Ivy League Notebook and Yale Index

Ivy League Notebook

Howard Stern has nothing on Jerome Saibil '01, the creator of Brown's version of the sex talk show, "Love-line." Because his bosses at Brown Student Radio were upset with the show's refusal to "accept a program of urban contemporary music," they sent Saibil and his sultry guests packing at the beginning of this year.

Now he's back in full color. Brown Television (BTV) has picked up the show. Apparently, BTV wants to boost its lagging market share in the porn industry. As for Saibil, it is rumored that he will use the show's appeal to males under 35 as a springboard to the governorship of Minnesota.

Cornell

What is it that drives so many Cornell students to suicide? Stress? Crappy sex lives? Or is it the lack of really good beer? Well, now Cornell students have a reason to stay alive. The Ithaca Beer Company will be celebrating the grand opening of a new microbrewery this Friday. Company brewer Jeff Convel explained that Ithaca was an ideal location because it has "really good water." Convel explained that the company's focus is quality, not quantity. "This is about enjoying a fine product with your friends and not about consuming a case by yourself," he said.

Princeton

It looks as though the citizens of Princeton Township will have to leave their shotguns in the racks on their pickup trucks a little while longer. New Jersey rejected the town's proposal to cut its abundant deer population by 20 percent through "systematic execution."

Irate Elmer E. Fudd Professor of Biology James Gould complained that the state's action is "Walt Disney's fault...we have to stop thinking of all deer as Bambi and find the most sensible solution." He declined to comment further, explaining that everyone had to be vawy, vawy quiet because he was hunting wabbits.

YALE INDEX
1. Number of days in Yale's Thanksgiving Break	9
2. Percentage of Yalies who planned to use said days to "catch up on their work"	100
3. Amount of time spent on CT Limo, round trip to JFK Airport, in hours	6
4. Number of times The Jerry Springer Show was on during Thanksgiving Break	5
5. Average number of hours spent playing Nintendo 64 during Thanksgiving Break	27
6. Average number of hours per night spent sleeping during Thanksgiving Break	12
7. Number of hours spent watching NFL football on Thanksgiving	7
8. Number of hours spent watching "The Real World Marathon" on Nov. 27	12
9. Number of hours spent shopping on "The Year's Biggest Shopping Day"	10
10. Percentage of students who actually "caught up on their work" during Thanksgiving Break	0
11. Number of days during reading period	4
12. Percentage of students who plan to use said days to "catch up on their work"	100

-Compiled by Christopher M. Burke and Sumit K. De

Sources: 1,11) Yale College Program of Study; 2,10,12) Fact; 3) Connecticut Limo; 4,8) TV Guide, 11/22/98-11/28/98; 5) AC Sports Center; 6,9) Herald office surveys; 7) CBS and Fox

JULIA TIERNAN/YH SPRUCING IT UP: In an effort to add a little more green despite the falling leaves, workers were planting young trees on Old Campus all week.

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