When we wrote about the Battle of the Baker's Dozen last week -- the New Year's Eve assault of poor, defenseless Yale a cappella singers -- and included photos of the beating these guys took, readers reacted strongly. In comments and emails, they were horrified, outraged, and also, um, a little turned on.

Frequent commenter Columbia2010er was the first to venture out onto the contusion-fetish limb, writing "Is it wrong of me to say that the guy in the fourth picture is kind of hot?"

No, Columbia2010er, no it's not. Sadly, while there is an ongoing certified MEDIA FRENZY surrounding the brawl, no one is following up on the wounded beauty of Evan Gogel '10. But an IvyGate investigation has revealed that Gogel is even hotter when not bruised to shit, and ladies, it's his birf on Feb. 3. We're sure he'd love a heart-shaped icepack. More pics (seriously, check out his Facebook page, he's always surrounded by women) after the jump.

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AboveTheLaw.com's "Law School Dean Hotties" contest concluded yesterday, and congratulations (and lame jokes about well-packaged briefs and banging more than the gavel) are in order for Ms. Asha Rangappa, assistant dean of admissions at Yale Law, and Mr. Evan H. Caminker, dean of Michigan Law (and a Yale J.D.).

When we first heard of the contest, we briefly considered organizing a ballot-stuffing campaign on behalf of the Ivy candidates -- until we realized that that would have been pretty much the same thing as saying "Vote."

Which of the male nominees had Ivy pedigrees? Thanks for asking. All of them, with the exception of this Brett Favre look-alike. There was less domination on the female ballot, but Rangappa took an early lead and never tossed her raven hair to look back. Well done, victors. Whether you top this scorching pair is for the jury to decide.