Holmes Dad wants College deposit back

Exclusive: Holmes' Chutzpah
February 23, 2006

Katie Holmes has finally decided college is not for her, and now her dad
wants his deposit back from Columbia University. Only TMZ has the lowdown.

Tom Cruise's fiancee was accepted to the prestigious school back in 1998,
the year 'Dawson's Creek' premiered. Her dad, Martin Holmes, plunked down a
$500 "non-refundable" deposit. Because of 'Dawson's,' Holmes kept deferring
her admission to Columbia, where starlets like Anna Paquin, Julia Stiles and
Maggie Gyllenhaal were enrolled at the time.

Last week, eight years after Holmes was accepted, her dad wrote to
Columbia's undergrad admissions office withdrawing his daughter's name and
requesting his 500 bucks back.

grapheme...

I wonder if that is a sign he is giving up on her.

avery...

Who on earth leaked this tidbit to the press? Poor Mr. Holmes must be so
frustrated at his lack of power that he's got to pound that little fist
anywhere he can, and by golly, if there's an 8-year-old nonrefundable
application fee burning a hole in Columbia's pocket, Marty's going to do his
gosh darnedest! (I wonder what they use that money for. "Handling and

Agent Smith...

Recruiting more topless starlets!

processing"? Harvard wouldn't even need to enroll students with the
application checks they amass.