And the caricature of academia continues. Now that I am at least minimally involved in academia I am finding this far more entertaining than I would have in earlier years.
A stone with Viking runes carved on it is discovered in the vicinity of Balaclava U. An eminent Scandinavian scholar (who happens to be President Swenson's uncle) comes in to investigate. The cast of characters expands to include sundry New England hillbillies. Can anywhere in Massachusetts actually be so determinedly rural as portrayed here? Somehow I doubt it. At least they never wander off to Boston or such. It is just that everywhere in Massachusetts is so close to everywhere else - how can such profound cultural differences develop in so few miles?
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