The students on this panel--all of them Southern born--are quiet and polite, but they have strong opinions about the question that proves to be the focus of this show, namely, as Mr. Buckley phrases it, "Is there something distinctive that happens in the Southern university experience?" To Ms. Morgan, "We do have a rich culture here, and that makes Southern universities distinct, but what also makes us unique is that they offer the rich culture without sacrificing the academic rigor, and you can't get that anywhere else in the country. It's either one or the other. And we have it all here." To Mr. Thigpen, "I think what makes Southern universities distinctive, maybe,... is the education you get outside of the classroom.... It's not necessarily books, but it's learning how to relate to people, which is probably the most important thing that you face when you leave college, and the most important thing you need to know."