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There is the old snub that the older eastern colleges would use against many of the newer universities in the midwest and west. They called them "brick universities", as opposed to the venerable "stone universities". It was also a derogatory term used by the really old universities in the UK towards the newer "Red Brick" civic universities there.
Really? Harvard is a brick campus--what school would look down on Harvard?
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Could we please keep it to one at a time, just like in the other thread?

It's ColDay's turn. If he posts OSU, we should ban him.
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Hmmmm, mountains and palms, UCLA?
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Old Posted Aug 6, 2009, 1:48 PM
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Really? Harvard is a brick campus--what school would look down on Harvard?
Oxford, Cambridge,,, ok, those arent eastern, but Harvard could be seen as an "arriviste" upstart to them, and others.

Perhaps it was just those "across the pond". I have heard the term used here though, and could have misunderstood the context.

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That's the main lawn at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Should be easy:
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That's the main lawn at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
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I am pretty sure I'm correct, so here's the next one. It ought to be easy.


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i'm pretty sure it's not uw. i'm going to guess george washington
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I think that's the Potomac in the background, so...

Georgetown University?
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I'm pretty sure that's the Naval Academy (uncle graduated from there years ago).

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