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From: mark@central.cis.upenn.edu (Mark Foster)
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Subject: Re: UPenn vs. Penn State
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Date: 10 Aug 89 19:51:55 GMT
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>I called Pennsylvania's Directory Assistance and after waiting a minute or so,
>asked for University of Penn's General Info number.

>[Moderator's Note: Whether you are calling Penn State or the state pen,

Aagh.  The word play may be cute, but the name confusion isn't.
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is in Philadelphia, in the southeast
corner of the state, Penn State is in the State College area: the
geographic center of the state.  Penn State is a state-run institution,
University of Pennsylvania is private.

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Mark Foster
CIS Research Computing
Univ. of Pennsylvania


[Moderator's Note: Sorry about that; but I couldn't resist finding someplace
to stick in the joke.  PT]