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E-PrinceThe University grossed roughly $266,000 during the 2008 fiscal year for the commercial use of Princeton trademarks and logos, up almost 3 percent from the $258,600 it made during the previous fiscal year, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ’96 ...(back to the article)
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"the only Ivy League school named after its location"
Umm ... the University of Pennsylvania?
Seriously- Penn. Are you kidding?
@Copy Edit Snark
Penn doesn't really qualify as Ivy League as much as they want to believe it.
"More than 10 universities — including Harvard and Cornell — have ended their relationships with the company in response to the decision."
i don't know why the writer couldn't just be specific. as of today, 25 schools have cut their contract with Russell Athletics:
1. University of Miami
2. University of Houston
3. Georgetown University
4. University of Wisconsin - Madison
5. Rutgers University
6. Duke University
7. University of Washington
8. Columbia University
9. Purdue University
10. Cornell University
11. Penn State University
12. University of Michigan
13. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
14. University of Minnesota - Duluth
15. University of Minnesota - Morris
16. University of Minnesota - Crookston
17. University of Minnesota - Rochester
18. Harvard University
19. New York University
20. University of Montana
21. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
22. Montana State University - Bozeman
23. Santa Clara University
24. SUNY University at Buffalo
25. SUNY University at Albany
http://reininrussell.blogspot.com/2009/01/who-a...
they meant the town. like our ivy colleagues are not called providence university, hanover college, etc etc
If this school has lost 5 billion of its endowment in the recent financial crisis then this sum is equivalent to 0.005% of that. Just KeEPIN IT REaL ;)
If you would like to follow the campaign mentioned in this article targeting Russell Athletic's worker rights abuses, see the blog at: Russell Athletic Violates Honduran Worker Rights, Universities Cut Ties.
The link left out of the last comment is http://reininrussell.blogspot.com