Peta2 released its annual list of vegetarian-friendly schools this week, and we’re on it. In the grand tradition of the Jacksonville game, we made it, but barely, scraping into 10th place:

Placing in the top 10 for the second year in a row, Georgetown has continued to win rave reviews from students and faculty alike. Some of the many highlights include barbecued veggie-riblet sandwiches, Asian sesame lo mein, and vegan tacos. No wonder Georgetown sits comfortably among the most prestigious universities in the country!

I haven’t seen such breathless copywriting since the season finale of Mad Men, but hurray for Leo’s.

What’s up at first-place American University? I’m sure the AU Eagle is taking the rankings in stride and not acting like it’s BREAKING NEWS…

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Georgetown got a middling rating on environmental sustainability, but at least we’re doing one thing right: cafeteria food? PETA has added Georgetown to its list of the most vegetarian friendly colleges. The school’s also been entered in the voting to decide the most vegetarian friendly college of them all. And it’s all because of those sinister tofu cubes:

Some smart dishes featured on campus include vegan wild-mushroom and barley ragout, tofu stir-fry with orange-ginger sauce, and vegan rosemary polenta with broccoli rabe.

To be sure, the seasoned fries are delicious. But how many of those can you eat before you back gain the weight you became a vegetarian to lose?

Via Degenerate and Collegiate, who writes for the Voice and is less thrilled about Leo’s than PETA is.
-Will Sommer, blog editor