The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too).

Dudes masturbate more than girls? Who would have thought? Apparently, this universally acknowledged truth (at least, we assumed, among most humans over the age of 12) is news at Princeton.

Recently, The Daily Princetonian released the results of its sex survey, which explored various aspects of sexual health at Princeton. The survey itself, which yielded an interesting set of statistics and this article about emergency contraceptive use on campus, seems pretty legit. But then there's this article, entitled "Pleasuring Princeton,” which discusses the prevalence of masturbation on campus.

Here’s the gist of this wonderful exercise in statistical exploration: “Male undergraduates are much more likely to masturbate than their female peers, according to a recent survey on undergraduate sexual activity conducted by The Daily Princetonian.” Groundbreaking, no? Also, the article quoted a UCLA psychology professor who explains that these “gender discrepancies” might stem in part from male genitals being “a lot more easy to find” than their female counterparts.

In other news, Christie’s auction house in New York has pulled from its upcoming auction a human skull that previously had been used as a ballot box for Yale’s famously secretive Skull and Bones society. Apparently, there was a title claim issue. Either that or someone finally woke up and realized that no one would pay $10,000-$20,000 for a nasty piece of human remains.

On a more serious note, at Notre Dame, The Observer printed a cartoon on Jan. 13 that many considered offensive to the LGBT community. The comic strip has since been discontinued, and Observer Assistant Managing Editor Kara King, who said she takes responsibility for allowing it to run, resigned Jan. 17 in a letter to the Notre Dame community.

Earlier this month, someone in China hacked into the Google account of a Stanford student named Tenzin Seldon, a known Tibetan activist. Whether or not Google decides to stay in China, the fact that these hackings have targeted people like Seldon—a student at an American university—has generated some unease in Washington, where the Obama administration has reiterated its concerns about international computer security and the possibility of further attacks on larger corporations.