# Why on earth is BEAVER COLLEGE changing it's name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324 "2000-09-07T03:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/21 "2000-09-07T19:56:43Z")
One winter night, about 7 years ago, I saw Primus play at the Beaver Dome. Les had a field day with that one. And Lnix, you better watch who youre “ptooey-ing” on. ---
**Author:** ![Lnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lnix)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/22 "2000-09-07T20:02:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*And Lnix, you better watch who youre “ptooey-ing” on. \*\* WE ARE… . . . . . . . . . . Drunk off our ass.- I mean- PENN STATE ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/23 "2000-09-07T20:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SeatTime \* > \*\*Geez…and this coming from a state with towns named Blue Ball and Intercourse! > \*\* You think those are bad? How about Dildo, Newfoundland. Quite seriously. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/24 "2000-09-07T20:09:29Z")
Perhaps they just need to relocate Beaver College to Dildo?? (Sorry – had to be said.) ---
**Author:** ![ASD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@ASD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASD)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/25 "2000-09-07T20:30:23Z")
Not to mention that PSU also has Beaver Avenue (part of which is known as Beaver Canyon due to the highrises there) and a Beaver Hall. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/26 "2000-09-07T20:46:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bear\_Nenno \* > **Damn!! And I always loved the annual game between the Beavers and the Trojans… oh well.** Yeah. I always loved watching the Beavers get pounded, even by a Trojan. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ASD \* > \*\*Not to mention that PSU also has Beaver Avenue (part of which is known as Beaver Canyon due to the highrises there) and a Beaver Hall. \*\* Now I understand why they call it “Happy Valley.” ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/27 "2000-09-07T21:31:01Z")
funniest thing about Intercourse, PA is that it’s right next to Bird-in-Hand. no lie, mofos. ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/28 "2000-09-07T21:33:44Z")
A couple of years ago, my SO was hired by a major employer in Pittsburgh and had to relocate there. We used an apartment finder to find a place to live. In the course of compiling a list of apartments for us to visit, the agent decided to broaden her search outside of Allegheny County and into Beaver County. She very casually made a comment something like “Let’s see what kind of Beaver action we can find.” My SO and I immediately looked at each other and tried very hard to suppress our laughter. What made the situation even funnier is that we are a couple of gay men. We told her we really weren’t interested in looking in Beaver. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/29 "2000-09-07T23:48:15Z")
Unfortunately, a ill-advised survey of the student body has convinced the Beaver College board of regents to rename the school “Vagina University.” ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/30 "2000-09-08T00:16:53Z")
About 3 miles from me is a sports club called the Beaver Wood Club. They rent the hall out every Tuesday for an ‘over 30’s single, separated and divorced’ kind of grope an’ grind disco thing. Neither ‘beaver’ or ‘wood’ have penetrated the English-English vocab in quite the same way as they have across the pond so the curious juxtaposition (wot position, luv ? – nah, don’t think I’ve tried it) is sadly lost on most members. Which is a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/31 "2000-09-08T01:26:11Z")
I just visited the website. . . they have an online store . . . which promises soon to include clothing in its online catalog . . . I just bookmarked it. Soon as they sell clothing online, I’m placing an order . . . I can’t wait to get one of their hats, as if my friends didn’t already think I had beaver on the brain . . . ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/32 "2000-09-08T01:32:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > Neither ‘beaver’ or ‘wood’ have **penetrated** the English-English vocab in quite the same way as they have across the pond so the curious juxtaposition (wot position, luv ? – nah, don’t think I’ve tried it) is sadly lost on most **members**. Bolding mine. God, I’m sick. Sorry. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/33 "2000-09-08T02:32:01Z")
That’s okay, I forgive you. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/34 "2000-09-08T10:07:50Z")
My friend bought me a T-shirt from Beaver, CO’s liquor store. That’s right: Beaver Liquors. My wife hates it when I wear it. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/35 "2000-09-08T13:50:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AWB \* > \*\*My friend bought me a T-shirt from Beaver, CO’s liquor store. That’s right: Beaver Liquors. > > My wife hates it when I wear it. \*\* Please tell me they have a mail-order division. Please… ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/36 "2000-09-08T14:16:45Z")
Beaver Liquors. That’s classic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/37 "2000-09-08T14:18:49Z")
Hey, Southern, this page has their yellow pages listing: [http://www.yellowpages.co.nz/all-categories/food-and-drink/drink/liquor-distributors/](http://www.yellowpages.co.nz/all-categories/food-and-drink/drink/liquor-distributors/) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/38 "2000-09-08T14:20:23Z")
A radio station in my area just changed it’s name to “Beaver 106”. Their first promotion is a Bar party where the specialty of the night will be beaver shots. Tell me there not looking to milk that merchandising cow for all its worth. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/39 "2000-09-08T15:03:52Z")
Oh, **Kimkatt**! If you were a girl, single, wealthy, and living on my block I’d kiss you for this. (Who am I kidding??? Pucker up, sweetie.) 😉 Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324/40 "2000-09-08T15:30:47Z")
So one person says it’s in Colorado, and the link is in New Zealand? I did a search and found this: > **[Home - Beaver Liquors](https://beaverliquors.com/)** > > \[et\_pb\_section fb\_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” \_builder\_version=”4.2.2″ global\_colors\_info=”{}”\]\[et\_pb\_fullwidth\_slider module\_class=”home-slider” \_builder\_version=”4.10.5″ header\_font=”|||on|||||” header\_font\_size=”46px” body\_font\_size=”24px”... They have a page with merchandise with about a thousand t-shirt types. I don’t know… It kind of loses the appeal when it’s a marketing ploy and not a funny, happy accident or innocent gaffe… * * * Yer pal, Satan - Commissioner, [The Teeming Minions](http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/full/show?lid=39428&page=leaguehome) \*I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Four months, four weeks, two days, 13 hours, 29 minutes and 23 seconds. 6102 cigarettes not smoked, saving $762.81. Extra life with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 4 hours, 30 minutes. \***“I’m a big Genesis fan.”-David B. _(Amen, brother!)_** \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-is-beaver-college-changing-its-name/32324.md?page=3)