THE BEER AND CIRCUS MODEL IS NO BETTER. In the Midwest, Illinois and Wisconsin's efforts to go after the Coasties by offering a cheaper version of the Ivies is being undone by their unwillingness to compete for faculty. In the South, the flagship football factories might be attempting to offer the finest party environment they can, but a University Diaries post suggests there is an unwillingness to compete for faculty there as well, with similar effects on faculty mobility.