[COFF] Penn State

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2024-10-02T16:42:59-0400, Dan Cross wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 2:27 AM <arnold at skeeve.com> wrote:
> > Also true. In the late 80s I was a sysadmin at Emory U. We had a Vax
> > connected to BITNET with funky hardware and UREP, the Unix RSCS
> > Emulation Program, from the University of Pennsylvania. Every time I
> > had to dive into that code, I felt like I needed a shower
> > afterwards. :-)
> 
> Uh oh, lest the UPenn alumni among us get angry (high, Ron!) I feel I
> must point out that UREP wasn't from the University of Pennsylvania,
> but rather, from The Pennsylvania State University (yes, "The" is part
> of the name). UPenn (upenn.edu) is an Ivy in Philly; Penn State
> (psu.edu) is a state school in University Park, which is next to State
> College (really, that's the name of the town) with satellite campuses
> scattered around the state.

There's another method of distinguishing UPenn from Penn State.  Permit
me to share my favorite joke on the subject, from ten years ago.

"STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Construction workers tore down Penn State's
iconic Joe Paterno statue on campus two years ago -- but this town might
not be without one for much longer.

Two alumni already have received the OK from the borough to install a
projected $300,000 life-sized bronze sculpture downtown, about two miles
from the original site." -- ESPN ([1])

"The key difference is that the new statue will look the other way."
-- Chris Lawrence

Regards,
Branden

[1] https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/10828351/joe-paterno-honored-new-statue-state-college-pennsylvania
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