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Skull And Bones House (VIDEO): Tour Shows "Tomb's" Courtyard

Posted 12.14.2009 | Home

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Housecleaning is in order if this footage of of Skull and Bones house at Yale University is real. The video, blogged about by Ivy Gate, was posted ...

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John DiNello Found: Yale Lab Technician Found Safe Near Home

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Home

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police say they've found a Yale University employee who was missing for several days. Police say 47-year-old John DiNello wa...

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Calvin Trillin: Recession Caused By Intelligent People

nytimes.com | CALVIN TRILLIN | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

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"The financial system nearly collapsed," he said, "because smart guys had started working on Wall Street." He took a sip of his martini, and stared st...

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Harvard's Endowment Drops Sharply Amid Recession

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

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BOSTON — The total value of Harvard's endowment plunged nearly 30 percent in the last fiscal year as the Ivy League institution's portfolio was ...

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Harvard's Endowment Drops Sharply Amid Recession

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

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BOSTON — The total value of Harvard's endowment plunged nearly 30 percent in the last fiscal year as the Ivy League institution's portfolio was ...

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Does the Ivy League Turn You Into a Moron? Walter Kirn Critiques Princeton in "Lost in the Meritocracy"

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Anis Shivani

Walter Kirn, author of the novels Up in the Air and Mission to America, has written the most enticing recent indictment of education in this country.

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That's All You Got? The Attacks on Sotomayor Come Across as Desperate

Daniel Cubias | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Cubias

In the spirit of bipartisanship, I offer the following: Drop the lame attacks on Sonia Sotomayor, because they're not going to work.

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March Madness: Smart Money Says Cornell

Dennis Danziger | Posted 04.12.2009 | Comedy

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Dennis Danziger

This year I've adopted a new system. I'm betting on the colleges with the highest SAT scores and the strictest admission's policies.

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A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living

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Lisa Solod Warren

If being an elitist means that I still and will always care about nurturing my mind and the minds of others then I will wear that banner proudly.

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The Truth About College Rankings: Who is Really #1?

Kat Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

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Kat Cohen

There is no real "top 50 colleges": this zero-sum game of rankings renders meaningless. Students must examine a college's philosophy, environment, and academic offerings themselves.

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Betting His Legacy on Public Participation

Shunit Harpaz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

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Shunit Harpaz

There is a great potential for a positive change in our society, a change where people take charge of serving the public, living a life that is meaningful and satisfying.

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Why Does Britain Keep Adopting The Wrong Ideas From The US? Asks UK Commentator

The Independent | Mary Dejevsky | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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What is it about American ideas that Britain, and New Labour Britain in particular, finds so seductive? Oh, I know how fertile their think-tank cultur...

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My Most Over-the-Top Moment as a Mother

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living

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Marilyn M. Machlowitz

When my daughter's fencing coach moved to Seattle, I was beside myself. How, I worried, could she explain on her college applications why she stopped fencing senior year?

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The Truth About Getting In: Knowing Your "Battleground" Colleges

Kat Cohen | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

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Kat Cohen

With a record number of students graduating in Spring 2009, combined with a depressed economy, colleges will be flooded with applications.

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America's Top Universities Scouring China's High Schools To Recruit Top Students

United Press International | Posted 12.10.2008 | Home

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Harvard, Stanford and other top U.S. colleges say they're actively recruiting China's best high school students and offering them full scholarships. ...

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A Yalie Roots For Harvard

Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Darryle Pollack

Bush represented the end of an era; women like me represented the beginning of a new one. I stepped onto the Yale campus only months after Bush left it.

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Recession Special- The Truth About Affording The Rising Cost of College (Part II)

Kat Cohen | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

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Kat Cohen

So, what will college ultimately cost? You must make yourself aware of even the smallest expenditures (which, when combined, make for one very large e...

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How To Get Your Kids Into Harvard

Wall Street Journal | Ellen Gamerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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As college-application season enters its most stressful final stretch, parents want to know if their children's schools are delivering the goods -- co...

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Ivy Funds Caught Up In Loan Shark Accusations

Bloomberg | Brian Kladko | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities' endowments are being accused of backing a loan with 42 percent interest, twice the legal limit, according to...

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Sam Stein

Ivy League Faculty Giving Democratic, More Heavily Than Ever

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Professors and administrators at the nation's top colleges are supporting Democratic candidates during the 2008 campaign at a rate higher than the his...

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