By now we know Obama appointed Timothy Geithner (Dartmouth '83) Treasury Secretary and Larry Summers (MIT '75 and Harvard '82) head of the National Economic Council. In fact, David Brooks wrote a column in last Friday's New York Times about how "even more than past administrations, this will be a valedictocracy — rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes." What other schools are representing in the Obama inner sanctum of rockstar elite East Coast terrorists?

• Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton (Wellesley '69, Yale Law '73)
• Commerce Secretary: Bill Richardson (Tufts '70, Tufts '71)
• Health and Human Services: Tom Daschle (South Dakota State '69)

Under Consideration:

National Security Adviser:

• James Jones (Georgetown School of Foreign Service '66, National War College '85)
• James Steinberg (Harvard '73, Yale Law '78)

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This week, New York Magazine strengthens its iron grip on the sexual narratives of upwardly mobile Ivy League females in New York. That's right, the people who brought you "The Overserved Ivy Banker Chick" would now like you to meet "The Single College Girl Obsessed With a Yale Law Student":

7:30 p.m.: Best friend gets a call from an acquaintance inviting us to a party at her older brother's apartment. He goes to Yale Law School — we'll be there.
11:05 p.m.: Party is okay. Talk to some fellow Ivy Leaguers who spurt intellectual justifications as to why they're using their education to make exorbitant amounts of money for themselves rather than bettering society.
11:37 p.m.: Introduced to acquaintance's older brother. He mentions something about opera, and I feign interest because he's pretty cute. He then proceeds to quiz me about some esoteric English composer in order to make me sound and feel like a total idiot. Determine that he probably wants in my pants.
12:42 a.m.: Suspicion confirmed when he challenges me to a game of darts. Just as I'm about to shoot my first dart, I feel his arms wrap around my waist and he whispers in my ear, "How's your concentration now?" I'm immediately aroused.

Yale Law sounds like a total douche. College Girl, save yourself for someone better! Like your hospital co-worker who sexually harasses you in all the right ways: Read the rest of this entry »

According to a professional-looking invitation, various Yalies will attempt to set a world record in their Law Auditorium on Friday: Largest Gathering of People Dressed as The Hills' Lauren Conrad. This should be the first record in the Yale Law auditorium that doesn't involve torts. Whatever organization wrote the invite didn't specify exactly how to dress like Lauren Conrad, but they are providing "unlimited" free eyeliner. No word on whether Guiness will accept people who show up in their normal clothes and put on some eyeliner. Could this be an elaborate prank, timed to coincide with an actual law-related event in the auditorium? Will someone put eyeworms in the eyeliner as a blight on fans of The Hills? Either way, someone is making history.