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May 29, 2006 10:40 PM

Which University of Missouri is this?

I was chatting with someone who said they went to the University of Missouri-_____. I don't remember the blank, but it was something like "Boura?". They said it was formerly known as Missouri of the Mind? I was fairly out of it, so details are definitely wrong but does anyone know which one this is?

posted by lpctstr; to Education (5 answers total)

Best answer: You're thinking of University of Missouri-Rolla aka School of Mines (as in lead mines).
posted by mono blanco at 10:47 PM on May 29, 2006

Man, what kind of accent made "Rolla" (pro-nounced "rah-luh" by locals) come out like "Boura"? Or should I say... what kind of liquor?
posted by Dunwitty at 11:02 PM on May 29, 2006

Best answer: It'd have to be Rolla, since just about every other unit of the UM system has an acronym or other name to go by - UMSL (um-sell), SEMO, Mizzou, Southwest...
posted by notsnot at 6:10 AM on May 30, 2006

It'd be an accent incompatible with yankee.
posted by Atreides at 6:35 AM on May 30, 2006

Another possibility is University of Missouri-Columbia, a.k.a. Mizzou.
posted by wordswinker at 12:43 PM on May 30, 2006