Not only does Harvard turn out Presidents but

[MichaelHarris]

they do some mighty fine research

Squirrel Fishing
A new approach to rodent performance evaluation

Nikolas Gloy and Yasuhiro Endo
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~yaz/en/squirrel_fishing.html

This one quote alone speaks volumes:

"A smarter squirrel will discover after a while that it is better to bite through the string than simply pull on the peanut. This distinguishing tactic leads us to believe that the average squirrel performance in Texas is much higher than in Massachusetts"

Dammit I knew they were republican squirrels from the bush camp*, always knocking the northeastern Liberal democratic squirrels every chance they get.