Clearing Up My Mistakes

The Lord of Truth points out that I goofed in yesterday's post about America's favorite burger gal (the picures confirm that she really is only 100 pounds), when I noted that her undergraduate institution, the College of New Jersey, was also known as Rutgers. As the Lord pointed out, I was in error -- the College of New Jersey is actually the school formerly known as Trenton State, while Rutgers only bills itself as the "State University of New Jersey."

Which leaves one question -- why would either school want to advertise their connection to New Jersey? Why not call yourself "the official university of the area south of New York" or the "College of Region East of Pennsylvania" instead?