Some people feel entitled to receive fabulous gifts upon being accepted to Ivy League Institutions. Rachel Hachero, a 17 year old from Fort Meyers, Florida took it a step too far, however and expected to receive a 2004 Nissan 350z sports car…

Yeah, she aimed high. And when her mother was unwilling to co-sign the loan for the ridiculously ostentatious piece of metal, Rachel got violent. That is, she pulled out a 9mm gun, pistol whipped her mother across the face, and made her drive to the dealership at gunpoint where she placed the gun in her purse and her mother signed the loan. Congratulations, she owns a car. Her mother alerted the authorities while Rachel was at school the next day, claiming that she didn’t want her daughter to be prosecuted because it would jeopardize her Ivy League acceptances and scholarship offers. That ship may have already set sail…

Mugshot FTW

Too bad. The fuzz promptly locked Rachel up in a juvenile detention facility and confiscated the gun. By the way, the gun was stolen from a Lee County Port Authority Law Enforcement officer in early July 2010. So WTF is up with that?

Crazybitch Video HERE

It’s unclear which Ivies Rachel was accepted to, but it’s safe to assume that she won’t be present for Visitas this year.

Eleganza, a major fashion and dance show produced by Harvard students, is having two events this week in order to raise funds for the show, which will take place during Prefrosh weekend.

Tuesday, March 29th – Designer Jewelry Sale

What: Branded jewelry from Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Ann Taylor, J. Crew, Anthropologie, and others, normally priced at up to $200, are going for $8-$25.

Where: Democracy Center, 45 Mt. Auburn street (next to Daedalus restaurant)

When: 4-7pm

Click here for the Facebook event.

Thursday, March 31st -
Model Auction

What: Bid for a date with one of their student models, some of whom are featured here.

Looks are presented by Rent the Runway, a company run by Harvard Business School graduates that allows members to rent or buy runway looks at reduced prices. (Promotional code HARVARD15, for $15 off of orders of $75 or more.)

Where: The Hasty Pudding Club, 2 Garden Street

When: 8-11pm

There might be an open bar. There definitely will be a very well-dressed and preppy crowd. There’s also a $10 suggested donation at the door. And you thought you could get into the Pudding without at least some financial clout.

The point of this post is that beauty doesn’t come cheap. But you should definitely come.

But please, only apply if you go to Wellesley College.

Spotted on Craigslist earlier tonight: A “reasonably handsome and witty” third year HLS student is looking for “an attractive-to-exquisite, intelligent, and fun Wellesley woman” for a Barrister’s Ball this Saturday.

His reason for not having a date yet is that he’s been “too busy trying to get people out of jail, publishing articles, partying really hard, etc. — about what you’d expect.” Oh, that’s why! Sure.

He specifically requests Wellesley College students because he thinks that “y’all are just adorable on your cute little campus off in the middle of nowhere with no men.” Is that the new euphemism for “I might have a fetish for some jungle girl-on-girl action”?

His other requirement: “You need to be either politically conservative, able to tolerate political conservatism, or generally open to humorous but friendly political repartee at your expense. Many of my friends think Joe McCarthy was a wimp.”

From The Voice to the Boy: Perhaps you’re looking for someone similar to this particular Wellesley alumnae. Or, you know, simply hop on that green Peter Pan bus and get transported to the “middle of nowhere” itself and pick your girl. We hear that bus has an interesting, and telling, nickname.

Interested parties can check out the original message, posted on 03/23/2011 at around 7PM here.

While we feel indignant for fellow Harvard ladies (first the Hoochies, then this, now Wellesley?), at least it wasn’t a repeat of this.

Mark your calendar: April 17th, 2011, 5:30pm -- 8:30pm. Organized by the College Events Board and the Harvard Concert Commission.

It’s a great excuse to get intoxicated in the afternoon. But remember, no drinking on an empty stomach! That’s why HUHDS is going to be and, you know, feed us with food and stuff. Menu and other details to be released soon.

After years of wowing audiences with her breath-taking beauty, adept acting, and tumultuous love life, Elizabeth Taylor died of congestive heart failure today, Wednesday March 23, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

On-screen since the age of 9, Taylor has long been in the Hollywood limelight. The actress is most famous for her roles in the movies Cleopatra, Father of the Bride, Butterfield 8, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. She received two Oscars among five total Academy Award nominations, and was named a Dame Commander of the Order by the British Empire.

For more information on Taylor’s life, love, and film career, read this New York Times article released by the Associated Press this afternoon.

While some basked in the sun on the beach of some tropical paradise or lounged on the couch in front of Jersey Shore reruns, spring sport athletes were getting off to the start of their seasons and getting important preseason and out-of conference games under their belt. Many had the luxury of competing in warm arenas such as California, Georgia, and Texas, and were able to get a little taste of the weather they wished they could compete in year-round. In addition, some winter sport athletes kept their seasons going with trips to NCAA tournaments, and many gathered honors at these events.

Post-Season Athletics

Men’s Basketball

After a heartbreaking loss to Princeton for sole possession of the Ivy League Championship, Harvard men’s basketball sought to continue their season in the NIT tournament on March 15th, but fell to Oklahoma State in the first round. Losing 54-71, it was no close contest, but the men’s team did finish with league recognition of Keith Wright, Kyle Casey, and Christian Webster.

Wrestling

Harvard wrestling had two members go on the the NCAA Championships at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA March 17-19th. Steven Keith wrangled out one win in the 125 pound weight class before his series was cut-short. Keith finishes his sophomore campaign with a 23-17 overall record and a 1-2 mark at his second NCAA Championships. While Keith’s run for All-America honors ended before arriving at his goal, Walter Peppelman managed a seventh place match and won All-America honors as Harvard’s 25th All-American wrestler–the 17th in the last 7 years. Another impressive point to add to Peppelman’s accomplishments from the tournament is that he was the only wrestler in the tournament that managed to turn No. 1 seed of Boise State, Adam Hall, for backpoints twice in a single match.

Click for the full Spring Sports update

Photocredit: daylife.com

To all you freshmen still cursing the Housing Gods for last week’s placement into – let’s be real here – anywhere that requires a UC Shuttleboy App to get to, a silver lining may come from an unexpected source.

Tyra Banks – former supermodel, current America’s Next Top Model host, and Harvard Business School Executive Education Program student – told Jimmy Fallon on his late-night show that despite having been initially “freaked out” when she learned that dormitory residence was mandatory for enrollment in her program, she now relishes living in her single-in-a-suite, describing the experience as “like summer camp.”

Her other thoughts on the HBS curriculum, a part-time, multi-year course series for executives seeking greater academic training, coming with a price tag of $31,000? As Banks pithily – and oh-so-deliciously – opined to MTV News, Harvard life is “fabulous and fierce.”

In other words, freshmen, suck it up.  If Tyra can live happily here, so can you.

Guyssss, she's one of ussss. (Photo credit: Yes, this picture is actually from cocoperez.com)