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

Down in New Jersey, the race is on for the one Princeton senior who will be elected to join the university’s board of trustees for a four-year term as “Young Alumni Trustee.” According to The Daily Princetonian, “Candidates are prohibited from campaigning, self-promotion or accepting any third-party endorsements.” But, to be nominated, the same candidates had to submit petitions signed by at least 50 members of the senior class. Hmmm.While it’s always refreshing to see the young and innocent indoctrinated into the wonderful world of cigar smoke, boardrooms, and illicit undertakings, can we at least call it what it is—“masters of the universe” in the making?

Also, there has been quite a kerfuffle as of late over a Cornell course on “Cyberfeminism.” On Thursday morning, Jason Mattera, a spokesman for Young America’s Foundation, whose purpose is to inspire young conservatives, singled out the course as an example of ridiculous “liberal” course offerings at American colleges.

He also belittled a course on Native American feminism at the University of Michigan. (We're unsure how he missed the many offerings at Harvard that are guilty of the same progressive, enlightened crime, but whatever.) Honestly, we wonder what he’d have us learn instead. Any thoughts, Jason? What kinds of things did they teach you back at Roger Williams?