some of them are boring, like the one for my alma mater
Indianensis Universitatis Sigillum MDCCCXX Lux et Veritas
"Indiana University Seal 1820: Light and Truth"

and some of them sound like total mindfucks, like for St. John's College (Annapolis and Santa Fe)
Facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque
"I make free adults out of children by means of books and a balance."

I haven't found a motto for NCSU but the motto for North Carolina is a beautiful one
esse quam videri
"to be, rather than to seem" or more loosely, "being, not seeming"

7/7/2010 6:49:44 PM

Paging HOOPS MALONE.

[Edited on July 7, 2010 at 7:09 PM. Reason : NOTHIN', WHAT'S A MOTTO WITH YOU]

7/7/2010 6:56:03 PM

State's motto is
in vino veritas
"In wine there is truth"

7/7/2010 7:10:28 PM

In pace requiescat.

7/7/2010 9:54:42 PM

proper word order FTW

like I think the St. John's motto should be "Libris libraque ex liberis liberos facio."

7/7/2010 10:35:15 PM

newbie there ain't exactly much proper about latin word order

AQUAM PORTAT AQUARIUS and all that

arma virumque cano troiae qui primus ab oris fato profugus laviniaque venit litora

all that good shit

you think virgil give a shit about word order

7/7/2010 10:38:01 PM

caveat emptor

7/7/2010 10:58:02 PM

semper ubi sub ubi

Latin 101 jokes FTW

7/8/2010 12:54:03 PM

Sic Transit Gloria. Glory fades.

Feminae sunt in via. Women are in the way.

7/8/2010 1:42:45 PM

Quote :

"Sic Transit Gloria. Glory fades."

I realize you got the idea from this excellent song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDc2lkt_mE

still that phrase literally means "thus passes the glory"

7/8/2010 8:15:56 PM

Oh, so kind of like when glory fades, right?

7/8/2010 9:00:11 PM

that would be gloria evanescit

7/9/2010 2:17:19 AM

is eram a vicis a uncias

7/12/2010 12:48:05 AM

UNC's motto is actually "venti sil placet"

Which is convenient given the school's penchant for producing Starbucks employees.

7/12/2010 3:11:07 PM