Oxford again (OT, sorry)

[spicoli323]

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From: spicoli323
Subject: Re: Oxford again (OT, sorry)
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Date: 8/19/00 2:48 pm  (ET)

I think we got started on the subject of colleges when we were trying to
figure out the Wizard equivalent of Oxford. But I am starting college in
two weeks here in America, which makes me wonder if there could be any
Wizard Schools hidden away somewhere on a campus in the states. Maybe
there's one buried, like Gringott's, a couple miles below ground,
underneath Columbia in New York. Or maybe the Harvard Business School
is overshadowed in the Wizarding World by the Harvard Wizarding School.
Which also makes me wonder about the existence of American euquivalents of
Hogwarts. It was interesting learning about Beaxbatons and Durmstrang,
but there are probably at least two or three wizard schools in the
States, since they would have to cover a larger area and population than
the British Isles. I wonder where they could be hidden away---somewhere
mountainous, I would think, and sparsely populated. I for one would like
to see an American wizard or two in Books 5, 6, or 7---not as a major
chatacter, but just to give an idea of what wizardry would be like in
the U.S. Given Harry Potter's huge popularity over here, it would be a
nice touch that would make us Yanks happy.