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A good motto is like a one-night stand. Immediate, satisfying, and best explained in the least amount of words possible (“Yeah?” “Yeah.”). We here at IvyGate love ‘em, as indicated by our own sitting on top of this page. But it’s hard to match up to Motto Magazine (“Purpose, passion and profit,” in case you’re wondering), which is an entire glossy dedicated to the craft that was originally started by two Wall Street Journal alums.
Just yesterday, this incredibly niche magazine released its first annual Top 10 Motto List, and higher education was the target. The best? Our good friends in Ithaca, of course, with the sage, hallucinatory words of “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.”
Our maligned guest stint has come to a close, ladies and gentlemen (we can hear you cheering already), and we’re happy to say that it’s been grand. We hope we were able to keep you from falling asleep during office meetings, at the very least.
Ivy Motto Poll Results: “God” and “Truth” Triumphant
As seen on the web at IvyGate.
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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