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I'd lose the bit about "New Ivies" from the lead. This was just a gimmicky-thing used to sell some copies of
Newsweek, it's not a term that has any significance. Dozens and dozens of schools like to boast about the one time they were labeled a "Catholic Ivy" or a "Southern Ivy" or the "Ivy of
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