Around the Ivies Plus
Around the Ivies Plus
Just when you thought Yale had mastered the art of the creepy-but-loveable promotional video, Middlebury comes in with one of its own that may just take the cake. Meet “MiddKidd,” a parody of our favorite masterpiece, “That’s Why I Chose Yale.”
Around the Ivies Plus
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?
