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Perhaps a better question is which schools really deserved to crack the list, but were left off due to GQ oversight.  We're got some ideas...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: It Takes One To Know One: Reviewing GQ's "Douchiest College" List | 9/5/2009 | See Source »

...Yale—We're not saying they beat us, but how could they not crack the top 25?  This is the school that produced the Bushes, the Clintons, Kerry, etc.  Also, have you ever seen "The Skulls?" Classic bad-but-good movie, plenty of douchebaggery...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: It Takes One To Know One: Reviewing GQ's "Douchiest College" List | 9/5/2009 | See Source »

...Kathryn Bigelow (“Strange Days,” “Blue Steel”), who conducts her scenes with almost scientific precision. One 10-minute sniper standoff in particular showcases Bigelow’s deft mastery of timing. The gap between the bullet’s crack and its impact creates a moment of suspended time, leaving the viewer hovering in a tense area between cause and effect. This moment of uncertainty provides an adrenaline rush for both the audience and Sgt. James, a testament to the subtlety of the film’s emotional power...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Hurt Locker | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...Half.com or Amazon and fill a virtual shopping cart, or stop by Gnomon Copy to place an order for $300 worth of bound essays, book-buying is usually stressful and costs a fortune. The worst part: There’s a good chance you’ll never even crack open that brand-new copy of “The Order of Things.” Come May, you might sell it back for a few measly dollars. But, fated as this cycle may seem, there is an alternative: considering why you lined up to buy that book...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Book Learnin’ | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...homicides and kidnappings. But some fear that another four-year term would put too much power in the hands of Uribe, turning him into a right-wing version of Hugo Chávez. Others, like Senator German Vargas Lleras who is the grandson of a former president, want a crack at the top job themselves. That's why the original referendum bill in Congress would have allowed Uribe to run in 2014 but not 2010. It took months of arm-twisting by the goverment to change the language in the final version, and even at that the measure barely squeaked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia: A Snag in Uribe's Re-Election Steamroller | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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