunity, right?"|discuss1]]\n\n[["I understand that. These types of things can be really hard to manage. If it’s overwhelming I can--"|discuss2]]\n

Working on a book chapter should have been great for your graduate career. It should have at least gotten you a second-author credit. That was when Plottner first asked you to work on it. Both of you thought it was a good idea, but authorship and credit have a funny way of breaking things.\n\nAfter writing multiple drafts according to Plottner’s feedback and notes -- you brought these drafts along with you as proof for Yvonne -- you were more than a little surprised to hear from a friend that your name wasn’t anywhere on the published version.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

"That's not even the worst part," you continue. "If people who ran the hazardous substances training session saw how messy and disorganised everything is in Bernie's lab, they'd probably have a collective aneurysm or something."\n\nInstead of reacting to your anecdote with amusement, Erin starts to look genuinely worried. "Um... maybe you should say something. I don't mean to be a [[boring killjoy]], but someone could get hurt."\n\n[["Enh, I know exactly how this conversation would go over, and it wouldn't go well."|quinn hurt]]\n\n[["You're right. But what would I say?"|quinn right]]

"Oh, not bad," she responds. "The usual grind, you know."\n\nAs you make your usual small talk about how her research is progressing, you wonder just how to bring up an issue on your mind: namely, how close she seems to be getting with [[Dr. Prenlen]]'s students.\n\n[["I've noticed you've been spending time with the summer students in Dr. Prenlen's lab."|nick students]]

"Well... Professor Prenlen tends to be, shall we say, protective of his lab." Nick hesitates. "Some would say overly so. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any misperceptions."\n\nYou can tell that Nick seems to disapprove of you knowing too much about what's going on in Dr. Prenlen's lab. Now you're starting to second guess whether you should even be sharing your [[concerns about animal handling]], for fear of making both of you look bad.\n\n[["I assure you that everything is fine in this regard."|preeta fine]]\n\n[["Well, there actually is an issue I'm wondering about."|preeta issue]]

The Digital Humanities and Arts Conference (formerly the Digital Humanities American Conference). One of the older academic conferences in your field, though that's not saying much, given its youth.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Uh, yeah. It’s about Gabriella’s results...” He looks nervously at his shoes.\n\nHe’s not usually nervous talking about things he’s working on.\n\n[[“I don’t get the feeling I’m going to like what you’re about to say. What’s going on, man? You and Julian still haven’t gotten anywhere.”|Accuse]]\n\n[[“What about them? Is there a problem?”|Continue]]

“I’m sorry that you misunderstood, but I //really// did tell you that I wouldn’t have the final results until the lab meeting.” She fidgets with her shoe. “If you really need them before this deadline, I could rush to get the results to you as soon as possible, but I can’t guarantee they’ll be as useful as they could be. I'd probably have to cancel my camping trip.”\n\n[[“Maybe if you weren’t so intent on being the one to schedule parties, you’d have more time to work on your research and be clear about when I can expect things.”|notFocused]]\n\n[[“Is this because you’re working on this alone at the moment? You clearly have a habit of grafting other workers in the lab onto your projects.”|notFocused2]]

<<set $dish to 1>>\n"Ah, are you sure this is the --"\n\n[[“-- Oh and get this: when I brought it up with our landlord, he said we should pay for ‘repairs for an unnecessary convenience’. Like what, the graduate students should be the ones paying for something we didn’t even get to use?”|convo3]]

The conversation then shifts to funny stuff your adviser, Bernie Scott, said recently -- he's the kind of professor who's super brilliant and who you look up to in this weird mad scientist sort of way, but who still kind of acts like a bit of a space cadet sometimes.\n\n[[...|quinn intro 3]]

You're in the middle of telling a story about how he told Alex the postdoc to clean an overflowing hood by picking up bottles with his bare hands and putting them in a box, when Erin dubiously mutters, "Whoa, that definitely can't be safe..."\n\n[["Haha, I know. It's definitely not what we were told to do in our hazardous substances training."|quinn safe]]

Dr. Garry Gilder, your adviser, was the reason for pursuing your PhD. At least up until this year. He’s one of the brightest minds in the field -- a savant, if you will -- and studying under him has been everything you’d hoped it to be. His current focus on his business has left you with something to be desired. He’s taken on some of the less-than-stellar parts of startup culture and has, in your mind, been neglecting some of his scholarly duties in their favor instead. \n\nHis rigid and driven view of work is part of why you respect him as much as you do, but his new business focus wrapped around that has made him all the less approachable. Hopefully you’ll maintain your positive relationship with him through these trying times.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“You didn’t mention that last time, if I remember correctly.” He grumbles.\n\nWell if he had paid attention, asked you anything, or given you any more time he’d have known about that! He didn't even seem to recall your roommate situation that you told him about last time.\n\n[[“Again, I understand. But even the current optimistic time frame is going to be really tight.”|sixweeks2]]

“There’s just so much right now! I didn't realize that me and my roommates even had this many dishes! Our dishwasher being broken and all hasn’t helped anything either.” \n\n[["Ah, are you sure this is the --"|apartjunk3]]

“Oh and get this: when I brought it up with our landlord, he said we should pay for ‘repairs for an unnecessary convenience’. Like what, the graduate students should be the ones paying for something we didn’t even get to use?”\n\n[[...|apartjunk77]]

You and Bernie have already been talking for a few minutes about things tangentially related to the work in the lab. You’ve been trying to find the right way to fit your concerns about Gabriella’s work into the conversation, but you haven’t felt comfortable enough yet.\n\nBernie leans back in his chair and has [[//that// look|bernie tangents]] in his eyes. \n\n[[You brace yourself for a torrent of interesting, but useless, information about to come your way.|Diatribe 0]]

University of California, Santa Cruz

Probably the best game you’ve played in a //long// time. Not only does it have a scientist as the main character (even if scientists are the ones who start the apocalypse), it’s got some impressive 3D animation for a video game, and those human models look pretty damn good.\n\nPlus it’s built off of code from //Quake//, sort of like how modern science is built on the shoulders of giants.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<<if $approachable > 0>>Stefan clears his throat. "Some of the results I saw published were inconsistent with the lab work I actually did."<<else>>Stefan stammers. "Uh, well... some of the results I saw published weren't the same as what I found in the lab work I did..."<<endif>>\n\n"I see," you reply. It sounds to you like a small, common oversight. The kind of trivial issue that would do nothing but take up your much-needed [[time and energy]]. But in the event that it's more than that... you're very well aware that it's you who's responsible.\n\n[["How did you discover this inconsistency?"|maryam discover][$approachable += 1]]\n\n[["And you're sure it wasn't just a mistake?"|maryam mistake]]\n\n[["What did Dr. Barton say you should do about this?"|maryam barton][$approachable -= 1]]

<<set $lucyGoodEnding to 1>>You’re a bit disappointed that Thea turned down the opportunity, but she’s probably right. It did you good to have her push back like she did, since the field is growing and the loose version of peer review that you have grown accustomed to is by no means ideal.\n\nNext semester, you agreed to run the yearly departmental workshop on research conduct for graduate students. From what you've gathered glancing over the materials, you really wouldn't be practicing what you preach if you were to review this paper. It's probably best to tell the DHAC program committee that you generally have conflict of interest on anything from Oakes' lab.\n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

“I see. I know how finicky the IRB can be about wording and such, so I appreciate your patience. That said, are you sure I can’t help with anything else?” He swivels in his chair a little.\n\nYou could just sit on this for now. Ned knows what’s going on, for the most part, and what he doesn't know can't hurt him. What harm are you doing if you just do that?\n\n[["I'm good. Thanks for asking, though.”|BuriedBones]]\n\n[[“There is one thing... How would you feel about me doing pilot interviews?”|PilotInterviews]]

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“Yeah, you know, I think the pilot interviews would be fine. From what I understand, this whole thing should be in the exempt category anyways. Or it might not even need IRB approval.”\n\nThat's probably it! They haven't even answered because it's not their job to tell you what does and what doesn't need approval. You should have looked into this on your own before wasting time awaiting approval that you don't even need in the first place.\n\nIf only Ned would have realized that sooner, it could have saved you time. Actually, why didn't he realize it earlier? Does Ned really know what he's talking about?\n\n[[“Awesome! I’ll start as soon as I can.”|SleepingDogs]]\n\n[[How sure are you about this?”|TheRightThingIGuess]]

“Dr. Gilder’s been more difficult to work with ever since he started that company, and his tolerance for questions, even reasonable ones, has disappeared.” \n\nYou’ve been familiar with Garry’s exacting personality for years, and you agree he’s gotten worse about what he views as poor work effort. That said, it’s hard to tell if Aya’s problems aren’t just skewed expectations.\n\n[[“Could you indulge me a little? I’m curious about what you thought Garry was like before the startup.”|personalview]]\n\n[[“I’m sure that you and the other graduate students there talk. Does some of this have to do with Brook leaving last year?”|aboutgilder2]]

“Yeah, that’s why I really appreciate you taking the time. We’re going on a camping trip in the mountains this weekend to help finish smoothing things over!” She’s still her usual bubbly self.\n\nGood, maybe this will help her actually focus on her work for once. Humoring her might be the best option.\n\n[[“Sounds like fun. What was your problem with Aya, again?”|smollerTalk2]]\n\n[[“Seems like a good way to make sure whatever was going on doesn’t happen again.”|smollerTalk2.5]]

Randal sighs and looks at the ceiling. He probably hasn't doesn't anything exciting in months. You tell him all about your upcoming camping trip to lift his mood, but he interrupts you during your explanation of where you and Aya will be hiking and what you’re hoping to see. Apparently your lab mate Benson is here for Randal's next meeting. You say goodbye and leave.\n\nIt was probably not the best approach to let your excitement to overflow like that.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

Which story do you want to play?\n\n<span style="color:#e7e776;">Act responsibly as both characters in a story to unlock the next one.</span>\n\n[[The Head Start|human subjects]]\n\n<<if $bradGoodEnding > 0 && $nedGoodEnding > 0>>[[Bernie's Mess|hazardous]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as both characters in The Head Start to unlock this scenario.">Locked: Bernie's Mess</span><<endif>>\n\n<<if $erinGoodEnding > 0 && $quinnGoodEnding > 0>>[[Prof. Prenlen's Pets|animals]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as both characters in Bernie's Mess to unlock this scenario.">Locked: Prof. Prenlen's Pets</span><<endif>>\n\n<<if $preetaGoodEnding > 0 && $nickGoodEnding > 0>>[[That Whets The Wits|peer review]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black"title="Act responsibly as both characters in Prof. Prenlen's Pets to unlock this scenario.">Locked: That Whets The Wits</span><<endif>>\n\n<<if $theaGoodEnding > 0 && $lucyGoodEnding > 0>>[[Unsafe Climes|whistleblowing]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black"title="Act responsibly as both characters in That Whets the Whits to unlock this scenario.">Locked: Unsafe Climes</span><<endif>>\n\n<<if $stefanGoodEnding > 0 && $maryamGoodEnding>>[[The Golden Boy|conflictofinterest]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black"title="Act responsibly as both characters in Unsafe Climes to unlock this scenario.">Locked: The Golden Boy</span><<endif>>\n\n<<if $ayaGoodEnding > 0 && $curtisGoodEnding>>[[Plotted Against|authorship]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black"title="Act responsibly as both characters in The Golden Boy to unlock this scenario.">Locked: Plotted Against</span><<endif>>\n\n<<if $bensonGoodEnding > 0 && $yvonneGoodEnding>>[[Scatter Plott|mentoring]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black"title="Act responsibly as both characters in Plotted Against to unlock this scenario.">Locked: Scatter Plott</span><<endif>>\n\n<<if $teresaGoodEnding > 0 && $randalGoodEnding>>[[Fallen Angel '98|data management]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black"title="Act responsibly as both characters in Scatter Plott to unlock this scenario.">Locked: Fallen Angel '98</span><<endif>>

“That’s not the point. You would have known what I was able to give you today if you’d actually paid attention to what I said last meeting.” She’s sitting up straighter and barely in the chair now.\n\n[[“From where I’m sitting, it looks like what you’re doing with your personal time is affecting your academic work. I don’t want you throwing blame around.”|notFocused3]]\n\n[[“If you’re not being clear in our meetings, then I can’t help you very much. You need to do better.”|notFocused3]]

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">"Unsafe Climes"</span></div>\n\nWho do you want to play?<<if $stefanGoodEnding < 1>> Act responsibly as Stefan to unlock Maryam!<<else>><<endif>>\n\n[[Stefan Knight, graduate student|stefan intro]]\n\n<<if $stefanGoodEnding > 0>>[[Maryam Molavi, department chair|maryam intro]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as Stefan to unlock this character.">Locked: Maryam Molavi, department chair</span><<endif>>

RCR best practices show that ideal mentoring relationship is both personal and professional: a mentor is more than an adviser but less than a friend. However, as this scenario shows, personality differences and other complicating factors can make it difficult to forge such a relationship between two individuals.\n\n<<if $teresaGoodEnding > 0 && $randalGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|mentoring]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|mentoring]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Select new scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

“Well... I...” He squirms a little. \n\n“Brad, be honest. Have you already done some of these ‘pilot interviews’?” You feel your blood pressure rise a little. \n\n“...About half... They’re in the exact format that I proposed to the IRB! I figured it’s a waste of everyone’s time if I’m not actually doing anything right now.” He looks at his feet.\n\n[[//The IRB is mostly concerned with experiments, and we’re just doing harmless interviews...//|Break]]\n\n[[//Maybe he isn’t clear on what IRB approval actually means.//|HowToHelp]]\n\n[[//He can’t break rules just to be efficient, they’re there for an important reason, even if it feels like red tape sometimes.//|Tell off]]

Bernie laughs at your joke, and it reminds him of something else.\n\nYou talk a little more about Y2K, before you thank him for his time and leave his office. On your way back to the lab, you pass Gabriella in the hallway. She gives you one of her radiant smiles.\n\nThough you usually smile back, you just can’t today. There’s too much that’s too odd about what she was doing over the past couple months.\n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

You remember something your adviser, Camille, told you, about how a former colleague of hers lost three fingers while trying to make a batch of nickel hydrazine perchlorate. And while it often feels like safety procedures at this institution are way more conservatively meticulous than they need to be, you're still terrified of the thought of you or any of your friends getting injured, particularly since you're dealing with a lot of dangerous chemicals.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

“It’s the startup. I don’t think Dr. Gilder remembers that I’m his grad student and not just an employee.”\n\n[["Are you sure? I know he can be a little difficult at times, but he’s been a good professor here for as long as I’ve known him."|disrespectful]]\n\n[[“I’m sorry if it sounded like I doubted you. This type of thing is extremely serious. Can you tell me more?”|elaborate]]

“Oh, you’re going to love this! The paper is ridiculously relevant to your research. It’s from [[Simon Oakes’ lab|Wong]], at Desert U, and they’re using machine learning to analyze //Ulysses//."\n\nYour eyes open wide. "I know, right? Based on the abstract, they fed it more than just the text from the book -- Joyce's letters, I think -- and apparently they got good results. This could help un-stick you!” Lucy's excitement is infectious.\n\n[[“Wow, that’s something!”|Convince]]\n\n[[//This reminds me of that workshop.//|Workshop]]

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Aya waits for some time before finally speaking. “I feel like... I don’t know... like I’m walking on egg shells when I’m at the startup. I can barely get the work done for the company, let alone my dissertation project.” She pauses. “He’s even been having me double-check other employees’ completed work. I’m not sure if it’s to get me to understand what he wants or if it’s supposed to be useful for my dissertation.” \n\nThere isn’t much for you to work with other than what appear to be the makings of a similar situation to last year. Maybe you can get her to say more.\n\n[[“You do have a set of boundaries right? Between your research and work for Garry? An outline of expectations at least?”|timeout]]

“I’m not exaggerating. He had me write draft after draft after draft, and then he left me with nothing except a ‘learning experience.’” He bends over in frustration.\n\n[[“It's okay, it's okay. I’m here to listen. How did this whole thing start?”|dirtydetails2]]\n\n[[“I understand that you’re stressed, but I can’t do much to help you if I only have a vague understanding of the situation.”|criticalhit]]

“...Nothing too awful. These things are complicated after all.”\n\nYou assure Aya you’ll talk with Garry about the whole thing and force him to make the situation better, if you have to. Involving the committee might be just as bad for her prospects of finishing her PhD as simply letting this go.\n\nRight?\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

“Care to explain?” Quint looks at you with a serious expression. “I’m here to listen and to give advice, if you want it.”\n\n[[“Well... Dr. Gilder’s been... different... since he started his company.”|gilder1]]\n\n[[“My living situation is difficult, to say the least. I haven’t been able to keep up with things. Dishes especially.”|dishes]]

“Hmm...”\n\nThea looks like she understands where you’re coming from. You really haven’t been exaggerating about the situation. You and Simon have been stuck reviewing each others’ papers for years, and even double-blind submissions aren’t really blind.\n\n[[“I could have asked someone else to do this, but I picked you, since you’re the one closest to this paper’s subject matter. It’s okay to be nervous. I’ve been doing this for a while, and we just have to accept situations like this. We aren’t doing anything wrong.”|PushPush]]\n\n[[“I'm not trying to pressure you, to be clear. I'm just trying to help you.”|2Wack]]

Quinn sighs. "Yeah, well... still, a proper cleanup of the lab would take, like, at least a week? Probably more like two? And we so don't have that kind of time -- we're already so behind on everything as it is!"\n\n[["The administration's been cracking down on safety violations lately. That would lose you even more time. Probably all of it."|erin violations]]\n\n[[Drop the subject.|erin nothing]]

“These results were supposed to be ready today, and now you're asking out of nowhere for funding over the summer?" He’s back to his normal, impossible-to-please state. “Maybe if you’d focused more on getting your projects going instead of spending all this time planning lab parties, you wouldn’t be wasting both of our energy right now. We're supposed to be doing science here!”\n\n[[“If you actually had time for any of us, I wouldn’t have to be the one to keep everyone in the lab happy! I'm the one doing all the actual interpersonal work that you refuse to do yourself!”|studentblowup]]

“I don’t think so," Aya pauses. “Wait, yes! During the second or third week of my appointment, Dr. Gidler told me to charge some company purchases to my student account. I asked him why, but he told me not to worry about it.”\n\nNone of this should be happening. Garry should know far better than to tell students to charge things like that to their accounts. And now there's a record of it.\n\n[[“That... I need a moment...”|dilema]]

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“Partially. Most of what I remember was her and Dr. Gilder arguing constantly. If I had to guess, I'd say that’s why she left.”\n\nYou, Aya, and the rest of the department are all roughly on the same page, at least as far as last year is concerned. Even if nothing official was ever sent around, there have been murmors about Gilder's increasingly off-putting demeanor.\n\n[[“...Do you feel that there similarities to your situation now?”|straightup]]

Benson walks in shakily and you motion for him to take a seat.\n\n“Thanks for seeing me, Yvonne. I hope things with the department are... okay...”\n\n[[You suppress a smirk. Kind of a weird thing to say.|moving on]]

“He said that working on this would be ‘good practice.’”\n\n“Huh. I agree with him that co-authoring a paper is good practice, but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve an authorship credit.” She furrows her brow.\n\nShit. You can’t ever remember Plottner talking about credit in any of the short meetings the two of you had. Maybe it was your fault for not bringing it up earlier.\n\n[[//Shouldn't Plottner have brought it up?//|decisions]]\n\n[[//With the amount of work he was having me do, that shouldn’t have been a question, right?//|decisions]]

When you saw that Randal Plottner was Benson’s adviser, the complaints and the email you got a couple days ago made a bit more sense. Randal has been something of a darling in your field and he is arguably the face of the department right now. The university even had to fight to keep him here after Desert U tried to hire him away. Considering his elderly mother lives nearby, he seems unlikely to leave for the desert anytime soon.\n\nThe attention has done wonders for his ego and working with him on anything, even basic administrative tasks, has been nearly impossible. There’s a distinct possibility this meeting could devolve into complaining about Randal. To be fair to Benson, you wouldn't mind partaking in that.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Everything could be better.” He looks at the ceiling. “I'm just overwhelmed, and I didn’t quite realize how much free time I used to have until now. You'd think I would have learned after the first one.” He lets out a chuckle.\n\nProgress! You didn’t think today would be the day you heard him talk about his personal life. But here it is!\n\n[[“I can imagine. I used to work at a summer camp with kids, but they were definitely not infants, though they acted like it sometimes!.”|venting]]

As you shuffle in quietly, it takes a little while for Dr. Molavi to look up from her computer and notice you. "Hello... Stefan, is it?"\n\n[["Y-yeah."|stefan what's up]]

<<set $ayaGoodEnding to 1>>Quint rubs his forehead, though he seems more positive than he has for most of your discussion. “I think that's going to be our best solution, Aya. Do you want me to contact an oversight committee member?”\n\nYou say you'll contanct them later today and leave Quint's office, feeling some of the tension and stress disappear. While this won’t be solved over night and Dr. Gilder won’t be thrilled, to put it mildly, at least you’re working to solve the problem and do the right thing.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

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"Y-yeah," stammers the student, as you suddenly [[remember]] the circumstances in which you met him previously. "You're the person I'm supposed to talk to about academic misconduct stuff," he continues.\n\n"That's correct," you assert, hoping it's only a minor misunderstanding that can be solved quickly so that you can return to your enormous mountain of emails.\n\n[["What exactly is the problem?"|maryam problem]]\n\n[["How can I help?"|maryam problem][$approachable += 1]]

“That... that would be good. Thank you for being willing to talk with him, Dr. Quint.”\n\nThe two of you talk about her research a little more before the meeting ends and she leaves. This was not ideal, though you can always check if she’d be more willing to talk to the oversight committee later. But that can wait. You have another meeting to worry about.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

You do keep meaning to ask Dr. Prenlen about the guinea pigs, but every time you get a chance, your nerves get the better of you and you stay silent instead. There's too much of a risk in asking, particularly over such a minor technicality, because then you know he'll think you've been snooping. And to say that wouldn't be good for the future of your career is the understatement of the century.\n\n[[End scenario.|animals end]]

“I can’t believe you’re asking me to try and pull something like this, especially on my first time reviewing. I get that Simon Oakes is like your rival or whatever, but that doesn't mean you should rope the whole lab into your little feud. None of us have anything against him!”\n\nYou’re left flabbergasted after her tirade. Thea quickly gets up and leaves, slamming the door behind her and leaving you all alone in the silence of your office.\n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

Ever since your transition, you've picked up on all sorts of tricks to convince strangers that you're male, compensating for a childhood and adolescence in which everyone thought you were a girl and socialized you as such. Speak in declarative sentences. Don't inflect so much or use too many hand gestures.\n\nSometimes, it actually works. Sometimes, your small body and unconsciously swishy mannerisms betray you.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

