Harvard University grad student Ashley Judd was in Beverly Hills to receive the USA Today Hollywood Hero award for her work with YouthAIDS. Before the ceremony, the actress, who is now studying public policy, talked to reporter USA Today Ann Oldenburg about what it’s like to be in ivy leaguer. “I’m trying to convince myself to get over the dream of straight A’s. Nobody cares. But I still have that undergraduate aggressive pride. I got a check last week instead of a check plus and I was really not pleased.”

Judd also said her interaction with her fellow Kennedy School students was “bumpy at first.” “I’m really not a big deal,” she said, “but apparently they didn’t get the memo.”

Ashley Judd Recounts Her Experinces For Oprah.

Read her first article HERE.

Ashley Judd recently teamed up with Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund to record a PSA about Sarah Palin’s ”anti-conservation agenda” and attack on wolves and bears. Essentially Palin is shamelessly promoting the aerial hunting of animals and Judd is pissed…rightly so. Well of course Palin (never one to shy away from the spotlight) released a statement calling the PSA an “audacious fundraising attempt” and accused the group of “twisting the truth.”