WHAT is the difference between Crimson and Maroon? I am, of course, not talking about the colors themselves, but the two universities that wear those colors as mascots — Harvard University and the University of the Philippines.

I spent two years in college learning the differences between the Ikot, Toki, Pantranco and Philcoa jeeps while studying broadcast communication at UP, and then another three years surviving frigid winters learning visual studies at Harvard.

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