“I’m not sure if I’m the right person for this. I’ve never done this before, and I’m even having trouble with my own stuff. I don’t want to mess this up for everyone.”\n\nYou’re a bit surprised to hear this. Thea’s never been shy about jumping on new opportunities. Maybe it’s the wall she hit with her research. You see the stress and exhaustion etched in her face, and it reminds you of being in her position years ago. You’re certain this paper can help her out of her rut. \n\n[[“Thea, how do you think I learned this, or how any other professors, for that matter? We all had to take the plunge at some point. Besides, you’re the perfect person to be reviewing this.”|2Unconfident]]

Almost there, Bernie. You're almost there.\n\n[[Approach the window.|order]]

"It's moving pretty fast, though. Wouldn't you say that, Geoff? Wouldn't you say it's moving pretty fast?" \n\nGeoff murmurs faintly in response.\n\n[[Move forward.|line3]]

It can be quite hard to wait.\n\n[[Continue to wait.|line2]]

"It's quite a long line today."\n\n[[Wait in line.|line1]]

“Oh my gosh! Your baby! I haven't talked to you since she was born. How’s your baby doing?!” Her Royal Bubbliness, ladies and gentleman. And as off-topic as ever.\n\n[[“I really don’t have the time. Can you tell me if I’ll have your final results by the end of today?”|tooDirect]]\n\n[[<nowiki>*sigh* “She can be a handful, but she’s doing alright.”</nowiki>|smolTalk]]

Aya raises a hand to politely interrupt. "Actually, sir, I think I have a clear idea of what it is that's stressing me out." \n\nOh. Well, thats good. Shame, though, since you have helped other students in similar predicaments. \n\n"Ah, good!" you beam. "For a second there, I thought that I'd need to break out one of my pamphlets. So..."\n\n[["Care to explain? I'm here to listen and to give advice, if you want it."|apartjunk]]\n\n[["Does it have to do with your split appointment?"|gilderdifficult]]

“You aren't wrong. I’m just a bit worried about how much additional work I have on my plate now.” She says this through a sheepish smile. \n\nYou can’t help but feel that this could be the source of the apprehension you’d felt earlier. Industry experience is great, but not at the cost of a studnet's health or the research that they actually wish to pursue.\n\n[[“Very true, but you still seem like you have a decent idea of where you stand.”|branchman]]

“What makes you say that?” You can tell the words stung Lucy a little, but you feel uneasy about what’s going on at this point.\n\n[[“I’m still not seeing how this plan will keep me objective, especially knowing where it’s from.”|Other]]\n\n[[“I’m sorry. I don’t think I have the time or energy to deal with reviewing this paper right now. I’m too much of a perfectionist to try and do this and feel like I actually learned how to properly do peer review.”|Wack]]

“I’ve tried, but he brushed me off and said that it was a 'learning experience'.” The frustration grows in his voice. \n\nThere isn’t much you really can do at this point and learning that won’t be easy for him.\n\n[[“So you never actually had a conversation about it?”|credittalk]]\n\n[[“Well, what do you want to do now?”|nextstep]]

“Do you hear yourself?” She begins to leave, but stops at the doorway to turn around. “I know you’re under a lot of pressure, but you have to see things from my perspective at least a little.” She sighs. “I’ll still get you what you want by when //I// said I //originally// would.” She leaves before you can say anything else.\n\nYou probably were being too hard on her, especially after the two of you actually had a bit of a real conversation. Look at what all the stress and pressure has done to you...\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

“No! Sure, I might ask around the lab for help, but I don’t 'graft' anyone onto my projects.” She’s barely in her seat now. “This isn’t even all on me. You didn’t pay attention to what I told you last meeting.”\n\n[[“I don’t want to find out later on that you're roping Jenny into working on this with you. You need to be able to do some amount of work on your own.”|notFocused3]]\n\n[[“You should know, with summer around the corner, that I can’t give you much more time. By this point, you should have figured out how to work within the agreed-upon timeframe.”|notFocused3]]

Gabby pokes her head in and you realize how badly you’ve lost track of time. Whoops. You apologize to Tripp and wish him luck as he leaves. You're a bit surprised that he looks a little nervous as he passes by Gabby, though it’s so quick that you might be imagining it.\n\nAs Gabby sits down, you think back to earlier in your meeting with Tripp. He looked like he wanted to say something, but instead you made sure he understood why you had him doing what a lot of grad students consider menial labor. Whatever he wanted to talk about couldn’t have been too important, since he didn’t ever try and bring it up...\n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

What you and Quint talked about was helpful enough for the future, but you’re still stuck with this lack of clarity with your current predicament. Hopefully you’ll be able to meet with him again before things get even worse. At least next time you’ll know exactly where to start.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

“Look. I know he can be impossible sometimes. I can tell him to schedule an hour-long meeting with you, but there isn’t much else I can do. I'm just his colleague.” Yvonne looks a bit disappointed and checks the clock. “I need to go teach a class in a few minutes.” \n\n[[“Wait! Let me explain more about the book chapter!”|rip]]\n\n[[“I have drafts of the chapter. Please, can you just look at them?”|rip]]

RCR regulations require you to report suspected data falsification to appropriate authorities so that it can be investigated. However, as this scenario shows, personal relationships and other complicating factors can make it harder than it seems when it comes to taking on the role of a 'whistleblower' in such a situation.\n\n<<if $stefanGoodEnding > 0 && $maryamGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|whistleblowing]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|whistleblowing]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Select new scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

“I-I don’t want to say yes, but I think I have to.” He lets out a breath.\n\nThat’s not what you were expecting. Problems that Tripp has had to deal with, sure, but problems with Gabby’s work? This is harshing your tenure vibes.\n\n[[“I’ve given you plenty of time, man. Why do you think there’s a problem with Gabby’s results?”|Accuse]]\n\n[[“It’s okay, man. Keep going.”|Continue 2]]

Bernie’s focus centers on you. “Ah, right. I hope you've got some good news, hombre.”\n\n“Uh, not really. Not at all, actually. No matter how closely I replicate what Gabriella did, nothing works. You can ask Julian about it too, if you want.” You feel the pit in your stomach grow.\n\n“Again with this?” He gives you one of his rare frowns. “I don’t like having to crack the whip, you know.”\n\n[[“I don’t like what’s going on, either. I had to order a bunch of materials for this. The business manager even said I was the first person in the department to order any of this in the past couple years.”|are you positive]]

Your intuition was right.\n\n“So... Plottner just had a book chapter published, okay? Well, I wrote most of it and a few days ago I found out my name wasn't even listed in the published version.” He waits for your reaction.\n\n[[“Go on.”|dirtydetails1]]\n\n[[“Are you sure it’s not some kind of misunderstanding? I can't see him doing something like that on purpose. How much of your writing made the final product?”|disbelief]]

“I think I’ve blown this out of proportion. I’ll try and find some time to talk about this more with Plottner. Thanks for listening to me.” An empty feeling creeps into your stomach.\n\n“If that’s what you need to do at the moment, then by all means, do it. I’m glad I could help a little. Please let me know how this turns out, I guess.” She seems a little disappointed, but this whole thing is too much to deal with right now.\n\n[[...|strainend]]

“I can try and get him to set up a meeting with you. I can tell you to talk about authorship credit early in the future, but that’s it, really. There isn’t really anything else I can do right now.” She checks the clock. “I have to teach a class in a few minutes.”\n\nif you’re desperate enough, maybe she’ll take another minute to talk with you.\n\n[[//No, she’s right.//|deflect6]]\n\n[[“Wait! Please let me explain more about the book chapter!”|rip]]\n\n[[“I have drafts of the chapter! Please, can you look at them?”|rip]]

It was at the department meet-and-greet last October, and you mistakenly referred to him as "she" before someone else corrected you. You still feel embarrassed about that.\n\nYou've always thought of yourself as a progressive, accepting person, against prejudice in all its forms. But the concerns of transgender students were never something you had to deal with until relatively recently, and you still feel like you're struggling to not make insensitive mistakes in that regard.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

“I can imagine. I used to work at a summer camp for kids, but they were definitely not infants, even though they acted like it at times.” She smiles.\n\n[[“Ah, not quite. She’s dealing with colic, so there’s a lot more screaming than would be ideal. Sleep’s not something I’ve had the privilege of for a while.”|smollerTalk]]

You’re coming up on your first turn at graduate director in ages. While you’d never say no to taking the position, especially after a lengthy break from such service work, that break was much appreciated all the same. It would’ve been nice for one of the younger professors to take on the position, but considering what happened last year, you can’t help but feel that you are the person for the job. \n[[back|previous()]]

“Aya, what you’ve told me requires me to take some amount of action. You shouldn’t be in the position that you’re in with Dr. Gilder’s startup. I probably need to get the oversight committee--"\n\n“Wait!” Aya interrupts. “I don’t know if it’s //really// that bad. I’m sure I’ll figure something out. I just needed to talk to someone about it.”\n\n[[“If I //can// avoid getting the oversight committee involved, I’d be happy. As you’re painfully aware, the department isn’t in the greatest shape and if I can take care of it internally, I’ll take that route.”|inhouse]]\n\n[[“This unfortunately isn’t something I can overlook.”|committee]]

<<set $focus to 1>>“Right, you’re spending part of this semester working with Garry at the startup. Exciting stuff! That company’s been a wonderful partner for the department. That's a pretty great opportunity, is it not?” Through the optimism you detect a hint of worry.\n\nOf course he sounds pleased. Dr. Gilder's company has become a major source of student funding for the department, which otherwise has too many grad students and not enough teaching assistantships.\n\n[[“You aren't wrong. I’m just a bit worried about how much additional work I have on my plate now.” You say this with a sheepish smile.|convo1]]\n\n[[“With how many resources we’ve invested in the company, I don’t have many other options.” You say with a shrug.|convo1]]

<<set $randalGoodEnding to 1>>“Of course, and I’ll be sure to be clear so this little miscommunication about when I’m getting you things won’t happen again.” She’s back to her bubbly self. "I can send email updates as the work progresses."\n\nBenson arrives for your next meeting and you glance at the clock. Apparently you went a few minutes over schedule, but it seems like it was time productively spent. Teresa thanks you for your time before leaving. This was probably the best meeting you’ve had with any of your students in quite a while.\n\nMaybe the short meetings you’re doing are actually causing you more stress than they’re relieving...\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

“Okay...” Aya looks at you with worry.\n\nThis is going down a hugely unpleasant path. Committee involvement. Likely destroying what little relationship you had with Garry. Probably throwing the department into chaos for the foreseeable future. Still no teaching assistantships, and now no special internships either. Aya and the other PhD students losing funding and having to quit the program.\n\n“Uh, Dr. Quint? Is something wrong?”\n\n[[//Yes. Everything.//|decisionsdecisions]]\n\n[[//No. It’ll be fine, it'll be fine. It has to be. I'll take care of it.//|thebackdown]]

It's your turn. You study the menu closely before placing your order.\n\n[["I'll take a 'warm dog', please."|eat]]\n\n[["I would like a 'hot dog'."|eat]]\n\n[["A 'hotter dog', and pronto."|eat]]\n\n[["One 'hottest dog', my friend."|eat]]

Your daughter has had colic, which leads to her crying and screaming for more than three hours a day. For the last month or so, you’ve been ridiculously sleep deprived as a result. Trying to keep your lab running smoothly in this state has been taxing to say the least. Add to this your mother’s declining health, and you’re lucky that you’re still as functional as you are. \n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Yes. Dr. Gilder has an troubling view of what a split appointment means.”\n\nSplit appointments are always confusing. Is this something worse, though? Garry might be pushing the limits of what he should be doing, but at the same time he has almost single-handedly rescued the department in a time of need.\n\n[[“Garry’s a personality, alright... Has he done anything problematic?”|aboutgilder]]\n\n[[“Does this have to do with your time at the startup?”|specifics]]

Brook had been a year ahead of you and was a great help in dealing with the stresses of grad school. Between giving you advice on when to take a break, occasionally by dragging you away from your desk when you weren’t getting anywhere, and the passion she’d had when discussing her dissertation topic, even if she was a little too fast for you to keep up, her departure last year left a hole in the lab.\n\nLast year, she’d been getting into arguments with Dr. Gilder about her commitment to working at his company. Finally, she had enough, and at her breaking point she decided to leave academia entirely. Though you haven’t talked recently, grad life being what it is, you still remember her talking about a meeting she’d had with the then graduate director and how it hadn’t gone particularly well.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Dr. Molavi looks slightly irritated. "I could, I suppose, conduct an informal inquiry. This will involve talking to other students, as well as to Dr. Barton himself." She clears her throat. "You will also have to provide official testimony, if it turns out your word is the only adequate evidence of misconduct."\n\nYou start to panic. What if no one else says anything, and it's all on you? It's not like you're all that well-liked in the lab to begin with; would having to publicly testify make things worse?\n\n[[Go through with it.|stefan do it]]\n\n[[Don't go through with it.|stefan don't do it]]

<<set $curtisGoodEnding to 1>>As you describe what going to the committee will involve and what will happen after, Aya grows uncomfortable. You do your best to tell her that it’ll all work out, even if you don’t quite believe it yourself, and that this is the right thing to do for everyone involved, past and present.\n\nShe leaves your office dejected. It’s going to be difficult, but this will help to right the department in the long run. Hopefully you can make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

“I know I’ve complained in the past, but I feel like my situation with [[Plottner|PP]] has gone way beyond what’s reasonable.”\n\nYvonne doesn’t look surprised, though you do catch a hint of worry. “I assume you’ve tried to talk with him.” \n\n[[“He always seems to have a meeting or a deadline when I try and bring it up.”|threepaths]]\n\n[[“I have, but he just brushes me off.”|threepaths]]

Stefan hesitates. "I... don't feel comfortable around him." He sighs. "He made a sexual advance towards one of my labmates."\n\nYou know very well that <a href="http://healthcenter.ucsc.edu/shop/sadv/sexual-harassment.html" target=_blank>sexual harassment</a> is a serious issue, but it isn't the same as academic misconduct, and would be better handled by the <a href="http://www2.ucsc.edu/title9-sh/" target=_blank>Title IX office</a> than yourself. If what he's saying is true, it should be dealt with through the proper channels.\n\n[["Has your labmate made use of on-campus sexual harassment resources?"|maryam harassment resources]]

<<set $approachable to 0>>Another day of neverending metaphorical fires to put out. You remember when you first accepted the position of [[department chair]], how you aspired to make real changes to how things were run around here. Of course, now that you're constantly drowned in administrivia, it's a miracle that you can ever get anything done at all.\n\nYou notice a vaguely familiar-looking, relatively new student standing in your doorway, and suddenly, you remember that your notifications just flashed you a meeting reminder. You quickly tab over to your calendar to remember who, exactly, it was, then collect your composure.\n\n[["Hello... Stefan, is it?"|maryam what's up]]

“I get it, why do you think it’s taken me this long to talk to you about it?” He kicks the chair leg with his heel. “The more I’ve poked around the lab, the more worried I get.”\n\nIs it worth letting him keep going with this? Gabby’s never done anything like this and what she sent you looked reasonable given what she was doing.\n\n[[“Alright, man. Shoot.”|Go on]]\n\n[[“I also want to remind you that the results were reviewed and published. It’s not that I don’t believe you, man, but there’s a lot of evidence to the contrary.”|Still fishy]]

You don't have much firsthand experience with the IRB, but you've gathered a thing or two in your time as a professor. Frankly, you're not especially fond of the IRB at this university, since you've heard how slow they can be. Years of research time have likely been lost because of them, especially when they arbitrarily decide that something doesn’t meet their exempt requirements. That's happened to one of your colleagues on multiple occasions.\n\nYou’re now something of a casualty yourself, since one of your projects, a simple set of interviews to be recorded by a graduate student, has been held up for over a month now while they review the proposal.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

You first met Quinn Ushkovitz about three and a half years ago for Visiting Day, when they were a prospective student. They were still going by the name Bryan and using he/him pronouns back then; it took them a year or so to come out of their shell and ask to be referred to instead as Quinn, with they/them pronouns.\n\n[[...|your friend Quinn 2]]

"About the project?” The bubbliness is gone. “I’ll still be able to get you results by the time I said last meeting, but...”\n\nThis probably isn’t going anywhere you want it to. Maybe there’s still some hope though.\n\n[[“You mean today, right?”|badNews]]

“This work is important enough that you need to be crystal clear on when you can deliver. Here I am stalled on my own work because of you. I timed all this to coincide perfectly with my work Benson's book chapter.” He’s not quite shouting.\n\n“If you actually paid attention to what I said, you’d have known I couldn’t get any results this quickly.” Your temper’s rising as well.\n\n[[...|plottnerblowup2]]

Academical

Following your shoddy explanation of IRB practices, Brad continues with the pilot interviews and ends up finishing them all before IRB approval eventually comes in.\n\nWhen you mention the pilot interviews in passing to Katherine, she is appalled and demands that they be divulged to IRB and that the interviews be redone with proper approval. You acquiesce, and in the end Brad is forced to redo all of the interviews and you are harshly reprimended by university officials.\n\nSince you don't know much about IRB matters, you should have sent Brad to speak with someone who does. Being a good mentor sometimes means relying on others who know more than you.\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

Aya’s brow furrows and she gets up to leave.\n\n“Thank you, Dr. Quint.” She mutters and leaves your office.\n\nNext time, try not to dismiss someone when they say that something is wrong.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

Thea looks like she’s thinking carefully about the whole thing. Maybe you overdid it. Or maybe it’s exactly what she needs. \n\nWith [[Simon Oakes|2Wong]] and his lab working on such a similar project, it's critical for Thea to stay apprised.\n\n[[“What do you think?”|2Turning Point]]

You explain some more. "Bernie would just be like, 'don't worry about it, I've been running this lab for decades and no one's ever gotten hurt!'"\n\n"Just because no one's ever been hurt, doesn't mean no one will get hurt," Erin retorts.\n\n[["Yeah, well... still, a proper cleanup of the lab would take, like, at least a week?"|quinn violations]]\n\n[["Okay, you're right. But what would I say?"|quinn right]]

“This absolutely cannot wait until Fall, if that's what you're insinuating.” Any levity he had is gone.\n\nAny realistic time frame for these results will stretch well past the end of the semester.\n\n[[“I can do this over the summer. It’ll be easier for both of us then, right?”|summerbummer]]\n\n[[“I can do this over the summer. I actually have a summer fellowship, so your support won’t be a problem.”|fellowshipoftheplot]]

Anyway, you’re sitting in Ned’s office and now he wants a progress report on the interviews. Regarding them, there's a //[[certain matter|matter]]// that you wanted to bring up.\n\nYou and Ned have already been talking for a bit and now you’re getting to the important stuff.\n\n[[...|Judgement]]

Thea looks as though her face is trying to make two expressions at once. Maybe it’s just because you haven’t told her what this paper is about yet.\n\n[[//Best to let her process this herself. Give her a moment to respond.//|2InitialD.oubt]]

“Where’d you hear that?” Randal still looks distracted.\n\n[[“I know I’ve seen it in movies, and I’m sure I’ve run across a paper on it somewhere...”|runitdownbaby]]

"Yeah, well, you don't know him. Like I said, I know exactly how this conversation is going to go. I'd way rather not bother."\n\nThe rest of your coffee chat feels strained -- you both try to change the subject and forget you said anything, but the issue still weighs on your mind. So much for that. At least you tried, though.\n\n[[End scenario.|hazardous end]]

Gabby is easily your favorite person in the lab at the moment, in no small part because of how quickly she got you some killer findings that resulted in an important journal article. She’s always pushing to get things done efficiently and on time, which has on occasion led to things being completed early. That's not something many people in academia can claim. \n\nShe’s also happy to talk with you about pretty much anything, including some of the exciting things happening right now, like the start of the construction on the International Space Station and the Google beta being launched. Plus, how can you not appreciate her smile?\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Nothing really prepares you for all the sleepless nights.” He rubs his forehead. “I can’t say I get any work done when I’m home, and I’ve been needing to be home a lot more now. I barely managed to submit a book chapter I’d been asked to write before the deadline.”\n\nDoesn't he mean Benson's chapter? Anyways, he’s still going!\n\n[[“I did notice that you were around less. But I think I can speak for the lab when I say that we totally understand.”|plottnerventcont]]\n\n[[“So, about deadlines... I wanted to talk to you about the current state of the project...”|projecttalk]]

And you really don't, either. "I can't just go up to Bernie and tell him his entire lab is a hazard, even though that's basically the truth."\n\n"Well, why don't you focus on just one specific thing, and phrase it such that you're worried because of what they said in the hazardous materials training we did."\n\n[["I guess I could ask him about the incident with the bottles..."|quinn bottles]]\n\n[["No, if I focus on one thing, he'll just dismiss it and say it's nothing."|quinn nothing]]

Yvonne opens the door with a kindly smile. “Benson, please come in.” She motions for you to take a seat.\n\nShe sits back down and relaxes, taking off some of the edge of the situation. Exactly what you need right now.\n\n[[“Hi, Yvonne. I hope this meeting can help with a horrible situation that I'm going through...”|pleasantries1]]\n\n[[“Thanks for fitting this in, Yvonne. I’m hoping you can help me deal with a problem.”|pleasantries1]]

Annie Chen, one of the summer undergraduate research assistants for Professor Prenlen's lab across the hall, mentioned something troubling to you regarding the use of guinea pigs in said lab -- namely, that she hadn't had any kind of official training on animal subjects. You'd suspected as much based on the fact that she'd given them cutesy names like "Mr. Foofles".\n\n[[...|particular issue 2]]

Again, Aya is silent at first. She finally says, “Not really... at least not that I’m aware of. Anything you can tell me would be great.”\n\nYou start discussing what she and Garry should have went over at the beginning of the appointment. Before you can ask her about any of these boundaries being crossed, your phone buzzes with a reminder of your next meeting, which is across campus.\n\n[[“I’m so sorry, Aya. I have another meeting that I can’t miss. Let's continue discussing this later, okay? Email me to set up another appointment as soon as you can.”|outtatime]]

The last three days of stress and apprehension will hopefully end with this meeting with Yvonne Harris, the graduate director for your department. You’ve thought about canceling it more than once, but you need to talk to someone about the situation with your adviser, [[Randal Plottner|adviserbackground]].<<set proof$ to 0>>\n\n[[You knock on the door.|pleasantries]]

“Ah.” He rests his cheek on his hand and disinterestedly taps a finger on his desk.\n\n[[“And to celebrate, we’re going camping in the mountains this weekend!”|runitdown]]\n\n[[“Enough about me, though. I want to hear about your new baby!”|babybabble]]

“Um, about why I asked for this meeting... So he just got a book chapter published, right? Well, I did a bunch of work on it...” The stress is getting to you.\n\n“Oh? I didn’t realize you were helping with that. Go on.” She looks interested.\n\nYou have five drafts of the chapter -- complete with (sparse) comments from Plottner -- with you in your bag. It might seem like you’re trying to drag him down, but you did spend months revising things.\n\n[[Take out the drafts and put them on the desk.|nittygritty2]]\n\n

