Posted on 07/07/2020 1:18:23 PM PDT by Perseverando
Washington and Lee University faculty passed a motion to remove Robert E. Lee from the name of the small liberal arts college in Lexington.
The motion the first time for W&L faculty to make such a recommendation will be sent to the board of trustees.
W&L President Will Dudley called a special meeting to discuss the motion at the request of the faculty affairs committee. More than 260 faculty members attended the virtual meeting late Monday afternoon and 79% of them voted for the motion.
The universitys name rests with its board of trustees, and there are no current plans to change it, said university spokeswoman Drewry Sackett.
The school was named for George Washington, an early benefactor, and Lee, the former Confederate general and president of the university who is buried in the chapel at the heart of campus. Washington and Lee University is the schools fifth name since 1749.
The three permanent Black faculty members at W&Ls law school called for the removal of both Washingtons and Lees names from the schools name, according to a letter sent to Dudley.
It is worth exploring why the faculty has decided to make a collective statement on Lee and why the faculty has not included a demand to drop Washington in their petition, according to the letter written by Brandon Hasbrouck, an alum and associate professor of law. It is no longer acceptable, profitable or convenient to be associated with Lee but it is for Washington.
An amendment was proposed to include the removal of Washingtons name, but that motion failed.
Faculty members also discussed the importance of having wider discussions about the overall campus climate, said Zoila Ponce de Leon, an assistant professor of politics.
A name change is a symbolic gesture, but
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So many choices. Perhaps they could just call it The Marxist Institute and then buy a big electronic screen and honor the Marxist of the Day to inspire the student body.
Dumb Frick University! Only it wouldn't be Frick
Hopefully, the Board of Trustees will have some REAL people on it, not just progressives.
Changing the name is nonsensical.
Lord Jeffrey Amherst gave smallpox infected blankets to the Native Americans in one of the first known uses of biological warfare, and committed genocide.
Um, WASHINGTON, D.C. isn’t THAT far way......literally or figuratively.
US higher education is soon to experience a brutal demographic and financial environment. Despite a good reputation for academics and congenial student life, W&L is endangered because of its small endowment and geographic isolation in the lower Shenandoah Valley. Changing the name of Washington and Lee University would be stupid and self-destructive because it would sever it from a storied history and alienate its alumni base.
I suspect a poll of the Alumni would find a vast majority in favor of keeping the name as it is. And hopefully the donors will vote no with their dollars.
Yale, Brown and Stanford all have to change their names. Don’t bet on it - just as they wanted to tear down the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford but not a peep about getting rid of the “Rhodes Scholars”.
Next in line...Fordham University. “Ford” because he was a white capitalist, “Ham”, because it offends Muslims...
FU!
Good point. Maybe make the new name Sodom and Gomorrah instead.
I guess Liberty U will have to change its name to Collective U.
I go with Beavis & Butthead University ... a most apt description of what the indoctrination center has devolved into.
Kark Marks Tuition Down 4 U.
Washington & Lee can be America’s first Ahistoric Black University.
It seems the left's strong suit is whining about their feelings.
Pussies R Us.
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