From the WSJ Opinion Archives
Tony & Tacky
EMBARRASSING ADMISSIONS: Officially, University of Michigan Regent Dan Horning supports affirmative action. But at a time when the university's race-based admissions are under two separate court challenges, he confessed in a letter to a fellow regent that he didn't think "our admissions policies will withstand this legal challenge and I certainly don't feel they are based on merit." The Michigan Daily reports that he went on to write that the policies keep qualified students out while letting less qualified minorities in. As per custom on campuses these days, Mr. Horning has now apologized for his outburst of candor.
LEARNING CURVE: Lost your dot-com job? Well, the Adult Webmaster School's got an opportunity for you: Internet porn. In a press release this week the AWS cites a Forbes article calling the porn business a "recession-resistant" industry and hails the enrollment of its 1,000th student as evidence of the school's viability. "Please realize that this is not a get-rich-quick, multi-level-marketing, or pyramid scheme," its Web site explains. "Becoming an Adult Webmaster does require a minimal amount of learning and determination. Money will not fall from the sky nor will beautiful women appear from out of thin air."
