One former-Ivy Leaguer won't have to sell nearly as much cocaine to cover the costs this semester as he enrolls at City College, where annual tuition is 88 percent cheaper than at neighboring Columbia University. But it's unlikely Michael Wymbs will be slinging anytime soon if he knows what's good for him—he's taking a plea deal that includes five years probation and court-ordered drug treatment.
Wymbs had a 3.5 grade point average at Columbia before he and his buddies were busted for dealing dope to undercover cops during a five months sting. Considering his involvement in the drug ring that reached far beyond the confines of Beaux-Arts beauties that make up the Morningside Heights campus, he's lucky he's not studying from the confines of of a six by eight foot cell at Rikers like co-conspirator Harrison David. Wymbs was found to have enough LSD and 'shrooms to land him in prison 15 years, while David—the only one of the five students to be arrested in December 2010 to be charged with possession of cocaine ($1,400 of it)—was sentenced to six months at Riker's in addition to five years probation. He'll likely vote for Ron Paul when he gets out of the clink.
Meanwhile, now that we know marijuana won't hurt us, it might be advisable for other strapped Ivy Leaguers to deal in something a little greener.
