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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Fri Sep 11, 2015, 04:50 PM Sep 2015

Black Ohio university removes Cosby's name from building

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Black-Ohio-university-removes-Cosby-s-name-from-6498572.php

A historically black college in southwest Ohio says it is permanently removing the name of comedian Bill Cosby from its communications building.

In a statement Friday, Central State University in Wilberforce says the Camille O. & William H. Cosby Communications Center has been renamed the CSU Communications Center. The school had been temporarily covering Cosby's name since July while it made a final decision.

The Cosby family has donated more than $2 million to the university....

Central State President Cynthia Jackson-Hammond had called circumstances surrounding the comedian's situation "troublesome and disappointing to all."

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Black Ohio university removes Cosby's name from building (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2015 OP

I feel very bad for people who've lost someone they once admired. Hortensis Sep 2015 #1

they should give the money back, otherwise they are hypocrites frankieallen Sep 2015 #2

I imagine they spent it to build the CSU Communications Center KamaAina Sep 2015 #3

I don't know their financial situation. I just think if they are going to stand on frankieallen Sep 2015 #4

They already built it. KamaAina Sep 2015 #6

We had a similar situation at MU a few yrs ago loyalsister Sep 2015 #5

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

1. I feel very bad for people who've lost someone they once admired.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 04:53 PM

Sep 2015

frankieallen

(583 posts)

2. they should give the money back, otherwise they are hypocrites

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 05:17 PM

Sep 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. I imagine they spent it to build the CSU Communications Center

Reply to frankieallen (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 05:54 PM

Sep 2015

Please enlighten me on how a public university -- a historically black one, at that -- in a repuke-run state is supposed to come up with a spare $2 million in order to avoid the appearance of hypocrisy.

frankieallen

(583 posts)

4. I don't know their financial situation. I just think if they are going to stand on

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 05:54 PM

Sep 2015

principle and remove Cosby's name from the building, they shouldn't keep his money. If Cosby isn't good enough then his money should not be either.
Just my opinion.
They will have the money if they don't build the CSU Communications Center I suppose.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

6. They already built it.

Reply to frankieallen (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:26 PM

Sep 2015

They just changed the name.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)

5. We had a similar situation at MU a few yrs ago

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 07:12 PM

Sep 2015

A couple donated $75 million to finance a new sports arena. They asked for and got naming rights and named it after their daughter. It was soon discovered that she cheated her way through college. Thus we have the Mizzou arena rather than the Paige arena. The couple voluntarily gave up their naming rights.

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