The goth outsider who provides the sci-fi lore.

For example, a handbook at Boston University defines its faculty as "Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors," as well as research and clinical faculty, lecturers, and instructors. This is a representative model for many North American institutions. In India, the definition is broader; the University Grants Commission includes not only teachers but also librarians and physical education personnel in its definition of academic staff.

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The film's plot follows a group of high school students who discover their teachers are being taken over by alien parasites. Original Screenplay

Opposite them is a faculty roster that reads like a masterclass in character acting: as the sadistic ice queen Miss Burke, Bebe Neuwirth as the stern Principal Drake, Robert Patrick as the creepy Coach Willis (shaking off his T-1000 legacy), and Jon Stewart (yes, that Jon Stewart) as the jaded biology teacher, Prof. Furlong.

What makes The Faculty work is its cast. This is a "where are they now?" hall of fame for late-90s cinema. The resistance group is a cross-section of every high school stereotype: