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The University of Connecticut offers a wide range of student activities. Among those activities,a cappella has flourashed to become a popular part of the UConn culture. With 6 a cappella groups on campus, one can easily find up to 450 students at each groups events. The groups on campus include the UConn Conn-Men, UConn's hottest all-male a cappella group, the Chordials, CDN, Rubyfruit, A-Minor and Extreme Measures.

If you'd like to make a separate heading in the article for student organizations on campus, that would be more than welcome. However, using POV terms like "hottest all-male a cappella group" is against Wiki policy, so you'll need to be careful with that. You should also include organizations aside from musical ones. Beginning 19:01, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] UCONN 2000 merger

The UCONN 2000 article doesn't have much weight to earn a dedicater article but it is sufficiently relevant to deserve a mention in wikipedia. Therefore it is necessary to merge the articles. --Mecanismo | Talk 13:31, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

"Through these two programs, UConn's facilities, especially on the Storrs campus, have been dramatically improved. Some facilities, specifically those housing the chemistry department and the Student Union, have frequently been cited as among the most advanced in the nation." Yea, that's not biased at all. If you're going to say something as bold as "most advanced in the nation," you might want a source to back you up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.90.90 (talk) 01:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Naming

Is it "Uconn" or "UCONN" ? I only ask because the article is inconsistent in the uconn's capitalization. --RexRex84 05:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Neither. It's UConn, and it's on my mental list of things to tackle. If you want to go for it, please do so. (And, as a local, the wrong forms are one of my absolute biggest peeves, for the record.) Beginning 22:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes indeed, it is "UConn," a concatenation of its title (Univ. of Connecticut). Case is preserved. PsiCop 21:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


Yes, it is UConn...spent the best years of my life there..haha —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.33.240.193 (talk) 15:47, 7 February 2007

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:UConn logo.jpg

Resolved. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 04:53, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:University of Connecticut seal.png

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[edit] Inconsistent statistics

The intro says there are over 9,000 graduate students. The infobox says there are 7,000something. Which is correct? --Cryptic C62 · Talk 02:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

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