<p>did anyone else hear this? i heard from an undisclosed source that uchicago declined an offer to join the ivy league.</p>
<p>if this is true...</p>
<p>hehe</p>
<p>I doubt that....its location really prevents it from being apart of the league of ivyness.......there are pleanty of qualified/perhaps better schools in the leagues location that could be inducted.</p>
<p>That cannot happen however, because the Ivy League maintains its status with its selective snobbiness.</p>
<p>I had heard that Chicago was considering joining the ACC, but that could be just a rumor.</p>
<p>The term Ivy League refers to an athletic conference. UofC was actually a member of the Big Ten at one time. The first Heisman Trophy winner was a UofC student.</p>
<p>hahahahaha. Just the foundation needed to become one of the greatest athletic institutions the world has ever seen.</p>
<p>i dont see uc, a D-III school joining a D-I conference any time soon, not the ivy league and certainly not the ACC, i'm soon it would be very hard and take alot of work jsut to move up to D-II</p>
<p>It was sarcasm, insomniac. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>At one time UofC was a national sports powerhouse. The term "Monsters of the Midway" referred to the Maroons not the Bears.</p>
<p>I always thought the term Ivy League only could consist of Div I universities on the East Coast.</p>
<p>Haha I love that: "Monsters of the Midway." Now all I see are students casually playing soccer or having a nice jousting match on the Midway. </p>
<p>That term is definately of the olden days, and it is no more. Which is okay with me, though . . . :)</p>
<p>Chicago used to be a member of the Big-10 until a little after WWII.</p>
<p>In the early 1960s, the Ivy leage wanted to even out and get an eighth school. University of Chicago considered joining, but in the end Brown poined up the money.</p>
<p>kemet, i too was joking..i just wanted to make reference to it since it was so funny....
didn't mean to come off badly</p>
<p>"In the early 1960s, the Ivy leage wanted to even out and get an eighth school. University of Chicago considered joining, but in the end Brown poined up the money."</p>
<p>No, the loose foundation of the Ivy League was established in the 1930s and all eight schools signed an agreement in 1945. </p>
<p>Chicago was never a choice, and Brown never paid to get in.</p>
<p>Chicago has the academics, but there is no way they would be considered to join because of the distance from the rest of the schools. The travel time would be horrible.</p>
<p>Here is the athletic conference to which Chicago currently belongs:
<a href="http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/</a></p>
<p>As one can see, a little east coast traveling is required.</p>
<p>Brandeis University (Judges)
Carnegie Mellon University (Tartans)
Case Western Reserve University (Spartans)
Emory University (Eagles)
New York University (Violets)
University of Chicago (Maroons)
University of Rochester (Yellowjackets)
Washington University in St. Louis (Bears)</p>
<p>Judges!? What kind of team name is that. =P</p>
<p>id rather be the judges than a generic nickname like spartans...</p>
<p>GOOOO MAROOOOOOOOOOONS</p>
<p>or the violets... hm, at least they're not the pansies, i suppose.</p>
<p>[unusual mascots and their histories: <a href="http://dslweb.nwnexus.com/marcs/mascot.html%5B/url%5D">http://dslweb.nwnexus.com/marcs/mascot.html</a> ]</p>
<p>Ahem.....the "Judges" undoubtedly comes from the Torah since Brandeis is, at least in its founding, a Jewish school.</p>
<p>wait, you're kidding right? It's late- nothings funny anymore.</p>