The meaning of "studying" has changed.


    I was never the studious type as a kid. Still, I always envied those who excelled academically—the ones who worked so hard, traveled so far, just to reach the most prestigious university in the country. But no one ever told me that there were hidden traps waiting for them there.


    I go to an ordinary college. I want to say something, but I don''t really know how. Still, I feel like I have to leave something behind.


    Just win once. I might be a nobody, but he isn''t. He''s the kind of person I''ve admired since childhood: brilliant, driven, the kind who always shined in the ssroom. I can''t stand to see him fail.


    Carlson, I hope you have a future filled with hope-a life that''s bright and magnificent.


    Don''t let your story end unfinished; write the most defiant, unforgettable chapter, the one that shakes the world.


    ...


    At noon, Carlson posted a second update—this time, a ten-minute audio recording.


    Because of what happened with Arkle, Carlson had gone to Edna''s office, only to overhear her talking with Sybil outside the door.


    He uploaded the entire conversation, unedited, between aunt and niece, only adding the system''s auto-generated subtitles.


    By one o''clock that afternoon, the hashtag


    #KingswellUniversityStudentFilesFormalComintAgainstAdvisor was trending at the top of every major social and video tform.


    A flood of users crashed the Kingswell University website, searching for ways to submit reports. The site went down almost immediately.


    The university''s official social media ounts were bombarded withments- hundreds of people demanding justice for Carlson.


    Senior university leaders, who were on vacation out of town, rushed back to Lumina City that night to take charge on campus.


    "Edna! That Edna!"


    Her name was on everyone''s lips, spoken through clenched teeth.


    A single rotten apple had managed to tarnish Kingswell''s hundred-year legacy—


    this beacon of higher education brought low by one corrupt professor.


    “We need ountability! Why wasn''t this addressed when it first started spreading on the campus forum? And what about that studentpetition? Investigate it! If you can''t get to the bottom of this, every single person involved will be held responsible!"


    The senior administrators, haggard from an all-nighter, argued until their voices were hoarse.


    Finally, by early the next morning, they issued an official statement:


    "Notice Regarding the Investigation and Disciplinary Action Rted to Dr. Moore of Our University"


    Following the online reports on February 5th concerning Dr. Moore''s academic misconduct, Kingswell


    University immediately formedmet


    special task force, including a research integrity panel, an ethicsmittee, a financial review team, and a student affairs group, to


    conduct aprehensive investigation.


    ording to the findings, Dr. Moore, as corresponding author, falsified or manipted data and images in eleven published papers; ten papers had improper authorship; and a grant application for one research project contained-


    In ordance with the Civil Service Personnel Regtions, the Guidelines for Preventing and Handling Academic Misconduct in Higher Education, and Kingswell University''s own policies, the university has decided:


    - To remove Dr. Moore from all university positions and terminate her employment;


    - To submit requests for the revocation of her teaching license, retraction of all


    academic papers and research projects involved in misconduct;


    - To discontinue all textbooks edited by her;


    - To issue an official reprimand to the Department of Life Sciences, and to hold responsible parties within the department to administrative discussions and disciplinary training.


    Any other staff found to be involved in academic misconduct or vitions will also


    be investigated and dealt with ording to university policy and thew.


    The university''s response was swift, and the penalties were, by all ounts, appropriate.


    But-


    What about Carlson?


    The advisor was fired. So, what would happen to Carlson?


    Many people filled thements section with the same question.


    The statement never once mentioned Carlson by name, but between the lines, it


    felt as if every word spelled doom for him.