Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site isrnix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!isrnix!mr 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 Article-I.D.: isrnix.297 Posted: Sat Oct 13 22:52:10 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 04:53:47 EDT References: <488@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: isr @ iu - bloomington, in Lines: 28 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." -- .:. /.\ michael regoli '|-|` ...ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!isrnix!mr -- p.s. Any flames from pucc-h, pucc-i, pucc-k, cs-arthur, cs-mordred, purdue, ecn-ec, ecn-ed, pur-ee, pur-phy, ecn-pa, ecn-pb, ecn-pc and stat-1 are automatically routed to /dev/null/no/time/for/pedantics.