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Was this the greatest football game ever?

By Andrew O'Hehir — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

OK, maybe not. But "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" still spins an improbable, Fitzgerald-meets-Updike yarn about two elite schools, a turbulent year and an unbelievable ending.

"The New Dubya-Doo Movies"

By David Puner — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

If there's a Rove, there's a way Dubya can be president for life.

Mommies on the tenure track

By Rebecca Traister — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

How does motherhood affect scholarship at an Ivy League college?

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Grown quarterbacks crawling around? Football players watching soccer players decide games? Field goals must go.

John Kerry's report card

By Tim Grieve — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Irrefutable proof that George W. Bush is no dumber than the man he beat in November!

Thanks, Daddy's little girl!

By Katharine Mieszkowski — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Congressmen with daughters are more likely to support women's rights, including abortion.

Smoke a joint and your future is McDonald's

By Janelle Brown — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

A federal law passed in a burst of drug war fervor denies financial aid to the country's neediest students.

Bill Clinton speaks

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

In a speech made earlier this month at Yale University, the former president reflects on "the first great struggle for the soul of the 21st century."

Amy and Goliath

By Daryl Lindsey — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

A first-year law student brought a giant pharmaceutical to its knees. But will her victory for South Africa's AIDS sufferers deprive the world of new medicines?

Sex and science

By Cathy Young — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Are women discriminated against in the lab? Or are gender imbalances due to intellectual differences?

Prozac indignation

By Craig Offman — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

How a little-known Harvard clinician needled sleeping giant Eli Lilly

Immunized against addiction

By Dawn MacKeen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Can a simple vaccine kill the appetite for cocaine? Researchers may soon find out.

The making of Ziggy Jr.

By Amy Reiter — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Christie Brinkley helps Bowie breed! Stranger than fiction: I've got Oprah's phone number -- backwards! Plus: George Bush was, ahem, quite a Bonesman!

Smirk from the past

By Jacques Leslie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

In college, George W. Bush and his membership in Skull and Bones seemed to represent an Old World patronage on the brink of collapse. Or so I thought.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Turning xenophobic about the Japanese Plus: Stephen Prothero's article is a simple case of Skull and Bones envy; so what if Al inhaled? We all did

Skulls in the closet

By Stephen Prothero — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

What does membership in a bastion of privilege say about George W. Bush's character?

Take-home test

By David Corn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Gov. Bush says he has been reading a biography of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Here's a reading comprehension exam for the GOP front-runner.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Is it better to be food-obsessed than fat and happy? Plus: Trolling for errors in "Dutch"; hip-hop merits not less scrutiny, but greater intellectual rigor.

Hip-hop hooray

By Simon Rodberg — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Amid cell biologists and students of the Hungarian novel, I presented my senior thesis on rap.

Garry Trudeau

By David Rubien — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

The most powerful voice for truth and justice in American journalism is the junkyard dog of editorial cartooning -- and the creator of "Doonesbury."

Thriving on the edge of tolerance

By Simon Rodberg — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Events surrounding Yale's National Coming Out Day show that even in an enclave of gay acceptance, bigotry can survive quietly.

Application blues

By Lucas Hanft — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

A high school senior tells admissions officers, "If you don't want stupid answers, don't ask stupid questions."

Crashing the top

By Ann Douglas — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned discrimination.

President of what?

By Simon Rodberg — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

George W. Bush led the Delta Kappa Epsilon branding regime at my university. Now he wants to lead the free world.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

"For Love of the Game" review strikes out; college students should learn to leave the nest; since when is George Bush an "education governor"?