No Pets Allowed, Not Even Bananafish

A friendly reader passes along word that Ursinus College is paying tribute to former student J.D. Salinger with a scholarship in his name “designed for creative writers with distinctive voices and unusual perspectives—but not necessarily the best grades.” As an added perk, the recipient gets Salinger’s old dorm room. Applicants are advised to include lots of David Copperfield crap in their personal essays, but should probably refrain from calling the administrators a bunch of goddam phonies.

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.