THE TIGER'S IN THE TANK (via Glenn Dryfoos, once-proud Princetonian) :

Yale Accuses Princeton in Hack Attack (JESSICA GARRISON, July 26 2002, LA Times)

Yale University told the FBI on Thursday that fellow Ivy League institution Princeton hacked into its online admissions notification system and looked through student files during the peak college admissions period in April.

Princeton apologized for the snooping, suspended its director of admissions and promised to conduct an internal investigation and cooperate with other investigators.

Yale said Princeton admissions officials used students' birth dates and Social Security numbers, apparently gleaned from the students' Princeton applications, to see confidential admissions decisions on 11 students who applied to both universities.

What the heck has happened to Princeton? It used to be the best college in the world, now they're hiring that mau-mauing embarrassment to the intellect, Cornel West, and trying to pilfer students from Yale, of all places. Yale should be a safety school for Princeton applicants, not a rival. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 26, 2002 3:08 PM