Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

The rich are different.

They're big on status, their private country clubs, and the universities their kids attend.

"Did you hear that my Alfie is attending Georgetown?" a snooty dame chirps in as an acquaintance sadly mentions that her young niece has leukemia and barely six months to live.

You can take all your Harvards, all your Yales, and all your Stanfords, and tell them to shove it.

And now, it's all out there.

The rich and the privileged have been paying big bucks to get their kids into elite universities by hook or crook.

You can get as good of an education at a two year colleg...