Colleges Named After Bad Actors - and what actions can or should people take?

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Users who specifically want to express their PoV on Washington & Lee to the wxclusion of other cilleged may be better served on this thread:

Washington & Lee University: Expectations vs Reality

There’s already a Washington & Lee 2027 thread, but I wanted to focus here on expectations vs reality. We all have these pre-conceived notions about certain colleges; Northeastern is pre-professional, Wake is a rich kid school, etc, etc. Most of us have an idea that Washington & Lee is the conservative-leaning college, and there’s been historical/recent evidence of that. (“Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke at W&L two weeks ago….”) What you don’t know unless you’re focusing deeply on the school is that Marc Short, Pence’s former Chief of Staff, is a 1992 alum of W&L and remains actively involved with the university. More on alumni/networks in a moment. So DC and I took in the Washington & Lee admitted student day, which began with buffet breakfast in a large tent. Each new student received lanyards – BLUE for those who are enrolled and attending and SILVER for those accepted but undecided. The campus feels larger than its 325 acres. The buildings are relatively uniform and some …

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