When we last reviewed the favorite hangouts of Harvard students, we came up with a list of bars fanned out across the city. This Friday night, on the eve of the annual Harvard-Yale tailgate bacchanal, recent graduates of both schools will descend on the Meatpacking District to create the biggest concentration of Ivy grads this side of a J. Press sale. More»

• Long Island Yale student found dead in dorm room. [NYP]

• The small comedies of the marathon cheater. [NYT]

• Lindsay Lohan calls her father a “lunatic.” [People]

• Taxi accident wreckage on Broadway and 8th Street. [Gawker]

• HBO premieres Obama campaign documentary, tomorrow. [Mediaite]

• Yale University graduate student disappears just days before her wedding. [CNN]

• Heidi Klum “Obsessed with boobs!” [EOnline]

• US Open phenom Melanie Oudin’s mother has affair with the player’s tennis coach. That whole pro at the country club fling is supposed to be, like, a highschool move. [NYP]

• High fashion redefined as spending drops. Fashion Week’s buzzkill, man. [NYT]

• Surviving Nirvana members angry about use of Kurt Cobain in new Guitar Hero. [NYMag]

[Harvard fans shotgunning beers]

For those of you who have been to or heard of the Harvard Yale Football Game, you are probably aware that it is one of the “great” Ivy League tailgates of the year.  Yes, oxymoronic indeed.  It’s when all the students come out of the woodwork, or rather the library, and engage in what might be the largest amateur drink fest in the country.  It’s also a time when the alums in NYC make the pilgrimage up to their alma maters to watch The Game and relive those John Belushi-esque days as an undergrad.  And this year’s game at Harvard last weekend was no exception.

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“Wow what a crowd!…how do we get a beer around here.”-Stephanie Wei

I’m currently in Seattle, Washington (more specifically, Bellevue, which is right outside the city) visiting my parents. I grew up and lived in Bellevue until I fled east to Yale for college and subsequently moved to NYC upon graduating. Basically, I haven’t been around much for the past seven years.

I’d almost forgotten how great Seattle is in the months of July and August. However, I do always argue that there’s nowhere else better to be in the continental U.S. during July and August than Seattle. I stand by that statement, particularly after this current trip. I also believe that Seattle may be the country’s best kept secret…but I digress.

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In this day and age, it’s often a thrilling surprise for even the most brilliant high school students to receive a fat envelope (a.k.a. acceptance letter) from their top choice college. But this year, New Utrecht High School valedictorian Lukasz Zbylut received one not only from his top choice (Harvard), but from 17 other prestigious colleges. The schools that accepted Zbylut include Ivies Yale, Dartmouth, and Columbia–in spite their falling acceptance rates over the past few years. It’s probably not surprising that Zbylut lead the model U.N., the debate team, the school newspaper and various other organizations during his four years at New Utrecht. And while it may be easy to make fun of Zbylut for being, um, a nerd, we all know that he’s going to save the world someday.

[Image via NY Post]

Bring your Gucci loafers, Nantucket Reds, and a little lock-jaw to the Ivycup Polo match next Saturday at the Greenwich Polo Club. Apparently there is going to be a playoff between the alumni teams of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Cornell. How many people are actually graduates and how many simply imposters, it’s hard to say. But it’s for a good cause (Charity Network of New York City to help disadvantaged youth…a nice gesture by the advantaged) so we can all tip a mallet to that.

From the 2006 Event

2007 Kick-Off Party