Students at Brown are called_____?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>I need this for my essay. So I know people are Penn are called Quakers. What’s the equivalent for Brown?</p>

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<p>The obvious answer would be brownies…</p>

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<p>Brunonians. Students don’t call themselves “brownies”</p>

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<p>^I thought Quaker was the athletic nickname for Penn, like Brown Bears.</p>

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<p>LOL, Harvard students don’t call themselves Crimsons either.</p>

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<p>I wonder how admissions officers would respond to “It has always been my dream to be a Brownie!” in an essay.</p>

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<p>lol so what is it?
Brown Bears? That sounds weird haha</p>

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<p>You should listen to the Brown student who replied…</p>

<p>And Wikipedia corroborates: “People associated with the University are known as Brunonians.”</p>

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<p>^■■■■■ billymc post #6</p>

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<p>I’m a little bit naive here, does anybody know why it’s Brunonians? I never knew that until I read this.</p>

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<p>Bruno is the name of the costumed mascot that frequently appears at athletic games.</p>

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<p>^Brown was originally called Brunonia, I believe.</p>

<p>And that’s a myth, BillyMc. Brown’s mascot wasnt the bear until the 20th century.</p>

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Brown was originally called the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064566103-post9.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064566103-post9.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^BillyMc this is why Wikipedia isn’t the always the irrefutable source.</p>

<p>[Encyclopedia</a> Brunoniana | Bear](<a href=“Student Groups at Brown //”>Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Bear)</p>

<p><a href=“Student Groups at Brown //”>Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Brunonian;

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<p>Interesting. However, I was accurate in stating the original name of the university.</p>

<p>Wikipedia did not make a false statement, I simply inferred incorrectly as to the origin of that phrase. I apologize.</p>

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<p>Accuracy is not synonymous with correctness. When I said “called”, I meant referred to, not the literal denomination i.e. “We call University of Pennsylvania ‘Penn’”.</p>

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If the university was not called that until 1829, it remains both incorrect and inaccurate to say that the university was originally called that. In that case, a reference in 1764 would have to be cited.</p>