PISCATAWAY – By a stroke of good luck, Dan Corey didn’t have a Rutgers final exam scheduled during the 10-minute window he was given for the biggest test of his young career.
Otherwise, The Daily Targum’s 19-year-old editor-in-chief’s excuse might have sounded as unbelievable as the dog-ate-my-homework when he told a professor that his conflict was a 1-on-1 interview with President Barack Obama from 2:35 to 2:45 p.m. Monday.
“Even if I did have a final, I would’ve gotten it changed,” Corey said. “Or taken the ‘F’ if the professor was difficult about it, truthfully. I mean, why the heck, wouldn’t you?