I think the bit about not wanting to interrupt the class may also have to do with the lecturer. She's an amazing bad-ass herself: "Her investigations have led

I think the bit about not wanting to interrupt the class may also have to do with the lecturer. She's an amazing bad-ass herself: "Her investigations have led to more than 50 criminal cases against politicians, businessmen and public officials, and pursued by law-enforcement in Costa Rica, the United Kingdom, France, Finland and the United States." (https://journalism.columbia.edu/columbia-journalism-school-appoints-award-winning-journalist-giannina-segnini-its-first-knight-chair https://journalism.columbia.edu/columbia-journalism-school-a...)