<p>Harvard professors are stealing ****... literally</p>
<p>Which story will have more Google links in the next 24 hours, do you think?</p>
<p>The manure-stealing Harvard perfesser or the strange-tasting drinks served to girls at Princeton?</p>
<p>That's an interesting empirical question you ask there, Byerly. Let's check and see in 24 hours. </p>
<p><a href="http://news.google.com/news?&q=Princeton+bottles&btnG=Search+News%5B/url%5D">http://news.google.com/news?&q=Princeton+bottles&btnG=Search+News</a> </p>
<p>a search which leads to, e.g., </p>
<p><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_040505_campusscandal.html%5B/url%5D">http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_040505_campusscandal.html</a> </p>
<p>or </p>
<p><a href="http://news.google.com/news?&q=Harvard+manure&btnG=Search+News%5B/url%5D">http://news.google.com/news?&q=Harvard+manure&btnG=Search+News</a> </p>
<p>a search which leads to, e.g., </p>
<p><a href="http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,12780378-23109,00.html%5B/url%5D">http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,12780378-23109,00.html</a> </p>
<p>(that's a report in an Australian newspaper). </p>
<p>The Harvard story enjoys an early lead in notoriety.</p>
<p>Well, it may just be the Harvard Prestige at work, but I think the Princeton story - while slow off the mark - will gather momentum.</p>
<p>If I'm Yale, I have to be concerned. The rivals are making news just when you're trying to convince applicants that New Haven is a Happenin' Place.</p>
<p>Maybe the grad students could time their strike for Bulldog Days, just to generate a little excitement.</p>
<p>Yale is truly #3</p>
<p>I'm sure that Yale yearns for the opportunity to make news for manure-stealing or sex crimes. :)</p>
<p>Tokenadult, As discussed over at the Princeton site, is there any way to find out how many countries have published the leaked Harvard report that reach China:</p>
<p>It would be interesting to see the breath of coverage on all three of these stories as well.</p>
<p>And here I was worried that my Harvard professors next year wouldn't take any s**t...</p>
<p>One can only speculate as to whether the prof in question was supplying the entire faculty, or gathering supplies purely for his personal use. ;)</p>
<p>Can you imagine the quotes that are going to come out of this. For example,
"Yeah, I always knew Prof. W was full of S**t."</p>
<p>Apparently - like the Princeton grad student - the Harvard perfesser is a serial offender!</p>
<p>Is Larry Summers able to turn the screws on this professor to save the honor of economics research?</p>