[NU Sports] NU vs. NW or NWU or whatever!

[Jonathan Michael Hawkins]

Nice guess, but the nwu as a part of the domain name was intentional. 
nwu.edu was registered on January 22, 1987.  nu.edu was registered by 
National University in San Diego on January 6, 1993.

Having nwu-sports, while anachronistic, is charming and should stay. 
Also, Mike Nolan actually runs this list, and he's in the one situation 
where you actually do want to distinguish Northwestern from some other 
University of lesser repute out there on the prarie. ;-)

Academically NU uses "NW" or "NWU" in certain areas, including cites for 
the Northwestern University Law Review ("Nw. UL Rev." or other variants).

The University of Nebraska at Lincoln follows in what is generally an odd 
(some might say "dumb") tradition of the Big Eight.  Texas A&M actually 
makes fun of the University of Texas by calling it TU (and in the War 
Hymn, "Texas University"), so I'm not sure why the University of Nebraska 
enjoys being called NU.  Perhaps they're proud of their dyslexic students. 
;-)

In general, though, anyone who got confused at seeing "NU" on a televised 
scorebug and then not finding their beloved ugly red colors deserves their 
confusion.  I don't buy the confusion issue.  Anyone know how North Dakota 
gets abbreviated?  How about South Carolina?

Jonathan

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, John A. DeGroat wrote:

> What you say would be logical if the score involved Nebraska.  The" NWU" as 
> part of a web location is probably due to somebody having gotten a website 
> ahead of Northwestern that used the :NU".
>
> Martinitis at aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 11/19/2005 7:04:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
>> johnadeg at bellatlantic.net writes:
>> NU's athletic and/or PR departments can't even get ESPN to use "NU" instead 
>> of "NWU" when they give the scores.  I spent over 20 years in corporate 
>> investor relations and as consultant in that field and that kind of error 
>> wouldn't have been tolerated.  NU doesn't do the kind of job it should 
>> selling what we have to offer
>> 
>> My God, I can't believe this NU vs NW notion keeps coming up. Just look at 
>> the e-mail address on this post....
>> 
>> Obviously, Nebraska = NU for bookkeeping purposes at ESPN.  I'm certain the 
>> reason they don't call us NU is because of that.  Nothing to do with 
>> slighting us or the ineptness of our PR department.
>> 
>> This thread truly warrants the "Good Grief" Department!
>> 
>> 
>> Lou Martinaitis  '69
>> 
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