<p>Maybe it's just because I went to an undergrad that was geographically isolated, but it boggles my mind how many people here are strolling around campus/studying in Butler with the emblems and names of other schools on. Now, I get it if you are a grad student and are showing alma mater pride, but I have a feeling all these smooth faced kids clutching Calculus 1 and Organic Chemistry books fall into that category. I can't imagine that there is THAT much inbreeding to warrant all of the clothes. At my undergrad school pride would have gotten riled up if someone was walking around sporting one of our competitor's names on their shirt. What's the dealio?</p>
<p>Most are probably freshmen (especially if they are doing chem or calc) and probably they have a boy/girlfriend that goes to another school or they visited/applied somewhere else and picked up a shirt or hoodie or whatever?</p>
<p>Does it really matter?</p>
<p>In the grand scheme of things, no, but I was just curious if this was a common thing on the east coast.</p>
<p>My favorite college shirt is the Dartmouth shirt that my best friend gave me. I don’t see a problem with rocking non-Columbia college apparel.</p>
<p>Morningside Heights ain’t Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>It is very funny–I transferred from a small LAC, and have noticed there is way more non-Columbia gear here than non-LAC there.
Eh, people don’t come to Columbia for school spirit.</p>
<p>Not a phenomenon unique to Columbia.</p>
<p>You know very well why it’s the case–don’t ask rhetorical questions.</p>