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« Reply #255 on: September 21, 2008, 05:19:59 PM »
Quote from: octoprof on September 21, 2008, 01:18:24 PM
So they changed it to make live easier for stupid folk...  ;-)

life... that ol' octoprof can't spell.

While on the geologically named colleges, did anyone mention Stonehill College?
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« Reply #256 on: September 22, 2008, 12:24:07 AM »
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Quote from: historywoman on September 19, 2008, 02:15:49 AM
Indiana University of Pennsylvania. (I think I got that right)

That one and
California University of Pennsylvania
are favorites on this thread, I think.

Wouldn't it be just peachy if we also had a
Pennsylvania University of Indiana and California?

There's Miami University of Ohio ... which is fractionally higher profile than IUP and CUP.  I've actually been to both IUP and CUP, but it was a long time ago.

I'd like to see Kansas State University at Pittsburg[h] and University of Maryland - Pasadena.
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« Reply #257 on: September 22, 2008, 12:54:29 AM »
a lot of people seem confused by the fact that there is a Cambridge in England.

person1:so where did you do your PhD?
person2:Cambridge
person1:oh, you mean Harvard?
person2:no, CAMBRIDGE

those Harvard types don't make it easier by pulling this kind of coy stuff when talking about where they went to school!
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« Reply #258 on: September 22, 2008, 03:24:07 PM »
There is a New York, Texas. Wouldn't that make for a fun university name?
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« Reply #259 on: September 22, 2008, 03:52:25 PM »
Quote from: gennimom on September 22, 2008, 03:24:07 PM
There is a New York, Texas. Wouldn't that make for a fun university name?

The possibilities are, well, entertaining.  University of Texas at New York would bewilder people, or (if we wanted a school independent of the UT system) New York University in Texas.  Perhaps Texas A&M New York or TAMNY?
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« Reply #260 on: September 22, 2008, 03:55:31 PM »
Quote from: conjugate on September 22, 2008, 03:52:25 PM
The possibilities are, well, entertaining.  University of Texas at New York would bewilder people, or (if we wanted a school independent of the UT system) New York University in Texas.  Perhaps Texas A&M New York or TAMNY?
Its signature building could then be TAMNY Hall!  I like it!  ;)
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« Reply #261 on: September 22, 2008, 03:58:25 PM »
I guess the folk in Normal aren't.
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« Reply #262 on: September 22, 2008, 04:06:18 PM »
Quote from: namazu on September 22, 2008, 03:55:31 PM
Quote from: conjugate on September 22, 2008, 03:52:25 PM
The possibilities are, well, entertaining.  University of Texas at New York would bewilder people, or (if we wanted a school independent of the UT system) New York University in Texas.  Perhaps Texas A&M New York or TAMNY?
Its signature building could then be TAMNY Hall!  I like it!  ;)

Oh, yes! Sounds good!
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« Reply #263 on: October 02, 2008, 07:19:13 PM »
These are funny. I went to Penn State and IUP and CUP are very well known colleges --- in Pennsylvania. IUP has about 14,000 students and a beautiful campus. CUP, not so nice as far as campuses are concerned, but still a well known college in PA. 

There is also a Penn State Delaware. I have never seen the campus.
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