Chez Chesler

Harvard has announced that Drew G. Faust will be the University's 28th President. Although most news accounts have noted that she is first holder of that office not to have been born with a penis, I find it more newsworthy that Dr. Faustus has superseded Leonard Hoar (President from 1672 to 1675, for whom neither Cabot House [formerly South House] nor Pforzheimer House [formerly North House, the last house with direction] could be named) as the President with the coolest name. (It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president of Harvard and not to a minor official in Washington. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)