Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Oops! (W Edition)

 The W is changing its name to something um, more inclusive.  The powers that be at the Mississippi University for Women decided a name change might reverse its fading fortunes so a new name was chosen.  The university announced the new name would be......



There is just one small problem with the new name.  None other than the urban dictionary states: 




Hmm.... Naming a university for women after slang for sex addicts? Oooooooook. 

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

Legislature to MUW Prez:

"We would like to speak with your husband."

Anonymous said...

I'm cool with MBJ. Car tags and stationary letterhead to follow. Not to be confused with:

Michael B. Jordan Enterprises

Montego Bay Jamaica airport/resort

Mississippi Business Journal

Anonymous said...

I mean that's a bit of a leap, but its funny nonetheless.

I want to see ALL of our schools here succeed so if they (the admin) studied this, and they thought this was a good idea, and the purpose was trying to make the school more attractive and INCREASE ENROLLMENT, then who the hell am I to armchair quarterback this decision?

ya gotta do what ya gotta do to put asses in seats

Anonymous said...

Will the Golden Triangle (ahem) Regional Airport be changing its name to Brightwell-Epstein International?

Anonymous said...

Looks like a for-profit diploma mill name.

Anonymous said...

Sex Addict University? Reminds me of my college days. I might enroll to earn my Masters.

Anonymous said...

Why not call it Mississippi University at Columbus...indeed why haven't we consolidated years ago as a huge money saver!

Anonymous said...

The name of it should be Mississippi State University Columbus campus - or closed. The number of state funded universities with duplicate administrations, etc in this state is ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

Why have a four year college 20 minutes from the campus of the largest state university? I “might” understand if the university was different in some way, such as catering to unique needs of women.

Anonymous said...

11:01 It only makes sense to name it MSU-Columbus or UM-Columbus. All the state "universities" in Mississippi are in one system anyway, under the direct control of one school board, the IHL. It's complete bullshit to act as if they are independent entities choosing their own direction. Enough already.

Anonymous said...

Mr. A and Mr. B are the only winners in this scenario.

Anonymous said...

Enrollment Cliff 2026. It's going to close 1/4 of the colleges nationwide...

MUW Grad said...

All reason has left Brightwell -- the sex addict's university. I am a graduate and the current leaders have driven it into the dirt. They just finished building a Culinary Building that is going to include a chocolate lab. Now where in hell are the graduates going to use those skills? And culinary doesn't work this way. If you want to go into culinary, which is low pay and long hours, go to CIA (Culinary Institute of America) or Johnson @ Wales. Close the damn campus or merge it into Mississippi State.

Anonymous said...

11:38 - The point is they all PAY separate "presidents" and all of the extra admin that comes with a totally separate administration. There is even more waste in other duplications. The point is put it under a larger university and stop duplications. It's more than just a "name". Enough already. :)

Anonymous said...

Mississippi's penchant for ridiculously-long names, never ceases to amaze me. Instead of 'Lake Barnett', the Reservoir is saddled with something so long and UGLY-SOUNDING, nobody even bothers to say or write it. And have you seen the sign for the Airport? It's longer than a damn mobile home. And it takes one whole side of the building, to spell-out "G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans'...." (Who knows what the rest of the lettering says? You've already driven past the letters on the righthand side, when you start reading the letters on the lefthand side: English being read left-to-right, ya know)

Given that Mississippi State College for Women (MSCW), was a groundbreaking institution, in its day (which should be a source of pride for Mississippians), it's unfortunate that the institution's name was changed, at all. But Mississippi seems committed to transforming its colleges, from a collection of entities of distinct character and history, into a network of SOULLESS, ANONYMOUS, INTERCHANGEABLE UTILITIES.

"Brightwell" (apart from Urban Dictionary connotations) sounds like a place for troubled youth. It sounds like the sort of place Jane Eyre was sent to (expecting a wonderful school, only to discover a hellish reality). Or maybe it's a rebranded Magdalene Laundry? Then again, 10:51AM's "for-profit diploma mill name" impression is spot-on, too.

I suppose they had to stick "Mississippi" onto the already-long name, to dispel that "online, for-profit, diploma mill" impression. So, those affiliated with the place, will be forced to spend half of each day, saying or writing that long, unwieldy name.

Anonymous said...

Shut down USM next. Useless university

Anonymous said...

Too many universities in MS as it is. Need to consolidate this one and some others.

Anonymous said...

You can’t call it anything Columbus….that will be cancelled in due time.

Anonymous said...

BroadSwell University: BSU.

Anonymous said...

MUW might as well close it's doors or become a "community college". Same thing for JSU, Alcorn and the rest. The IHL will not continue to support them at any level required to stay competitive. Ole Miss and MSU, and to a lesser degree USM, have been favored long enough to accumulate the lion's share of resources while the others simply starve. Everything they do will be a piss-poor "duplication" of the programs offered at the "Big Three" and treated that way. Their survival is not a priority of the IHL and there is not a damn thing they can do about it. IF the supporters of MUW and the rest cannot see this they are not as educated as they think.

Anonymous said...

Southern miss, ole miss Mississippi State and Jackson State and Delta State… are really the only public universities needed

Anonymous said...

