Do I detect a small amount of snobbery here? Let's see... your e-mail 
address is e-biev@...I forget. What are the next two letters?

Erik J Biever wrote:

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>>I don't think the two examples are similar at all. From what I understand,
>>UMTC is clearly the main campus of the UofM system, while Duluth, Crookston,
>>Morris and Rochester are  smaller campuses. Athletically, they don't compete
>>with each other, except in hockey.
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>While "University of Minnesota-Twin Cities" and occasionally "UMTC" are used
>in an academic context, those names aren't applicable in the realm of
>athletics.  It's a simple matter of primacy.  Teams from the Twin Cities
>campus competed for well over half a century as the University of Minnesota
>before the Duluth campus (formerly Duluth State Teacher's College) was added
>in 1950.  Some Duluthians think it's very amusing to put "UMTC" on the
>scoreboard when the Gophers play in the DECC, but they know better.
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