As a former employee of the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities,
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                                                        ^^^
Most staff have dropped the "tc", Erik's must be an oversight!!!!

No snobbery here at all.  Feelings of inadequacy on the other campuses' 
part, perhaps.

-Carol
GO Gophers!!!


Bob Woodbury wrote:

>
> 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:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> -- Erik
>
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Carol S. White  =^..^=
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