Around the Ivies Plus
Easy Classes, Taking Time Off, and a Mechanized Sex Toy
Athletes at Stanford had access to a list of "easy" classes, according to California Watch. The list, which has existed since at least 2001, included courses such as "Beginning Improvising" and "Social Dances of North America III" and was distributed exclusively to Stanford athletes.
Pot Brown-ie, Texans Packing Heat, and a Whole Lot of Money
Three Brown alums are planning on opening a medical marijuana "compassion center" in North Kingston, RI. They have applied to the state for one of three permits that will be issued for such a center. They said they expect to be able to sell their product for as little as $280 per ounce to 600 patients and project their annual revenue to exceed $2 million dollars.
Luggage Belts, Falls, and a Smoke-Free Campus
Edward Hall III, a behavioral economics researcher at Columbia University, jumped onto a moving luggage belt after a Transportation Security Administration agent refused to screen him because he didn’t have any photo ID. Hall was promptly arrested and explained that he really just wanted to make his flight to San Francisco.
Yale Memoir, Princeton Battlefield, and a Coming-Out Story
It’s been quite the week for Yale, where The Yale Daily News published an incendiary editorial chastising the Women’s Center and a subsequent clarification regretting that editorial’s tone. However, with the upcoming release of a new Yale-related book, it seems as though there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
Homophobia, Sorority Rush Spike, and Accusations of Racism
Harvard has Martin H. Peretz, but Stanford, it seems, has Victor Davis Hanson, who wrote a recent piece on academia’s alleged distance from reality. And when The Stanford Daily’s editorial board subsequently used this piece to accuse Hanson—a Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution—of what it perceived to be racism, quite a kerfluffle erupted both on campus and in the blogosphere.