While you don’t know the exact details, you remember a student named Brook suddenly dropping out with her dissertation almost complete. She wasn’t a part of your lab, so you didn’t see her too much anyway, but there were a couple of the conversations that you had with her years ago while she was in your class. There wasn’t anything officially circulated, but everyone else in the department //knew// she’d dropped out because of her adviser. Whenever you passed her in the hall you could tell how stressed she was, but you were never able to talk to her about it. Toward the end, she seemed like she was avoiding the entire faculty.\n\n[[...|losingstudents 2]]

“Fair enough, fair enough. The last year is always a struggle.” Quint smiles kindly at you.\n\nYour struggle is very real. The startup and dissertation on the one hand, each essentially mandatory, but [[Dr. Garry Gilder|Professor Gilder]] and [[the apartment... situation|the apartment]] haven’t helped matters at all. This has left your past few nights restless and it’s catching up with you.\n\n[["It certainly is... I don’t feel like there’s enough hours in the day."|Pleasantry2.1]]\n\n[[“Some things here and there are a problem. I’m managing at least.”|Pleasantry2.2]]

“I’ve been in your position, so I know there’s always something that could be better. Perhaps you are just figuring out your limits?”\n\nIf only that was as true as you both wished. The stress of the split appointment between your dissertation project and the startup work hasn’t afforded you much sleep for the past couple days. And that doesn’t include your worries about your relationship with [[Dr. Garry Gilder|Professor Gilder]], and the situation at [[your apartment|the apartment]]. \n\n[["I never feel like I have enough time for all of what I'm supposed to be doing."|Pleasantry2.1]]\n\n[["I wouldn't say I have them figured out... and there are a few things making it worse."|Pleasantry2.2]]

“It’s not really about that.” He sounds like he has a little more conviction.\n\nHe’s still being evasive and you really can’t afford to have him keep you occupied here for any longer than you scheduled.\n\n[[“Then could you tell me what we’re meeting about?”|straightforward]]\n\n[[“So your problem is directly with Randal?”|plottnergossip]]\n\n[[“I’m still not clear about what you want from me.|harsh]]

You hear a knock at the door and in walks [[Brad Chillingsworth]]. He takes a seat and the two of you exchange the usual pleasantries and banter before you get down to business.\n\n[[“So, any word from the IRB?”| Continue]]

You redirect the conversation back to Preeta's research, which you discuss for the remainder of your meeting. Afterwards, the rest of your day passes uneventfully as usual.\n\n[[End scenario.|animals end]]

You turn to the window in a blatant attempt at avoiding Thea’s gaze. You have a disappointed look in your eyes and this is all you can do to save face. After a moment, she excuses herself and leaves. You feel crushed that you couldn’t help her more. Even worse, she probably thinks a little less of you than before. \n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

You continue reassuring her that the rest of the department will take care of her and that she should focus on her dissertation work for now. When she asks about Garry, you tell her that you’ll schedule a meeting with him at the proper time. She leaves in better spirits than you would have expected.\n\nThat said, trying to take care of the whole thing without the oversight committee’s involvement isn’t ideal, and it certainly wouldn't be good for you if a student went directly to them.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

With your prompting, Tripp explains how he had to order all the materials necessary to even start trying to reproduce Gabby’s work and how the department didn’t have any records of her, or anyone else, making a similar order for at least the last couple years. He ends with talking about how some of the equipment Gabby supposedly used was actually broken while she was performing the original experiment.\n\nYou lean back in your chair and sort through what you were just told. It feels like a bomb exploded in your mind. This doesn’t put you or anyone else in the lab in a comfortable position. Once you’ve ordered your thoughts, you tell Tripp that you’ll set up a meeting with university officials.\n\nHe thanks you and leaves.\n\n[[...|Go on 2]]

“I've been meaning to talk to you about it, but I actually received a fellowship for summer work this year. I applied for it after the internship with Gilder's company fell through. It's only contingent on me working on university-affiliated research, which I means I could just work on this project and be supported by the fellowship. And I’ll be able to get you everything in a much better state than if I’m rushing to meet the current deadline.” She seems confident about that.\n\nWhile you won't be hitting the journal deadline, it's not a bad plan, and she'll probably have time left over to assist Jenny on her project. “That sounds reasonable to me. I hope you’ll be able to handle it alright, since I won't be around too much in the summer.”\n\n[[...|itGetsBetter99]]

“No repair orders?” He looks back at you wearily. “I like Julian, you know, but I don’t think he would have been using any equipment while Gabby was working on the stuff for the article.”\n\n[[“Not that I could find, but they could have lost it. I feel like they’re even worse at that sort of thing than they are at notifying us about TAships.”|doubt]]\n\n[[“Look, if you’re not going to take me seriously, I’ll just go talk to someone at the university level.”|all the way to the top]]\n\n[[“Bernie, you know how people are working hard to prevent Y2K from happening? Well, it's the same thing here: if we don’t look into this more, it’ll be Y2K for our lab.”|appeal to weirdo logic]]

"I see." Nick's face relaxes slightly. "I could ask Dr. Whitmore, the department chair, about conducting an informal inquiry. There is, however, a chance that you and Dr. Prenlen's undergraduate assistants will be asked to testify regarding the misconduct. Are you prepared to do that?"\n\n[[...|preeta technicality 2]]

The meeting ends with both of you continuing to vent about Randal until you have to leave to teach your class. It’s nice to get some of this off your chest and help him out, but that’s probably not why Benson asked to meet with you.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

“He was the one who suggested that I draft the chapter. He gave me notes on what I sent him, until finally I got an email saying that the last draft was good enough for the editors, or whatever. This was all over the course of several months.” Benson seems more confident after saying this. “I can’t say he was particularly helpful or available throughout any of it.”\n\nThat all sounds reasonable.\n\n[[“Do you have any of these drafts with you?”|evidence?]]

Benson’s nervous demeanor make sense now, especially with all the clout Randal has. Even though you’re happy he was able to speak up, it’s still just he-said-he-said for now. \n\nHe continues: “My friend was the one who told me, so I haven't read it yet. But I spent a ton of time working on it and I think it’s reasonable for my name to be on the chapter too.”\n\n[[“I understand, but could you start from the beginning? That might help both of us.”|dirtydetails2]]

“Great! I’ll send it to you right now, though I don’t have time to sit down and look over it with you today.”\n\nLucy is obviously thrilled about this and you’re happy she even made you the offer. Still, there’s some doubt about whether you’re actually doing the right thing and you feel like you let her talk you into doing this a little too easily.\n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

<<set $preetaGoodEnding to 1>>"All right, then. I'll take care of it."\n\nYou feel a bit better, now... still a bit worried and nervous about possible repercussions, but at least you're trying to do the right thing.\n\n[[End scenario.|animals end]]

If you reach an ending with a red background, you've led your character to a bad outcome of the scenario at hand.\n\nWhen this happens, you can try to replay the story in a different way -- hopefully one that better exemplifies responsible conduct of research.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">"The Head Start"</span></div>\n\nWho do you want to play?<<if $nedGoodEnding < 1>> Act responsibly as Ned to unlock Brad!<<else>><<endif>>\n\n[[Ned Prescott, adviser|ned]]\n\n<<if $nedGoodEnding > 0>>[[Brad Chillingsworth, graduate student|brad]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as Ned to unlock this character.">Locked: Brad Chillingsworth, graduate student</span><<endif>>

“Then good luck with them. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come back with!”\n\nYou sit back in your chair, knowing the work is halfway done already.\n\nAfter a few minutes of small talk, you thank Ned and leave. Now that you have his permission, you can get this project over and done with all the sooner. Getting back to focusing on your research is that much closer, and summer fun is closer still. Just keep going and this will all be behind you soon.\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

“Well... I really don’t want to make things worse with him.” He keeps fiddling with his bag.\n\nYou can see where he’s coming from, but you don’t make it a habit of talking to your colleagues about sensitive conversations like this one.\n\n[[“Benson, I’m not in the habit of telling the other faculty about private conversations I have with students.”|plottnergossip2]]

When you reach an ending with a green background, that means you've led your character to a favorable outcome of the scenario at hand.\n\nIf you're playing as the first character in a story, a favorable outcome unlocks its second character. Otherwise, reaching a good ending unlocks a new story altogether.\n\nOnce you've reached a favorable outcome for the second character in the final story, you win!\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Oh. I didn’t realize you had a summer fellowship.” He looks a little less annoyed.\n\n“Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about it, since it's only contingent on doing university-affiliated research. Assuming you're okay with it, the fellowship could support my continuing work on this project.\n\n[["I know you're less available in the summer, but I can send email updates to be sure we’re always on the same page with progress.”|windyroad]]\n\n[["If you're up for coming into the lab every day, we could even work through the various steps together. That way, we'd definitely be on the same page.”|summerbummer2]]

"One of them did that whole 'name all the guinea pigs' thing that all the new people always do," you offhandedly mention.\n\nNick chuckles. "Ah yes, until they all die for the first time. Those were the days." Then, he shifts to a tone of concern. "Has [[Professor Prenlen]]... said anything about your involvement with the students?"\n\n[["Not to my knowledge. Why do you ask?"|preeta prenlen]]

“It’s just...” You take a steadying breath. “I don’t feel like I’m a grad student anymore. Dr. Gilder seems to think I’m a regular employee, rather than his student.”\n\nQuint’s reaction is sympathetic, though hesitant. “Would you be able to elaborate more about that? If you want to get a third party involved, then let me know right now."\n\n[["Well... I’m probably going to need to take an extra year if I can’t work enough on my dissertation..."|studytalk]]\n\n[[“Alright... Dr. Gilder’s been trying to run the lab as an extension of the company...”|startuptalk]]

"I remember from my animal subjects training in fall quarter that animals are only allowed to be kept in the approved area on the third floor." Nick nods, and you continue. "I don't know if you are aware, but Professor Prenlen keeps the guinea pigs in unused cages in his own lab."\n\nNick starts to look somewhat worried. "This sounds like a serious problem."\n\n[["It's not, really... the animals are well taken care of. It's more like a technicality."|preeta technicality]]\n\n[["What should we do?"|preeta what]]

“I wish I could’ve done more last year, but I’m here now. And so are you.” \n\nYou can tell he’s genuinely concerned but what can you do right now? Dr. Gilder’s nitpicky attitude as of late hasn’t been helping and neither has the lack of definite boundaries between your research and your work for Golden Green Technologies.\n\n"If you want I can --"\n\n[[“-- It’s not something that specific but I feel like I’m trying to appease Dr. Gilder more than actually working on projects or my research.”|gilder5]]\n\n[[“-- I wouldn’t say it’s specifically one thing but I’m no longer sure of where the line between the startup ends and my dissertation begins.” |gilder5.5]]

“Thank you so much!” Aya smiles as she writes down Jimbo’s contact information. After double checking the number, she leaves.\n\nYou’re glad you could help her, but you can’t help but feel that the dishes and dishwasher were a symptom rather than a cause of her stress. Next check-in, you might want to follow up on other possible underlying factors.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

<<if $dish is 1>>Quint starts talking before you can keep going.\n<<endif>>“If the person your landlord called isn’t willing to fix your dishwasher, I can give you my handyman’s number. It’s been a while since he’s had anything interesting to work on.”\n\n<<if $dish is 1>>So much for bringing up Dr. Gilder. That situation was probably far more important to your sanity than the dishwasher, but at least it looks like it could finally be sorted out.<<endif>>\n\n[[“Thanks! That sounds great!”|junkComplaint]]

Quint sighs. “Garry’s a personality, alright... Has he done anything problematic?”\n\nBrook must've had a meeting just like this one. Hopefully you don't have to burn any bridges but Dr. Gilder's attitude towards others' work hasn't helped you to cope with the workload. That and the fact that his company is your lab's main source of funding currently.\n\n[[“Well, nothing to me specifically...”|gilder2]]\n\n[[“He’s been less than flexible since he started the company, and that’s made it hard to get certain things done.”|gilder3]]

“But to other students?” He pauses. “Is this about what happened to Brook last year?”\n\nIt’s nice to know he’s aware of a few of the problems already but Dr. Gilder had been a great adviser up until the startup last year. Now he’s become absurdly nitpicky in regards to everyone else’s work.\n\n[[“Sort of. All I can remember off the top of my head was how much she and Dr. Gilder argued the last semester that she was here.”|gilder4]]

“Do you mean the amount of work you have? Or is it something else?”\n\nYou don’t think there are any glaringly obvious problems, but your stress didn’t create itself. Maybe it’s Dr. Gilder’s perfectionism, or how blurry the line between your research and the work for the startup has gotten.\n\n“If it’s something more --"\n\n[[“-- I’ve been having to double-check a lot of work I finish for the startup. It’s feeling like Dr. Gilder’s forgetting that the startup isn’t my only obligation.”|gilder5]]\n\n[[“-- Dr. Gilder’s been having me go over other employees’ completed work. I don’t even know if I can use anything from the startup in my dissertation, but he seems to think I can.” |gilder5.5]]

"Shoot, that's right." You're running late.\n\n[[Head to the lab.|bonus end]]

“Excellent! Let me send the whole thing to you right now. I’m busy today, but I’m happy to answer any questions you have over email or another day.”\n\nLucy’s enthusiasm won you over and she seemed to think this paper would provide some much needed inspiration for your dissertation. You’re pretty sure you’ll be fair when reviewing the thing, and it'll be interesting to see how other researchers are tackling the problems that have been stumping you.\n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

“I appreciate you bringing this up, but I’m not the right person to talk to about that. The housing office is probably your best option for advice.”\n\n[["Ah, right. Thanks for the reminder and for listening."|junkComplaint]]\n\n[[“It’s more than him being a bad landlord, though. Dr. Gilder has joked about evicting me when I’ve mentioned some of my concerns working for his startup.”|gilder1]]

You just taught a class, and next up is a short meeting with your student [[Teresa Boyle|Teresa info]], followed by another meeting with another student, Benson Lee. You’re exhausted already, but summer is just around the corner.\n\nThe purpose of this meeting with Teresa is for her to hand off the [[project|plottproject]] results that she promised last meeting, which will allow you to continue work on a journal article on the project. Benson will be here in ten minutes, so this hand-off needs to happen quickly, but Teresa has a tendency to go on and on about frivolous concerns...\n\nYou hear a knock on the door frame.\n\n[[...|meeting start]]

“Well, nothing to me specifically...”\n\nIs she referring to what happened with Brook last year? She and Aya must have been friends, not that you know either of them well enough to know that for a fact. Hopefully you can avoid Brook's situation happening again with this student.\n\n[[“But to other students?” You pause. “Is this about what happened to Brook last year?”|aboutgilder2]]

"I'm positive. At least on my end. I re-did the calculations based on the original hard copies of the data I gathered, and also had an undergrad researcher double-check the numbers."\n\n[["Have you talked to Dr. Barton about this?"|maryam barton]]

“I do think it’s important, but Katherine already has approval for the exact thing I submitted. I figure it’s better use of my time to actually do the work.” He looks a little nervous. "I mean, we know they're eventually going to approve it."\n\nHe does have a point, though. Kathy already got approval and if Brad did in fact just copy her set-up, then waiting for the IRB //feels// redundant.\n\n[[“I’m not sure that’s a good idea.”| Deeper 2]]\n\n[[“Are you telling me you’re already working on this?”|Neutral]]

Randal looks a little embarrassed. “Next time, you can give me your results. Okay?” You scurry off and Benson takes your seat for the next meeting.\n\nYeah, results. You probably shouldn’t let Randal opening up like that distract you from why you’re here. While this will likely put you on better terms with him, being late with results sure won’t.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

Aya shrugs. “Yeah. I think I’m just getting stressed looking at the amount of work that I have to finish this semester.”\n\n[["I understand. We’re all running near our limits. If you feel overwhelmed, there’s--"|discuss2]]

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“Aya, it's good to see you again.” Quint greets you with a warm but slightly off-putting smile. “I hope you’re doing well.”\n\n[[“I have to disappoint you a bit,” you force out a chuckle, “but honestly I can’t complain too much.”|Pleasantry1.1]]\n\n[[“As good as I can be with what my workload is looking like this semester.”|Pleasantry1.2]]

He looks completely lost now.\n\n“Think about it, man. The only way we can build a permanent structure in orbit is if we scientists triple- and quadruple-check everything. You’re on your way there with what you’re doing now, hombre!” You smile triumphantly at him. He looks like he understands at least why he’s doing what he’s doing now.\n\n[[Before you can keep going, you hear a knock on your office door.|Knock on door]]

“You should follow your own advice.” She gets up. “I’ll get you everything when I //originally// said I would.”\n\nShe storms out of your office. Maybe you didn’t hear exactly what she said last week. You’re tired and stressed beyond belief, so it’s certainly possible.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

“I’m still not seeing how this plan will keep me objective, especially knowing where it’s from.” She still looks worried.\n\n[["It is what it is."|Push]]\n\n[[“Maybe Simon’s lab could do with more //equal// treatment.”|fuckem]]

Lucy smiles warmly at you. “Please, come in,” she says, as she ushers you into her office.\n\nThe two of you briefly exchange pleasantries, updates on concerns beyond academia, and even a joke here and there. When there’s a break in the conversation, you ask:\n\n[[“So there’s some new paper you wanted me to look at, right?”|Logistics]]

“So, is that a yes?” Lucy perks up.\n\n[[“But wouldn’t I be taking advantage of my position given the subject matter? If I learned about novel solutions to the same problems I'm facing, it would be hard to pretend that I don't know about them until the work is published.”|well2]]\n\n[[“That’s a yes. You know more than me, so I trust your judgment on this.”|Convince]]

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">"That Whets The Wits"</span></div>\n\nWho do you want to play?<<if $theaGoodEnding < 1>> Act responsibly as Thea to unlock Lucy!<<else>><<endif>>\n\n[[Thea Phillips, graduate student|Thea]]\n\n<<if $theaGoodEnding > 0>>[[Lucy Milton, adviser|Milton]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as Thea to unlock this character.">Locked: Lucy Milton, adviser</span><<endif>>

This is easily in the top ten greatest inventions in human history. Top seven, maybe. The wealth of human knowledge that’s easily searchable is only getting bigger and this Google beta looks pretty promising. That search page is so //clean// compared to everything else. This can’t be something that blows up in our faces (as long as Y2K gets solved, that is).\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Yes...” She gulps.\n\n[[“Please, go on. That’s what we’re meeting about, right?”|startupproblems2]]

"Well, I have some concerns about the work in Dr. Barton's lab..."\n\nAh, so he's one of [[Ted Barton]]'s students. <<if $approachable > 0>>You've always had the impression that everything was going well in his lab, but if there are, in fact, misconduct problems brewing beneath the surface, you'd certainly want to know about them.<<else>>Which is strange to you, to say the least, as you'd always had the impression that everything was going well in his lab.<<endif>>\n\n[["There is some very good work being done in that lab."|maryam results][$approachable -= 1]]\n\n[["Is everything going okay?"|maryam okay][$approachable += 1]]\n\n[[Let Stefan continue talking.|maryam results]]

If someone had to describe your living situation, they’d probably call it bizarre, or even precarious. Your dishwasher has been broken since you moved in, but you thought the maintenance company would promptly fix it. Relying on paper plates didn’t sound so bad six months ago. Not only did they not fix the dishwasher, they insinuated that you didn’t need it to be fixed. \n\nThe best part of the whole situation is that your adviser Dr. Gilder’s family owns the building. Dr. Gilder himself has stressed his displeasure with “whiny” tenants, so you haven’t dared bring it up. There really needs to be a disclaimer somewhere for things like this on the contract...\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

RCR regulations require you to report instances of animal mishandling, even if said animals may not necessarily be in danger and the regulations seem to be unreasonably strict. As this scenario shows, it can be difficult to take on the responsibility of reporting, but passing said responsibility to others does not guarantee that the problem will get dealt with.\n\n<<if $preetaGoodEnding > 0 && $nickGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|animals]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|animals]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Select new scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

Dr. Molavi pauses. "Has your labmate made use of on-campus sexual harassment resources?"\n\nLeah hasn't, to your knowledge, said anything else to anyone. She didn't want to make such a big deal of it. You understand that, and yet, even if this isn't a reportable offense, it still skeeves you out.\n\n[["I'm not sure. But I'm still concerned about the data. What do you suggest I do about it?"|stefan what to do]]

You remember, in your time as a younger academic, being chastised by senior faculty for spending too much time helping students and not enough time doing your own research and publishing papers. It very nearly cost you your tenure review.\n\nThese days, it's not as if you don't care about the students -- far from it, in fact. But your responsibilities have only increased exponentially since then, and you know all too well that you can't be in so many places at once.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

“Oh, dammit.” He rubs his palms over his eyes. “I’ve been putting off other things because of this... Well, these things happen.”\n\nWell then, it doesn’t seem like he’s mad at you, so that’s a start. Maybe you can figure out a way to get things to him before the upcoming lab meeting.\n\n[[“I think I might be able to work something out to speed things up...”|fixit]]\n\n[[“We had a really short meeting last time. I don’t know if I was all that clear about what I’d actually have by now.”|miscomm]]

That said, your dissertation isn’t going to research itself and Lucy’s well aware of your struggles, so why does she want you to review this paper so much? You’ve never done this sort of thing before. What if you screw up?\n\n“Well? I can see the wheels turning back there.” Lucy’s warm eyes study you.\n\n[[“I’m not sure if I’m the right person for this. I’ve never done this before and I’m even having trouble with my own stuff. I don’t want to mess this up for everyone.”|Unconfident]]\n\n[[“I don’t know about doing this on top of trying to figure out my dissertation, but I’m flattered that you’re asking me! What’s this paper about anyways?”|whaddyasay]]

<<set $topic = random(0, 6)>>\s\n<<if $topic == 0>>\s\nHow much more can he have to say about the desert?\n<<else if $topic == 1>>\s\nBernie’s back to talking about Y2K.\n<<else if $topic == 2>>\s\nHe’s talking about //Half Life// again. God knows why.\n<<else if $topic == 3>>\s\nOh no, more about his time as an undergrad at Desert U.\n<<else if $topic == 4>>\s\nHe can talk //more// about Peyote?\n<<else if $topic == 5>>\s\nBernie’s a little too impressed by Google. It’s still in beta.\n<<else>>\s\nYeah, the idea of the International Space Station is cool... but how can he keep talking about it like this?\n<<endif>>\n\n[[You nod along with whatever he’s saying. It doesn’t matter anymore.|Eternal Diatribe][$sleep = false]]\n\n<<if $sleep == false>>[[You realize how exhausted you are and how now is a good time to catch up on some sleep.|Eternal Diatribe][$sleep = true]]\n<<else>>[[You keep sleeping as bits of what Bernie says reach your ears.|Eternal Diatribe]]\n<<endif>>\n[[//Screw this.//|okay screw this]]

“Even if I didn’t personally ask for repairs to something in the lab, I’d have known if anything needed it.” He glances downward. “What makes you think this piece of equipment was broken?”\n\n[[“Julian brought it up when you had him start helping me.”|you sure bro?]]

Ned doesn’t know that you’ve already conducted about half of the required interviews without waiting for the IRB approval. You weren’t entirely sure this was the right thing to do, but sitting around waiting didn’t feel like a great option.\n\nWhile it's almost certain that the approval will come eventually, telling him what you’ve done is maybe not the best move right now. Instead, you’re planning to ask him if you could start some “pilot” interviews for “practice” before the IRB approval comes back. It might be a way to keep the work you’ve already done, which will speed this diversion along so you can again focus on your actual research.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

He perks up at your reply. “That’s great to hear, Ned! This’ll save me a ton of time when we’re finally approved! I’ll already have quite a few done by then.” \n\nWell, then. He’s probably done at least a few interviews already. This could cause problems later, but maybe you’re worrying over nothing.\n\n[[“Brad, how are you going to have, as you say, ‘quite a few’ done?”|Neutral]] \n\n[[“How are you so sure there won’t be any discrepancies between the interviews you’ll be doing now and the ones after the IRB’s approval?”|K.Approval]]

Bernie’s been a great adviser. He just got tenure and he's had a steady stream of publications reporting some really impressive experiments. Usually he’s an extremely laid back guy, but lately he’s been hounding you about reproducing Gabriella’s work. Your meetings have often devolved into you attempting to explain in detail how difficult the task has proved to be -- that is, when Bernie isn’t launching into some tangent about the latest in current events or studies he read about. He’s even apparently assigned another grad student, Julian, to help you in the hopes of speeding things up. Needless to say, Julian wasn’t happy with Bernie’s decision.\n\nYou really want to stay on good terms with him, for practical and personal reasons. Some of those tangents have been fun and even inspiring and his enthusiasm has helped you a lot in getting //other// work done. But everything about your attempts to reproduce these results has you worried, even about the future of the lab and Bernie's career...\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Nick asks you the usual questions about how your research is progressing, which you either answer or vaguely handwave. Then, he leans forward and remarks, "I've noticed you've been spending time with the [[summer students]] in Dr. Prenlen's lab."\n\n[["They seem to be really excited about working on research with animals."|preeta students]]

RCR best practices show that the selection of authors for a paper, or the method and metrics that will be used to assess authorship after the work is completed, should be jointly agreed by all of the collaborators as soon as the group has decided on the assignment of responsibilities and workload for the authoring team. It can be difficult, as this scenario shows, to explicitly work out such details upfront, but relying on assumptions can lead to major interpersonal conflict later on.\n\n<<if $bensonGoodEnding > 0 && $yvonneGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|authorship]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|authorship]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Select new scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

You thank Yvonne again for her time and shakily leave her office. Maybe you’ll be able to actually have a conversation with Plottner, but it would have been nice to figure out what to do about the book chapter.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

At some point, the conversation shifts to Quinn's adviser, Bernie Scott. You work in Camille Fox's lab, so you don't really know Bernie that well on a professional level, but he's pretty much the epitome of "old hippie dude who thinks it's still the 1960s".\n\n[[...|erin intro 3]]

Quinn seems to really like and respect him, though, despite constantly mocking his more absent-minded mannerisms. "And just the other day, when Alex told him that the hood needed to be cleaned out, Bernie was like, I don't know, just pick up the bottles and put them in a box or something!"\n\n[["Whoa, that definitely can't be safe..."|erin safe]]

“Someone in our field has to review this thing, so it might as well be us, right?” Lucy’s been patient with you, but you can tell she wants a final answer. "I mean, they already asked me to review it."\n\n[[“If you say it’s okay, then how can I argue?”|Convince]]\n\n[[“I don’t think I can review this paper. I’m sorry for being so blunt, but it wouldn’t sit right with me to gain so much while holding this kind of power over someone else’s work.”|Wack]]\n\n[[“I agree with you that it’d be a great idea for me to review a paper, just not this one. I’m too biased. Is there anything else coming in I might be able to review instead? Taking my mind off of the machine learning stuff will probably help me, too.”|Else]]

“That shouldn’t be a problem. There’s nothing against taking inspiration from other people’s work.”\n\nIn most cases Lucy would be right, but doesn't seem like a typical case.\n\n[[“I don't think you get what I mean. What if by reading the paper, I found out something that I couldn't... un-know? Since it's an unpublished manuscript, wouldn't it be suspicious if I started using their techniques?”|well3]]

“I’m not trying to be vague, but I can’t be clear in the amount of time you’re giving me here.” She takes a deep breath. “I’m also going to need Jenny to be available for some of the later steps.”\n\nJenny is your post-doc, and she almost surely has enough on her own plate already.\n\n[[“Teresa, would it be possible for you to work on this yourself...”|independentButForced]]\n\n[[“I don’t want to hear about you asking around the lab for people to work on this with you...”|independentButForced]]

You catch a flash of a frown cross Lucy’s face.\n\n“We’re in a small field, Thea. We can’t help reviewing work done by people we know. There just aren’t enough researchers for complete impartiality right now.”\n\nLucy’s right about the problems with a budding field. As amazing as it is to be working on such wild new projects, you’ve heard of pretty much everyone else in the field. Maybe impartiality really is impossible...\n\n[[“You have a point...”|Next 2]]\n\n[[“I see...”|OtherOther]]

She sits quietly, thinking about how to answer. “He was great to talk to about questions I had about research and he was able to help me see things from an entirely different perspective. But now...” She bites her lip. “It feels like founding such a //successful// startup has gone to his head, and he’s more interested in micromanagement than anything else. He always had his own perspective, but this feels different.”\n\nYou have rarely talked with Garry about his research, though it’s clear that Aya, at least at one point, was taken by him and his ideas, regardless of his personality.\n\n[[“If you have more examples, please let me know. I want to help, but I need to understand the situation more fully.”|straightup]]

<<set $erinGoodEnding to 1>>"You think so, huh? Well, thanks. I really appreciate it."\n\n"Anytime," you reply, smiling. It's always good to be able to help out a friend, and besides, you can help shoulder the blame if things go badly for some reason or another. It's not like you have as much to lose, and you really do want Quinn to be able to feel safe in their lab.\n\n[[End scenario.|hazardous end]]

Simon Oakes is one of the handful of close colleagues that you have in your immediate field. You were graduate students at the same time, and now you're both up-and-coming professors, though he seems to be coming up a little faster than you. At conferences, you tend to meet up for lunch and drinks, and you're generally on good terms with him, even if the amount of work published from his lab has dwarfed your own. You have a recurring joke about how, without his lab, yours would be only a little pointless, instead of completely. \n\nThe couple of times you’ve made that joke to him after a few drinks, he’s been really supportive and reminded you that your department is much smaller. Still, the whole situation is frustrating. He does good work, but so do you.\n\n[[Back|2whaddyasay]]

Meetings, meetings, meetings. While they’re a drag sometimes, you’re a little glad to be graduate director again, since you get to see other graduate students in your department a little more often, even if it’s not always under the best of circumstances. You look back at the monitor on your desk and close a window with a record of Benson Lee’s past complaints. He’s your next meeting, and you recall him having some [[troubles|studentbackground]] with the department. \n\nYou hear a knock and speak in the direction of the door.\n\n[[“Benson, please, come in.”|greetings1]]

"Haha, I know. It's definitely not what we were told to do in our hazardous substances training." You collectively groan in recollection of said training -- to say it was utterly tedious would be a huge understatement.\n\n[[...|erin safe 2]]

Quint chuckles. “Oh, I know how that feels.”\n\nYou have a lot to deal with, and while your conversation with Quint hasn’t been unpleasant, it hasn’t really gone anywhere either.\n\n[[“There’s just so much right now! I never thought that me and my roommates even had this many dishes! Our dishwasher being broken and all hasn’t helped anything either.”|actualDishes]]\n\n[["It’s a pain but I’ll get it done at some point."|passive/optimistic]]\n<<set $dish to 0>>

Earlier today, you received an unusual email from your advisor, [[Lucy Milton|Jackson]]. She asked you if you’d be willing to review a paper she’d that been assigned to review. With your dissertation [[research|morning]] hanging over your head, you’re hesitant to take on more work, not to mention that you’ve never done this sort of thing before. That said, you’re more than a little proud she’d ask you to do this. A quick reply and a few hours later, and you find yourself waiting for Lucy outside of her office.\n\n[[The door opens.|Next 1]]\n

“It would be cool, but -- you’ve heard about Y2K, right? If we don’t do something about it... shit’s hitting the fan, man. We’re talking apocalyptic levels, like modern-society-ending levels...” He’s still looking off into space.\n\nYou still don’t have time for this, no matter how world-ending it might be. Besides, neither you nor Bernie can really do anything about it...\n\n[[“Sure... Bernie, listen--”|Diatribe 2][$n += 1]]\n\n[[“Mm. Yeah, I get that.”|Diatribe 2][$m += 1]]

“Actually, I didn’t. I never said I’d have final results by today." She looks like she’s getting frustrated. "I said I would //project// results by today.”\n\nIt appears that you’re going to have to sit on finishing the journal article until she gets you what she promised. Your deadline will pass, and you'll have to submit it somewhere else.\n\n[[“I’m pretty sure I remember you saying you’d have results by our next meeting.”|forcedCorner2]]

Stefan looks sheepish. "Okay, well, thanks for your time." He scoots away, leaving you to your work. Well, that was a close call.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

Even skimming through the drafts, it’s clear most of the work is his. Randal’s feedback appears to be clipped and not particularly helpful.\n\n“I can certainly see how much work you put into this.” You continue to flip through the five drafts.\n\n[[“Now, what do you want from me? I’m not going to pressure you into anything.”|nextstep]]\n\n[[“Did you ever bring this up with him?”|metwithhim]]

“None at all! These are the exact same questions that Katherine has been using.” He says this with absolute confidence. \n\nWhat harm could this actually do? Approval from the IRB is practically guaranteed here, and getting this project done will help all of you, Kathy included. Sure, this is a bit iffy but these are harmless interviews.\n\n“That sounds fine with me, then.” You say this even as you catch an undercurrent of worry in your voice.\n\nBrad thanks you profusely and the two of you talk about other things for a minute or two, before he leaves your office. You think you helped him out, but that worry in the back of your head hasn’t gone anywhere.\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

Professor Simon Oakes is one of Lucy’s colleagues in your field. Last year, you went to a conference for the first time, and Oakes was there too. From the interactions you saw there, he and Lucy seem friendly enough, but you've also heard from lab mates that there's something of a rivalry between the two. Both are rising stars in the field, but Oakes' star seems to be rising a bit faster and a bit higher.\n\n[[Back|Previous()]]

Dr. Molavi looks at you quizzically. "Has he said anything specifically discriminatory towards you?"\n\n[["No... he kind of just forgets I exist."|stefan forgets]]

“Vague? He had me working for months with crappy feedback and then he didn’t have the decency to give me credit for the work. What more do you want from me?” He stands up.\n\nThe stress has clearly gotten to him. What you’re actually capable of doing, which is frankly not much, won’t be what he needs to hear right now.\n\n[[“Benson, take a breath. Please, calm down.”|wasteoftime]]

You’re outside of your adviser’s office for a meeting about the project you’re working on.\n\nYou patched things up with your housemate Aya earlier in the week, which is super awesome! Randal has a new baby, again, super awesome! So much is happening! You feel like you could burst with all this excitement. But there’s also your project, which is in a... [[rough patch|projectinfo]].\n\nYou also happen to have a research [[fellowship|fellowshipinfo]] lined up for the summer. Stability can be really nice!\n\n[[You knock on the door frame.|seeplottner]]

“Oh, things are going about as well as can be expected.” You wish there was more time to actually prep for your class but, hey, at least it’s not a hiring year. \n\n“So how’s... what class are you teaching again? You need a... uh... TA next quarter?”\n\nQuite the way of asking that question. Clearly you should steer things toward the [[real reason|plottnerbackground]] for his being here.\n\n[[“Benson, you sounded like you had something serious you wanted to discuss.”|influencepoint]]

You discuss how little time you’ve had for your own research and dissertation work, both because of your time spent at the startup and because of the stress of your current living situation. Quint looks a bit distraught when you finish your story. He responds, “I’m sorry about how much you’re dealing with, and I’ll be sure to bring up what you’ve told me at our next department meeting.”\n\nYou might see something come of this but it’ll likely take a long time since the next department meeting isn’t for another month and this likely won’t be the highest priority topic. \n\n[[“I guess... talking with Dr. Gilder about this couldn’t hurt, even with his newfound business sense."|gilder1]]

“It’s more than him being callous. I don’t think he wants to admit that he forgot to give me credit on the book chapter he just published.” That felt good.\n\n“That sounds like a conversation you need to have with him. There isn’t much I can do.” She looks a little annoyed.\n\n[[“What? I just told you how I can’t get more than five minutes with him.”|confirmed]]\n\n[[“I know I’ve been rambling, but this is why I asked to meet with you.”|defending?]]

“I can never have more than a five-minute conversation with him. I feel like he’s even purposely avoiding me.”\n\nShe sighs. “He’s too busy for his own good. That, I can confirm. Has he really been ignoring you when you’ve had problems? I know he can be a bit callous.” \n\nMonths of frustration finally have an outlet.\n\n[[//He’s more than just busy or prickly.//|adviserhabits4]]

“Yeah. I think a lot of this comes down to how disorganized he is.”\n\nShe sighs. “Yes, he can be, but he has a lot of projects at the moment. That said, he really needs to remember he’s your adviser and that he needs to make time for you and his other students.” \n\nYvonne seems sympathetic to your situation, maybe she’ll be able to help sort out the real major issue if you keep talking. \n\n[[//Hmm, I was here about credit on the chapter...//|chaptertalk]]\n\n[[//If Plottner wasn’t allowing everything to be such a mess, I wouldn’t even be here!//|adviserhabits4]]

“I can’t say that I disagree.” Yvonne sighs. “Are you okay bringing up specifics?”\n\n[[//I have no idea how he was even able to get me that feedback on time. He doesn't keep a calendar, from what I can tell.//|adviserhabits2]]\n\n[[//The man never has time to actually have a conversation with me.//|adviserhabits3]]

She goes quiet at your words for several moments, thinking. Finally, she responds.\n\n“I agree with you that it’d be a great idea for me to do review a paper, but just not this one. I’m too biased. Is there anything else coming in that I might be able to review instead? Taking my mind off of the machine learning stuff would probably help me, too.”\n\n[[“Thea, I'm not trying to pressure you, to be clear. I'm just trying to help you here.”|2Wack]]\n\n[[“You have a good point there. I’m just trying to help you make progress on your dissertation, but you’re probably right that it could be a murky situation. I’ll look through the other papers that were assigned to me, to see if I find anything more suitable.”|2Else]]

He shrinks a little in his chair.\n\n“Actually, Yvonne, I don’t know how much this is something to bother you with.” He mutters.\n\n[[“Um...”|disbelief]]\n\n[[“Try me. You made it sound important in your email.”|brute]]

Quint raises an eyebrow. “What does Garry have to do with this?”\n\n[[“Apparently his family owns my apartment, and the landlord is his cousin or something.”|convo5]]

“Of course. Thank you for the help today, Dr. Quint...” Aya steps out of your office.\n\nShe was understandably nervous about the whole thing, but maybe pushing her a little more could have solved the problem today instead of whenever you two can meet again.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

You were in the local paper and everything. It was the first time the Department of Environmental Studies had appointed a woman, let alone an Iranian-American woman, as chair -- not that you wanted everyone to make such a big deal of it.\n\nIt's hard to believe it's been nearly two years.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

The words just kind of slipped out of your mouth.\n\n"Why not?" asks Dr. Molavi in response.\n\n[["He made a sexual advance towards one of my labmates."|stefan sexual]]\n\n[["I feel like he's uncomfortable around me because I'm transgender."|stefan transgender]]\n\n[["We just have really different personalities."|stefan personality]]

<<set $yvonneGoodEnding to 1>>You continue: “Once something is published, that’s that, really. I’m sorry. Randal is your adviser and //should// have talked with you about this over the months of authoring work you were doing.” You let out a sigh. “I should probably have another talk with him, but he's just my colleague.”\n\nYou return the drafts to Benson, and he thanks you before leaving your office. You hope this debacle doesn’t make him leave the program, but you really wouldn’t blame him if he did. Randal needs to pull himself together.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

You’ve been trying to get Randal to stop being such a sourpuss for years and it feels like you might be finally be succeeding at that. His demeanor has had an effect on your ability to work, to an extent. The last meeting you had with Randal felt a little too short for you to actually get your point across. From a recent email, it appears that Randal didn’t realize that what you were talking about last meeting was only what you were //hoping// to get as results, when really you hadn’t actually gotten any yet.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<<set $teresaGoodEnding to 1>>“That sounds workable.” While he still looks frustrated and stressed, it’s not as bad as usual. “Let me know if you need me to sign anything for the fellowship."\n\nAfter a contemplative pause, he adds, "I do want to say that I’ll be trying to give you all some more time for meetings down the road. I can’t make any promises for sure, but I don’t want this to happen again next year.”\n\nYou thank him and he gives you a small smile as you leave. Not necessarily the most pleasant meeting, but you feel relief about the current state of the project. More importantly, it seems like the lab might be in better shape next year. Today was pretty good, all things considered.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

A look of concern crosses her face. "What's wrong, Randal?"\n\n[[“You might have heard that getting tenure takes some of the pressure off being a faculty member. Whoever said that was lying. I can’t believe how many things I have in the air right now, on top of having to teach a massive introductory class.”|smollerTalk3.3]]\n\n[[“You know how little sleep I’ve been getting? Probably a lot less than you. Now imagine having to manage half a dozen students //and// teach a class of 300 some-odd in that state.”|smollerTalk3.5]]

Like so many humanists before her, Thea is attempting to unlock the hidden meanings latent in James Joyce's impenetrable //Finnegans Wake//, but her approach is totally different. Instead of dissecting the prose by hand, she is subjecting it to the latest computational techniques from machine learning. \n\nYou don't even understand the technical details, but it seems like an absolutely brilliant idea -- and one that could make her early career in the digital humanities.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“That’s why we planned it! I know housemates aren’t necessarily family, but having to sit down and talk with Aya reminded me of what my mom used to do with me when I wasn’t helping around the house.” She smiles to herself. “Anyway, I’m sure you have plenty that’s stressing you out. You want to talk about it?”\n\nShe’s right. It’s not fun to admit it, but she’s right.\n\n[[“You reminded me of what’s going on with my mother...”|smollerTalk3]]\n\n[[//==Whoever said you could coast after tenure was lying.==//|first_world_problem]]\n\n[[“Trying to keep a class of 300 some-odd students from going further off the rails is not something you want to do while sleep-deprived. Now add all the lab projects to that mess, most of which I pushed for...”|smollerTalk3.5]]

Quint discusses a few of the things that you and Dr. Gilder neglected to talk about before your assistantship started. Bsut before he can get to talking about possible solutions, he notices the time.\n\n“I’m sorry, Aya, but I have a meeting in a few minutes that I can’t miss. I do want to discuss this with you again. Can you send me an email with times that would work for you?”\n\n“Okay, I will. Thanks for listening, Dr. Quint.” \n\nYou get up and walk out of his office.\n\n[[...|outOfTimeED]]

<<set $maryamGoodEnding to 1>>An informal inquiry -- which will involve questioning other graduate students, as well as Ted himself -- is standard procedure to ensure that these sorts of complaints aren't groundless. It will take more of your time than you'd like, and may result in making you even less well-liked by students and faculty than you already are. You hope it's worth it.\n\n"Thank you," responds Stefan, as his face relaxes in visible relief.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

A few months ago you attended a departmental workshop for graduate students about proper research conduct. It all seemed sensible and even simple at the time, but you didn't really think the takeaways would ever apply to your experiences.\n\nMost of what was discussed is now buried under stress and your own research, but a quote stuck with you: //When finding yourself in a position of power in regards to another person’s work, the correct solution is almost always to relinquish that power.//\n\n[[...|Turning Point]]\n

RCR regulations require human-subject research projects to be approved by an IRB before they are conducted. However, as this scenario shows, logistical troubles and other complicating factors can make it difficult to carry out such projects in the proper way.\n\n<<if $nedGoodEnding > 0 && $bradGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|human subjects]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|human subjects]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Select new scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

“I didn’t think giving me credit was even a question. I put in the work! Shouldn’t my name be on the chapter, too?” This is the most worked up you’ve seen him.\n\n[[“I’m afraid you aren’t going to like what I’m about to say...”|propercredit]]

Erin sighs. "Okay, well... maybe you could talk to someone else in the lab you feel comfortable with, and talk to Bernie together. Have someone there for moral support."\n\n[["I guess I could talk to Leslie."|quinn leslie]]\n\n[["The other people in the lab aren't going to be all that helpful."|quinn know]]

“Pilot interviews? What do you mean?” He sits up straight again and his hands fall to his desk.\n\n“I was thinking, you know, once I get approval, it would be great if I could do these interviews as efficiently as possible. So why not do some pilot interviews to speed up the real ones?” You take a breath. “It would be a lot more productive than just waiting around playing hacky sack.”\n\nNed seems unsure. \n\n[[“If I practice doing interviews the way I proposed to the IRB, they would be legitimate too, right?”|PilotInterviewsContinued]]

Right now, you're in Nick's office -- that's Dr. Nick Adler, your adviser -- for your weekly meeting. There's a [[particular issue]] you're hoping to use this time to bring up with him. He looks up from his computer and greets you with a smile.\n\n"Hi, Preeta. How are things going?"\n\n[["Oh, not bad. The usual grind, you know."|preeta chitchat]]

“I can see that it’s a stressful situation.” Quint looks like he might go on, but you need to get more off your chest.\n\n[[“It really is! At this rate the dishes are going to hit the ceiling before the semester is over.”|dishwasher]]\n<<if $dish is 1>>\n[[“Uh-huh. Speaking up to Dr. Gilder is really difficult.”|dishwasher]]\n<<else>>\n[[“Uh-huh. Speaking up to Dr. Gilder is really difficult.”|gilder1]]\n<<endif>>

As for how you feel about Ted personally... well, you wouldn't say you're particularly close. You've always believed in keeping your work life separate from your personal life, and to be honest, his overly-friendly demeanor makes you a little uncomfortable... but everyone else seems to adore him, so you figure it's just you.\n\n[[Back.|maryam problem]]

“Is everything okay with you? You’ve looked like you’re running ragged for a while.” She looks genuinely concerned.\n\nThere’s very little that’s actually going particularly well for you right now, but this is not the time or place for divulging that.\n\n[[“I’m fine. Just tell me about these results.”|meeting2.5]]\n\n[[“I’ll be okay, I think. But please, tell me about how you’re doing with the project.”|meeting2.5]]

Quint eyes you. “Very true, but you still seem like you have a decent idea of where you stand.”\n \nHe couldn’t be more wrong. You never thought you’d be in this situation, even after Brook left. And you can tell you’re now walking into something with major and lasting repercussions. \n\n[["About that..."|convo2]]

“Your landlord sounds interesting,” Quint muses.\n\n[[“Yeah. I’d talk to Dr. Gilder about it, but it’d be awkward given the circumstances.”|convo4]]

