"Hottest" law school dean against torture

Asha Rangappa writes in Slate that:

whatever we conclude about the effectiveness of torture on terrorism suspects abroad, we will never use it to elicit information from people within the United States. That leaves trust and cooperation as our most promising means of getting intelligence domestically, and maintaining our good-guy image is vital to that effort. Any intelligence obtained through torture has to be balanced against the diminished capacity of the FBI to effectively exploit its intelligence base here at home. We should remember that when we calculate what kind of interrogation is a net gain or loss for our national security.

So, where does the "hottest" adjective come from, you ask? Details here:

There are certain honors that most lawyers aspire to such as clerking for the Supreme Court, or being selected for it. And there are others that descend unwished for, like a boon sent by the gods to the wrong supplicant. One of these is winning the annual contest for hottest law school dean. In 2006, this “honor” went to Yale Law School Assistant Dean Asha Rangappa who the sponsoring web page called “as hot as a fire in a crowded theater.

Now, the last name "Rangappa" almost certainly points to her roots to Coorg, which has a sobriquet of the "Scotland of India." The last name then might mean Kodagu origins?

One of my classmates back in high school was "Belliappa" whose father was "Medappa" ..... wonder whatever happened to him ....