THE DOMINO IS tipping at Yale, where a faculty committee has moved to "accelerate" its review of the college's admissions program, the YDN observes. The school faces pressure to ax its non-binding, early-action program after Harvard did so earlier this month. Princeton followed suit, dropping its binding, early-decision program a week later. Yale President Richard Levin won't say what the committee will decide, but will say how often they'll meet: "more or less monthly." Only in higher education can that be considered accelerated.

Meanwhile, a columnist for the Daily Pennsylvanian—accepted early at Penn four years ago—calls the new trend "political correctness run amok." A Penn spokeswoman tells her that because of the school's early-decision program, "Our student body is happy to be here and it makes for a better student experience."

Separately, Brown is close to offering a joint degree with the Rhode Island School of Design, the Daily Hearld reports. That will undoubtedly be the most liberal liberal-arts education in the country.

NO SMILES YESTERDAY for E. Forbes Smiley III, who was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison and ordered to pay roughly $2 million for pilfering rare maps from schools around the country. The YDN carries a report—Smiley was caught at Yale—as does The Crimson. Harvard is still missing 13 maps, at least five of which Smiley has admitted to stealing.

NOT EVEN FREE Taco Bell coud lure students to a "town hall meeting" last night at Princeton to discuss the school's most aggressive effort to counter the influence of eating clubs on campus, according to the Daily Princetonian. (Perhaps the eating clubs had something better than fast food on the menu.) The 15 students who did show up expressed concern that the four-year residential colleges, set to debut next year, will isolate students who choose—whether for financial or social reasons—to distance themselves from "The Street," as Princeton's eating clubs are collectively known.

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN takes a look at Harvard quarterback Richard Irvin, the fourth QB to start for the Crimson in four games.

IN IVY OPINIONS, a Jewish Dartmouth columnist wants a day off for Yom Kippur, but also notes: "I will not accuse Dartmouth administrators of being anti-Semitic." The Columbia Spectator staff wants the school's health services to remain open over the weekend. The Crimson staff applauds charging students for missing their health-services appointments. And a Princetonian columnist, in a piece entitled, "Why morality hasn't declined," pens this winner for most overwrought Ivy quote of the day: