Friday, March 18, 2022
NY Instances: A New Identify For California’s Oldest Regulation College: UC-San Francisco Or UC-Powen’om?
Following up on my earlier posts (hyperlinks beneath): New York Instances, A New Identify for California’s Oldest Regulation College? It’s Not Simple.:
When a New York Instances article final 12 months detailed the involvement of the founding father of the College of California, Hastings Faculty of the Regulation in state-sponsored massacres of Indigenous Californians, an outcry ensued. The legislation faculty’s board swiftly and unanimously agreed to vary the varsity’s identify.
However within the months since, college directors have discovered that deleting a tainted identify may be the straightforward half. Selecting a brand new one is proving to be a fraught and expensive course of. …
A small however vocal group of individuals at Hastings imagine that the college ought to hold its identify in any case. “It looks like it will make extra sense to make use of the cash for issues that will be extra helpful,” stated Marsha N. Cohen, a professor on the legislation faculty who has additionally labored within the admissions workplace. …
The legislation faculty’s board has proposed that the brand new identify needs to be the College of California, Faculty of the Regulation, San Francisco, in response to David Faigman, the chancellor and dean.
“San Francisco is a world-class metropolis, well-known for dynamism and innovation — qualities that distinguish our legislation faculty as properly,” Faigman stated in a written reply to my questions. “The San Francisco identify additionally conveys the helpful data of the place we’re situated and aligns us with the naming conference of each different campus of the College of California.”
A bunch of Yuki tribe members is pushing again on that identify. It was Yuki Indians who had been massacred in campaigns within the mid-1800s that historians say had been bankrolled and masterminded by Serranus Hastings, the founding father of the legislation faculty.
Some members of the Yuki tribe are urging Hastings to rename the varsity with a reputation from the Yuki language. Steve Brown, the president of the Spherical Valley Yuki committee, proposes “Powen’om,” which implies “one folks.”
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