--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Alumni are graduates, not people who attended for a semester. > > > > > > Not true, as anyone who has ever attended an Ivy > > > League school, even for a short time, would know. > > > I attended such a school for one year a long, long > > > time ago and they've been badgering me for money > > > ever since, as an alumnus. :-) > > > > > > Or you could take Merriam-Webster's word for it: > > > > > > Main Entry: alum·nus > > > Pronunciation: &-'l&m-n&s > > > Function: noun > > > Inflected Form(s): plural alum·ni /-"nI/ > > > Etymology: Latin, foster son, pupil, from alere to nourish -- > more > > > at OLD > > > 1 : one who has attended or has graduated from a particular > > school, > > > college, or university > > > 2 : one who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate > > > > > > If we go by definition two, Maharishi could have > > > been an inmate in the Psychiatric ward of Allahabad > > > University and still be considered an alumnus. :-) > > > > ************** > > > > OK, an alumnus can be defined as one who has merely attended, but > > MMY did graduate from Allahabad. >
> And you know this exactly how? > > Oh, I forgot. Maharishi sez. > **************** All universities have some means of verifying degree claims -- here is a U.S. college page: http://www.morehouse.edu/recordsregistration/degreeinformation.php If schools did not verify degrees, then anybody could make claims about being a graduate. MMY has been in the West for about 50 years -- if his claim to having a bachelor's degree from Allahabad U were not true, then one of the little darkness-luvin' demons opposed to his mission of enlightenment would surely have seized this trivial little item as a means to slur his reputation, and showed evidence from Allahabad U that MMY did not graduate, but this has not happened, and the reason is because MMY did graduate. I'm not going to do the legwork to contact Allahabad U for verification, but by all means, go ahead and waste your time: http://www.allduniv.edu/query.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
