For some professors, lecture notes and graded exams are not the only things they bring to class. A few members of the faculty are known for bringing their dogs with them to work in their department buildings, offices and in some cases, lectures.
Academia can be a very lonely quest.
It's nice to have someone around. He calms me down. Though she brings Sam to her office, Stoner-Weiss said she feels it's not appropriate to bring a pet to a class or lecture. In fact, the politics department will not allow faculty members to bring pets to meetings, but some other departments do. During the summer, Sam accompanied Stoner-Weiss to work almost every day, but now she only brings him once a week, she said.