Beaver College (Don't read if you don't have a sense of humor)

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  1. uxu

    uxu New Member

    Beaver College Gets A New Name

    Beaver College graduates who have been the brunt of jokes and snickering over the name on their diplomas will soon be able to start anew. After months of focus groups, town meetings and questionnaires, the suburban Philadelphia college became Arcadia University on Monday.

    Soon after, alumni who want them will begin receiving new diplomas. "When they put their degrees up on their wall, particularly if they were not local, they found people saying, 'That's a joke, isn't it?' or 'That's not for real,'" university President Bette E. Landman said.

    More than 800 alumni of the college, which opened in 1853 as a women's college in Beaver County and later moved across the state, have already requested replacement diplomas. The name change was meant to counteract years of abuse that went as far as jokes on David Letterman's TV show and "Saturday Night Live." The name often elicited derogatory remarks pertaining to the rodent, TV's "Leave It to Beaver" and a vulgar reference to the female anatomy.

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    They even have a video explaining the process and reasons for it.
     
  2. Chip

    Chip Administrator

    Damn, with both Beaver College and Flaming Rainbow U out of the picture, we're running out of good, amusing college names.

    Of course, in my book, Excelsior is still shredded packing material, but it doesn't have quite the same ring.
     
  3. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    This news is going to hit Dyke College hard, except that they changed their name to 'David N. Myers College' a few years back.

    You can't really blame David Letterman. He's a graduate of Ball State University.
     
  4. Lewchuk

    Lewchuk member

    and Friends University of Central Kansas shortened their name to Friends University (well, I guess it is still FU)

     
  5. HJLogan

    HJLogan New Member

    The school I studied at is called the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC) but there was some talk a while back of changing the name to First Nations University, but someone pointed out that the resulting acronym may have been too offensive - though the revenues in t-shirts and swag would have been a tremendous source of income. Others said it would be an accurate description of the attitude of some at the college's administration.
     
  6. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    My "favorite" bad school name is the proposed new name for University of Sarasota, Argosy University. Is it me, or does "Argosy" sound like a skin disease?

    Bruce
     
  7. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member


    My some of my favorites:

    Koh-I-Noor University (Now the University of Santa Monica)
    Karma University
    American Floating University
    Ben Gurion University of the Negev
    Campus-Free College (Later Beacon College)
    Vermont Insitute of Community Involvement (Now Burlington College)
    Elysion College
    Hamburger U.
    Holy Cross Jr. College (awarded Ph.D.'s)
    Mensa University
    Graduate School of Suggestive Sciences
    Mind Extension University
    And of course, Douglas University

    Rich Douglas
     
  8. Guest

    Guest Guest

    I earned a two year degree from Mind Extension University when I was 19 years old, majoring in pharmaceutical pragmatism. However, since I quit using the pharmaceuticals (at age 20), I have had no utility for the degree.

    I am leaning heavily toward doctoral work at Thurston Howell University, located in the sovereign nation of Gilligan's Island. The professor has agreed to serve as my advisor.

    Russell
     
  9. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Heeeeyyyyy....are you the "jungle boy"? Oh, wait, that was Kurt Russell. And wouldn't having the professor as your advisor present a conflict of interest? He was played by Russell Johnson. (That just "Dawned" on me.) Well(s)? Jeez, Louise. (Oops, "Tina Louise.") Never mind. Just Skip(per) it.

    Rich Douglas, "Thurston" for new knowledge.
     
  10. Guest

    Guest Guest

    No conflict of interest! Actually, Russell Johnson-the actor-had a degree mill doctorate, however, his character "the professor" had a legitimate Ph.D. from Southeastern University of Marine Biology. I just throught he would be a great advisor, he was always so analytical. [​IMG]

    Russell
     
  11. Gerstl

    Gerstl New Member

    Well, while we're at it:

    Leland Stanford Jr. University

    (We use to rib our friends at Stanford, saying that they where doing their doctorates at a "Jr. University")
     

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