WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY

Washington & Lee's Ryan Luth finishes 5th in his weight class.

Washington and Lee University will indeed remain Washington and Lee University.

LEXINGTON, Va. Faculty at Washington and Lee University have voted to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lees name from the school, but that doesnt mean necessarily such a change will occur. The motion was approved on Monday during a special video conference meeting attended by faculty members, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The school was named for early benefactor George Washington and Lee, who was a president of the university and is buried in a campus chapel. After Lee died in 1870, the faculty requested that the trustees rename the college in Lees honor, according to the university. The trustees agreed, changing the name from Washington College to Washington and Lee University.

LEXINGTON, Va. Conversations about race continue across the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd, including a conversation now about changing the name of Washington & Lee University. Washington & Lee is no stranger to change. Thats where a petition, organized by faculty, to remove Lees name from the university comes in. Exactly what the petition will say and how the process will work was still being developed Thursday, but the goal was to get the petition to the universitys trustees soon. Like Casey, Harwood hopes a name change wont overshadow bigger cultural issues at the university that he says need to be addressed.

LEXINGTON, Va. A woman with ties to Washington & Lee Universitys founding is not happy about the recent name change proposal. Im very angry, said Tina Tabor, who feels like history is being destroyed. She is a decedent of Robert Alexander, who served as president of Augusta Academy, which later became Washington & Lee University. The Lee in the universitys name refers to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Faculty members have not discussed what theyd like the universitys new name to be.

LEXINGTON, Va. More pressure could be coming for Washington & Lee University to change its name and removing all references to the confederacy. No action was taken, but more than 100 undergraduate and law school professors who attended the meeting plan to send a formal request to the schools president and board of trustees by the end of the month. The school was named for George Washington, an early benefactor, and Robert E. Lee, the former confederate general and president of the university who is buried in a chapel at the heart of campus. In 2018, a commission examining how history shaped the university suggested numerous changes but stopped short of recommending renaming the school. The university did make changes to the names of some campus buildings.

LEXINGTON, Va. – When the votes were counted Saturday evening, Senator Bernie Sanders was in first place with 405 more votes than runner up Joe Biden, who received 1,237 votes. The votes, however, were not the necessary 1,991 to win the nomination, requiring a second round of voting. “That was decided by a combination of my research and the political team’s research,” said, Washington & Lee student Garrett Allen, the convention’s Virginia state chairman. Noah’s comments drew frequent applause from Washington and Lee students. “Trevor Noah was able to bring the comedy aspect of his routine, but also some really deep issues with his upbringing in apartheid South Africa,” Washington & Lee junior Jack Fencl said.