“Oh?” Quint focuses on you more intently than before. “Please speak your mind. I’m here to help as best I can.”\n\n<<if $focus is 1>>[[“Well... it’s about my involvement with Dr. Gilder’s startup."|startUp]]\n<<set $focus += 1>>\n<<else>>[[“I’m not sure how I should be balancing my dissertation project and my work with Golden Green Technologies.”|startUpPassive]]\n\n[[“Just discussing my research and Dr. Gilder’s company would be helpful.”|startUpPassive]]\n<<endif>>

"All right. If you say so."\n\nThe two of you go back to discussing your own research, and you figure that it's probably for the best that it doesn't go further than that. Dr. Prenlen's problems are, after all, Dr. Prenlen's problems.\n\n[[End scenario.|animals end]]

“Since you’re not sure what you should be doing -- and frankly I’m a little fuzzy on it myself -- go talk to someone from the IRB. They might be able to tell you why things are taking so long. Maybe bring up Kathy already having approval for this at Desert U. I can’t guarantee it’ll help, but it’s worth a shot.” You pause and look at Brad, who seems a little taken aback at your response. “Talking to people is a big part of their job and they can do a much better job at explaining the process than I can.” \n\nHe looks understandably disappointed for a moment, but then he lightens up.\n\n[[...|Help2]]

Well, great. Now you're being shuffled off to the dean. It's just like whenever you have to fill out paperwork and have to go all the way from one building to another just to find someone, anyone, who knows what they're doing. You wonder whether it's still worth it to even bother reporting this. Maybe you shouldn't be making it into such a big deal.\n\nYou thank Dr. Molavi for her time and leave her office.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

"I would put these personal matters out of your mind and talk to Dr. Barton; it could just have been a simple mistake."\n\nWell, that does it. You knew this was going to be a pointless waste of time for both of you. You feel embarrassed, like you shouldn't have said anything at all.\n\n[["Okay, well, thanks for your time."|stefan give up]]

“Why, oh why, did I ever choose this godforsaken book?” This has been your refrain for the last three months. Like many others, you're enthralled by James Joyce's //Finnegans Wake// and its seemingly infinite depths, but you’re starting to wonder if you're //that// enthralled. Your project is to extract its hidden meanings through the use of the latest techniques from machine learning, but nothing you've tried has turned up anything sensible. Lucy keeps telling you that how cutting-edge your work is, how no one else in the digital humanities is using deep learning, but your doubt about the project’s feasibility is starting to set in hard. \n\nYou spent most of last night trying, and failing, to make any progress, eventually giving up and playing //PUBG// for three guilty hours. \n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Alright then. I hope they get back to you soon. I know you’re frustrated, but it’s for you as much as it is for the participants and the school.” \n\n“Thanks, Ned.” You get up and leave his office.\n\nYou feel a bit guilty but at least you don’t have to deal with any qualms Ned might have had about your... initiative. Really, once you get IRB approval for exactly what you did, what’s the difference?\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

Lucy Milton is probably an angel in disguise, or at least some faintly celestial being. She’s one of those professors who will always make time for her students, graduate or otherwise, and makes a point of letting you all know how much she wants to help. The encouragement around submission deadlines for journals and conferences are especially nice.\n\nThrough her approachability and openness, you’ve noticed that she's maybe a little less polished than you’d expect from a tenure-track professor. You always feel like she’s hesitant to give you criticism, since she almost always leaves double the number of positive comments as critical ones. Still, the critique she provides is very insightful and worth the digging through the heaps of praise to find. \n\n[[Back|Next 1]]

“Having a new baby is a lot of it... but as you might know, my mother isn’t doing that well either.” He looks a little relieved telling you this.\n\nThe two of you talk more about the stress of having a child and what it’s like caring for a sick family member, until you’re about to get to the project. But then Benson shows up for Randal's next meeting, and you realize it is too late.\n\n[[“I'll be wishing for the best, Randal!”|runitdownalt]]

It's rather hard not to spend time with said students -- they're right next door and you share a break room and kitchen, after all. Still, you've come to rather like Annie, Farnaz, and Soledad -- all three of them happen to be bright, inquisitive young scholars who remind you a lot of yourself at that age.\n\n[[...|summer students 2]]

“What do you think?” Lucy’s still watching you expectantly.\n\nShe’s right, reading this paper could help you get out of your rut, and she certinaly seems confident about the whole thing. You don’t want to turn her down, right?\n\n[[“Um... I have no idea how I could review this objectively.”|Plan]]\n\n[[“I don't know... I’m still feeling uncomfortable about this whole thing.”|Uncomfortable]]\n\n[[“I think you’re right! Besides, I need all the help I can get right now.”|Super]]

<<set $nickGoodEnding to 1>>"Thank you." Preeta looks visibly relieved.\n\nYou've never had to do this before, and part of you wonders whether you're just being vindictive towards Dr. Prenlen. But you know that the repercussions would be even more severe if you knew about an instance of misconduct and didn't say anything. So, you hope for the best.\n\n[[End scenario.|animals end]]

“Yeah, Bernie, you did. Look, I don’t like being the one to do this, but there’s too much to ignore.” He looks you in the eye.\n\n[[“Then lay it on me man.”|Go on]]

“What does that mean?” She asks.\n\n“I’ll talk with the rest of the department about it... and then we'll confront Dr. Gilder directly. It would be great if you could gather other graduate students at the startup who could come talk to us before then.”\n\n“...I don’t know about this. What about my appointment?”\n\n[["I’ll do everything to make sure this won’t affect your career."|dealtwith]]\n\n[["If you want the matter dropped... consider it dropped."|dropped]]

Dr. Ted Barton is undoubtedly the department's young hotshot professor, what with his serving on so many prominent national committees as one of the premier researchers on climate change. His gregarious and sociable nature have only helped his popularity with students and faculty in your department. If he hadn't declined the position, he would certainly be department chair instead of you.\n\n[[...|Ted Barton 2]]

After getting to know Preeta over the past year, you've found her to be quite an asset to the lab, not only as a strong scientist but also as a much-appreciated social presence: she is friendly and approachable in a way you find refreshing, given the often-stale workaholic environment you've come to grudgingly accept around these parts.\n\nShe's been seeming uncharacteristically distracted and worried lately, though.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

To the world beyond your university, Randal Plottner is an internationally respected expert often cited in the //New York Times// and the //Wall Street Journal//. To you, though, he’s a boorish man who has far too much power over your time and work. He’s not someone you want to cause trouble with, but the lack of any credit on the book chapter //you// wrote most of isn’t something you want to drop.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Very good work... well, that depends how you put it. Dr. Barton's work has certainly been advancing the climate change movement. But whether he's been coming by his results honestly and scientifically... well, that's a different story entirely.\n\n[[...|very good work 2]]

He stops fiddling with the bag and lets out a sigh. “I’m going to be brutally honest. Working with Plottner for the last couple months has been awful. He’s like what would happen if a hurricane was turned into a person.”\n\nFair. Very fair.\n\n[[“I know it’s tempting to just sit and vent about Randal, but is that all you want to do for now?”|straightforward]]\n\n[[“I can’t that say I entirely disagree with your appraisal.”|plottnergossip3]]

“Right? He’s disorganized beyond belief, but still acts like he’s God’s gift to the department or something.” He laughs a little. “I think he’s been late to every meeting I’ve ever had with him.”\n\nThis sounds exactly like what you and your colleagues in the department have been dealing with for years. It’s not good that he’s treating everyone badly, but at least you all can commiserate together.\n\n[[“Don’t get me started, this one time...”|offtopicend]]\n\n[[“I understand, I really do. But is there something else that you would like to talk about?”|complainttalk]]

<<set $ayaGoodEnding to 1>>Quint rubs his forehead, but he looks more positive than he has for most of your discussion. “Okay. I can contact a member of the oversight committee, then. Thank you for stopping by.”\n\nYou agree to have Quint contact a committee member and leave his office, feeling some of the tension and stress disappear. While this won’t be solved over night, and while Dr. Gilder likely won’t be happy about your decision, at least you’re trying to solve the problem and do the right thing.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

Teresa’s basically your foil. She’s a bubbly social butterfly who’s decided to be the lab’s resident party planner, putting on events at least once a week and inviting you to every single one. \n\nHer approach to graduate school is strange as well, trying to get as many people on projects as she can. She really could stand to learn some independence.\n\nShe’s also decided that you should know about things in her personal life, including complaints about her housemate Aya and their landlord, Garry Gilder, who's awkwardly also a fellow professor in the department. You aren’t particularly interested in any of this, and you simply aren't one to provide sympathy over petty issues. You're a scientist, and she's supposed to be one too.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Plus, as an international student -- and a female international student, at that -- you know quite well that it can be hard to fit in among all these white men in the department. In a way, you've made it your personal mission to increase diversity in your field, and what better way to do so than mentoring undergrads?\n\n[[Back.|preeta chitchat]]

“Then you should be more up front about things like that.” It looks like his mood is starting to return to his usual bluster. "There's no time for chit-chat in these short meetings."\n\n[[“I understand that, and I understand that you have a lot on your plate, but ten minutes isn’t enough for me to give you a useful update and to be clear about everything.”|miscomm2]]

“You see? It’s probably not that useful to do pilot interviews, unless you can be sure that you'll do them according to IRB rules.” You let out a sigh.\n\nBrad finishes scribbling his notes. “I think I understand now. Thanks, Ned.” You finish the meeting on a lighter note, and Brad shows you his new hacky sack.\n\nYou feel good about yourself as a mentor. Your explanation was as good as talking to someone from the IRB, really. You might’ve been a little rusty, but you got the point across pretty damn well. And that’s all that matters, right?\n\n[[...|NotQuiteTheRightThing2]]

Tripp looks like he’s thinking about saying something, but doesn’t. You might as well tell him why what he’s doing is so important. \n\n[[“We’re at the threshold of a new era. Exciting times, dude. If we want to make it there smoothly, we need to be careful. That’s why you’re doing what you’re doing right now, man. You’re helping usher in the 21st century.”|Science!]]

Aya lets out a sigh. “I should be fine. It’ll be a struggle, but isn’t it always?”\n\n\n[["Are you sure? Remember, there are things beyond your research that can be a problem."|prettyrelated]]\n\n[["Talking through that struggle can help a ton."|absolutelyunrelated]]

“I never feel like I have enough time for all of what I’m supposed to be doing.” \n\nYou catch the unease in her voice.\n\n[[“I should warn you, that doesn’t get much better as time goes on.” You try and emphasize the humor in the circumstances. “Remember that part of why we’re meeting is to discuss problems that you may be facing in addition to your research.”|prettyrelated]]\n\n[[“We all have that feeling from time to time. I’m glad you’re able to talk about it. That by itself can help.”|absolutelyunrelated]]

She lets out a nervous laugh. “I’m managing, I guess. It’s going slower than I’d like, but I’ll get there eventually.”\n\nThat’s nothing too unusual. Research isn’t easy, after all. You hope what happened last year won’t repeat itself. The department is still trying to figure out how to avoid that again.\n\n[[“That doesn't sound like anything out of the ordinary. I'm sure I've said those exact words dozens, if not hundreds, of times before.”|smalltalk3]]\n\n[[“Are you worried about not finishing on time?”|smalltalk4]]

“I have to disappoint you a bit,” Aya forces a chuckle, “but honestly I can’t complain too much.” \n\nGraduate school is never easy, but it doesn’t seem like Aya is doing too badly. At least on the surface, it doesn’t look as bad as what happened last year.\n\n[[“I’ve been in your position, so I know there’s always something that could be better. But it seems to me that you’ve figured out your limits.”|smalltalk3]]\n\n[[“So, how's the dissertation looking? On track for the end of the year? If it isn’t too taboo a subject to broach.”|smalltalk4]]

“Thea, how do you think I learned this, or how any other professors, for that matter? We all had to take the plunge at some point.” Lucy flashes a coy smile. “Besides, you’re the perfect person to be reviewing this.”\n\n[[“How so?”|whaddyasay]]

He's actually late, you realize. You’ve gone a minute or two over the time you scheduled. Teresa didn’t notice, and she even looks like whatever problem she had earlier might have been solved with how much she’s smiling. "We're just wrapping up here, Benson."\n\n[[...|timesUp2]]

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">"Scatter Plott"</span></div>\n\nWho do you want to play?<<if $teresaGoodEnding < 1>> Act responsibly as Teresa to unlock Randal!<<else>><<endif>>\n\n[[Teresa Boyle, graduate student|Boylestart]]\n\n<<if $teresaGoodEnding > 0>>[[Randal Plottner, adviser|Plottnerstart]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as Teresa to unlock this character.">Locked: Randal Plottner, adviser</span><<endif>>

“Tripp, you haven’t told me anything yet that would make what you’ve said more than a he-said-she-said situation.” You glance at the clock. “I hate to do this, but I need to kick you out for another meeting. For now, just keep working on those results. I believe in you, man!”\n\nHe doesn’t say anything as he leaves. He did have a point. If he’s wrong, nothing bad will happen. Just a bit of time being eaten up. But if Tripp is right... He can’t be though...\n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

“Um... I have no idea how I could review this objectively.” She looks a little surprised still.\n\nObjectivity is essentially a given in peer review, so her question is a little perplexing. Still, it’s a good that she's asking and you’d expect nothing less from her. This will be a teachable moment.\n\n[[“Thea, there are steps to being impartial in this type of situation. You don’t need to worry about where this paper is from.”|2Plan]]\n\n[[“Our field’s so small we’d never publish anything if we avoided reviewing the work of people we know.”|SmallField]]\n\n[[“It’s simple, you don’t. Between you and me, I don’t think Oakes’ lab needs any special favors from us.”|fuckem]]

“Neither of us was taking out the garbage, and not all of the garbage was even making it all the way into the bin. This was after we’d been passive-aggressively writing each other reminders about it for months, by the way.” She chuckles to herself at the absurdity. “After talking with you, I finally sat down with her and we talked through the whole thing." She sighs. "But anyways, do you have anything you want to get off your chest?” \n\nYou do. A lot. But what’s appropriate to share with her?\n\n[[//==My mother's not doing well at all...==//|too_sensitive]]\n\n[[...|smollerTalk2.1]]

Once you start talking about what it’s been like watching your mother’s condition deteriorate over the last couple years, it’s hard to stop, in no small part because of Teresa’s constant empathizing. The two of you talk more about caring for family members and you learn that she took care of her grandmother before she passed. You are actually making a bit of a connection.\n\n[[Benson shows up for your next meeting.|timesUp]]

“Go on.” He’s taken on a far more serious air than before. \n\n[["Well, Dr. Gilder's family owns the apartment complex I live in. Things there aren't exaclty... superb."|minorRemark]]\n\n[["There's some smaller things that get me, but my biggest issue has to do with how my time spent with this startup is directly affecting work on my dissertation."|majorRemark]]

"I don't mean to be a boring killjoy," you continue, "but [[someone could get hurt]]."\n\nQuinn scoffs. "Enh, I know exactly how this conversation would go over, and it wouldn't go well. Bernie would just be like, 'don't worry about it, I've been running this lab for decades and no one's ever gotten hurt!'"\n\n[["Just because no one's ever been hurt, doesn't mean no one will get hurt."|erin no one]]\n\n[["Even if no one's been hurt, the administration's still been cracking down on safety violations lately."|erin violations]]\n\n[[Drop the subject.|erin nothing]]

“Then that should have been the thing you focused on right off the bat. I'm totally blocked on this journal article without your work.” His voice is steadily rising.\n\nWell if he wasn’t so focused on getting what he wanted and kicking you out for his next meeting, he’d have heard what you said.\n\n[[“Randal, if all I did was lead with that, we wouldn’t have gotten to anything else. I can’t give you everything in the amount of time you’re allowing.”|plottnerblowup]]

Yeesh, this [[set of interviews|project 1]] has been kind of a nightmare. Your adviser, Ned Prescott, said he put you on it for //experience//. Really, it’s a favor Ned’s doing for his colleague at another university, Katherine Armsfield. Rumor has it he's in love with her. Whatever the case, Ned says that this project should be your priority, even though your own research is way more interesting.\n\nThe worst part is that it's summer. All your roommates are busy having fun, while you're stuck working on this project. It's paying the bills, but you'd just like to get it over with as soon as possible.\n\n[[...|Medias Res]]

"You know what? It's not important. I probably made a mistake. Thanks for your time."\n\nYou walk out of there, completely flustered. Going through all that for just a little bit of fudged data doesn't seem worth it. At least you're still advancing climate change awareness, so that's something.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

<<set $bernieGoodEnding to 1>>Once he’s gone, you make a note to do two things as soon as possible: draft an email to a university committee that handles reports of misconduct, and start preparations to retract the journal article. \n\nThis is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better, but if someone outside of the lab had caught this it would be even worse.\n\nSuddenly, Gabby arrives for your next meeting... \n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">"The Golden Boy"</span></div>\n\nWho do you want to play?<<if $ayaGoodEnding < 1>> Act responsibly as Aya to unlock Curtis!<<else>><<endif>>\n\n[[Aya Gamal, graduate student|Aya Gamal]]\n\n<<if $ayaGoodEnding > 0>>[[Curtis Quint, graduate director|Curtis Quint]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as Aya to unlock this character.">Locked: Curtis Quint, graduate director</span><<endif>>

That's basically the extent of it. He's all buddy-buddy with all your cis male labmates, and Leah, being the only woman in the group, gets, well, creeped on. But you? It's like he goes out of his way not to have to talk to you.\n\n"I'm sure he doesn't mean it," Dr. Molavi says, trying to reassure you. "It might be a good idea if you took the initiative to meet with him and discuss your concerns constructively."\n\n[["Okay, well, thanks for your time."|stefan give up]]

“I don’t want to suggest that you're, like, making excuses or something, but you know how these electronic records can be. They probably just lost Gabby’s order, or maybe they didn’t even record it.” He leans back in his chair again.\n\n[[“Yeah, it wouldn’t surprise me if they were as bad at archiving orders as they are at making sure we get our reimbursement on time.”|doubt]]\n\n[[“I’d agree with you if I hadn’t found out some of the equipment Gabriella used was broken while she was working with them.”|broken machine]]

These inspections are far too frequent. How can I do quality work under such constant fetters? \n\n"Let me know if I can help you in any way."\n\n[[Replay scenario.|bonus]]\n\n[[Play a different scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Go back to title screen.|title-screen]]

"Am I supposed to walk into the lab and be like 'HEY EVERYONE! Stop what you're doing and clean everything up! With proper safety procedures!'" Okay, that's an overdramatic way of putting it, but no matter how you phrase it in your head, you still sound ridiculous.\n\n"Maybe it would be better to have a one-on-one conversation with Bernie about it," Erin suggests in an attempt to be helpful.\n\n[["What if he decides to hate me?"|quinn hate]]\n\n[["I don't even know what I'd say."|quinn say]]

Furthermore, from your own training, you know that animals can only be kept in the approved area on the third floor, and not in Dr. Prenlen's lab. Although you've seen the guinea pigs in question and they looked to be well cared for (thank goodness) the situation still makes you nervous.\n\n[[Back.|preeta intro 2]]

You talk at length about your seeming inability to quite fit in at the startup and how the work has been fairly rote compared to your dissertation work. Quint looks pleased at your mention of enjoying research. \n\n“Academia is certainly one path beyond graduate school, and if that’s what you want to do, then by all means pursue it. I should remind you that academic jobs, especially tenure-track positions, aren’t easy to get, but that shouldn’t stop you from working towards it.” He lets out a sigh. “And money is tight everywhere.”\n\nMoney. It’s always money and one particularly bearded problem is the source of some of your financial woes.\n\n[[“I’ve noticed. Our lab is practically a satellite of Dr. Gilder’s company and he’s an... interesting boss.”|gilder1]]

<<set $focus to 0>><<set $dish to 0>>Fifth year. You hoped this would be your last and that your dissertation would be coming together, paving the way for a comfy tenure-track faculty position somewhere down the road. Slightly fewer worries about funding from quarter to quarter, more work on //your// research projects, and no more of [[this startup business|Startup]].\n\n[[...|Aya Gamal 2]]

“Remember how I said at our last meeting that I had projected some results? It’s still looking like those will be accurate, but...” She fidgets and doesn’t look like she’s going to volunteer much else.\n\n[[“So you aren’t getting me anything today? Why am I not surprised.”|independentBad]]\n\n[[“Are you telling me you over-promised on what you could deliver?”|forcedCorner]]

Ah, summer session. You hoped that after a gruelling full year of coursework and research, the comparative lack of structure during the summer would provide a welcome respite, but it seems you're just as busy as before. It's funny how work has a way of stretching out to fill whatever time it's given.\n\n[[...|preeta intro 2]]

“Thea, there are steps to being impartial in this type of situation. You don’t need to worry about where this paper is from. We’re in such a small field that we can’t help but know whose work we’re reviewing.”\n\n[[“I see...”|Planplan]]\n\n[[“I don’t know, Lucy. Don't our labs have a bit of a rivalry going? Can I really be objective?”|Other]]

“I could have asked someone else to do this, but I picked you, since you’re the one closest to this paper’s subject matter. It’s okay to be nervous.” She smiles confidently at you. “I’ve been doing this for a while and we just have to accept situations like this. We aren’t doing anything wrong.”\n\n[[“Alright, thanks for the clarification, Lucy.”|Super]]\n\n[[“I still have some questions... I’m just trying to figure out what they are. Something about all of this just makes me uncomfortable.”|Uncomfortable]]

<<set $quinnGoodEnding to 1>>It's true that everyone in the lab is super focused on work (when they're not throwing parties, that is) but if there's anyone you could talk to who might be able to understand, it's Leslie.\n\nYou thank Erin for the advice and go on to talking about more fun things. You dread the difficult conversations ahead, but hey, they're going to have to happen at some point.\n\n[[End scenario.|hazardous end]]

“You’re working at his startup this semester, if I’m not mistaken. Exciting times! That company has been great for the department. Not problem-free, mind you, but it’s a great opportunity right?” Veiled behind his optimism, you hear a hint of worry.\n\nOf course he sounds pleased. Dr. Gilder's company has become a major source of funding for the department. \n\n[["I guess, its just... well, the stress of keeping everything in the air can get to you sometimes."|convo1.5]]

He looks a little confused.\n\n“You know about [[Y2K]], right? It’s sort of like what you’re doing now. You’re making sure what Gabby did is reproducible and those programmers are working to make sure we can keep using computers and [[the internet|Information Super-Highway]] at the turn of the millennium.” You pause and it looks like you’ve made a bit of an impression on Tripp. \n\n[[He still looks skeptical, though.|Ethos of Silence]]

"Well, there actually is an issue I'm wondering about." Preeta takes a deep breath. "I remember from my animal subjects training in fall quarter that animals are only allowed to be kept in the approved area on the third floor. I don't know if you are aware, but Professor Prenlen keeps the guinea pigs in unused cages in his own lab."\n\n[["This sounds like a serious problem."|nick serious]]\n\n[["Do the animals seem to you like they're being mistreated?"|nick mistreated]]

