Anything bother you about a school NAME?

FAUNikki · #1 08-05-2003, 01:17 AM

OK, I am bored and cannot go to sleep and so I was thinking... I got to Florida Atlantic UNiversity. It is in Boca Raton, FL. South Florida area. Now It bothers me that University of South Florida is located in Tampa. North of Lake Okeechobee. So how can they be called USF? Maybe I am just bored a crazy, but I dont get it?!? If you live in the state of Florida and someone refers to "South FLorida" people think West Palm, Ft Lauderdale, & Miami area. Not Tampa, which is on the west coast of FL and 4 hours north.
Please no one take offense to USF, its a great school. The name just bothers me!

lifesaver · #2 08-05-2003, 02:16 AM

I dont know about the traditions of USF or how proud they are of their moniker, but theres a trend away from using directional type names. Southwest Texas State University just changed its name and effective Sept 1, 2003 will be Texas State University at San Marcos. YEp, they are now named after the fictious school from the movie "Necessary Roughness" (in a wierd twist of irony, in the movie, the TSU football team played Southwest Texas State University - so now its liek they played themselves...) ANYWAY, 'round these parts its always been SWT, or just "Southwest." Its gonna take some getting used to. They said the directional name made it "too regional" and effected the school's ability to be seen as a flagship contender school and its ability to attract top notch faculty. And I guess technically speaking, its not really South or West. It much more Central. Anyway, youd think they'd be alittle more hesitant to chage a schools name if a US president (LBJ) graduated from there. (But it was even called something different back then).

Also, the school I started at was TExas A&I. Its now Texas A&M - Kingsville and my mom went to West Texas State University (WTSU) and now its West Texas A&M, so schools change names here kinda often.

White_Chocolate · #3 08-05-2003, 08:55 AM

every other school in the Indiana University system is IU-name of city. . .but the one that is here is IU-Southeast.

could it be because it's so close to Kentucky that they think the people will want it changed to IU-Louisville, KY. . .in that case, they'd have to change it to University of Louisville-New Albany, IN. . .

DigitalAngel126 · #4 08-05-2003, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by White_Chocolate
every other school in the Indiana University system is IU-name of city. . .but the one that is here is IU-Southeast.

could it be because it's so close to Kentucky that they think the people will want it changed to IU-Louisville, KY. . .in that case, they'd have to change it to University of Louisville-New Albany, IN. . .

No kidding...IU Bloomington, IUPUI, IPFW, IUSB, IU Southeast, when will the madness end????

White_Chocolate · #5 08-05-2003, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by DigitalAngel126
No kidding...IU Bloomington, IUPUI, IPFW, IUSB, IU Southeast, when will the madness end????

you totally forgot IU-Kokomo where there is now a brand new Phi Sig colony. . .the first on the campus

DigitalAngel126 · #6 08-05-2003, 02:18 PM

Oh I wasn't naming them all, there are more than those 5 or 6 or whatever...I was just blabbering.

madmax · #7 08-05-2003, 02:55 PM

This isn't really about the school's name but I hate it when I read the paper and the writer gives the school's initials without first giving the school's complete name. How the hell is the reader supposed to know which IU, BU, or CU the writer is writing about? There are probably a dozen of each.

White_Chocolate · #8 08-05-2003, 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by madmax
This isn't really about the school's name but I hate it when I read the paper and the writer gives the school's initials without first giving the school's complete name. How the hell is the reader supposed to know which IU, BU, or CU the writer is writing about? There are probably a dozen of each.

good point

DeltAlum · #9 08-05-2003, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by madmax
This isn't really about the school's name but I hate it when I read the paper and the writer gives the school's initials without first giving the school's complete name. How the hell is the reader supposed to know which IU, BU, or CU the writer is writing about? There are probably a dozen of each.

Hey Max,

We agree on something!

I actually talked about this in a different thread.

Here's an example:

My wife and I went to O.U.

Our Son currently attends O.U.

Our daughter graduated from O.U. after two years at U.N.C.

Here's what it means:

My wife and I graduated from Ohio University.

Our Son currently attends The University of Oklahoma at Norman.

Our daughter graduated from Ohio University after spending two years at the University of Northern Colorado.

It's also strange that the University of Colorado at Boulder is called C.U. And the University of Denver is D.U.

And why is Ohio State officially "THE Ohio State Univesity? Are they afraid someone will name another one Ohio State.

Maybe just a bit pompus?

I have a great tee shirt that says, "Ohio, THE State University."

#10 08-05-2003, 03:15 PM

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Originally posted by madmax
This isn't really about the school's name but I hate it when I read the paper and the writer gives the school's initials without first giving the school's complete name. How the hell is the reader supposed to know which IU, BU, or CU the writer is writing about? There are probably a dozen of each.

BU = Baylor
CU = Colorado
IU = Indiana
KU = Kansas
NU = Nebraska
OU = Oklahoma
OSU = Okie State
A&M = Texas A&M University
t.u. = Texas university
ITT Tech = texas technical university classless clowns/dirt monkeys/matadors/hamburglers

See, that's not too hard

Kitso
KS 361 times i feel sorry for people who's diploma is going to say Texas State University at San Marcos...TSUSM

DeltAlum · #11 08-05-2003, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361
BU = Baylor
CU = Colorado
IU = Indiana
KU = Kansas
NU = Nebraska
OU = Oklahoma
OSU = Okie State
A&M = Texas A&M University
t.u. = Texas university
ITT Tech = texas technical university classless clowns/dirt monkeys/matadors/hamburglers

See, that's not too hard

Kitso
KS 361 times i feel sorry for people who's diploma is going to say Texas State University at San Marcos...TSUSM

BUT:

OSU also could be Ohio State or Oregon State.

OU can be University of Oregon or Ohio University

TU, where I came from is the University of Toledo.

BU could be Butler

IU can be Illinois

Thank goodness UCONN isn't another C.U.

It depends on your perspective and where you live or lived.

#12 08-05-2003, 03:21 PM

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Originally posted by DeltAlum
BUT:

OSU also could be Ohio State or Oregon State.

OU can be University of Oregon or Ohio University

TU, where I came from is the University of Toledo.

BU could be Butler

IU can be Illinois

It depends on your perspective and where you live or lived.

I know Delt, i was trying to be a smartass.

Perhaps i should have used the winky face in my post.

Kitso
KS 361 times when i think of OU all that comes to mind is BOOMER SOONER and 30-26

DeltAlum · #13 08-05-2003, 03:39 PM

Well, OSU is last year's national champion in football, and OU has a good chance at being this year's.

How can I lose?

By the way, Boomer Sooner ain't never gonna win the Grammy for lyrics.

MattUMASSD · #14 08-05-2003, 03:43 PM

When I hear BU I think Boston University.

#15 08-05-2003, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Well, OSU is last year's national champion in football, and OU has a good chance at being this year's.

How can I lose?

By the way, Boomer Sooner ain't never gonna win the Grammy for lyrics.

Yeah, just like "the eyes of Texas" isn't the most original composition ever.

the whorns just LOVE it when we start singing,
"i've been working on the Railroad,
all the live-long day.
I've been working on the railroad,
just to pass the time away"

does tech have a school song? what is it? that song they play at the circus when the clowns come piling out of the small car?

Kitso
KS 361 times AlphaSig's gonna bust on ya for the Boomer Sooner crack