I'm curious to know why many people tend to refer to it as "Cal". If it's because it's the University of California at Berkeley, why doesn't that hold up with the other schools in the UC system? Or for that matter, the Cal State system?
Please no hate messages or why X schools is better than Y or whatever. I'm curious to know the origin of that particular nickname.
2007-05-02 14:00:44 · 5 answers · asked by Bookworm 6 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ San Francisco
Back when "Cal" was founded it was the first University of California campus.
2007-05-02 14:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by gromit801 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i am not sure I understand what you mean by "why doesn't that hold up with the other schools in the UC system". Do you mean why don't other schools in the university of california system call themselves Cal. Why does UCLA not call it self Los Angeles? Or LA.
Cal is probably a nickname that started a long time ago. And it just stuck. Most of the other UC schools just go by the town. I.E. UC Davis is always just called Davis. Ditto with Riverside, Irvine, Santa Cruz. Some like UCLA and UCSF go by initials. People know what you are talking about.
On the CSU side, Cal Poly for example is part of the CSU system, but usually is never called CSU San Luis Obispo. In fact, if you look it up in most college resources, it is not even listed with the rest of the CSU's. SLO and POmona are always listed as California Polytehcnic, despite being a part of the CAl State system.
I suspect that it is due to the fact that the school was originally called the College of California in the mid 1850s prior to merging with an other college. It was the first school in the entire UC system...and if you are first, you can call yourself whatever it is that you want.
2007-05-02 16:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa H 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Because it was the first University of California, so it laid claim to the nickname of "Cal" first.
2007-05-03 08:58:00 · answer #3 · answered by gryffindorgrad91 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I admit that "atheist" does not fall under the palms o.k., yet i don't get it the two. there's a spell checker precise there ---> for people who write "athiest" yet no longer something could make it easier to with undesirable grammar. *puzzles*.
2016-10-04 07:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by faim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because "party school extraordinaire" is too cumbersome to say.
2007-05-02 14:09:25 · answer #5 · answered by Mon-chu' 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