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Wait, before you start reading, are you sure you are alone? Slowly, and without being too obvious, look around. Is there anyone who looks suspicious or who seems interested in what you have up on your screen? If so, close this window and come back to it when you are certain you can avoid detection. What I am about to share with you needs to remain top secret!
 
Is there anyone who looks suspicious or who seems interested in what you have up on your screen?
 
This secret was passed on to me in a dingy classroom over 30 years ago. It was August in Tucson, and it was in the building where no student wanted to find themselves in a class. Not only was it drab, with old worn wooden floors and chipped olive green walls, it didn’t even have air conditioning. What little protection it did offer against the sweltering desert heat was provided by swamp coolers that I believe were original to the building, constructed at the turn of the 20th Century. But, I spent four magical, albeit sweaty years taking every class I could in that building. It was known as the Communications building, but this wasn’t media or broadcasting. No, this was human communication, the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations communicate. A young couple had recently come from Michigan State to lead the program at the University of Arizona. Doctors Judee and Michael Burgoon changed the way I viewed the world.

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