what is this university's real name?

pookdogg
Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:44:57 +0000

I read a funny article in the Daily Cal the other day. I guess some hack out of Pennsylvania was selling online degrees (Ph.Ds and Masters, mostly) from the “University of Berkley” (without the second “e” in Berkeley). Employers would assume this was the real “University of California - Berkeley” and people would get hired with fake degrees.

Typically, for time’s sake, people stick to either “Berkeley” or “Cal”. In sports (a la football or basketball) it’s “California”.