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Notice they are all in the middle of nowhere with no populations and NOT exactly football powers! As for 99.9% of the universe calling us OHIO, perimeter, you have obviously never listened to Cincinnati TV sports shows where even the OHIO guys often refer to us as Ohio U or OU. small time Ohio sports media is the 0.1%. MY STATE. MY TEAM. Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,706 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/4/2015 6:13:34 PM  Mark Lembright '85 wrote: For what it's worth, I have received a notification from Cleveland.com on my phone that UA's President says that UA is not changing its name. Reminds me of when Nancy Cartwright became president of Kent State in the 90s. She floated the idea of dropping State from the university's name. Uproar ensued and Nancy retreated. http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,152 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/5/2015 1:02:37 PM  Mike Johnson wrote: Mark Lembright '85 wrote: For what it's worth, I have received a notification from Cleveland.com on my phone that UA's President says that UA is not changing its name. Reminds me of when Nancy Cartwright became president of Kent State in the 90s. She floated the idea of dropping State from the university's name. Uproar ensued and Nancy retreated. And she's confined her ventures to being Bart Simpson's voice ever since (shout out for an Ohio attendee). Last Edited: 5/5/2015 1:04:25 PM by Pataskala We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top OUcats82 General User Member Since: 1/9/2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Post Count: 1,827 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/6/2015 11:18:34 AM  bn9 wrote: Mark Lembright '85 wrote: For what it's worth, I have received a notification from Cleveland.com on my phone that UA's President says that UA is not changing its name. He must not be down with OPI. What about OPP? Ohio-The State University Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,706 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/6/2015 11:50:08 AM  Pataskala wrote: Mike Johnson wrote: Mark Lembright '85 wrote: For what it's worth, I have received a notification from Cleveland.com on my phone that UA's President says that UA is not changing its name. Reminds me of when Nancy Cartwright became president of Kent State in the 90s. She floated the idea of dropping State from the university's name. Uproar ensued and Nancy retreated. And she's confined her ventures to being Bart Simpson's voice ever since (shout out for an Ohio attendee). Huh? Me thinks you are thinking of someone else... http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top bigtillyoopsupsideurhead General User Member Since: 12/1/2006 Location: Cincinnati Post Count: 1,925 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/6/2015 8:16:28 PM  Mike Johnson wrote: Pataskala wrote: Mike Johnson wrote: Mark Lembright '85 wrote: For what it's worth, I have received a notification from Cleveland.com on my phone that UA's President says that UA is not changing its name. Reminds me of when Nancy Cartwright became president of Kent State in the 90s. She floated the idea of dropping State from the university's name. Uproar ensued and Nancy retreated. And she's confined her ventures to being Bart Simpson's voice ever since (shout out for an Ohio attendee). Huh? Me thinks you are thinking of someone else... Nancy Cartwright is Bart Simpson and an Ohio alum- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright Carol Cartwright is the former President at Kent State - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Cartwright Back to Top MedinaCat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Lakewood, OH Post Count: 740 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/15/2015 1:59:58 PM  So they landed on using "Ohio's Polytechnic University" as their tag line if you will. http://www.uakron.edu/polytechnic/ Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,152 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/19/2015 1:53:51 PM  MedinaCat wrote: So they landed on using "Ohio's Polytechnic University" as their tag line if you will. Yep. It appears to be lower case -- "Ohio's polytechnic university" -- and more of a brand rather than a name change. http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/son-comes-to-universi... We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top cc-cat General User Member Since: 4/5/2006 Location: matthews, NC Post Count: 3,820 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/19/2015 4:46:32 PM  Their football team is psyched - they think they are gong to have fireworks at every game. Back to Top RSBobcat General User Member Since: 8/22/2010 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,401 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/19/2015 10:27:25 PM  Pataskala wrote: MedinaCat wrote: So they landed on using "Ohio's Polytechnic University" as their tag line if you will. Yep. It appears to be lower case -- "Ohio's polytechnic university" -- and more of a brand rather than a name change. http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/son-comes-to-universi... So - they will continue to offer a "variety" of courses, focusing on "vocational and technical subjects", and just incorporate that bland purpose statement into a supposed improved selling message tag line???? And they wonder why some call it...... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crackron RS Bobcat Back to Top BobcatSports General User Member Since: 2/2/2006 Post Count: 1,068 Status: Offline     RE: U of Akron considering name change    Posted: 5/21/2015 4:29:32 PM  O P U - yea that does have a certain pizazz to it. If the shoe fits!! 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