“Well...” he gulps. “...I’m starting to wonder if Gabriella actually managed to do this in the first place...”\n\nYou definitely weren’t expecting something like that, especially not from Tripp. While you have to at least give him some props for the excuse, it’s not something to toss around lightly.\n\n[[“Tripp, man. That’s a serious bomb you just dropped. Like, wow. Those results have been reviewed and published. You’re going up against more than just Gabby’s word by saying that.”|Still fishy]]

“Come on in, Teresa.” Randal pokes his head out into the hall, glancing down the hallway in each direction.\n\nYou sit down, a little nervous by his demeanor, as he walks back to his desk. He asks brusquely, “So how do the results look?”\n\n[[...|seeplottner2]]

“Like I said last time, by the next lab meeting...” Her voice lowers. “Though that is assuming that Jenny can find some time to guide me through a few of the later steps.”\n\n[[“I don’t know why you think I should let you pull in a post-doc to hold your hand.”|independentBad3]]\n\n[[“Why do you always need to pull in more help? Part of being a graduate student is learning how to fix your own problems.”|independentBad3.5]]

“My living situation is... difficult, to say the least. I haven’t been able to keep up with things. Dishes, especially.”\n\nDishes probably aren't the real issue... but if she needs to vent, she needs to vent.\n\n[["Oh, I know how that feels."|apartjunk2]]

You lecture her for the rest of the meeting about needing to be able to work independently, occasionally throwing in a reference to your own time as a graduate student. When you finish, she quietly tells you that she’ll get you the results as soon as possible. She leaves your office.\n\nYou probably convinced her to try things your way, but you’ll be lucky if that lasts to the end of the project. You also took over the meeting, even after she brought up the //possibility// that you misunderstood her last time. Maybe she had a point...\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

Back when you had your first undergrad research position in Dr. Marković's lab, you grew quite fond of one of the lab rats, even going so far as to call him George. It didn't go well. Royson, one of the grad students supervising you, tisk-tisked you for crying over the little rat's death, and you were never quite sure if it was for acting unprofessional or acting like a sissy. It was probably both.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

Your fellowship will allow you to continue your research over the summer without having to worry too much about funding for the period. Even if it’s not a massive amount, significantly less than you’d be making at an internship in industry, it might help you catch up on some of the things that you’ve had to put on hold for various academic and social reasons.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“Uh, that's one way to put it.” You can’t remember ever seeing him look nervous.\n\nMaybe there’s something wrong. Do you want to walk into what might be a minefield?\n\n[[“Is everything okay? You look... worried.”|plottnervent]]\n\n[[“I remember hearing that playing music around babies is really good for their development. Especially classical!”|babydistract]]\n

“I'm sorry, I lost track of time...” You compose yourself again.\n\n“Don’t worry about it! I’m glad we got to talk, thanks for letting me push it back to summer!” She leaves your office looking recharged, and you feel better too. What a strange meeting. But what did she mean about pushing it back to summer?\n\nWhile you’re feeling a lot better now that you were able to talk about some of the things weighing on you, Teresa didn't hand off any results and the meeting seems to have ended with another misunderstanding.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

“Lucy!” Thea shouts and you catch a bit of hurt on her face as she speaks. “You seriously just said I should plagiarize someone else’s work? Or stall them publishing this paper?”\n\n[[“Wait, Thea. That isn’t what I meant.”|toolate]]

“About that...” Aya is clearly nervous. This must be why she’s been a little evasive.\n\n[["Oh? Please, speak your mind. I’m here to help as best I can."|gilderdifficult]]\n\n[["Is it something related to Garry’s startup that’s bothering you?"|startupprobs]]

“...I was, well, hoping you could talk to Plottner about this...” He nervously fiddles with his bag. “I //really// don’t want to piss him off. Couldn’t you leave me out of this?”\n\n[[“Are you telling me you two never had a conversation about credit for this?”|credittalk]]\n\n[[“I’ll see what I can do.”|foolserrand]]

“You have a point!” Thea’s expression darkens. “Wait. Are you suggesting that we actively screw over Oakes’ lab?”\n\n[["Well..."|holyshitwhatswrongwithyou]]\n\n[[“I’m sorry, that was a bad joke. Simon’s lab is just really prominent is all, and we’re stuck here given how small this field is.”|SmallField]]

“...To be honest, I don’t really know anymore. I did a bunch of drafts, but I didn’t see the final product so I can’t be sure how much of what I wrote made it in.” \n\n“I understand, and especially given some of your earlier experiences in the department, I wish that you hadn't gone through this. This isn’t a simple problem so, please, talk to me.” Her voice is reassuring.\n\n[[//If Plottner could actually manage his time, I wouldn’t be here right now!//|adviserhabits3]]\n\n[[//Does she think this is like my other complaints?//|deflect4]]

You detail how little time Dr. Gilder has left you for your dissertation work with his ambitious work schedules. Quint seems aware of more than just Brook quitting the program. Judging by the reaction, he’s taking everything at least as seriously as you. \n\nYou also mention that you were told to charge purchases for the startup to your student account. A grave expression crosses his face when you finish.\n\n[[“I guess I should ask: what now?”|conflictAbtRole]]

The interviews themselves have been easy enough: set up a camcorder and then ask questions and take notes. The real problem is the IRB. You submitted the necessary paperwork months ago, but you haven’t heard anything definitive since then. This entire project should really be exempt, because of the minimal risk to the participants, but the IRB people obviously disagree. What makes it all the worse is that Katherine has already had approval for this project for years, at Desert U. Apparently approval doesn’t cross-pollinate across institutions.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

That would be Dr. Ted Barton, climate change scientist and activist extraordinaire. The man you always said you wanted to be when you grew up.\n\nUntil, y'know, you got to know him.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

“Well, when I brought up stuff about my dissertation with him before, he told me to be more responsible with my time.”\n\nWhen the department agreed to allow Garry to do these split-appointment internships it was with the understanding that the graduate students would be still be students first, not his personal worker bees. This isn’t a problem that has a simple or clean solution.\n\n[[“Has Garry asked you to do anything for the startup that seemed odd?”|account]]

"Well, thats good to hear." He nods.\n\n[[“Yup. Shame that our landlord saw the state of the kitchen though. We got a lecture about cleanliness while he was wearing a shirt covered in mustard stains.” You show a faint smile.|convo3]]

"They seem to be really excited about working on research with animals," she remarks. "One of them did that whole 'name all the guinea pigs' thing that all the new people always do."\n\nYou laugh. "Ah yes, until [[they all die]] for the first time. Those were the days."\n\n[["Has Professor Prenlen... said anything about your involvement with the students?"|nick prenlen]]

<<set $trippGoodEnding to 1>>Bernie’s eyes light up. “When you put it like that... yeah, you’re right, man. You really are. I don’t want to think about what would happen if someone else found out about this. Gabby, dude, what the hell!" I’ll try and set up something with the university folks this week.”\n\nYou feel a wave of relief wash over you as Bernie starts typing out an email. As he pecks at the keyboard, you wish him good luck and leave the office. You're still apprehensive, but now you might actually be able to get some sleep. If what you suspect is true, this won’t be good for the lab. The journal article will need to be retracted and Gabriella would likely be sanctioned. But the alternative is to hope no one else finds out, and that would risk everyone’s careers.\n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

“I understand, but you need to talk to him.” Yvonne doesn’t have time to acquiesce and shoos you out of the office so that she can get her things together for her class. \n\nYou leave embarrassed at how everything turned out. You shouldn't have used up your entire meeting //that you requested// to complain about Plottner. It might have been cathartic, but it was not productive.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

It's really amazing to realize that the brash, skirt-wearing, pink-haired loudmouth in front of you was once a shy nerd who only dressed in dark, baggy clothes and blended in with the scenery. You're proud of how much happier and comfortable with themself they are now, but even more so, you're proud to be their friend.\n\n[[Back.|erin intro]]

The last few months have been fruitless. To start, you had to order a considerable amount of material for the reproduction efforts, and it didn’t look like any of what you’d ordered had been in the lab recently. You even asked the department’s business manager about it, but according to the electronic purchasing records, no one in your lab or the department had placed an order in a few years.\n\nTo make everything worse, you discovered that some of the equipment necessary to conduct the experiment in the first place had apparently been broken during the time Gabriella had been working on it.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“I do. But I think it might be better to discuss the situation I’m in right now.” You hear your voice waver.\n\n“Okay... okay. I know he’s far from an easy person to work with, so let’s talk it out.” Her attention is focused on you now.\n\nThis feels a little like seeing a therapist, and you can tell the conversation isn’t going anywhere really. Plus, if Plottner somehow hears about this... well, you shouldn’t think about that.\n\n[[//This is too much.//|deflect6]]\n\n[[//He hasn’t made anything easy.//|adviserhabits2]]

“You think Randal is avoiding you on purpose? I know he can be a bit scattered, but I don’t think he’s targeting you or anything, though he does need to have time to meet with his students. Is it a simple communication problem, maybe?”\n\nShe has a point. Plottner does have an abrasive personality, but this doesn’t feel like a simple misunderstanding, either.\n\n[[“I think so... though I get the feeling fixing it will be all on me.”|adviserhabits1]]\n\n[[“This is more than a little problem.” You take out the drafts and put them on the desk. “See?”|nittygritty]]

“Sorry, I just don’t know where to even start.” He sets his bag back down.\n\nYou’re still not sure what exactly he’s talking about, but Randal probably has something to do with it. The meeting is dragging and you’re running out of time before your class.\n\n[[“Do you need to talk to Randal? I’m still not sure what you want from me.”|plottnergossip]]\n\n[[“I need you to tell me what’s on your mind. Otherwise I’ll need to kick you out, so I can get a few more things ready for my class.”|toopushy]]

“I guess, I don't know, we weren’t on the same page...” You’re still trying to remember Plottner’s exact words.\n\n“I’m not sure I follow.” Yvonne looks a little confused.\n\n[[//I don’t think credit ever came up originally.//|decisions]]\n\n[[//I can't take this right now.//|deflect6]]

“Thanks. I know that it looks like I complain a lot, but the situation I’m in now is worse than my other ones. Plottner hasn’t made being it easy for me.”\n\n“I know you’re frustrated, but I can’t make Randal any less abrasive, and I would if I could. I’m here to listen, so do you have anything else you want to add?” She leans forward a little.\n\n[[//This was a mistake.//|deflect6]]\n\n[[//Maybe if I told her more about my situation with Plottner, she’d understand.//|adviserhabits3]]

"I'll ask Dr. Whitmore, the department chair, about conducting an informal inquiry. There is, however, a chance that you and Dr. Prenlen's undergraduate assistants will be asked to testify regarding the misconduct."\n\nThis makes you nervous. You would be putting not only your own reputation at risk, but also that of the undergrads. But you also know that you'd be worse off if people found out you knew about the misconduct all along and didn't say anything.\n\n[["I'll do whatever it takes."|preeta go ahead]]

“...From everything I’ve done, I don’t think Gabriella could have gotten any of the results that were published.” He shifts in his chair and averts his gaze.\n\nIt feels like the air’s been sucked out of your office. A silence hangs between you two while you try to process what he has just accused Gabby of.\n\n[[“You know how serious what you just said was, right?”|False Accusations are serious]]\n\n[[“D-did I hear you right, dude?”|Are you serious?]]

“Can you explain more?” There’s only a hint of Quint’s previously relaxed attitude. \n\nThis could open a path to something unpleasant for your future in academia, not to mention your future with Dr. Gilder. Much of the work you’ve done could be rendered moot.\n\n[[//Here goes everything.//|clarify]]\n\n[[//On second thought...//|nvm]]

“We’re still waiting! It’s a minimal-risk proposal, too. I mean, we're literally just recording interviews. I don't get why it's taking so long.” His frustration boils over a little, and you can’t really blame him.\n\nA colleague in the field, [[Katherine Armsfield]], asked you to do these interviews as a favor, due to the subjects living in this area. You decided Brad would be a good fit for the task, since it's a pretty simple one: record a set of interviews with some folks who have already agreed to it. Kathy had approval for her phase of the work done at Desert U, but unfortunately that approval didn’t come with the project.\n\n“What if we did some ‘pilot’ interviews?” He looks at you, a little nervous.\n\n[[“Pilot interviews? What do you mean?”|...]]

RCR regulations require you to report violations of laboratory safety. It can be difficult, as this scenario shows, to take on the responsibility of such reporting, but leaving dangerous lab conditions unreported can lead to very real hazards and potential injuries.\n\n<<if $quinnGoodEnding > 0 && $erinGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|hazardous]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|hazardous]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Select new scenario.|select]]\n\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

“Nothing’s been going right. For starters, we didn’t have any of the materials Gabriella supposedly used on hand and just waiting for that stuff to show up took a week and a half.” He shifts in his chair.\n\nWas that supposed to be an excuse? You can’t remember Tripp talking this way in your other meetings with him.\n\n[[“Okay, but that was over two months ago. You aren’t ever in the lab when I’ve come by. I’m getting worried, buddy.”|Laziness]]

“I see...” Thea doesn’t look especially confident in your response.\n\n[[“If you’re worried about reviewing this particular paper, I’m confident you’d never plagiarize. I suggested this to you so you might get another perspective on something similar to your work. If you’re still worried, you can come talk to me more while you’re doing the review. How does that sound?”|2Planplan]]

“I’m not making excuses! I told you what the time frame was last meeting. If you aren't clear on something, you need to ask for clarification.” She takes a breath. “I can’t be detailed enough in the ten minutes you give me.”\n\n[[“Then you need to make sure you get the most important points across. I’m not the one deciding how you organize your updates.”|badEnd]]\n\n[[“You need to work with the time you’re given. I’m not your father. It’s up to you to figure out how to make it work.”|badEnd]]

You describe how Dr. Gilder has been even more nitpicky and exacting than he was before he founded the startup. How his standards and attitude were the reason for Brook leaving the university last year to instead look for a job outside of your field.\n\nQuint is noticeably worried now. “I hadn’t heard exactly why she left to take the position but that’s... troubling, to say the least.” \n\nYou spend another minute discussing the state of the lab. You also mention Dr. Gilder telling you to charge purchases made for the startup under your student account. \n\nAfter you’re finished, Quint appears especially grim.\n\n[["So... what should I do?"|conflictAbtRole]]

You have selected the Food Truck scenario.\n\nWho do you want to play?\n\n[[Bernie Scott|line0]], professor

Quinn sighs reluctantly at the suggestion. "What if he decides to hate me? What if he takes it to mean I'm implying that he's a bad adviser? I mean, he's been so accepting of who I am, and a really good mentor to me, and the last thing I want to do is throw him under the bus!"\n\n[["I don't think he'd feel that way, necessarily."|erin that way]]\n\n[["Maybe you should talk to someone else in the lab you feel comfortable with, and talk to Bernie together."|erin someone else]]\n\n[["Maybe I could come with you and talk to Bernie."|erin come with]]

You know that if you take on direct responsibility for this student's complaint, you'll have to conduct an informal inquiry, which will be time-consuming. And that's only the preliminary assessment. The official inquiry and formal assessment would take months. The <a href="http://apo.ucsc.edu/policy/capm/026.000.html" target=_blank>academic misconduct policy</a> does say that a student can report directly to the relevant divisional dean, who might be a better resource in this particular case.\n\n"Okay, well, thanks for your time," Stefan responds, shrugging. Then, he leaves you to your work.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

You wouldn't call Erin boring, but even though you consider her a good friend, she does strike you as way more mature and put-together than you are, even though you're not that far apart in age. She's nearly finished her dissertation and is in a several-years-long serious relationship, making her way more of an actual adult than you are, at least by society's standards.\n\nIt doesn't help that you yourself are a late bloomer, and sometimes feel like Erin treats you more like a younger sibling than an equal.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

“I hope that I can... but first, I need to hear what exactly the problem is.” She gives you a forced smile.\n\nShe knows [[you haven’t had the easiest time here|studentBS]], like anyone else in her position, but she’s here to help, not judge. \n\n[[//It’s her job to know, I don’t need to feel embarrassed.//|passive]]\n\n[[//Let me make it clear.//|blocked]]

“Alright, what seems to be the problem now?”\n\nIs she insinuating something? You’ve heard nothing but good things about her, so you're probably reading too much into it. You've made [[complaints before|studentBS]], so this shouldn't be a difficult situation.\n\n[[//She has to know// this time //is even worse.//|blocked]]\n\n[[//She’s the person who can help me and she doesn’t know how bad // this time// actually is.//|passive]]

“I’d certainly like to think so. You sounded like there was something quite serious going on...” She seems like she has some idea of what you’re here about, in spite of you never giving her details. “Whatever it is, we should be able to make it more manageable.”\n\nShe seems like she genuinely wants to help, and she is in a position to do just that. Hopefully the ridiculousness of what you’re dealing with won’t be lost on her.\n\n[[“That’d take a ton of this pressure off.”|pleasantries4]]\n\n[[“If you could help, that would be amazing...”|pleasantries5]]\n

Quinn continues talking. "That's not even the worst part. If people who ran the hazardous substances training session saw how messy and disorganised everything is in [[Bernie's lab]], they'd probably have a collective aneurysm or something."\n\n[["Um... maybe you should say something."|erin hurt]]\n\n[[Don't say anything. Not your lab, not your problem.|erin nothing]]

“I don’t think I can review this paper. I’m sorry for being so blunt, but it wouldn’t sit right with me to gain so much while holding this kind of power over someone else’s work.” She looks down.\n\n[[“I'm just trying to help you, okay?”|2Wack2]]

It's funny that before you started grad school here three years ago, you never even went to parties or really talked much to people at all in contexts other than work. You don't like to think much about the time in your life before you were out as genderqueer, but something about finally being in a place where people accept you as you are has made your life actually worth living, so to speak.\n\n[[Back.|quinn intro]]

“Look, I understand your hesitancy, but I think a different perspective could do you a world of good. Plus, you look like you need a break from model tinkering.”\n\nThat seems reasonable. There’s always value in seeing other people’s perspectives and, really, this isn’t that different from reading one of the multitude of dissertations on the interpretation of //Finnegan's Wake//. You could even help make the paper stronger by suggesting a few things from your own work in the review.\n\n[[“As helpful as this could be, wouldn’t I be in danger of plagiarism?”|well2]]\n\n[[“I guess that makes sense. Killing two birds with one stone and all that...”|Next 2]]

You've tasked a grad student named [[Tripp Lemalu|Tripp]] with the work of reproducing Gabby's results, but he's been disappointingly slow at getting this done. While the task isn’t a glamorous one, it’s a hugely important part of conducting research and he needs to understand that. He's a good guy, but he's floundering.\n\nIn fact, the work has been so slow that you assigned another graduate student, Julian, to work with him, in the hopes of speeding it up. So far it hasn’t worked, though.\n\n[[...|adviser]]

RCR regulations require you to report suspected research misconduct to appropriate authorities so that it can be investigated. However, as this scenario shows, academic politics and other complicating factors can make it harder than it seems when it comes to taking on the role of a 'whistleblower' in such a situation.\n\n<<if $bernieGoodEnding > 0 && $trippGoodEnding < 1>>[[Continue scenario.|data management]]<<else>><<if $trippGoodEnding > 0>>[[You win!|win screen]]<<else>>[[Replay scenario.|data management]]<<endif>><<endif>>

“Come on in, Teresa.” You hope the exhaustion in your voice is evident as she takes a seat. “So how do the results look?”\n\n“Yeah, I can’t say that I have good news. But you see...” She looks uncharacteristically nervous.\n\n[[“Are you behind schedule? I can’t say that what you’re doing is easy, but it seemed like you had a reasonable timetable last time we met.”|meeting1]]\n\n[[“Tell me now if something's wrong.”|meeting2]]

<<set $yvonneGoodEnding to 1>>“Thanks, Yvonne. I really appreciate it.” Benson collects the drafts from your desk and leaves your office before you can think of anything else to add.\n\nWhile you could schedule an awkward meeting with Randal, that probably wouldn't solve much. Hopefully Benson will take this whole thing to heart and deal with assigning credit earlier next time. A 'learning experience', indeed.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

It's 1998 and you're flying high. Your lab has flourished in the last few years, and you’ve just managed to earn tenure as a result! When you started the lab, you had only a couple of members, but now you’re managing ten graduate students and two post-docs. While it would be great to give everyone attention, you don’t have the time, not that they need too much hand-holding anyways. You've assembled an awesome team -- [[Gabriella Hendricks|P.D]], especially.\n\nRecently, Gabby scored some killer preliminary results in an experiment that resulted in a major journal article. Your career has soared to new heights as a result, and as a natural next step you are now hoping to publish follow-up work that both confirms and extends the earlier results. \n\n[[...|adviser Intro 2]]

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">Winner!</span></div>\n\nYou have successfully completed all nine stories, thereby demonstrating your working knowledge of responsible conduct of research. Congratulations on acting so responsibly!\n\n[[Return to title screen.|title-screen]]

You’re glad that Thea decided to do the review work after all. This will probably get her moving forward on her research again, and it will give her some valuable academic experience. All’s well that ends well!\n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

She’s being unusually vague, but you still want to help her, however you can.\n\n“I know this is good experience, but I’m really behind on my dissertation. You’re probably right that this paper could inspire me, but I don’t know if I can spend the time with how things are now for me.”\n\n[[“Look, I understand your hesitancy, but I think a different perspective could do you a world of good. Plus, you look like you need a break from model tinkering.”|2well2]]

Brook wasn’t the only student who left. Funding had been tight for a while and the lack of grants combined with the shrinking number of undergraduate classes meant a lack of research and teaching assistantships. Students were, and still are, struggling to finish their dissertations because of the funding squeeze. \n\n[[Back|Curtis Quint]]

“Alright, thanks for the clarification, Lucy.” \n\nThea’s concerns appear to have disappeared at last. \n\n[[“Great! Let me send it to you right now. If you have any more questions, please, let me know!”|2Super]]

“My current academic standing isn’t helping anything and my relationship with Plottner is... delicate, to the point of making it difficult for me to work on my research or even continue being a student here.” \n\n“What has he said when you’ve talked with him? You have talked with him about this, right?” Yvonne looks concerned. \n\n[[“Every time I try, he never seems to have the time.”|threepaths]]\n\n[[“He never seems to think there’s a real problem.”|threepaths]]

That said, if Dr. Prenlen hasn't directly objected to Preeta, maybe there really is nothing to worry about and you're being overly sensitive.\n\n[["All right. If you say so."|nick all right]]\n\n[["You've been seeming a bit distracted lately. Anything you want to talk about?"|nick distracted]]

You clarify your reservations. "Some would say overly so. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any misperceptions."\n\n"I assure you that everything is fine in this regard," Preeta replies. Something about her tone of voice suggests that she doesn't seem all that fine. You wonder if it would be a good idea to probe further.\n\n[[...|nick fine 2]]

“I was thinking... Once I get approval, it would be great if I could do these interviews as efficiently as possible... so why not practice doing interviews the way I proposed to the IRB?” He takes a breath. “I’ve already put some work into it, but I didn’t want to keep going without asking you first.”\n\nIt’s more than a little surprising that he’d even ask this, but it’s actually a decent idea. He did say he “already put some work into it,” whatever that means...\n\n[[“That’s an interesting plan. It could work...”|Path 1]]\n\n[[“What do you mean you ‘put some work into it’?”|Neutral]]\n\n[[“You don’t think the IRB approval process is important to follow?”| Deeper]]

