One news development for yesterday was a poll of Yale students on the Hashemi issue published by the Yale Herald. The poll is interesting but the methodology isn't reliable (as they admit), so I don't expect it to have a major impact on the debate. The response rate was interesting: nearly a third of the student body decided to write in, so it is clearly a topic of some interest on campus. Highlights: SHOULD YALE HAVE ADMITTED SRH TO THE NONDEGREE PROGRAM? Yes: 51. 16%; No 25.71%; Don't Know 20.03%. There is slightly less support for keeping SRH on for another year: 42% support keep him on, almost 30% say don't, and 21% don't give too much of a rip. About fifty percent of Yalies responding thought there had been too much media coverage. About twenty percent are "embarrassed" by having SRH on campus; 18% are "proud", and 52% are neutral. Two more interesting facts after the jump:
Clint posted the same information on Nail Yale. Interesting stuff--particularly the decreased support for keeping SRH around.
Given his past, Hashemi should be a shoo-in for membership in...
wait for it...
Skull and Crossbones!
Cheers!