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From: mr@isrnix.UUCP (michael regoli)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Please explain this
Message-ID: <297@isrnix.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 22:52:10 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 13 22:52:10 1984
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When the folks a Purdue attach the words "THE Indiana University"
to their signatures, it is their way of telling everyone how much they
love and admire their Mother University: I.U.  The administrators in
West Lafayette didn't have the heart to call their school "Indiana
University at Purdue" so they settled with the name Purdue University.

Not to mention the age-old rivalry; the collegians at Purdue just aren't
happy with the name of their school.  It's that simple.  And, to make them
more proud of their university, Lisa Birnbach (author of "The Official Preppy
Handbook" and her latest, "The College Book") named West Lafayette "THE
WORST COLLEGE TOWN: West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue University)."

Way to go guys!  Maybe your signatures need to say: "THE Indiana University
in THE college town: Bloomington, Indiana."

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