Recently, I read an article that centered on a Harvard professor’s anger after a recent grad whom he taught (Jared Kushner, the son of a realllly powerful real estate developer) went out and bought the New York Observer — and then slashed the paychecks of the Observer’s freelancers, one of whom was the Harvard professor himself. The professor was pissed that Kushner, who most likely gave him attitude in the classroom, had the money and the audacity to do something that monumental, while the professor was making around $15,500 a year.

“When intellectuals act as clerks and students act as clients, how do college teachers differ from corporate accountants?” the professor angrily writes. “…the sedulous banality of the rich degrades teaching into a service-class preoccupation whose chief duty is preparing clients for monied careers.” (more…)

Nothing says media hoopla more than a young, fresh-faced couple with major assets going above the law, enjoying themselves to the max, just to get arrested.

Edward Anderton and Jocelyn Kirsch, a couple from Philadelphia who both come from high-society backgrounds and prestigious schools, decided they didn’t have the means to support the lifestyle they so deserve – so they stole credit cards, passports and full-blown identities.

Using state-of-the-art technology, Anderton and Kirsch burglarized neighbor’s bank accounts and opened false credit lines, with most of the damage being done from their apartment. (more…)