I don't know how Dan Lukes does it...I'd go insane if a large portion of the Division III hockey following couldn't get my school's name right.
Where did the "S" come from that everyone seems to like to associate with the school. Is there a reason for it?
Now before anyone goes to the other thread I just posted in, I jokingly added the "S" as a tounge in cheek to go along with Herb Brooks Soviet quote from Miracle.
How upset would Norwich alums get if we were referred to as Norwich College or Norwick University? (and as aside...I rarely say 'wick' on this forum and I have NEVER and NEVER will ever refer to it that way in any sort of public press release/story.)
I guess the kicker for me was when one of the local media stations called them "St. Norbert's" all weekend. It's one thing to do it on a forum, it's another to get it wrong in the media/reporting business. I have the same issue with Norwich women's sports teams being referred to as the Lady Cadets. All 20 of our sports teams are the Cadets. Plain and simple. There are no "Lady Cadets". I referred to the Amherst women as the Lady Jeffs once and was rightfully corrected by their SID that there are no Lady Jeffs at Amherst. They are the Lord Jeffs. I have never made the mistake again.
As small as it seems on the outside...it's becoming an issue I feel when the school's name has been mis-pronounced for so long that it has made its way into the media as being the "norm" for how the school is referred to.
St. Norbert is the dynasty of Division III men's hockey right now. Three titles in five years is impressive. Let's drop the "S" and start respecting the school and start calling it by its rightful name.... "St. Norbert".
Where did the "S" come from that everyone seems to like to associate with the school. Is there a reason for it?
Now before anyone goes to the other thread I just posted in, I jokingly added the "S" as a tounge in cheek to go along with Herb Brooks Soviet quote from Miracle.
How upset would Norwich alums get if we were referred to as Norwich College or Norwick University? (and as aside...I rarely say 'wick' on this forum and I have NEVER and NEVER will ever refer to it that way in any sort of public press release/story.)
I guess the kicker for me was when one of the local media stations called them "St. Norbert's" all weekend. It's one thing to do it on a forum, it's another to get it wrong in the media/reporting business. I have the same issue with Norwich women's sports teams being referred to as the Lady Cadets. All 20 of our sports teams are the Cadets. Plain and simple. There are no "Lady Cadets". I referred to the Amherst women as the Lady Jeffs once and was rightfully corrected by their SID that there are no Lady Jeffs at Amherst. They are the Lord Jeffs. I have never made the mistake again.
As small as it seems on the outside...it's becoming an issue I feel when the school's name has been mis-pronounced for so long that it has made its way into the media as being the "norm" for how the school is referred to.
St. Norbert is the dynasty of Division III men's hockey right now. Three titles in five years is impressive. Let's drop the "S" and start respecting the school and start calling it by its rightful name.... "St. Norbert".
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