The W tries again....

preacher_dawg

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Dawgg

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I think they should actually just auction off the naming rights every 5-10 years, but only to companies with a W in the title.

For $X, it could be Wells Fargo University of Mississippi for the next 5 years.
Walmart State University of Mississippi
Mississippi Winstar World Casino University
Mississippi University, a W Hotels Property
Walt Disney's Mississippi University
Mississippi Wayfare.com University
University of Walgreens Mississippi

Or those companies could even sublease it as a seasonal thing for special events.

Beginning with the end of the Royal Rumble:
WWE Presents Wrestlemania University of Mississippi

Every October, we could have:
Major League Baseball's World Series University of Mississippi
 

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Wynbridge State University of Mississippi.
I think "Woke State University of Mississippi" would attract more of a crowd than this crap they came up with. Afterall, there's lots of wandering Woke souls out there now just looking for a place to land and the whole reason for this name change was to increase attendance so............
 

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They're women.... they are telling you, they aren't changing their name while pretending to try and change their name.
 
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Did they say what the significance of Wynbridge is, or did they just pull a name out of the air that started with W?
 

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Did they say what the significance of Wynbridge is, or did they just pull a name out of the air that started with W?
“wyn” is Olde English for the letter “W”.
Bridge is saying they’re bridging knowledge to the future or some other dumb sнit like that.
 

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Did they say what the significance of Wynbridge is, or did they just pull a name out of the air that started with W?
Amanda Clay Powers, the university's dean of library services and co-chair of the naming task force, said Tuesday that Wynbridge “creatively pairs the Old English word for ‘W,’ using it as a ‘bridge’ that connects past, present and future W graduates.”

“With our commitment to keeping ‘The W,’ we feel this is the perfect name for the university that looks back at our illustrious past as the first publicly supported university for women, keeping our tradition of looking forward into the future,” Powers said in the university's news release.
 

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I think "Woke State University of Mississippi" would attract more of a crowd than this crap they came up with. Afterall, there's lots of wandering Woke souls out there now just looking for a place to land and the whole reason for this name change was to increase attendance so............
Don't be stealing mine. I have made that suggestion on two previous posts about this topic.
 

Maroon13

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What amazes me about the alumni of MUW, they can not seem to understand that IT is not a university for women any longer and hasn't been for 40 years.
 

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What amazes me about the alumni of MUW, they can not seem to understand that IT is not a university for women any longer and hasn't been for 40 years.
My wife and her friends from the 1970’s “W” understand that it is in he best interest of the University to change the name, they just don’t like any of the stupid, embarrassing names that are being forced on them. They won’t be writing any checks and the President of the University is in their cross hairs. My wife has reached the point of “whatever “ but I think a couple of her old friends are contemplating felonies.
 
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DawgatAuburn

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My wife and her friends from the 1970’s “W” understand that it is in he best interest of the University to change the name, they just don’t like any of the stupid, embarrassing names that are being forced on them. They won’t be writing any checks and the President of the University is in their cross hairs. My wife has reached the point of “whatever “ but I think a couple of her old friends are contemplating felonies.
I think you just hit on something - Whatever University.
 

aTotal360

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I'll be devil's advocate...

It's as good as they could do. They were 10000% going to make it gender nuetral. So leaving it as it was is off the docket. There isn't a new name that exists that would satiate more than 10% of the people. Opinions are just like @rseholes...

At least now they (alumni) can still call it The W.

On the flipside, I'm curious to see what direction they go in for a logo. Are they publicly going to still call it The W?
 

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My wife and her friends from the 1970’s “W” understand that it is in he best interest of the University to change the name, they just don’t like any of the stupid, embarrassing names that are being forced on them. They won’t be writing any checks and the President of the University is in their cross hairs. My wife has reached the point of “whatever “ but I think a couple of her old friends are contemplating felonies.
My wife was there at the same time and feels exactly the same way.
 
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W for why are they not just MSU's nursing school? Totally redundant administration for what, <2400 students?
 
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