Georgia Tech

1 July 2006. Here's another to add to life's big list of regrets: not visited The Varsity and gotten high-grade indigestion! Hey, sometimes it's not the food but the atmosphere. The Georgia Institute of Technology is integrated nicely into downtown Atlanta, something that Georgia State is rightfully trying to achieve as well. Their bookstore is one of those 'licensed' stores. You will find everything you will ever need with the school's logo, but still something is missing in its sterility. The wide tumbler earns its name - I can almost fit my entire head into it, or at least an adventurous guinea pig. The gold GT is forced together a bit awkwardly, but as well as could be expected from those two letters.
I find my thirst and appetite growing smaller as I grow older, so that the fat little tumblers (such as the Georgia Tech cup) are plenty filling in one sitting, whereas the tall tumblers are freakin' insurmountable. But they stack quite nicely and the reptilian part of my brain still finds their bright bold colors attractive. So they will continue to find a place in the College Cup Project, even if their status of 'cup' has been retired.

Georgia State University

1 July 2006. I had heard awful things about this campus. Strictly a commuter school, no school spirit or atmosphere, sports coverage is lost in the Atlanta metromix. Perhaps GSU administration is listening to those cries - they are building and building and building. They are launching a football team, creating new on-campus housing by the barrelful, upgrading their sports conference from Atlantic Sun to Colonial, and flaunting their presence in the national academic rankings (especially in business and law). Their athletic logo is still a work in progress. Pounce is a cartoon blue panther who is not quite sure whether to be fierce or adorable. This frosted blue pint glass gives the apparent date of the school's founding - I suppose that is what the "13" signifies? It is frosted on the inside too so it's relegated to being a display glass and not for everyday use, though I'm sure it is perfectly safe and would not give me peanut cancer.