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Christopher Hitchens: Bicurious Youth

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:35:13 CDT

Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens is straight—twice-married, in fact—but that didn’t stop him from steamy prep school sex with his male classmates. Below, a sampling of leaked excerpts from his upcoming memoir, courtesy of Gawker and an earlier article in the Times : “Most boys decided quite early on...

Conn. Boarding School Sued Over Molester Dean

Matt Cantor — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:21:59 CDT

A Connecticut boarding school has been hit with two lawsuits over a former dean’s alleged sexual abuse of students he is charged with having as "overnight guests" in his apartment, the Danbury News-Times reports. The now-fired dean at The Gunnery School was charged Aug. 5 with sexual assault, but the...

New Sex Scandal Rocks Oprah School

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:08:04 CDT

A new sex scandal has hit Oprah Winfrey's elite girls school in South Africa, the second in less than two years, reports the New York Daily News . Seven students have been suspended for sexually harassing classmates, including bullying students and "physical contact of a sexual nature," said a letter sent...

Boston High School Awash With Vampire Rumors

Nick McMaster — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:30:20 CDT

Authorities at an elite Boston high school found themselves yesterday in the bizarre position of having to publicly deny that certain students were vampires, the Globe reports. While vampires have been popping up more often in popular culture recently, officials and law enforcement say Boston Latin’s issue is most likely...

Expelled Girl Sues Prep School, Alleges Cult

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:20:00 CDT

It’s a tale worthy of Gossip Girl: A popular student at a posh prep school who was expelled says she was harassed by a secret society of girls that the school and alumnae deny exists anymore. But ex-student Tatum Bass is slapping Ms Porter's with an all-too-real lawsuit, alleging officials...

NYC Prep Student Leaps to Death Into Recess Crowd

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:23:13 CST

A 17-year-old student at an elite Manhattan prep school leapt to his death from an eleventh-story classroom window yesterday, reports the New York Daily News . His plunging body narrowly missed a group of fourth graders playing in front of the Dalton School. "I heard a loud bang," said a school...

Rapper's Old-School Fashion Line Far From OutKast

Jason Farago — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:18:01 CDT

With a nostalgic collection far more ambitious than those of most celebrity designers, rapper/actor André Benjamin—aka André 3000, half of the duo OutKast—looks “like Ralph Lauren having a Steampunk moment,” Eric Wilson writes in the New York Times . The Benjamin Bixby collection, “inspired by Ivy League athletics of...

Racist Hate Mail Probed at NH Prep School

Rob Quinn — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:27:23 CST

Police, the FBI, and the US Postal Service are investigating hate mail sent to black students at an elite prep school, the New York Times reports. Sources say students at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire received letters containing their photos from the school's directory with the words "bang bang...

Prep Schools' Endowments Skyrocket

Matt Cantor — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:15:10 CST

Endowments at the nation’s elite prep schools have exploded over the past decade, mirroring the trend at top colleges, reports the New York Times . America’s older schools have fared best: the endowment of Phillips Exeter Academy in NH has broken $1 billion, double its amount in 2002, while Phillips Academy...