In collegehumor.com's just-released "power rankings," the University of Maryland, College Park and Towson University make the vaunted Top 50, in part on the strength of their proximity to Taco Bells, paucity of male vocal groups and late bar-closing times.

You'd think the humor site's Timonium-raised and Friends School-bred founders would know that "last call" is shouted before the 2:00 a.m. closing time in Maryland, not 3:00 a.m. as the rankings credit. (In Prince George's County, UM's home, some liquor-license holders may remain open until 3:00 a.m., but must cease "operating" at 2:00 a.m., according to the Board of License Commissioner's rulebook.)

Jeff Rubin, managing editor of collegehumor.com, did the honorable thing and fixed the blame on the unpaid help rather than his monied bosses. "Our research was done by a homeless intern whom we just took off the street," Rubin explained, adding that the rankings are,"like everything we do, incredibly unreliable."

Asked whether the interns would correct the error, Rubin was noncomittal, though he did say, "I'm giving them an evil look as we speak."