Wackademics

Not quite Guiteau Monday territory, I am feeling too good for that, but the good folks at the CIA dropped this in the inbox:

Hyde Park, NY, November 5, 2007 – The winner of this fall's hit reality show on the Food Network will be a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, NY. With the elimination of Chris Cosentino from The Next Iron Chef, the final two remaining chefs – John Besh of New Orleans and Michael Symon of Cleveland – are both CIA alumni.

Interestingly, when a history prof friend of mine we'll call Jack McKittrick got on Jeopardy!, the history department at his alma mater did not send out an email. That was a few years ago, so perhaps churning out successful game show contestants is the new measure of a school's prestige.