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In response to "How does UC Berkeley get away with calling itself "Cal" but UC Los Angeles has to be "UCLA"? -- nm" by Mop (200 lbs)

Because Berkeley is the flagship of the U of California system.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jan 4 '14, 20:57

first founded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Flagship_universities_in_the_United_States (en.wikipedia.org)

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More so because they were first -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Jan 4, 21:58
Good answer, thanks for the info, but that link led me down a deep well or rage. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 4, 21:57 6
- Have you ever thought about maybe getting a puppy or taking up pot? - Will Hunting Jan 4, 22:19 1
  - I am going to buy him a hooker in Vegas. -- nm - Bacon Jan 4, 22:20
- iirc, ucb smashes atoms and does star stuff, ucla makes movies -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 22:06 3
  - Well then we know which one's made a bigger contribution to society. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 4, 22:08 2
    - one helped build the bomb, the other helped film mars needs moms -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 22:16 1
      - One helped fake the moon landing. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 4, 22:24
To me it is more your IM. Berkley was first and even more to being Cal, they were the only for 40 years -- nm - JD Jan 4, 21:06

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