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Former New Hampshire assistant attorney general William McCallum, BR '84, was sentenced to six years in prison last month for possessing works of art stolen from Dartmouth and other institutions. McCallum pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 65 counts of theft.

Defense experts testified that the Yale graduate suffers from an array of disorders, including bipolar disorder, severe depression, and kleptomania. McCallum proudly displayed the works of art in his home and office.

McCallum left no institution or item untouched in his "inadvertent" stealing spree. In addition to Dartmouth, McCallum stole items from Colby-Sawyer College, Boston College, and Boston University. He was planning to steal from Pennsylvania and Columbia until he realized that he would probably be mugged on his way there. He was also contemplating Harvard until he realized everything there sucked.

Of course, the deranged lawyer also stopped by his alma mater. And you thought the Branford swing was stolen by frat boys from Saybrook.

Pennsylvania

After nearly a year-long review, the U.S. Department of Education cleared the Pennsylvania last week of the biggest of its alleged crime-reporting violations: that Pennsylvania had attempted to cover up campus crime. The investigation began after the Philadelphia Inquirer reported in 1996 that only about 10 percent of Pennsylvania robberies had occurred "on-campus."

Pennsylvania allegedly tried to sell West Philly as safe. For instance, in a campus brochure, pictures of cities like New Haven or East St. Louis were supposedly passed off as West Philadephia.

In general, university officials were content with the results of the review. "I am pleased, but not surprised by the conclusions," President Judith Rod-in, proudly said as she attended
to more pressing illegal activities at the school--like making sure the entire football team is eligible to play next year.

--Compiled by Mike Buckstein from The Dartmouth and
The Daily Pennsylvanian.

YALE INDEX
1. Number of Ivy League students attracted to the recent conference on sex and drugs	70
2. Number of students who were lured to Ivy League schools by the empty promise of sex drugs	70
3. Number of empty promises which will be made this Valentines weekend by Yalies hoping to get sex and drugs	70
4. Last time sex and drugs were commonplace on an Ivy League campus (Brown obviously excluded)	1970
5. Number of TD students who showed up on Tuesday to applaud Master T.'s reappointment	250
6. Number of those students who thought they were showing up for a special TD review session	250
7. Number of people who applauded anyway, figuring TD has five more years of special review sessions to which they can look forward	250
8. Number of people who hope to go see Phil Gramm, Chubb Fellow, next week	250
9. Number of people who want to see Phil Gramm's Cubb Fellow	0
10. Total number of grams of Valentine's Day chocolate that will be given by Yalies this weekend	20,000
11. Number of grams of chocolate your mom will consume this weekend	20,000
12. Percentage of Yalies who will get a Valentine's card this weekend	70
13. Percentage of said Yalies' cards which were sent by their own mommas	70

--Compiled by Kevin Irwin and Jeremy Rissi

Sources: 1) YDN 2/9/98; 5) YDN 2/10/98; 2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13) Justin Urcis, CC '98

LIZ OLINER/YH Yale President Richard Levin, GRD '74, and Dean Richard Brodhead, BR '68, GRD '72, applaud Robert Thompson's reappointment as Master of Timothy Dwight College on Tues., Feb. 10.

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