In Monday more than 100 brave Tehran University students intoned “Death to the dictator” in advance of a speech on campus by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speech (Debka File, October 8). They also protested the jailing and torture of some of their fellow pro-democracy students for daring to criticize the president.

Meanwhile, at Harvard, students are protesting the administration’s decision to abolish a $1,700-per-week undergraduate Party Fund deemed to have been contributing to underage drinking. The Party grants have been paying for themed parties such as the “no pants party” and “Calimocho” fests which feature a libation of Diet Coke and red wine. (But all is not lost for Harvard party-goers; even if the Party Fund is discontinued, Harvard’s undergraduate council can still be relied on to dish out money for social events – more than $100,000 last year.)

Deadly serious student priorities at T.U.; effete bacchanalia at Harvard: A tad difference in priorities, you might say.