Setback: Harvard Creates Greenspeak Department

In a staggering blow to the Bernankular movement this morning, Harvard University announced the creation of their first new language department in 300 years based on Greenspeak. Stewart Thornton Edwards Blockett III explained, "How are we to continue to uphold the fine traditions and hard-earned renown of this University if we are unable to confuse the general public into believing that we are intellectually superior with a highly developed discourse that may not be suited to one of average intellect. We pursue a superior form of communication as held up by the likes of Michel Foucault and Alan Greenspan. Greenspeak has been and will remain the official language of Harvard University." Amora Listic, student leader who had been advocating adding Bernankular to the core curriculum, responded to the news, "I'm so confused," she cried, "I feel so betrayed by Harvard."

Insiders cite the Princeton / Harvard rivalry as a source of the announcement concluding that the new Fed Chairman's association with Princeton University will hamper Harvard's embracing of the Bernankular.

Rutgers promptly established a Bernankular department with Jay Thomas as the honorary chair. Joint concentrators in Economics and Bernanukular automatically get a signed autographed pictured of Mr. Jay Thomas himself and may even get a melon if he has a good growing season.