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>   Arthur Berman [log in to unmask] wrote
>
>  I thought I'd share something which might shed some light on the old (I
>  know) UMass/UMass-Amherst controversy.  I just received a church
>  newsletter from a friend in Wisconsin (location not revealed for fear of
>  wrathful badgers :-).  In it a guest was described as having "received
>  his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison."
>
> In Wisconsin there are 15(?) schools in the state system, and all of them
> are called University of Wisconsin-Something.  Outside of Wisconsin people
> only have to say Wisconsin to mean Madison because it is the most "famous",
> but for us locals (and Madison wannabes) we say UW-Madison, or just call it
> Madison.  For the hockey flavor of the message just look to DIII for the
> names of some of the other schools, Stevens Point, Superior, River Falls.
>
> --
> Matthew Evans                          Office (414) 229-6722 Phys 56
> [log in to unmask]                      Lab    (414) 229-3936 Phys 42
> University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee    Dept. of Physics
>
Originally, only Madison and Milwaukee were UW schools.  All
others were Wisconsin State Universities-Something.  In the
late sixties the two systems merged!  No need to go into the
political harangue as to why.
 
later
jd