Well since this foolish discussion seems to be continuing I guess I'll jump
in again with an insight.  UMO came into being because The University of
Maine at Orono was a mouthful.  Now I know that you aren't supposed to need
the Orono part since the University of Maine IS the Orono campus but there
are times when it's important to distinguish which campus of the University
System you're talking about.  However UMO is my last choice of a name for my
alma mater.  I prefer, in order: Maine, UMaine, and then UMO.  I'm still
thinking about UMO as a cheer though.   When I was there we always just
spelled out M.A.I.N.E.,



-----Original Message-----
From: Deron Treadwell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Official Maine colors

--- "Chesley, Clair" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 Oh, and my room-mate often called it Mecca, to distinguish it from
> the other
> (lesser) campuses of the Maine system ;-)


We also called it Mecca, but that was in relation to the Mecca of the
college hockey world.

:-)

-Deron