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May 13, 2013 | | EDUCATION An undergraduate having to pay off $120,000, and a university with more than $165 million in debt? Paying adjuncts less but having them teach more, and instructors who give A's 43 percent of the time? Nick Romeo on a new book that critiques how higher education has changed, and what needs to be done to save it. FAREWELL There were tears. There were laughs. But when Barbara Walters officially announced her retirement from television on Monday's episode of The View, there was, most importantly, class. The Daily Beast's Kevin Fallon on the emotional goodbye. Cleveland Kidnapping Ariel Castro's brothers want the world to know they're horrified by what their brother did. Onil and Pedro, who were initially named as suspects along with their brother and continue to receive death threats, told CNN that they never suspected Ariel had three women imprisoned in his house. Pedro said that when he visited the house, Ariel wouldn't let him go beyond the kitchen—they'd eat on the steps. His brother's behavior didn't raise any questions, Pedro said, because he was a "strange dude." Onil went further, calling his brother a "monster" and saying he hopes "he rots in that jail." Damage Control Welcome to D.C., David Cameron. President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron held a joint press conference today, but the duo was met with a barrage of questions on the Benghazi embassy attack and the IRS's targeting of conservative groups. Obama dismissed questions about Benghazi, saying, "There's no there, there." As for the allegations about the IRS, Obama promised to investigate. "I have no patience for it. I will not tolerate it," he said. "You don't want the IRS ever being perceived to be biased." NO THANKS Just because Hillary Clinton stood by her man doesn't mean she has to stand behind her chief of staff's. The former secretary of State may be a mentor to Huma Abedin, but she and husband Bill have no intention of supporting Huma's husband Anthony Weiner's mayoral aspirations. In fact, according to one Democratic source, "The Clintons wish Weiner would just disappear. Every time he pops up, it's a reminder of Bill's scandal with Monica Lewinsky, and it isn't helpful to Hillary's hopes for 2016." The Clintons have been pretty tight-lipped about whether Hillary will actually make another run for the White House, but if that is what she has in mind, sources say the last thing she needs is to be linked to another political sex scandal. | | 
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