Yes, Princeton is being investigated on charges of discriminating against Jian Li in its admissions process.  The Daily Princetonian reported a couple weeks ago that the investigation has broadened, but the best part about the article is the unmoderated melee going on in the comments!

Since the article went up on the website one commenter "Yale College Dad" or, as the cool kids have begun to call him, "YCD," has posted the overwhelming majority of the 200 comments, responding to everyone else with a rapid fire of enraged fury oh so common to the internet.

One of his better posts:

To the pimple popping Princeton brats...Jian Li has more than a strong argument. At the Ivies, especially at HYP, the evidence is overwhelming and compelling, and it is clear and convincing that for decades, there has been a racial basis, conscience or non-conscience, directed against Asian American applicants. Regardless of the outcome of the decision on Jian Li's complaint from the OCR, since it also consists of biased politically correct appointees, who will undoubtedly rule against Jian anyway, Princeton's admissions files will be OPENED, and this could bolster Jian's claims when viewd by an impartial party. This case has put Princeton and the Ivies on notice for more future complaints and federal law suits based racial discrimination by Asian Americans. They won't be ignored, mocked and ridiculed and be treated as frivolous anymore, especially by the Daily Princetonian....090909 has yet to post a credible reponse. Laugh it up, Princetonians, because the joke will be on YOU!!! BTW, some of my relatives and best friends are graduates of Princeton. Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!

But what isn't so common is his encyclopedic knowledge of the case! From my super-scientific estimation, YCD has quoted extensively from at least a handful of articles and legal texts regarding this case, all in his valiant efforts to defend an innocent student from the Princeton's discrimination and its students' ridicule.

After the jump, the plot thickens!

Or is he defending himself? Several of the commenters have begun to call into question just how YCD could possibly know about the admissions decisions of other people at Jian Li's high school: the one area where his comments do not aggressively cite articles. So is this Jian Li himself? Not content with waging his war in the courts, he brings it to the comment board of the Daily Princetonian? In what I am only bold enough to assume is an interesting coincidence, the tipster who tattled to us about YCD's possible secret identity was identified only by the initials "J L." Could Jian Li be looking to get caught?

Now I will take the only logical step and invite Yale College Dad to explain or defend himself here on IvyGate. Yale College Dad, if you will email us with a statement of some sort I will promote you from your comment board stomping grounds and print it on the front page for all to see! Afterwards, you'll want to continue defending Jian Li/yourself in the comments, I'm sure. I have a feeling that most of our readers aren't on your side here.

Yale College Dad we want to hear from you! Obviously, if you know Jian Li himself and can offer any insight here we'd love to hear from you as well. Alternatively, if you have any good guesses as to who YCD might be if it's not Jian Li, sound off in the comments please!