SU loses ‘Today’ show challenge to University of Tennessee
CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, the name of Brandeis University was misstated. The Daily Orange regrets this error.
The University of Tennessee was named the winner of the “Today” show’s College Challenge on Monday, beating out Syracuse University and four other schools for the chance to bring the show to campus.
SU was named one of six finalists in the contest, which pitted colleges against each other in early September to see which school had the most spirit. Students took to Twitter using the hashtag #KLGandHodaU to convince the show to come to campus.
The “Today” show visited SU and the other finalists last week. Viewers then chose the winning school by voting on the “Today” show’s website.
After almost 150,000 votes were cast, the University of Tennessee was declared the winner, according to the “Today” show website. Besides SU, Ohio State University, University of South Florida, Creighton University and Brandeis University were the other finalists.
Published on September 25, 2012 at 12:26 am
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