Last week I visited Vassar and SUNY Purchase with my students.  I was pretty excited to learn t

Last week I visited Vassar and SUNY Purchase with my students.  I was pretty excited to learn that Tracy Middendorf attended Purchase! When we posed for a photo, I instructed my students to say “Laura Kingman” instead of “cheese.” The tour guide was pretty great and took this in stride.  “She was on Beverly Hills, 90210, and she went here,” I explained. He just said okay.

Naturally, I was intent on finding a Beverly Hills, 90210 connection with Vassar. There’s actually an episode in which Andrea talks to Kelly and Dylan about her college search.

Andrea: Well, I’ve narrowed it down to Swarthmore, Duke, Vassar and Brandeis.

Dylan: What’s your first choice?

Andrea: None of them.

I really can’t picture Andrea at Duke.