The "S" is out: Johns Hopkins is now JOHN Hopkins University

[charlie and algernon]

http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/featured/naming_announcement_april01/

(Baltimore, April 1, 2010) The Johns Hopkins University announced today that it is bowing to the inevitable and officially changing its name to "John Hopkins."

"We give up," university President Ronald J. Daniel said. "We're fighting a losing battle here. And we strongly suspect the extra 's' was a typo in the first place."

"It's not just 'John Hopkins,'" Daniel said. "We've heard 'John Hopskins.' We've heard 'John Shopskins.' One flustered high school kid in an admissions interview the other day actually called us 'Bob Hoskins.'"

Squads of staff members fanned out early today over the university's campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area; in Bologna, Italy; and in Nanjing, China. They employed screwdrivers, chisels, spackle, spray paint - whatever it took to remove the annoying surplus sibilant from residence halls, lab buildings, buses and trucks.



:rofl:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. Sweet! Now, can we finally fix CDC?

the Center for Disease Control sounds a lot more, well, central, than Centers for Disease Control.

I just hope all the esses are recycleable.

:hi:

[struggle4progress]

7. And it sounds like somebody needs to learn their alphabet. Why not call it CDE?

[Captain Hilts]

2. Good one!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. My dad is a JHU grad.

Calling it John Hopkins was in the same catagory of faux pas as saying the "Democrat Party" or "The Ukraine."

[jmm]

4. This reminds me of one of the last good shows on MTV.

I love the University of Colledge ad that starts around 2:40-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4TJIbPmKA&feature=youtube_gdata

[WinkyDink]

5. Check the date, folks.

[charlie and algernon]

6. yup, gotta hand it to the admin of JHU for being good sports and having fun

[LeftyFingerPop]

8. Shit. That messes up my health insurance.