Hey, how many nicknames "accurately represent the student body?"  How many
Mustangs attend the school I teach at, Cal Poly SLO?  How many gophers go
to Minnesota?  Well, you get my drift.  As a physicist, I would not feel
too too bad if the name Engineers was kept .... I hope somebody currently
on campus tells some of the powers to be about these discussions!!
 
Tony Buffa
RPI '64, when they were also called the Bachelors!!
 
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On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, Ross Bracco wrote:
 
> Regarding the RPI administration and the team name of "Engineers,"
> Eric Lynn said,
>
> >They want something that would more accurately represent the
> >student body, or something like that.
>
> What the heck does that mean?
>
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