<<set $stefanGoodEnding to 1>>"I'm willing to do whatever it takes," you respond. You know what you saw and you're going to defend yourself no matter what.\n\n"All right." And so, the process begins. You hope it's worth it.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

Today, you're out having coffee with [[your friend Quinn]], gossiping as usual about grad school drama. Apparently, Leslie Jenkins got really drunk at a party last weekend and got everyone to do body shots, and Geoff Weiss just started dating an undergrad named Mesopotamia or something. That sort of thing.\n\n[[...|erin intro 2]]

You’ve had your problems with other faculty members in the past, which led to emergency meetings with both the department chair and the former graduate director. However, you’ve never actually filed a formal complaint.\n\nEven if doing so could have made you feel a little better, you didn’t want to cause yourself more trouble. You still feel like those complaints were worth making but, admittedly, you could have handled things better. Now, on paper, you look like even more of a problem, thanks to also being on academic probation.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

But for now, you're still a student and have all the responsibilities of being one, including this routine meeting with your department’s graduate director. Your interactions have mainly been passing by each other in the hall, in part because he’s only had the position for about a year and you’ve never taken one of his classes (they all sounded tedious, if you're being honest).\n\n[[Knock on the office door.|Pleasantry1]]

Randal begins to develop a glazed expression as you spout what you believe to be helpful baby facts. Your interest has to rub off on him at some point. Your meeting ends with you trying your best not to bring up related movie quotes, and you awkwardly thank him and leave his office. How do you engage with someone who hasn't seen Look Who's Talking?\n\nTaking over the conversation wasn’t your best move, and you didn’t even talk about why you were really there.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

"He's been away at conferences all quarter," you clarify. While not the real reason you're avoiding him, it's a plausible one. And it's probably better not to bring up personal issues, particularly since they're not really your issues to deal with.\n\n"Ah yes. Of course." Dr. Molavi nods. "Well, in that case, I would suggest filing a written report with the Dean of Sciences."\n\n[["All right. I'll do that."|stefan dean]]\n\n[["You're the department chair; can't you deal with it yourself?"|stefan you're the chair]]

“Yeah.” He slings his bag onto his lap and begins rummaging through it before producing a stack of papers on the desk. “Here they are.”\n\nYou’re a bit surprised at how much he brought.\n\n[[You look through the papers.|manymanydrafts]]\n

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">"Plotted Against"</span></div>\n\nWho do you want to play?<<if $bensonGoodEnding < 1>> Act responsibly as Benson to unlock Yvonne!<<else>><<endif>>\n\n[[Benson Lee, grad student|bensonstart]]\n\n<<if $bensonGoodEnding > 0>>[[Yvonne Harris, graduate director|yvonnestart]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as Benson to unlock this character.">Locked: Yvonne Harris, graduate director</span><<endif>>

“I think this is more an issue with me than the appointment itself. I’ve had some trouble focusing and I have a bit of free time that I could use for work instead.”\n\nYour conversation turns towards time management and the need for sleep. While Dr. Quint’s advice is sound, it’s nothing you haven’t heard before. The talk winds down and your meeting ends. \n\nYou’ll manage better than this week right?\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

“Very nice.” He looks completely disinterested.\n\n[[“We //finally// settled on a schedule for taking out the garbage! I can’t believe it took us this long but, hey, it’s settled now.”|uninteresting]]\n\n[[“I just realized I haven't met with you since you had the baby! Congratulations! I know it’s probably super stressful, but it’s so exciting!”|babybabble]]\n\n[[“So... about the results... I don’t have good news...”|direct]]

Until recently, Tripp had been making considerable progress on projects, assigned or otherwise. This was part of why you decided to have him be the one to reproduce Gabby’s results. It should have taken him a week or two, not the months it’s been. You don’t want to think it’s because he’s lazy or bored, but you can’t get it out of your head.\n\nWhat you have noticed is that he’s almost never been in the lab when you’ve stopped by. Though you don’t even do it weekly, it’s a little worrying he hasn’t been there //any// of the times you have. You haven’t asked about it, mainly because you don’t have the time, and Tripp’s always delivered work before. It might be time to step in if this meeting doesn’t go well.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Whoever thought it was a good idea to compress the year stored in computers to the last two digits was probably on peyote or something. Or maybe they should have been. We have megabytes of RAM now, how did people think saving space on storing the date was still a good idea?\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

“I’m not going to say that I haven’t learned a ton, but I was never really interested in industry work in the first place. I’ve been happy in academia and I don’t think Dr. Gilder’s company would be a very good fit for me anyways... especially after working as closely with him this semester as I have.”\n\n[[“I see. Thank you. Now, was there more about your work with the startup you wanted to talk about?”|elaborate]]

“Is peer review normally done like this?”\n\nYou feel a twinge of annoyance at the question. It might not be a textbook way of doing a peer review, but it’s not breaking any rules either. Besides, it’s an unspoken assumption that this sort of thing is a constant among your peers in the field. \n\n[[“We’re in a small field, Thea. We can’t help reviewing work done by people we know. There just aren’t enough researchers for complete impartiality right now.”|Push]]\n\n[[“Ideally, no, but everyone in our field is stuck doing this. We aren’t doing anything different from anyone else.”|2Other]]

<<set $quinnGoodEnding to 1>>That's a good place to start. Just phrase it like you're asking an innocent question and see what Bernie says. "Yeah. That's what I'll do. Thanks, Erin."\n\nThe two of you go on to talking about more fun things, and you try to put the stress out of your mind. You dread the difficult conversations ahead, but hey, they're going to have to happen at some point.\n\n[[End scenario.|hazardous end]]

“How often do you visit old Bernie? Every two or three weeks? From what Julian’s told me, you’ve only visited on days I’m in class.” He wraps his feet around the chair legs. “To spell it out for you, I’m not slacking off.”\n\nYou don’t think what you said was that accusatory, but to be fair, you’ve put a lot of pressure on him. Still, he’s not been that open about the problems he’s run into.\n\n[[“I’m not trying to, like, insinuate that. But I still don’t understand why you’ve been stuck for so long, man. If Gabby managed to do it then you should be able to replicate it in less time and you’re now taking longer than she did.”|Stuborn]]

Dr. Molavi frowns. "This sounds like a matter that would be best handled within the lab. Dr. Barton should be able to help you with any issues."\n\nOh, great. Just great. She won't even hear you out. You knew this was going to be a pointless waste of time for both of you. You feel embarrassed, like you shouldn't have said anything at all.\n\n[["Okay, well, thanks for your time."|stefan give up]]

“For sure. We’re all running near our limits. If you feel overwhelmed there’s --"\n\nBetter say something before you get the stress lecture you’ve heard countless times throughout your academic career.\n\n[[“-- Actually, Dr. Quint, I do have something on my mind..."|convo2.5]]\n\n[[“-- But... I think it’s a little bit more than everyday stress..."|convo2]]

“What’s making you feel that way?” Lucy’s a little perplexed with how vague you’ve been, but her enthusiasm remains.\n\n[[“I know this is good experience, but I’m really behind on my dissertation. You’re probably right that this paper could inspire me, but I don’t know if I can spend the time with how things are now.”|well]]

Thea Phillips is as close to a model graduate student as someone can get, and she has been incredibly receptive to your advice about her research. She shows a rare combination of technical and interpretative capacities, making her remarkably suited to the digital humanities. You’re sure she’ll bring something really special to the field, and you can’t wait to see what it is!\n\nHer [[dissertation topic|dissertation topic]] is amazing, but she hit a wall a few months back, and she's clearly been frustrated ever since. You want to help her in any way you can and this paper could be just the thing...\n\n[[Back|Milton]]

"There is some [[very good work]] being done in that lab," Dr. Molavi replies, nodding firmly.\n\n<<if $confident > 0>>[["There were inconsistencies between the experiment results I recorded and the ones that were actually published."|stefan results]]<<else>>[["Well... some of the results I saw published weren't the same as what I found in the lab work I did..."|stefan results]]<<endif>>

Brad sighs in frustration. “I get it but... I don’t know... I already put so much work into this.”\n\n[[//Hmm... How can I help him?//|HowToHelp]]\n\n[[“How much have you //already// done, Brad?”|Neutral]]

You've been working on a journal article for the past few months, but last week you found out that there was a miscommunication about what you thought was a negotiated deadline extension. The article is now due in a few weeks, but you can't move forward on it until you receive critical data from Teresa. Had you anticipated this when placing students on projects, you might not have chosen Teresa for this one.\n\nRegardless, finishing the article and completing the project will be good for the lab, and moreover it will relieve some of the pressure you’re under.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Like always, he makes it clear that all he cares about is what you’re doing on projects, never about how your [[efforts around the lab|moralelead]] are going or your personal life. It's really hard to work with someone who takes no interest in your actual life. While he think he's being professional, it's interfering with your ability to do good research. For this meeting, you're hoping to develop a better working relationship.\n\n[[“Before we start, I thought I’d let you know that Aya and I sorted out our problem earlier this week. Isn’t that great?”|roommietalk]]\n\n[[“Yeah, I can’t say I have good news on the results front...”|direct]]

“I don’t know anymore. I want to do something official but...” He starts fidgeting with his bag again.\n\nHe’s probably still worried that Randal would somehow find out about what you talked about. Maybe this is why he never took things beyond meeting with the graduate director before...\n\n[[“If that’s what you want, then I guess all I can say is 'good luck'...”|nothingdone]]\n\n[[“You know you aren’t the only one who’s had problems with Randal, right?”|formalcomplaint]]

"I'm not sure. I haven't asked." Stefan swallows. "But I'm still concerned about the data. What do you suggest I do about it?"\n\n[["I will conduct an informal inquiry before determining whether to proceed with a formal complaint."|maryam inquiry]]\n\n[["I would suggest filing a written report with the Dean of Sciences."|maryam dean]]\n\n[["I would put these personal matters out of your mind and talk to Dr. Barton; it could just have been a simple mistake."|maryam personal matters]]

“These results were supposed to be ready today, and now you need me to hold your hand all summer long?" He’s back to his normal, impossible-to-please state. “Maybe if you’d focused more on getting your projects going instead of spending all this time planning lab parties, you wouldn’t be wasting both of our energy right now. We're supposed to be doing science here!”\n\n[[“If you actually had time for any of us, I wouldn’t have to be the one to keep everyone in the lab happy! I'm the one doing all the actual interpersonal work that you refuse to do yourself!”|studentblowup]]

You let out a sigh. “Where to start, where to start... So Plottner just published a book chapter, right? Well, he asked me to write a bunch of drafts of it for him... and I did... and he didn’t put my name anywhere on the published version.”\n\n“Um, are you sure?” She looks puzzled. “Maybe you missed something? I know he can be a bit of a handful.” \n\nMaybe she’s right, maybe your friend missed something. \n\n[[//No, this is really all Plottner’s fault.//|adviserhabits2]]\n\n[[“Well I haven't even brought myself to read it yet, but a friend did and told me that my name wasn't listed.”|nittygritty]]

"Dinner was... awkward. He invited me over and I had no idea I was going to be his only guest, but there we were. And then... he kept asking me about personal life stuff. Like, if I had a boyfriend, that sort of thing. Anyway, I told him I'm gay, and then his questions started getting super creepy and intrusive, and I was like, okay, can we just talk about work? All the while figuring out how to get the hell out of there."\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

Doubt finally triumphs. Maybe you’re just exaggerating your situation -- grad school is stressful for everyone, right? You’re still functional enough, and you blew off some of the pressure by just venting to Dr. Quint.\n\nBut while dropping this might make you feel better now, what about three quarters of the way through the semester?\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

“I can still get you estimated results today, like I said, but I’m worried about trying to get anything final by next lab meeting...” She kicks her heels nervously.\n\n[[“Estimates? Last meeting you said you’d have final results for me today. It’s one thing to be behind schedule on your own projects, it’s another when someone else is relying on you.”|beginningOfTheEnd]]\n\n[[“I remember you saying last meeting you’d be able to give me final results. I was counting on that to get this journal article finished before the submission deadline.”|itGetsBetter]]

“Hmm.” He strokes his chin. “You’ve given this a lot of thought, haven’t you? Still, I don’t know if the IRB would allow this sort of thing. But...”\n\n[[...|TheOtherHand]]

He shifts nervously and searches for his words. It’s nice that he’s taking this seriously, but you do have to teach a class right after this meeting.\n\n“Benson, where do you want to start?”\n\n[[//It’d be nice to have a bit more prep time for my class. He needs to get to the point//|studentDodge]]\n\n[[//Easing him into things is probably best. I mean, just look at him.//|student:kindaawuss]]\n\n[[//He’s an adult and should be able to talk without more prodding.//|straighttoit]]

“I don’t know if it was on purpose, but I know I wasn’t credited for work that I did.” He gently kicks his bag.\n\n[[“That’s a serious claim and not something to toss around lightly.”|strikeanerve]]\n\n[[“Alright, could you start from the beginning then?”|dirtydetails2]]

Randal being Randal, you felt that your fellow lab mates needed someone to balance him out, and it seemed like that person might as well be you, so you’ve been organizing lab-wide get-togethers for your friends to blow off steam. The last one, a disco-meets-opera night, was a big success! Since you’ve been planning these events, the atmosphere in the lab has markedly improved and there’s a noticeably higher amount of laughter per day. Good morale makes for good research, right?\n\nRandal, though you always invite him, has only come once and didn’t seem thrilled about it. He might not be a social butterfly, but even the shy members of the lab look like they have a lot of fun at these shindigs. He probably needs a little more of a push. \n\n[[Back|previous()]]

You walk out the door. It probably really is nothing. Maybe you were just letting your personal issues with Dr. Barton get in the way, and you really don't understand how things work here in grad school. And if the lab is still putting out work that furthers the cause of climate change awareness, maybe it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things if some of the data might have been fudged a tiny bit.\n\n[[End scenario.|whistleblowing end]]

“I hope you have something for me. I really need you to finish so that I can move forward on this journal article. It's a timing thing, you know?” He looks hopeful.\n\nThis is probably the nicest he’ll ever be to you about a misunderstanding, so it’s now or never.\n\n[[“Remember how I said at our last meeting that I had projected some results? It’s still looking like those will be accurate but... I don't think I will have anything final until our next lab meeting.”|easehimin]]\n

If you're honest with yourself, a week is still too ambitious. "Probably more like two? And we so don't have that kind of time -- we're already so behind on everything as it is!"\n\nErin frowns. "The administration's been cracking down on safety violations lately. That would lose you even more time. Probably all of it. If they decide to inspect Bernie's lab, I'm pretty sure it'll get shut down for good."\n\n[["Okay, you're right. But what would I say?"|quinn right]]

Everyone likes Gabriella, and not just because of her results in the recently published article. She’s always willing to help you and the other grad students around the lab, though curiously not so much with your attempts to reproduce her work this time around. It’s still paper-deadline season, so that's understandable. \n\nShe can be a little spacey -- that's probably why she and Bernie have such a rapport -- but she always gets things done on time, and with impressive care. If you had to pick someone to aspire to, it would probably be her.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

You follow your question with a smile, a trick that’s served you well with other students and occasionally with your colleagues. \n\n“It’s about Plottner...” He turns away.\n\n[[“Benson, I get it. He can be... difficult to deal with at times.”|takethelead]]\n\n[[“I understand and I know it can be hard, so please talk to me.”|brute]]

A look of worry crosses Quint’s face. “You do have established boundaries, right? Between your research and your work for Garry's company? An agreement as to expectations, at least?”\n\n[[“Not really... at least, not that I’m aware of. Anything you could tell me would be great.”|outOfTime]]

“Alright, Aya. So which one do you want to talk about?” Quint’s voice is calm and reassuring.\n\nIt’s hard to know whether it’s the split appointment itself or if Dr. Gilder is the one making everything this confusing.\n\n[[“About Dr. Gilder and the startup...”|garystartup]]\n\n[[“I’m worried that I don’t have time to focus on my own work, and my dissertation project in particular.”|disertation]]

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<<set $bradGoodEnding to 1>>“Have you emailed them recently? If you haven’t, I suggest that you do. I can also ask them what’s going on, but I’m a little busy today, so it’ll be faster if you do it.” He definitely sounds more upbeat.\n\nThe two of you talk more about the situation, and you decide to divulge about the interviews you already did. Ned is a bit taken aback that you didn't keep him in the loop, but together you decide that the best approach is to tell the IRB that there was a misunderstanding that led to the interviews being conducted prematurely.\n\nIt's possible that you'll lose the work you did earlier, but you also feel a release from the stress of doing things secretly. It feels good to be above water on this.\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

The rest of your meeting devolves into the two of you yelling about how the other one isn’t doing anything to help. You quickly get fed up and leave. \n\nRandal is under a lot of pressure right now and probably showing him a little support is what he’ll appreciate, even if he doesn't act like it.\n\n[[End scenario.|endMessage]]

What you’ve been skimming in the record doesn’t paint Benson in the greatest light. He’s currently on academic probation, and in his time here he's filed more than a couple complaints about professors in the department. Understandably, your colleagues aren’t too thrilled with him and there's a good chance that this problem with his adviser is just another personality clash.\n\nCuriously, he has never filed a formal complaint. You’d like to think he’s beyond simply venting about his problems through these official channels, but you don't really know him personally. Still, he deserves the benefit of the doubt.\n\n[[back|previous()]]

“...the IRB is mainly focused on experiments and these interviews aren’t really experiments.” He rubs his temples. “You’re just asking people some questions. Are they even really considered human subjects at that point...”\n\nMaybe you didn't even need IRB approval in the first place? Maybe that's why they're taking so long, since you're not even a real concern for them.\n\n[[You nod.|UltimatelyFlaky]]

You got tenure. It’s been quite the process, and yet your stress levels have only risen since then. A few months after you were approved, you also welcomed a second baby into the world. While she’s been a joy, she’s also been a [[big part|personal stress]] of why you haven't had much time or energy for the students in your lab.\n\n[[...|meeting details]]

You still sound overdramatic, but it's still a real fear you have. "What if he takes it to mean I'm implying that he's a bad adviser? I mean, he's been so accepting of who I am, and a really good mentor to me, and the last thing I want to do is throw him under the bus!"\n\n"I don't think he'd feel that way, necessarily," Erin protests, in an effort to be reassuring.\n\n[["Yeah, well, you don't know him."|quinn know]]\n\n[["I don't even know what I'd say."|quinn say]]

Bernie’s entire demeanor changes. “I don’t want to have to ask //another// person from the lab to work on something this easy. Are you telling me I should do that?”\n\n“N-no, but...” With what you’re stuck accusing Gabriella of, words don’t come easy.\n\n“I don’t know why you’re having so many problems but... c’mon, man, you got this. Time spent talking to me is time wasted on confirming those results.” He shoos you out of his office. "Godspeed, my man."\n\nThat could certainly have gone better. While Bernie’s faith in you is nice, it seemed like cutting him off managed to offend him. There has to be a way to fit the important stuff in more gracefully...\n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

"He's really outgoing, always hanging out with lots of people and making small talk, and I'd rather just, like, sit down and do my work. It's kind of hard to really get a word in edgewise around him, you know."\n\nDr. Molavi nods. "I know exactly what you mean. Well, in that case, I would suggest filing a written report with the Dean of Sciences."\n\n[["All right. I'll do that."|stefan dean]]\n\n[["You're the department chair; can't you deal with it yourself?"|stefan you're the chair]]

Today's been a full day of the kinds of meetings that exhaust you at the end of the day but leave you feeling empty because you don't feel like you've accomplished anything important. It's funny how, before you became an assistant professor, you expected a tenure track position to be easier than the occasional adjunct lecturing you were doing before. Mind you, you're not complaining about the steady paycheck and health insurance...\n\n[[...|nick intro 2]]

Quint looks pensive now. Apparently his position in all this isn’t particularly comfortable either. Before he can bring up options, you make your decision.\n\n[[“I’ve thought about it more, and I feel that I should bring this up to the oversight committee.”|nuclear]]\n\n[[“In talking all this out with you, I think I can handle it on my own. I’ve managed this far. Thanks for listening, though.”|diaryOfaWimpyKid]]

“Bernie. I wouldn’t be doing this if I wasn’t worried about what this could mean for her, for you, for the whole lab. If I’m wrong, whatever -- but what happens if I’m right?” He scoots forward in the chair.\n\nHe doesn’t seem like he’s going to let this go. The thing’s published, Gabby does good work. If he’s having so much trouble with it, he should just come out and say it instead of doing whatever this charade is.\n\n[[...|Still fishy 2]]

Roger Prenlen is a full professor in your department, and definitely one of the people you need to impress if you have any hope of getting tenure. Nevertheless, given the way the different labs in your department work independently of one another, he tends to be rather touchy about sharing information about his work with people outside his lab. Particularly, he seems to fret a lot about the possibility that someone's going to "scoop" him (in his words).\n\n[[...|Dr. Prenlen 2]]

“What do you mean?” Realization begins to spread across his face.\n\n“You and Randal didn’t talk about credit, right? What you’re dealing with now is why everyone working on a project needs to understand how credit will be given. The earlier the better.” You give him a sympathetic look. \n\n“Isn’t there anything I can do now?” He lets the bag slip back to the ground.\n\n[[“Unfortunately, no.”|sadbuttrue]]\n\n[[“Other than making sure you don’t find yourself in this situation again, not really.”|lessonlearned]]

"If they decide to inspect Bernie's lab, I'm pretty sure it'll get shut down for good," you remark.\n\n"Okay, you're right," Quinn visibly deflates. "But what would I say? Am I supposed to walk into the lab and be like 'HEY EVERYONE! Stop what you're doing and clean everything up! With proper safety procedures!'"\n\n[["Maybe it would be better to have a one-on-one conversation with Bernie about it."|erin hate]]\n\n[["Maybe you should talk to someone else in the lab you feel comfortable with, and talk to Bernie together."|erin someone else]]\n\n[["Maybe I could come with you and talk to Bernie."|erin come with]]

She whistles. “I had no idea. That sounds like hell!”\n\nWith that, you finally let the months of pressure go. It feels good. You start talking to her about all the problems with the class you’re teaching, the slew of upcoming conference and journal submission deadlines, and how little time you have to recuperate after each day. Though the occasional look of horror crosses her face, she looks really happy that you’re talking to her about this. She seems to actually care.\n\n[[Benson shows up for your next meeting.|timesUp]]

“Are you seriously expecting me to solve everything on my own? Talking through ideas is how most of us succeed.” She’s getting more excited, and not in her usual way.\n\nI doubt that's how everyone in the lab feels, not that she’d really care if she was wrong.\n\n[[“I’m not saying don’t talk to each other, but you aren’t supposed to act like people who aren’t on a project actually are.”|falseHope]]\n\n[[“I’m not expecting that, but you need to actually do work on your own at some point.”|falseHope]]

