Deady Hall was not named to honor the judge for his political views on slavery or exclusion - or for his later views on Chinese immigration - but for his role in fostering the University itself.

Going back and revising our state, county, city, college, public school, street, building and other place names to sanitize our built environment to match the current political climate would not only needlessly deny our history, it would irrationally deify the current generation - a generation very much impressed with itself  - but not yet judged by history.

Maybe we could change the name of the city over the developer sins of Skinner or the county over the ample sins of Lane - among them helping Breckenridge carry the county over Lincoln in 1860.

It would be well for the University to teach its students to go focus on building a good present and future - instead of attempting to re-write the past.