Originally Posted by daintonj

It's a university not a religion, ideology or cult. You probably you went to it due to it's geographic position and most likely your sub-standard academic performance, why do you feel the need to identify so strongly with an organisation; especially those of you who have left it? It was bad enough in UK universities when you got some overly excited fresher buying a branded sweater, but even they stopped after the first week (unless of course they joined a sports team, but that always overrules common sense, fashion sense and good taste).