Ivy Motto Poll Results: “God” and “Truth” Triumphant
The people have spoken! It's been roughly 24 hours after we posted our lovely little poll asking what the worst motto in the Ivy League was and the results are in: Cornell's English-language douchebaggery is vindicated, topping the rest by a landslide with 113 votes (or 31.9 percent) indicating that an Ivy motto without Latin is like a Leaguer without a trust fund.
Coming in behind Cornell (yuk, yuk) is Dartmouth's emo-teardrop motto, with 24.3 percent of the voteage. Just makes you ask, "if a Keggy cries in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?", doesn't it? Additionally and apparently, mottos without references to "God" or "Truth" just can't hack it in the intense bloodsport competition of our poll. Take that as you will.
Conversely, then, it can be inferred that our incredible sample size of 354 (of roughly 3,000 total visits) has also decided that Yale's motto is the actual best, with Penn at a close second. Which means that we've either a lot of readers in New Haven or Newell's fan club is hating all over this blog, as he requested in our very first post. Thanks for playing, kiddies. -- ANDREW NUSCA
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August 10th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
“(yuk, yuk)”
oh yeah, you went there.
August 11th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
A blog poll preceded by propaganda suggesting how to vote is worth your time? Good God, are you unemployed and homeless that you wasted your time writing an article on the “results”? P.S. Closing down comments on the motto story might have been a bit much though.
August 11th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Comments get shut down only for spam reasons. If we did it whenever we didn’t like what commenters were saying, there would not be a single thread on the site.
August 11th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Nick: I doubt every thread is hated. What about Vayner? Tim Ferriss? Or all the kitchen sex at Brown?
The guest editors have been largely unable to resist touting their alma mater whilst hating on others. For that reason (and others): glad to have you guys back.
August 13th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Just saw this article, apparently some people think pretty highly of Cornell’s motto:
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug07/mottoRank1.html
August 13th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
I could be wrong, but I also think Cornell was the only one of the Ivy’s that didn’t have a religious start, and accepted any person of any religious denomination. It also let in women and coloreds.