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Kudos to Joel Stein for "confusing" badly dressed rich women with prostitutes [NOTEBOOK, Aug. 27]. As a woman, I am embarrassed by the sheer vulgarity of certain "modern" females who wear their sexuality on their sleeve. It makes it difficult to be a serene, self-respecting American lady when so many of my countrywomen insist on dressing like women of the night. I'm not sure why they want to look cheap. DIANA COOPER Kentfield, Calif...
...Stein checked in on a few of the freshmen she was mentoring after their first day of Responsible Self last week, a deed she will repeat throughout the year--formally with gatherings for ice cream or pizza, and informally with quick hellos in the dining hall. "They screamed my name across the quad," Stein says. "It's hard to believe these are the same quiet people who stared back at me at the beginning of the weekend. I guess they feel at home." Mission accomplished...
...trivia show “Win Ben Stein’s Money,” three Harvard students—Kevin E. Meyers ’02, Alex F. Rubalcava ’02 and Shaun T. Takao ’04—will face off against Ben Stein, who attended Yale Law School and graduated as valedictorian. On the show, known for its antics and frequent sexual innuendos, contestants answer trivia questions delivered by host Ben Stein. After the first round, the contestant with the lowest number of points is eliminated and Stein steps in to replace...
...Thursday evening, another Harvard student, Andy Nikonchuk ’02, will play against students from Yale and Georgia Tech. Stein said the show with Meyers, Rubalcava and Takao was “one of the best shows we’ve ever done in the five years that we’ve been doing the show...
...contestants, in turn, described Stein as down-to-earth and friendly—as well as incredibly smart. Though many people know him as the boring teacher in Ferris Bueler’s Day Off, Stein is an author as well as a professor, and has served as a political speechwriter and lawyer. Meyers, Rubalcava and Takao all auditioned last fall for the trivia show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Though they were not selected for that show, their names were later referred to the producers of “Win Ben Stein?...