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Horace Mann-Sense: Li'l Roy Cohn Sad, Former School Head's Spitzer Connection
Little public figure Charles Stam was the villain of New York Magazine's cover story on the terrible nonsense that goes on at tony prep school Horace Mann. Stam harassed a teacher for being a liberal feminist, and even lied about having a tape of her calling him a Nazi in an attempt to get her fired. He was promptly elected student body president! We posted a small picture of him from the Horace Mann yearbook earlier this week, and that made Stam sad. He emailed Gawker boss Nick Denton to ask that we remove his "personal material" from the site. Instead, we will reprint his email. It's after the jump, along with the sad tale of school head Thomas Kelly's toxic waste playground for the poor kids, and why it's all Eliot Spitzer's fault. More »
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Meet the Horace Mann Scandal Crew!
So you read the New York cover story about the mess at high-falutin' private prep school Horace Mann, but maybe you wanted more. Maybe you wanted to meet the faces behind the names. You are in luck, kind reader. With help from SECRET GAWKER SOURCES we found photos and bios for two of the anonymous rich assholes who gave the story its depressing color—the wealthy trustee mom whose daughter inadvertently engineered the whole scandal, and "Jeffrey Robbins," the Young Republican anti-Max Fischer who rose from liberal-baiting history class gadfly to misogynist class president. After the jump, meet the leaders of tomorrow! More »
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Facebook Destroying Fragile Prep School Peace
Henry Kissinger once said, "Academic fights are more brutal than our fights in the real world because the stakes are so low, so the passions are very high." He was referring to University politics, but the quote also applies to Horace Mann, the tony private school in Riverdale, New York. Horace Mann was founded in the 19th century to get bratty kids into Harvard, and that honorable goal continues into the 21st century, despite satirical novels, nasty Facebook groups and now incriminating New York magazine cover stories. After reading New York's story, you may want to give more consideration to Fieldston.More »
Despite the heroic hunger strike by Columbia students, the NYC Planning Commission voted yes to Columbia University's expansion into Harlem. Now it only has to go before City Council for final approval. According to the NYT article, the hearing got pretty rowdy! "We'll stand in front of those bulldozers," said the leader of an opposition group.
We don't know shit about aNYthing, the store and lifestyle brand whose founder is suing its current owners, but it is good to know, for future reference, that Anything Corp. head Kiernan Costello will sue you if you call him a "trustafarian" ("a commonly used derisive description of wealthy slackers who take up a hippie or Rastafarian pose," according to Costello's lawyer). [Complex.com]
