This week in "Princeton in the New Yorker": Tiger Hockey and... Baby Seals?

You'd think the New Yorker would be solidly in the tank for the ol' Orange and Black.  Editor-in-Chief David Remnick '81 didn't teach himself, after all.In recent years, however, Yale has been getting most of the love from this classiest of rags (see here and here and here).  But as long as the stories are as entertaining as this week's take on the  timeless musical fantasia known as "That's Why I Chose Yale," we won't complain.A choice passage:

James Goodale, Class of ’55, and a former general counsel for the Times, made it through all seventeen minutes—more collegians bursting into song, accompanied by “Up with People”-style dance numbers, and even some electric-guitar shredding in the art gallery—before reporting that the production seemed “intended for an audience that I couldn’t divine.” He added, “My God, if you’re a hockey player, you think, I’ll go to Princeton.”

In other New Yorker-related news, apparently Princeton Politics Professor Gary Bass sometimes writes in to give his opinion on current cinema?  Most random New Yorker blog post about one of my former professors EVER... The subject is The Young Victoria, a no-doubt sumptuously costumed historical romance starring British bombshell Emily Blunt -- and whether it holds any appeal for the male segment of the viewing public.  Professor Bass writes in to say:

I’m a guy and I liked “Young Victoria” too, and not just for Emily Blunt. [Queen Victoria's husband] Albert was an antislavery activist, and Victoria drove Disraeli barking mad with newspaper clippings about the killing of baby seals and, in 1876, Bulgarian civilians.

But what does he think about Victoria's chances of winning the Oscar for Best Costume Design?  If you ask me, it'll face some stiff competition from Bright Star, an equally sumptuous period piece featuring a winsome heroine who just happens to work as... a costume designer.  But I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise.  Perhaps a trip to GBass's office hours will provide some clarity?  I'll report back.(image source: wikipedia.com)