At Washington State University, the school's name is abbreviated WSU. In an inadequate attempt to pronounce the abbreviation, students and alumni have called the school Wazzu. This name has appeared on tee-shirts, sweatshirts, gym bags, highball glasses and other artifacts of associational pride. The President of the University has determined that "Wazzu" is not an appropriate nor sufficiently dignified appellation for the school. He has therefore banned its use on all products licensed by the university and forbidden its utterance in publications sponsored by the school. As one might imagine, this move has backfired rather badly on the pres, who now presides over a university where an even greater part of the student body wear un-licensed attire bearing the forbidden word. He learned the error of his ways when he attended an alumni function in Seattle and found the attendees wearing primarily clothing on which Wazzu had been printed by the Cougar Club -- an unofficial arm of the alumni association. Silly president!