Nation columnist knocks UNC

The comment that got me fired up in a piece by Nicholas von Hoffman:

Last year sports-crazed benefactors donated $51 million for sports at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a place which has something of a reputation--God only knows why--as an institution of higher learning, but the school cannot be too serious about the learning if it is devoting such energy raising money for games. (link)

A great retort from the web letters from Michael Burnim in Ann Arbor , MI:

Speaking of boneheadedness, you might want to read up on the 2007 Nobel Prize for medicine before making any more statements like "the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a place which has something of a reputation--God only knows why--as an institution of higher learning."

Sandi, a grad student from my department, also wrote an excellent, lengthly letter. I'm going to submit a letter highlighting some of the departments on campus that are among the top in the nation.