It’s high time, too, that Ole Miss rebrand itself as an institution of equity and inclusion, leaving behind its dark legacy of segregation. Let it be renamed the University of Northern Mississippi, its athletic teams continuing as the Landsharks.

Just imagine it: “And it’s first and goal for the Landsharks of the University of Northern Mississippi after that explosive offensive charge.”

I get gooey just thinking about it.

Anonymous said...

Why not Brideswell?

Anonymous said...

The free market should decide what happens to these schools. Not this socialist crap we have going on now.

Anonymous said...

They can rename it whatever they want, but it will forever be known in Mississippi as The Dubyah.

Anonymous said...

If it's not going to be consolidated, how about naming it after its most famous alum? Welty University, could still call it the "W."

Anonymous said...

That name is so lame.

Why not University of Mississippi at Columbus, University of East Mississippi, or something of the sort.

Anonymous said...

Please Legislature. Please put a stop to this buffoonery. This name change has been way, way over thought. Being special and thought provoking is fine. Being special and stupid and embarrassing while being thought provoking is a different thing. If anything, Brightwell sounds like an online degree school. All hat. No cattle.

Anonymous said...

1:37 What has been going on is not socialist. It's more like a dictatorship. And never was a free market.

Anonymous said...

This whole thing smells like too many CONsultants and not enough people with a clue.

Anonymous said...

Fear the Okra

Anonymous said...

"They just finished building a Culinary Building that is going to include a chocolate lab."

I boarded my chocolate lab at the vet's office over Christmas. Worked out great...

Anonymous said...

I understand that there is a petition opposing this (asinine) name change. If anyone has a link to this petition, please share.

Anonymous said...

Make it an extension of MSU and keep the archives/museum option for the old MUW.

It's a nice campus in terms of facilities and I respect the love the graduates and supporters have for the school but it's long outlived it's purpose as a separate school with the exception of their large nursing program. Let MSU take the facilities (including the math and science school) and I suspect the campus community will be better off.

I mean no harm to the W gals (and guys) as my late mother was an alum, but it's time.

Anonymous said...

The petition.....

https://www.change.org/p/oppose-the-renaming-of-muw-to-mississippi-brightwell-university?original_footer_petition_id=37739794&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_footer&grid_position=1&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uADAmQQIAAAAAZZywEr%2F5OV84MjhlNzA0Zg%3D%3D

Kenneth Stead said...

This fiasco reminds me of a women’s dorm that had recently been completed at Ole Miss when I was there in the late 70s. It was named Hoar Hall, and you didn’t even need a dictionary to know that was a terrible name. Everyone just referred to it as New Dorm.

Anonymous said...

If I were elected governor, my day one first (attempted) act would be to immediately shut down the W and Valley and make them satellite campuses of State and JSU and or DSU respectively, cut Alcorn’s subsidies and tell them to thank me for not making them a JSU satellite, cut the number of JUCOs in half, and try to shrink from 82 counties to about 40-45. For a poor, sparsely populated state we have a shocking amount of excessive government. And no reason for a state this small, poor, and disproportionately disinterested in education to have so many damn schools. Go all in on the big 3, let JSU and DSU keep their lot in life, shrink or eliminate everything else. The end

Anonymous said...

Signage, stationary, a wide assortment of materials, all would be changed. I have yet to see an estimate on the cost of this nonsense. Remember that if such a estimate ever arises, multiply the estimate by five and you will still come up short on the cost.

Most educators spend time dreaming up ways to piss away money without doing actual education.

Anonymous said...

8:29, I hope you go after the bloated bicameral legislature next…

Anonymous said...

MUW, or MBU needs to be closed down. Their nursing program is the only thing that is not completely worthless - Mississippi State could operate the nursing and health profession school as a satellite campus, and perhaps move the PA program from Meridian to Columbus.

Mississippi Valley is worthless. Close it.

Alcorn State needs to be part of the MSU system, as they are both land-grant schools.

Delta State needs to be consolidated into Ole Miss - UM Delta

Southern Miss is an internal part of that region.

The enrollment cliff in 2026 is going to close schools like Blue Mountain, Rust and Tougaloo and put enormous pressure on Belhaven, Millsaps and William Carey, and possibly Mississippi College, although their Baptist affiliation is going to put them in a better spot.

Carey having a Pharmacy School and the state's DO program is going to be crucial to their survival. Their undergraduate programs are not going to make money. Belhaven serves the adult market pretty well and Millsaps has an endowment that will help them weather the storm that is coming.

By 2030, there will be 1000 colleges close. Unless there is some fiscal responsibility candidates being sent to our state capitals, very few of them will be public colleges.

Anonymous said...

"Delta State needs to be consolidated into Ole Miss - UM Delta

Southern Miss is an internal part of that region."

@9:44 - Southern Miss is an internal part of WHAT region? You do have access to a map, right?

But, what's the goal here? Is it to provide access to physical campuses for purposes of education? Is it to reduce duplication of effort? Is it to make it harder for a student population to get to school? Is it to sound good?

How many branches are under The University of California AT...?

Government, as an institutional animal in this country, never diminishes in size. Never has, never will.


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