[Husker] Views from Big 10 country

[Theodore Heise]

>> Also, if I understand the rankings you provided, they're limited 
>> to one field of study.  You probably also should factor in the 
>> local view that IU has pretty good reputations in music, 
>> journalism, and chemistry.  My observation has been that there's 
>> a tendency toward a bit of snobbishness in this regard, so that 
>> may be at play.
>
> It isn't so much snobbishness as it is a bit of one-upsmanship,

Is it reasonable to assume you probably haven't spent much time in 
Bloomington?  After living here for some seven years, I can say the 
portrayal of University-local relationships in "Breaking Away" was 
not entirely fiction.  Some condescension toward locals may be 
typical of most schools, but I never noticed it in Nebraska or West 
Lafayette.

I realize that attitudes toward the locals is not the same 
thing as attitudes toward other schools, but they're probably not 
unrelated.

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA