Harvard Honours Paris

On February 6th, Paris Hilton will be at Harvard to accept her woman of the year award. Yep, it's true, but before you snort your coffee out your nose in surprise, let me give you one important detail. The title bestowed on her is from the Harvard Lampoon, and the carryings-on will take place at Lampoon Castle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The good folk at the Lampoon say that "all are welcome". After all, a joke's humour increases exponentially when you share it with others and what is this woman, other than a bad joke?
The Harvard Lampoon first appeared in February, 1876, when then-president Ulysses S. Grant was advised not to read the mag so as to avoid the danger of being left too much "in stitches" to properly run the government. They credit themselves with having invented some humour standards, like the one "Have you taken a bath? No, is one missing?", and some vocab like "pizazz".
Honorary members of the Lampoon include Robin Williams, John Cleese, Bill Cosby and the cast of SNL, among others. Joke or not, I'm still having a little difficulty getting my mind around seeing Paris Hilton's name within a ten-mile radius of anything that bears the name "Harvard".