“.. Jacqueline Cooke does not qualify for financial aid because of the $5 million trust, Dick said. Yesterday he was in talks with Dallas area banks to see whether the trust could be used as collateral to take out a loan to pay her tuition…”

or her attorney’s name.

True to blonde.

That’s right, kids! For just a smidge under $50,000 a year, you can come to the Amanthany School of Something TBD where you will learn things like how to call cabs, where the drink specials around town can be found and how to keep from mooning cops outside a diner. Think of how proud your parents will be. In just four years, you can earn your Bachelors in Diginity. Sort of.

So I went to my 90-year-old father and talked him into it, which wasn’t easy. I spent hours writing seven essays. Drove up to Richardson (from south Oak Cliff) to meet with the UTD advisor/nominator (you have to be nominated by your school) a few times. Provided all my financial data.

Then UTD declined to nominate me. Dunno why. Maybe I wasn’t poor enough.

OK, this is not relevant to this blog item. I just like to gripe about it at every opportunity. I hate Jack Kent Cooke. Now I hate his daughter, too.

Amanda, I think we’ve just discovered a lucrative business as an SMU satellite school.

Lesson #328 They Never Teach You at SMU.