Penn not Pennsylvania

waltman on 2002-11-22T14:49:45

I am a graduate of one of the United States' oldest and most prestigious universities. It has produced Nobel laureates, Wall Street tychoons, Pulitzer prize winners, Olympic champions, governors, senators, supreme court justices, and distinguished scholars in dozens of fields.

So then why is it, whenever I wear my University of Pennsylvania sweatshirt outside of the immediate Philadelphia area, someone inevitably comes up to me and asks "Hey, are you from Pennsylvania? My cousin lives in Bethlehem!"


Penn State University of Pennsylvania

ziggy on 2002-11-22T21:39:11

Just be glad that people don't ask you about The Creamery, JoPa or the Nittany Lions. ;-)

Re:Penn State University of Pennsylvania

waltman on 2002-11-22T23:06:58

One of the biggest sellers back when I was a student at Penn was a "Not Penn State" tshirt.

Re:Penn State University of Pennsylvania

ziggy on 2002-11-22T23:15:34

Heh. When I was going to school across the street they started selling a cute shirt during my senior year:
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