On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Howard M. Quimby wrote: > While I really don't see why UMass people have a problem with Amherst > appearing after their name, lets not forget that the "A" came to be because > Maine was UM and Lowell was UML in Hockey East. It only made sense for Umass > to be UMA. I suppose the league and the rest of the hockey fans in the > northeast could bow to the wishes of UMass and drop the Amherst, but I'm going > to side with clarity on this one. You are, after all, in Amherst! And even > if the Globe didn't report it, you played Lowell three times. ;) Perhaps they don't want to be reminded that they're in Amherst. :) I'm surprised that the precedent argument gets much support. Imagine if Rosa Parks had felt constrained in this way. (or Mike Legg, for that matter) Leadership and innovation require a willingness to throw off the shackles of the past. As one who refers to "Madison", "Berkeley" and "Chapel Hill" (as well as the East Rutherford Giants and the Irving Cowboys), I prefer distinctive and descriptive names over marketing terms. +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Michael Patrick Bresina | America's always had a problem | | [log in to unmask] | with illegal aliens. Ask any Indian. | +-----------------------------+-----------+----------------------------+ | The Rendezvous Online Service | telnet | | Interactive TradeWars! | 205.243.194.68 | +-----------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Common sense is what tells us the world is flat. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.