"Not to my knowledge," she replies, looking somewhat puzzled. "Why do you ask?"\n\nYou take a moment to phrase your concerns as delicately as possible.\n\n[["Well... Professor Prenlen tends to be, shall we say, protective of his lab."|nick fine]]

"Really?" Quinn asks. "You don't think that would be too weird, would you? Given that you're not actually in our lab and all."\n\n[["That shouldn't matter. In fact, it's probably better to have an outside perspective."|erin outside perspective]]\n\n[["You're right. Maybe someone in your own lab would be better."|erin someone else]]

“I can’t imagine why.” He lightens up a little. “Would it be worth making a formal complaint?”\n\n“It could be.” You don’t want to get his hopes up too much.\n\nThe last few minutes of your meeting are taken up by a description of the process for filing a formal complaint. He thanks you, wishing you luck in your class today.\n\nWhile this might get Randal to shape up, it probably won’t solve Benson’s immediate problem -- whatever that actually was.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

“Yeah, I’m really not sure that it’s worth your time.” He starts to collect his bag.\n\n[[“You’re here. We could talk about your academic situation, if you'd prefer.”|jugular]]\n\n[[“Benson, you wanted to talk to me. I’m here. You’re here. Let’s talk.”|harsh]]

“Are you telling me to work myself to death? There’s only so much I could even do to make things faster, and even then it’s not a matter of what I do in my spare time.” She takes a breath. “If you’d actually take the time to listen to me in our meetings, you’d have known that you’d only be getting estimates today. //Estimates//.”\n\n[[“If you can’t budget your time properly, that’s not my problem. I’ve got enough kids of my own. I don't need to baby you and Benson, too.”|badEnd]]\n\n[[“I’m not asking you to do extra work, I’m asking you to focus on the work that you’re supposed to be doing.”|badEnd]]

“I don’t know what you heard, but I told you I’d be able to give you //estimated// results by the end of today.” Her voice rises. "And there's no way I can produce the actual results anytime soon.”\n\n[[“You apparently have enough time to plan parties, but now there's going to be even more delay?”|forcedCorner3]]\n\n[[“I don’t want any more excuses. I need you to finish this so that I can keep my own schedule.”|noNewFriends]]

“I guess it’s fine if you go forward with this. There’s not much risk involved with these interviews, from what I understand.” You say this shakily. You haven’t actually had a chance to go over Brad’s interview questions in any detail, and you're not familiar with IRB protocols.\n\n“Great! Thanks, Ned.” He lets out a sigh of relief.\n\nThe two of you talk about other things for a few more minutes, before he leaves. You think you helped him out, but is it really okay to even do a pilot study in this way?\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

“Yes!” She excitedly switches into business mode. “The [[DHAC|DHAC]] conference program committee just assigned me three submissions for [[peer review|whatsdat?]]. After glancing at one of the abstracts, I think you should be the reviewer!”\n\nLucy stares at you with excitement. You’re scared to say no. She’s obviously excited about you being a reviewer, and it’s incredibly flattering that she’s even asking you. After last night’s head-and-wall routine, the ego boost is very much welcome.\n\n[[//Hmm...//|InitialD.oubt]]

“Oh my gosh! Your baby! I haven't talked to you since she was born. How’s your baby doing?!” Her excitement is... not infectious.\n\n[[“Can we get to the point here? I need to know if you’ll be getting me results by the end of today.”|tooDirect]]\n\n[[“It’s stressful, honestly. But I can’t say I’d give it up for anything.”|smolTalk]]

<<set $erinGoodEnding to 1>>"Hmm..." Quinn carefully considers. "Maybe I could talk to Leslie. She'd probably understand. Thanks, Erin."\n\n"Glad I could help," you say, smiling. It's always good to be able to give advice to a friend. Now, you just hope it'll all turn out okay...\n\n[[End scenario.|hazardous end]]

Taking a break from the basically 24/7 work grind that is grad school (seriously, it's almost as if they make you work in your sleep, given the amount of stress dreams you have), you're hanging out with your friend Erin in a coffee shop, regaling her with hilariously awkward tales of what happened at [[the party you went to this weekend]].\n\n[[...|quinn intro 2]]

//Tenure complaints are not relatable from a graduate student’s perspective.//\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<div style="text-align:center;transform:rotate(-5deg);padding-top:20px"><span style="font-family:Barrio;font-size:42pt;letter-spacing:4px;">"Bernie's Mess"</span></div>\n\nWho do you want to play?<<if $quinnGoodEnding < 1>> Act responsibly as Quinn to unlock Erin!<<else>><<endif>>\n\n[[Quinn Ushkovitz, graduate student|quinn intro]]\n\n<<if $quinnGoodEnding > 0>>[[Erin Kwon, graduate student|erin intro]]<<else>><span style="background-color:lightgray;color:black", title="Act responsibly as Quinn to unlock this character.">Locked: Erin Kwon, grad student</span><<endif>>

"I... actually haven't talked to anyone else about it yet."\n\nNow, this just strikes you as odd, given how open Ted generally is with his students. <<if $approachable > 0>>If this student is coming to you instead, given that you barely know anything about the research in question, you wonder if there might be a particular reason why.<<else>>You barely know anything about the research in question. Perhaps the student's complaints ought to be directed elsewhere.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $approachable > 0>>[["Why not?"|maryam why not]]\n\n<<endif>>[["This sounds like a matter that would be best handled within the lab."|maryam give up]]

<<set $nedGoodEnding to 1>>“Thanks, Ned. Honestly, I probably should have reached out to them much earlier. Hope the rest of your day goes well!” He stands up and leaves your office. On his way out, you suggest that he also divulge about the pilot studies in his email to the IRB, just to have everything out in the open, and he seems to agree.\n\nWhile you couldn’t solve the problem here and now, having him go talk to the people whose entire job it is to deal with situations like this is the right call. You didn’t realize how tense you were until Brad left, but you’re able to comfortably sit back in your chair again.\n\n[[End scenario.|human subjects ending]]

Right now, you have a weekly meeting with one of your grad students, [[Preeta Agarwal]]. Unlike department meetings, you actually enjoy the chance to catch up with your students and see how they're doing; it's something to do with taking pride in one of the few things you feel like you can directly affect, or so you figure.\n\n[["Hi, Preeta. How are things going?"|nick chitchat]]

After a moment’s pause, Quint replies. “Thank you for bringing this up in detail. I’m truly sorry this has lasted as long as it has. Garry has put you in an unpleasant position, to say the least. It's sounding like you might want to talk to the oversight committee about this.”\n\nYou know that Dr. Gilder’s startup is currently the largest source of funding for your lab and, moreover, your department. Given such circumstances, the current situation might be better than no funds, no lab, and no job. Quint seems aware of this dilemma as well.\n\n[[“At this point I think I should talk with a committee member.” |directApproach]]\n\n[[“Is there anything you can do... unofficially? I’m worried about Dr. Gilder’s reaction.”|passiveRemark2]]

Finally! You've earned this.\n\n[[Take a bite.|check time]]

You also happen to know that Dr. Prenlen has strong personal beliefs that, to put it mildly, do not align with yours. While other professors in your department assure you that Dr. Prenlen keeps his politics separate from his work, you really don't need yet another reason to get on his bad side.\n\n[[Back.|nick chitchat]]

In //Academical//, you decide how characters should navigate a series of tricky scenarios that exemplify the perils of academic life. To unlock new characters and new stories, you must lead the characters who are already available to favorable outcomes of their various situations. Once all eighteen characters have reached good outcomes, you win!\n\n[[Here's what a good outcome looks like.|good outcome example]]\n\n[[Here's what a bad outcome looks like.|bad outcome example]]\n\nThe nine interactive stories in this game were adapted from a set of role-playing scenarios developed by Michael Loui, C. K. Gunsalus, and others at the National Center for Professional & Research Ethics at the University of Illinois, with support from the National Science Foundation. For more information on this source material, [[click here|http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/RCRroleplays.aspx]].\n\n[[Back.|title-screen]]

This makes you nervous. You would be putting not only your own reputation at risk, but also that of the undergrads... and all because of a minor technicality. Of course, it's possible that you would be in even more trouble if you knew about this misconduct and didn't say anything at all.\n\n[["Yes."|preeta go ahead]]\n\n[["I would rather not."|preeta fine]]

While you're a bit concerned about what Quinn is telling you about their lab, you just let them continue talking, and eventually, they change the subject back to last weekend's party. The rest of your coffee chat passes by without incident.\n\n[[End scenario.|hazardous end]]

This semester, you’ve been splitting your time between your dissertation work and interning, for lack of a better word, at a new startup headed by your adviser. It’s true that the industry experience will prove useful, and at the very least it could lead to a job after you graduate, though not necessarily an ideal one. You’re not thrilled at the prospect of trying to balance the industry grind with your own research, but at least they’re in related fields... if you have time for your own research, that is. \n\nThe university is thrilled at all the publicity the company is getting and has been making sure its name is as connected to the startup’s as possible. After all, it’s a benefit to students to have such deep ties to industry.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

He doesn’t answer, and instead pulls the bag onto his lap. With his experiences with the department in the past, you can’t blame him too much for being apprehensive. But he is the one who asked to meet.\n\n[[“Is this really about Randal, or are you worried about your academic standing?”|jugular]]\n\n[[“I wasn’t quite sure of what you wanted to talk about from your email, though I do know that Randal is involved in some way.”|plottnergossip]]

Now you're really starting to get annoyed. "Like I said, I know exactly how this conversation is going to go. I'd way rather not bother."\n\nErin drops the subject, and while the two of you try to talk about other things, the conversation feels a lot more strained than usual. You wish you hadn't mentioned anything about the lab in the first place. After all, things have been, on the whole good, so why would you want to make a stink?\n\n[[End scenario.|hazardous end]]

You leave Quint’s office, thanking him for his time. The issues at home look like they’ll get better. At least that’s one thing taken care of. The bigger issues... not so much.\n\n[[End scenario.|conflict of interest ending]]

Brad has always puzzled you in the smallest of ways. He’s quick to joke, though he never laughs. He dresses like he’s going to a sporting event in less than ideal situations -- another student in your group has referred to his style as 'nerdbro', whatever that means. His most surprising talent, however, is with the hacky sack. You’ve seen him do things with it that obviously took hours of practice, but it’s baffling how anyone could be dedicated to something like that. Were he so diligent with his research agenda.\n\nMore troublingly, he has a habit of procrastinating and occasionally seems out of place in your field. Really, though, he’s not a horrible student, and he's always come through eventually on the projects he’s worked on.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

This wouldn't be the first time Quinn has complained about the constant mess in Bernie's lab. In fact, at first you thought they were embellishing and exaggerating, but you actually went in there yourself one time and it seriously looked like the place had been hit by a tornado. It smelled a bit off, too -- something that only you noticed, presumably because all the other students in the lab were used to the smell.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

Preeta looks at you expectantly. "What should we do?"\n\n[["I'll ask Dr. Whitmore, the department chair, about conducting an informal inquiry."|nick inquiry]]\n\n[["I'll ask Dr. Prenlen about it myself."|nick ask]]

Bernie’s not paying attention to you anymore and you decide you’ve wasted enough of your time today. As you’re walking down the hall toward the lab, you pass Gabriella, probably on her way to meet with Bernie. She gives you one of her radiant smiles.\n\nThat smile does nothing to help your nerves. \n\nYou really shouldn’t have let Bernie go off the rails like that.\n\n[[End scenario.|data management ending]]

You let Aya vent more about the apartment. As she complains more about her landlord, she mentions that he is also Garry’s brother, which is curious. She then turns to complaining about not being able to talk about it with Garry, on account of his problems with “whiners.” Her living situation is certainly not helping anything, but there isn’t a whole lot you can do, outside of maybe helping her to get her dishwasher fixed.\n\n[[“Okay. Okay. I think I get it. If the person your landlord called isn’t willing to fix your dishwasher, I can give you my handyman’s number. It’s been a while since he’s had anything interesting to work on. His name's Jimbo Jones.”|apartend]]

In the last six months, your adviser, [[Bernie Scott|bernie_adviser]], published a prestigious journal article and scored a massive grant from the National Science Foundation. The lab was already growing quickly, but with these recent successes the number of applicants will probably increase even more. In the wake of these events, it’s fallen on you to reproduce [[Gabriella Hendricks'|post doc]] results that were the crux of the journal article. \n\nBut no matter how carefully you recreate the experiment -- no matter how exactly you emulate Gabriella's reported work -- you can’t get the same results. Bernie isn’t thrilled. You’re starting to suspect that the experiment and the results are [[impossible|possible fabrication]], and it’s been keeping you up for the past few days.\n\n[[...|Start of Meeting]]

“You know, like, avoid the apocalypse, man. Basically don’t let [[//Half Life//|Half Life]] happen for real.” When you mention //Half Life//, Tripp looks like he made a bit more of a connection.\n\n[[“What do you think it takes to build an international space station? The same kind of thinking.”|Space!]]

Your brother Khaled, currently working on a physics postdoc on the east coast, recently told you about an incident at his university in which someone in the neuroscience department used animals without approved protocol. When the administration found out, every single researcher at the university, no matter what discipline, had to take a very lengthy and tedious training course on working with animals.\n\n[[...|concerns about animal handling 2]]

“So, has the IRB approval come in yet?” Ned puts his hands on his head and leans back.\n\nYour plan is already looking shaky. Even mentioning the pilot study could be a massive can of worms. You could just wait for IRB approval, do the rest of the interviews, and maybe wait for some reasonable amount of time to “do the interviews” you’ve already finished. On the other hand, Ned might be on board with the pilot angle, and it would be nice to not have to be secretive.\n\n[[“Still nothing from the IRB.”|SkeletonCloset]]\n\n[[“Nothing from the IRB still. But, I was thinking: while we’re waiting, what if I did some pilot interviews... for practice?”|PilotInterviews]]

He sits in silence for a while before thanking you, grabbing his bag, and leaving.\n\nMaybe that little nudge you gave him earlier wasn’t as little as you thought. You didn’t think you were being unreasonable or harsh but he was pretty shut down at the end. But you can’t really blame him, given his past with the department. Giving him the benefit of the doubt might be what he needs.\n\n[[End scenario.|authorship end]]

“Okay, why don’t you tell me what you’ve been trying to talk with him about?” She adjusts in her chair.\n\nPlottner has been a nightmare beyond just the situation with the book chapter, but you can’t just launch into complaining about him. You don’t like him, but he has a lot of pull in the field and in this department.\n\nMaybe you can avoid bringing him up all together, even if it seems like other faculty aren’t that fond of him.\n\n[[//I still can’t believe what he did with the book chapter...//|Direct]]\n\n[[//Let me try and ease into things...//|Avoid]]\n\n[[//My real problem is Randal Plottner...//|Complain]]

When a researcher attempts to publish a new contribution, the document first undergos review by experts in the field. This way, the contribution can be properly verified and reviewed for validity, to ensure that the work is in fact a contribution to the field. As a matter of formality, a paper's reviewers are not to have a conflict of interest, since the matter at hand is whether a publishable contribution is being made. Examples of conflict of interest include close colleagues at the same institution or bitter rivals trying to one up each other.\n\nIn a field as small as yours, however, finding someone who isn't associated with the author is difficult, and this paper is no exception.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<<set $theaGoodEnding to 1>>“You have a good point. I thought it would help you make progress on your dissertation, but maybe you’re right. I’ll look through the other papers the DHAC program committee sent me, to see if I find anything more suitable.”\n\nAlthough it was hard to turn down such a great opportunity, you feel justified and the fact that Lucy came to the same conclusion is all the more reassuring. You might still get to review something, too!\n\n[[End scenario.|peer review ending]]

"You're the person I'm supposed to talk to about academic misconduct stuff," you continue, [[lowering your voice]] in an attempt to sound like you know what you're doing.\n\n"That's correct. What exactly is the problem?" She sounds vaguely irritated. Great.\n\n[["Well, I have some concerns about the work in Dr. Barton's lab..."|stefan problem]]\n\n[["I'm concerned about some recently-published results from Dr. Barton's lab."|stefan problem][$confident += 1]]

<<set $confident to 0>>You've never been to Dr. Molavi's office before. Come to think of it, you've never really interacted with her very much at all; she's not even [[your adviser]], and she always seems way too busy to talk to anyone, let alone a lowly grad student like yourself who's only been here for three months.\n\nBut you can't really bring yourself to stay quiet. And according to the <a href="http://apo.ucsc.edu/policy/capm/026.000.html" target="_blank">misconduct policy</a>, she's the one you should be talking to.\n\n[[Enter office.|stefan intro 2]]

“I’m not sure what I //can// do, but I do think I should’ve been a co-author with the work I put in.” You tense up a little.\n\n“Hmm... I agree with you but... It’s already published...” She looks lost in thought. “Can you tell me again what he told you initially?”\n\nWhat did he [[say|blew you off]]?\n\n[[//Did he ever say anything about credit?//|proof]]\n\n[[//Plottner’s not easy to talk to... and he was rushed...//|deflect5]]

//I’m not talking to her about that, it’s too private.//\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

You’re sitting in your office waiting for your student, [[Thea Phillips|2Thea]], to show up. Earlier today, you sent her an email asking if she’d be interested in taking a break from her research to serve as a reviewer for one of the papers the [[DHAC|DHAC]] committee sent you for [[peer review|whatsdat?]]. You can’t help but feel excited to tell her about how the paper could possibly help her research. It's incredibly related to her work!\n \n[[...|2Next]]

“How so?”\n\nIt’s time to explain why you’re so excited!\n\n[[“Oh, you’re going to love this! The paper is ridiculously relevant to your research. It’s from Simon Oakes’ lab, at Desert U, and they’re using machine learning to analyze //Ulysses//. I know, right? Based on the abstract, they fed it more than just the text from the book -- Joyce's letters, I think -- and apparently they got good results. This could help un-stick you!”|2whaddyasay]]

“As helpful as this could be, what if I steal their ideas, accidentally even?” Thea looks genuinely worried.\n\nFrom the quick look you took, there isn’t enough in the conference paper to wholesale steal, even if someone really wanted to. The approach is clever, but in hindsight it's kind of obvious.\n\n[[“Technically, that shouldn’t be a problem. They don’t have any code in there or anything, from what I’ve glanced at, and there’s nothing against taking inspiration from other people’s work.”|2well3]]

“I’m not sure if that’s the full picture. If I were to review this, I’d naturally benefit from the research in this paper, maybe even at the authors’ expense.”\n\nThea’s persistence and skepticism are becoming stronger, and she would be right in any field bigger than yours. But this is your tiny field and no one can really be objective.\n\n[[“Someone in our field has to review this thing, so it might as well be us, right? Their approach is clever, but it's kind of obvious in hindsight. I'm sure you would have thought of it on your own anyway.”|2well4]]

Thea arrives at your office, punctual as always. She returns your warm smile.\n\n“Please, come in.” You say this as you usher her into your office. \n\nAs she walks by, you notice the bags under her eyes, a reminder of your own sleepless nights in graduate school. The two of you exchange pleasantries, updates on things beyond academia, and even a joke here and there. At a break in the conversation, Thea asks:\n\n“So, there’s some new paper you wanted me to look at, right?”\n\n[[“Yes! The DHAC conference program committee just assigned me three submissions for peer review. After glancing at one of the abstracts, I think you should be the reviewer!”|2Logistics]]

“I’m not saying to take her off of what she’s already working on, but doing this completely on my own doesn’t feel like the best idea.” Her voice is still rising.\n\nSure she won’t. She’s //never// distracted anyone else in the lab by “asking for help.”\n\n[[“If you didn’t spend so much time planning parties, you might be able to actually do things without asking for help all the time.”|falseHope]]\n\n[[“That’s why I want you to do this by yourself, as much as possible. You need to be comfortable working independently on things.”|falseHope]]

“I can certainly see how much work you put into this.” She looks a little taken aback at the number of drafts you brought. “Now, what do you want from me? I’m not going to pressure you into anything...”\n\nYou did write these five drafts, but you haven’t seen the published version, so Plottner could have thrown out what you did or edited it so heavily that practically none of your work remains.\n\n[[//Maybe I’m not as much of an author as I thought.//|deflect2A]]\n\n[[//I wrote five drafts and I had to deal with lousy feedback!//|convo w/ Plott]]\n\n[[//Plottner hasn’t wanted to discuss credit since I started working on the chapter!//|adviserhabits3]]

You don’t know Garry too well, though you’re aware of how abrasive he can be, especially now that he’s founded his startup. He’d been talking about it for as long as you can remember, and it certainly has been a great boon for the department, both in terms of prestige and funding. Just as teaching assistantships were running low, Gilder's company has alleviated the situation by partnering with the department to offer funded positions for graduate students to work there part-time; these have been treated as 'split-appointment internships'. As part of the process, however, you can’t help but feel that he’s been forgetting that he’s a professor and not just another CEO. He was always a workaholic -- that's probably part of why you and the rest of the department didn’t see him much outside of campus -- but it seems like it’s gotten worse.\n\n[[back|previous()]]

“It’s just... I don’t feel like I’m a grad student anymore. Dr. Gilder seems to think I’m a regular employee, rather than his student.”\n\n[[“Is there a specific interaction that you can tell me about?”|elaborate]]\n\n[[“I can understand that, especially if you’ve never worked in industry. That experience could help with your dissertation, though. You’re working with Garry most of the time right?”|noindustry]]

"There's some smaller things that get me, but my biggest issue is that my time spent at this startup is limiting work on my dissertation."\n\n[["Can you explain more?"|startupproblems3]]\n\n[[“You’re sure the split appointment is the cause? I know graduate school can be stressful. It’s not something personal, is it?”|notserious]]

“He asked me to help him work on a book chapter he’d been invited to contribute. I was writing drafts and editing them based on the comments he made. He sent me an email telling me the last draft I’d done would be the final one, since it was apparently good enough for the editor.” You stop and look at Yvonne. She can probably tell where you’re heading with this. “Then a few days ago I found out my name wasn’t even listed in the published version.”\n\nYvonne thinks for a moment. “Alright, that is serious. Do you remember any of what he said to you when you tried to talk with him?”\n\n[[“He said I didn’t need to worry about it and it was //just// a learning experience.”|nittygritty]]\n\n[[“Just what I already said, that he was always busy. Maybe he was avoiding me...”|deflect1]]

“Well, I’m pretty sure you’re safe just asking people questions. You aren’t injecting them with anything, right?” Ned sounds like he’s trying to convince himself along with you. \n\nEven if you aren’t doing anything physical, wouldn't privacy be a concern? And why did Katherine have to get approval at Desert U?\n\n[[“Yeah, right, good call. Thanks, Ned. I’ll get on those pilot interviews pronto.”|SleepingDogs]]\n\n[[“I don’t know, actually. I’d rather be safe than sorry.”|ContactIRB]]

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“I bet. I can’t say my stress about the situation with Aya is that similar, but until we settled things I was having trouble sleeping. Thanks again for listening to me about that.” She sits back a little and kicks her heels against the floor.\n\n[[“...Glad I could help. Now, do you think we could talk about something else?”|segway]]\n\n[[“...I’m glad to hear that things worked out. That stuff isn’t always easy.”|tooSmol]]