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BTW - thanks for the support, BBR.
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BFF's (Brief Friends Forever), Right ???
Hey Mark Padgett? You know that you always have my full support? Right? And also the left one.
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This reminds me of a Hollywood Squares question: "Which of the following colleges have the Wildcats as their mascot?"
Caroline Rhea tried to answer "Arizona" before hearing the three choices, one of which was the correct answer, Kansas State. Rhea just answered "Kansas" -- which was not one of the choices -- and the contestant disagreed, but Rhea was ruled correct (and the contestant wrong) with "Kansas." I'm sure that ruffled a few feathers where the buffalo roam, but outside of that, few people would care enough to make a fuss. |
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Confused In Connecticut ???
The differences between these twin-named universities confuse me. Here in Connecticut, we have a very large, public university, the University of Connecticut (UCONN). We also have a very small, private college, Connecticut College. No one would ever confuse them. I am also aware that Pennsylvania has two universities, Pennsylvania State (Penn State), a very large, public university, and the University of Pennsylvania, a private, Ivy League university.
What's the story on other twin-named universities: Oregon, and Oregon State; Kansas, and Kansas State; North Carolina, and North Carolina State, etc.? Is it a matter of public, versus private, as it is in the examples I gave above, or is it something else?
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I don't know the full story on Oregon and Oregon State, but both are large public universities. Oregon is in Eugene and Oregon State is in Corvallis. Oregon State started as an agricultural school and, I think, was originally called Oregon Agricultural College. Some Oregon fans still call the Oregon State teams the "Aggies" as a put down. The rivalry between the two schools is intense and Oregon also has a pretty big rivalry with the University of Washington. We also have Portland State University, a public school, and the University of Portland, a private religious-sponsored school.
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We All Scream For Ice Cream ...
Interesting. The University of Connecticut (UCONN), the largest public university in the state, started as an agricultural college, and still has a very active agricultural department. When we're having trouble with pests in our gardens, or want our soil tested, UCONN has the expertise to help us out. They still have a very active farming department, with their own herd of dairy cows. They serve ice cream made from the milk of these cows at a diary bar on campus. It's the best ice cream in New England. Better than Ben and Jerry's.
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Minor correction - I think you mean "Land Grant".
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Come to think of it, I don't think any states in our region (New England, New York, New Jersey) have a "University of (state)" and "(state) State University." Connecticut somewhat does, in the form of CCSU and others, and New York has the SUNY schools (which go by more common names since Albany and Binghamton went D-I). Pennsylvania and Delaware have both. |
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......and we have three
University of Virginia
Virginia State University Virginia Commonwealth University
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New England? Um ... not a state!
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![]() Not to mention Texas, with UT, TA&M, Texas Tech all "full-sized" public state schools (not to mention about 10 others without Texas in the name and 5 more private schools, all as big as UConn). (Heck, I bet there are subsidiary schools of both UT and TA&M with as much enrollment as Connecticut.!) Florida / FSU... Michigan / MSU... I am sure there are 10 more of these, all far apart enough to fit Conn between them.
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