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Post by sobro on Jun 15, 2022 12:09:41 GMT -5
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Post by ctghostman on Jun 15, 2022 12:35:43 GMT -5
GW name probably soon to followed-he was imperfect.
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Post by FU73 on Jun 15, 2022 13:21:11 GMT -5
George Washington University Will Retire “Colonials” NicknameGeorge Washington University announced Wednesday that it would drop its longstanding moniker used since 1926—the “colonials”—following recommendations from a special committee. The sports teams bear the name as well as the Colonial Health Center and “colonial cash,” which is used for campus meals and laundry. The university has been considering a change to the name, which some students and alumni feel is freighted by a connection to colonialism, since the summer of 2020. It has since renamed the Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, which was originally named for an ardent segregationist. The Colonials nickname “no longer does the work that a moniker should—namely, unifying the campus behind our academic and athletic institutional aspirations,” provost Christopher Alan Bracey said in a university press release. In fact, the university had moved to distance itself from the name for some time, including renaming an event previously known as the “Colonial Invasion.” GWU plans to use “Colonials” until it unveils a new nickname, which it intends to do with input from its community by the 2023-4 academic year.www.washingtonian.com/2022/06/15/george-washington-university-will-retire-colonials-nickname/
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Post by vastagman on Jun 15, 2022 15:30:15 GMT -5
It isn't inconceivable that the "woke" crowd could come after "Stags" too. Lest we forget, a Stag is a male deer.
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Post by Stagophile on Jun 15, 2022 18:14:50 GMT -5
I rolled my eyes but I get it. Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
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Post by ctghostman on Jun 16, 2022 6:43:55 GMT -5
I rolled my eyes but I get it. Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Colonialism might be what GB did. The colonials were the rag tag bunch that rose up against that and did something great. This reeks of 1619 project.
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Post by FU73 on Jun 16, 2022 7:29:59 GMT -5
A George Washington University special committee found that “the university community is sharply divided” over the nickname, “with an almost 50/50 overall split. Alumni were “somewhat more in favor” of keeping the name “Colonials” than current students.“For supporters, the term refers to those who lived in the colonies, especially those who fought for independence against England and, with bravery, courage, and against all odds, secured democracy for the United States. It embodies the spirit of George Washington,” the committee’s report said. “For opponents, ‘Colonials’ means colonizers (both here and abroad) and refers to those who stole land from indigenous groups, plundered their resources, murdered and exiled Native peoples, and introduced slavery into the colonies.”The report concluded: “Given this offense and harm and given that those who would retire the moniker comprise a little over half of the university community, the moniker can no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies.”
Not everyone is on board with the decision. “We believe that the Colonial mascot does not uphold colonialism, rather it is meant to honor the colonists of the Continental Army who fought against tyrannical colonialism in the establishment of our nation,” the GWU College Republicans said in a statement. “These colonials fought against foreign rule, they weren’t advocates of the practice of colonialism. The erasure of the Colonial mascot is an erasure of the sacrifice made by those who dedicated their lives to the creation of our great nation.
“We are also deeply troubled with the possibility that this could snowball into the changing of the University’s name itself, which we remain in vehement opposition to. We look forward to any collaboration or inquiries to resolve this issue.”nypost.com/2022/06/15/george-washington-university-dropping-colonials-nickname/
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Post by stag76 on Jun 16, 2022 7:57:53 GMT -5
I always took Colonials to mean those who lived in our colonies at the time of our Revolutionary War, not those seeking to impose colonialism onto others. Reading what provost Bracey claimed the work of a moniker should be —- “unifying the campus behind our academic and athletic institutional aspirations” —- I can’t wait to see what GW selects as their new moniker. The NFL team has the Commanders so that’s out. Would the GW Cherry Trees (or perhaps Fighting Cherry Trees) really unify the campus towards GW’s aspirations? I’m really looking forward to GW’s new moniker to see if it accomplishes what provost Bracey claims a moniker should do.
FWIW, Robert Morris’ moniker is also the Colonials.
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Post by vastagman on Jun 16, 2022 8:37:46 GMT -5
I always took Colonials to mean those who lived in our colonies at the time of our Revolutionary War, not those seeking to impose colonialism onto others. Reading what provost Bracey claimed the work of a moniker should be —- “unifying the campus behind our academic and athletic institutional aspirations” —- I can’t wait to see what GW selects as their new moniker. The NFL team has the Commanders so that’s out. Would the GW Cherry Trees (or perhaps Fighting Cherry Trees) really unify the campus towards GW’s aspirations? I’m really looking forward to GW’s new moniker to see if it accomplishes what provost Bracey claims a moniker should do. FWIW, Robert Morris’ moniker is also the Colonials. Believe it or not, GW is considering these possibilities ... Hippos Riverhorses (this is literally what hippopotamus means by the way) Revolutionaries Hippo may seem crazy, but it has a connection to the school. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Horse_(sculpture)#:~:text=The%20River%20Horse%20is%20a,in%20the%20Foggy%20Bottom%20neighborhood. The River Horse is a bronze sculpture of a hippopotamus located on the campus of George Washington University. It is in front of Lisner Auditorium, at 21st Street and H Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.
In 1996, George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg presented this bronze statue as a gift to the University's Class of 2000. The hippo stands with its mouth wide. Its nose is slightly worn due to passersby rubbing it. A plaque is placed on the base:
Legend has it that the Potomac was once home to these wondrous beasts. George & Martha Washington are even said to have watched them cavort in the river shallows from the porch of their beloved Mount Vernon on summer evenings.
Credited with enhancing the fertility of the plantation, the Washingtons believed the hippopotamus brought them good luck & children on the estate often attempted to lure the creatures close enough to the shore to touch a nose for good luck. So, too, may generations of students of the George Washington University.
Art for wisdom, Science for joy, Politics for beauty, And a Hippo for hope.
The George Washington University Class of 2000
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Post by vastagman on Jun 16, 2022 10:20:09 GMT -5
As an aside, will the CAA (a/k/a the Colonial Athletic Association) have to change its name too?
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Post by Stagophile on Jun 16, 2022 11:14:51 GMT -5
I vote in mustering all my wokism for the Colorful Athletic Association!
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Post by sobro on Jun 16, 2022 21:13:46 GMT -5
Modern Liberalism is a mental disorder.
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Post by ctghostman on Jun 17, 2022 11:25:18 GMT -5
Modern Liberalism is a mental disorder. And the far right, which has become “Modern Conservatism”, is not INSANE? Enough said. This is not the discussion for this board!!In “other topics” and as long as it’s generally respectful, I thinks it’s fine. Topics like this one do affect our university-even if indirectly. I’m against censorship. If you have an opinion I disagree with, hopefully I can challenge it with better information
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Post by paulie74 on Jun 17, 2022 13:12:24 GMT -5
And the far right, which has become “Modern Conservatism”, is not INSANE? Enough said. This is not the discussion for this board!!In “other topics” and as long as it’s generally respectful, I thinks it’s fine. Topics like this one do affect our university-even if indirectly. I’m against censorship. If you have an opinion I disagree with, hopefully I can challenge it with better information Ghost, agree , as long as its respectful, I am also against censorship. The point I am making is this forum is not the place for political statements. There are plenty of those forums on both sides of those issues and this should not be one of them. A general demeaning statement about one side or the other has nothing to do with Fairfield University. I am taking my response down. But I just couldn’t let that general demeaning statement go unanswered. In that spirit, I suggest Sobro do the same. Go Stags.
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Post by sobro on Jun 17, 2022 14:21:58 GMT -5
Let the moderator take it down. I'm sorry if anyone's feelings got hurt.
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