Amazing - although Tabasco sauce came before Tabasco sauce university

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Ju%C3%A1rez_Aut%C3%B3noma_de_Tabasco

that was started before bolognese pasta sauce was invented

University of Bologna is a bit older than Harvard...

What was even the point of a university before calculus?

Indeed, see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolognese_sauce#Origin_and_history