Alumni to be proud of No. 5: "Nine credits shy of a bachelor's degree" may sound like a euphemism for the mental state of any one willing to climb into a boxing ring for even 89 seconds with Mike Tyson, but it is in fact a serious summation of the current academic standing of Peter McNeeley - Tyson's hopelessly inadequate comeback opponent - on the political science programme at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.