New college will allow undergrads to pursue a career in high fashion
NEW HAVEN, CT – Officials at Yale University issued a press release late last night announcing the establishment of a school focused exclusively on the high fashion industry. This announcement comes on the heels of the shocking elimination of Victoria Marshman from the popular reality show, America’s Next Top Model. Marshman, a 20-year-old medieval history major, was previously considered to be a front-runner in the twelve-week modeling competition.
“We don’t want Yale to get the reputation of being a school for uptight snobs and fashion-phobes,” states Richard Appleton, Dean of Students. “There’s so much untapped talent in the student community, we don’t want all of that potential to go to waste. Some of the nation’s best and brightest could also be the fiercest and most fabulous.”
The Meryl Streep College of Modeling and High Fashion, named after the notoriously versatile Yale alumna, will begin accepting students this spring for the class of 2012. Academic programs will focus on the various aspects that students might encounter in the fashion industry. Possible classes will include: Intro to Walking, Quantum Posing Physics, Multivariable Calculus for Eye Shadow Placement, and Dolce and Gabana in Contemporary Russian Literature.
“We want to give these students the opportunity to really explore the field of high fashion, while at the same time provide an education that can only be found at one of the nation’s top universities,” states Diane Hartung, Professor of Vogueology. “We want Yale graduates to be comfortable not only on the Senate floor or in the International Space Station, but also on the runway.”
Students are generally in favor of the addition, though some have voiced concerns over the need for such an institution.
“Modeling is a shallow, empty profession,” states Evan Morris, a senior. “It has no redeeming qualities or values, nor does it contribute anything to today’s modern society as a whole. It’s a joke.” Morris is a double major in Philosophy and Ancient Babylonian Art History.
~TVoD
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