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[austour]

I remember seeing this discussion on this board several years ago, and i think we lost SJU and became STJ when St. Joe's in Philly took the name and they became SJU. Even though we are the older institution they made claim to the letters.
Actually, when I was a student at SJU, St Joes was a college, not a university, and they were SJC at the time. So them having the SJU letters is rather recent.

St. Joes' was simply faster to the draw in registering the internet domain. In the early days of the internet, enterprising geeks registered common corporation names and then tried to sell them back to those corporations. When it was sort of generic - like delta.com for delta airlines, the companies would be more inclined to pay for them. When they were directly names of a well known company, say a Macys.com, those companies generally sued and won if the pricetag to buy the domain name was too high.

St. John's discovered the internet about the same time as a WWI Japanese solider hiding in a cave on Iwo Jima for 65 years did.

I am guessing SJU rebranded to STJ with fears that potential applicants entering www.sju.com thinking st. john's, weren't instead driven to the st. joe's website.

Yeah, my old organization paid quite a bit for Australia.com.

 

[GoldenLeaf]

Those commercials are dreadful

The worst part is them assembling a small group of students cheering "We are St. john's", as fi they were at a basketball game. It made you wonder if any of those particular kids had ever been to a game. I wondered why they didn't just use footage from an actual game when our student section is loud and animated. I can tell you the answer, likely be 100% correct, but won't discuss it publicly.

I am particularly proud to have graduated from the 387th best college. We're #387!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an honor. How dumb is that? No joke, we paid some firm to put that crap up????...AND IT GOT APPROVED????

 

[beast of the east]

Those commercials are dreadful

The worst part is them assembling a small group of students cheering "We are St. john's", as fi they were at a basketball game. It made you wonder if any of those particular kids had ever been to a game. I wondered why they didn't just use footage from an actual game when our student section is loud and animated. I can tell you the answer, likely be 100% correct, but won't discuss it publicly.

I am particularly proud to have graduated from the 387th best college. We're #387!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an honor. How dumb is that? No joke, we paid some firm to put that crap up????...AND IT GOT APPROVED????

The TV commercial that I'm referring close with "Oh yea, and 7th all time in NCAA division one men's basketball wins", followed by about 25 of the worst student actors you will ever see jumping up and down like they are at a game cheering "We are St. John's"

 

[GoldenLeaf]

Those commercials are dreadful

The worst part is them assembling a small group of students cheering "We are St. john's", as fi they were at a basketball game. It made you wonder if any of those particular kids had ever been to a game. I wondered why they didn't just use footage from an actual game when our student section is loud and animated. I can tell you the answer, likely be 100% correct, but won't discuss it publicly.

I am particularly proud to have graduated from the 387th best college. We're #387!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an honor. How dumb is that? No joke, we paid some firm to put that crap up????...AND IT GOT APPROVED????

The TV commercial that I'm referring close with "Oh yea, and 7th all time in NCAA division one men's basketball wins", followed by about 25 of the worst student actors you will ever see jumping up and down like they are at a game cheering "We are St. John's"

Same one I am discussing. Check out all the graphics before the ball goes through the hoop stating we are number 7 all-time. Embarassing.

 

[beast of the east]

Those commercials are dreadful

The worst part is them assembling a small group of students cheering "We are St. john's", as fi they were at a basketball game. It made you wonder if any of those particular kids had ever been to a game. I wondered why they didn't just use footage from an actual game when our student section is loud and animated. I can tell you the answer, likely be 100% correct, but won't discuss it publicly.

I am particularly proud to have graduated from the 387th best college. We're #387!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an honor. How dumb is that? No joke, we paid some firm to put that crap up????...AND IT GOT APPROVED????

The TV commercial that I'm referring close with "Oh yea, and 7th all time in NCAA division one men's basketball wins", followed by about 25 of the worst student actors you will ever see jumping up and down like they are at a game cheering "We are St. John's"

Same one I am discussing. Check out all the graphics before the ball goes through the hoop stating we are number 7 all-time. Embarassing.

Does the ad really note that we are the 387th college in America? The Doritos ads made by amateurs crush our ads. I hope we didn't blow all of our $3,000 marketing budget on this.

 

[GoldenLeaf]

Those commercials are dreadful

The worst part is them assembling a small group of students cheering "We are St. john's", as fi they were at a basketball game. It made you wonder if any of those particular kids had ever been to a game. I wondered why they didn't just use footage from an actual game when our student section is loud and animated. I can tell you the answer, likely be 100% correct, but won't discuss it publicly.

I am particularly proud to have graduated from the 387th best college. We're #387!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an honor. How dumb is that? No joke, we paid some firm to put that crap up????...AND IT GOT APPROVED????

The TV commercial that I'm referring close with "Oh yea, and 7th all time in NCAA division one men's basketball wins", followed by about 25 of the worst student actors you will ever see jumping up and down like they are at a game cheering "We are St. John's"

Same one I am discussing. Check out all the graphics before the ball goes through the hoop stating we are number 7 all-time. Embarassing.

Does the ad really note that we are the 387th college in America? The Doritos ads made by amateurs crush our ads. I hope we didn't blow all of our $3,000 marketing budget on this.

Check it out, I kid you not.