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A university wants to be on TV

LONDON: Cambridge University wants to shed its elitist image. It thinks soap operas can help. The university said on Tuesday it had written to producers of Britain’s three leading soaps, ‘EastEnders,’ ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Emmerdale,’ encouraging them to include Cambridge in their story lines. — AP

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