Orchestrated Chaos

Pushing my own buttons.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

My attempt to impersonate Jon Stewart:

And our next news item this evening: Yale has joined the small list of prestigious educational institutions to offer videos, transcripts and recommended book lists online free of charge. Yale's yearly tuition, room and board average $46,000, but this program will begin by offering only seven classes to choose from.

Naturally the coursework is not valid for actual credits, but the Yale President (President of Yale, not the President from Yale) said this in a written statement: "This is a wonderful opportunity for us to share a vital and central part of the Yale experience with those who, for whatever reason, are not in a position to pursue a Yale education at first hand."

For whatever reason? I think that is brilliant Mr President. But I think it should read: "to share a vital and central part of the Yale experience with those who, for 46,000 reasons, are not in a position to pursue a Yale education at first hand,"

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