Princeton admissions officers broke into Yale's admissions system using prospective students' birth dates and Social Security numbers. They “viewed Yale admissions decisions” of 11 students; Princeton's dean of admissions says “[i]t was really an innocent way for us to check out the security.” The FBI is “assessing the information to see if there is a federal violation.” [MetaFilter]

Way to go, Ivy League! It's good to see the same strong ethical fabric that trained our nation's elite is still intact.