Life of a Saleswoman

By THOMAS BARTLETT

At the moment, Tessa Lyons is lost. In one hand is a campus map. The other grips a rolling suitcase stuffed full of brochures. "OK, that's the library, so that must be science," she says, nodding at one of the nearly identical brick buildings. "No, wait. Science is over there." She sticks the map in her coat pocket and takes off in a new direction, the suitcase rattling at her heels.

Her confusion is understandable. This is Ms. Lyons's first trip to Eastern Connecticut State