What’s in a Nickname? For Some, a Real Stench

Re “We’re Rough, We’re Tough, We Are the . . . Little Nippers” by Joel Greenberg, May 25:

Having married a BUG (Boston University Girl, the former Michele Mandell, B.U. ‘62) and met many other BUGs (B.U. gals and guys), I sympathize with your terrier plight. My lot is not so much better: I’m a graduate of the “cow college” of the Ivy League, Cornell. Cornell’s “Big Red” nickname didn’t help during the McCarthy terror.

Then again, better Cornell than the two Ivy PUs (Princeton University and Pennsylvania University, which calls itself the University of Pennsylvania to avoid the stench of the P.U.).

So we all have our alma mater problems. And FDR did make terriers popular for almost four terms in the White House.

SID TURKISH

Beverly Hills