MTV host Gideon Yago, during his opening talk to the assembled students, says, “If a question is really personal to you, tell us why.” Say, if you want to ask about the “don’t-ask, don’t-tell” policy, and you’re on, say… Hillary Clinton’s gay and lesbian steering committee, maybe the event organizers would like to know about it.

“We’re gonna be talkin’, shootin’ s*** – that’s the only time you’re gonna hear me say that,” Yago says a moment later.

“My, he’s soooooo cool,” deadpans Mary Katherine Ham next to me.