[Thane_Banquo]

For fun, recalls Mark Dwyer, who roomed with Judge Alito for three years at Yale, "Sam would go back to the room and study."

There were a lot of us in school like that. We're called nerds.

[Malesherbes]

Right. Alito was a conservative nerd, and I love him for it.

[marktd]

Amazing that a piece like that is news. Former classmate says Alito was a normal student, studied hard etc. Big FN deal!!!

And just out of curiosity, anyone have a clue as to why the author throws in the fact that Alito is Catholic? It has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of article, not that there was a point to it in the first place.