If You Go To/ Went To Miami...

PhiPsiRuss · #1 01-29-2005, 02:03 PM

do you get annoyed when people get your school mixed up with the other Miami?

James · #2 01-29-2005, 02:07 PM

I get confused with Miami Ohio as a location when people are talking about going to school in Miami.

mu_agd · #3 01-29-2005, 04:21 PM

YES!!

MiamiADPi · #4 01-29-2005, 04:58 PM

We all know that there is only one true Miami..... and that's Miami, Florida. Go Canes!

I don't understand how people can get them mixed up so much. I'm actually surprised how often I get asked if I go to Miami of Ohio, esp. since I'm a frequent wearer of orange and green. Seems pretty easy to keep 'em straight to me..... U. of Miami - Florida. Miami U. - Ohio.

Oh well.

ADqtPiMel · #5 01-29-2005, 05:02 PM

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Originally posted by MiamiADPi
Seems pretty easy to keep 'em straight to me..... U. of Miami - Florida. Miami U. - Ohio.

Yea, exactly. I always end up saying Miami Ohio.

ADPiAkron · #6 01-30-2005, 11:52 PM

Miami University in Ohio is located in Oxford, Ohio....so you could always say Miami of Ohio or Miami University in Oxford, Ohio!! Gotta give my support to the Miami of Ohioans.....my sister is a Red Hawk!!

MiamiADPi · #7 01-31-2005, 12:27 AM

and ADPi totally took over this thread. lol

The big push lately is "UM" and not "Miami", which it's one syllable shorter, so maybe that's the reason for the big push. lol- But when I first got on GC it totally slipped my mind that there are so many other schools that go by UM, so anytime I'd see UM in a sn, I'd get a bit excited, then realize that we don't have those GLOs here, so they couldn't possibly be talking about U. of Miami, Florida. oh well, I'll have to do more recruiting to get more of our current Greeks on here.

Coramoor · #8 01-31-2005, 08:38 AM

Miami of Ohio is where Beta was founded. I went on a road trip there last year with a few guys to check it out. I know that WV always gets made fun of for being hillbillies and not having teeth and stuff...but I swear in Oxford I saw more rednecks and people without teeth than I ever have in WV.

IowaStatePhiPsi · #9 01-31-2005, 08:48 AM

gotta go with Miami University over University of Miami.
The whole Miami Valley is a beautiful place.
Drive along Trenton-Oxford Rd. over to Collinsville and up to Eaton on Hamilton-Eaton Rd. and you pass the farms my family owned after they migrated from the hills of Virginia.
Hike through the woods around there and stop along exposed rock croppings or stream beds and you can find fossilized corals, trilobites and other ancient sea life.

University of Miami- over run with developments and hurricanes.

mu_agd · #10 01-31-2005, 09:41 AM

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Originally posted by Coramoor
Miami of Ohio is where Beta was founded. I went on a road trip there last year with a few guys to check it out. I know that WV always gets made fun of for being hillbillies and not having teeth and stuff...but I swear in Oxford I saw more rednecks and people without teeth than I ever have in WV.

In Oxford? really? I would agree with you if you said Hamilton or Middletown, but i don't recall ever seeing that in my years at Miami.

ADqtPiMel · #11 01-31-2005, 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by mu_agd
In Oxford? really? I would agree with you if you said Hamilton or Middletown, but i don't recall ever seeing that in my years at Miami.

Um yea. Unless you didn't go anywhere near the campus and were hanging out at like, Big Lots, there are no rednecks at Miami. I don't think I've ever seen a hillbilly student here.

mu_agd · #12 01-31-2005, 10:32 AM

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Originally posted by ADqtPiMel
Um yea. Unless you didn't go anywhere near the campus and were hanging out at like, Big Lots, there are no rednecks at Miami. I don't think I've ever seen a hillbilly student here.

shut up, dude. you could find some good stuff at Big Lots.

layla2728 · #13 01-31-2005, 12:01 PM

I really got annoyed with people confusing UM (in Florida) for the one in Ohio... when I would tell people that I go to Miami, they'd automatically assume Ohio, which I found rather strange considering I've lived in South Florida all my life

MiamiADPi · #14 01-31-2005, 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
University of Miami- over run with developments and hurricanes.

Maybe, but this overdeveloped city allows me to lay out and get some sun in the middle of winter when back home they're getting 20 inches of snow. For a Northerner campus looks like a resort and with south beach minutes away and Key West within a few hours, who could complain? Gorgeous blue water, seasonable temps all year, amazing tropical animals and wildlife, ah, I love it.

Munchkin03 · #15 01-31-2005, 12:49 PM

Miami was a University before Florida was a state.

I'm just saying.