Founded in 1855, Michigan State University in Lansing will forever be the butt of jokes by its nearby rival in Ann Arbor. What was MSU originally known as?

As its rival U-M likes to point out, MSU started with a focus on the agricultural, and that's why Wolverines call it a "cow college". It wasn't until 1964 that MSU dropped the word agricultural from its name and became just Michigan State.

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