Stanford University to remove Junipero Serra name from buildings, mall

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Stanford University to remove Junipero Serra name from buildings, mall

Stanford plans to change the name of Serra Mall, the pedestrian and bicycle mall at the front of campus that serves as the university’s official address, to “Jane Stanford Way” in honor…

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[JimG]

More idiocy. At least it’s not a Catholic university.

 

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Stanford will seek to rename Serra Mall in honor of Jane Stanford

Two campus buildings currently named for Junipero Serra, the founder of the California mission system, also will be renamed, but other campus references to Serra and the mission system will be retained, based on a set of university committee recommendations that have been accepted by the Board...

news.stanford.edu

https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/stanford-junipero-serra-rename-monument-mall-13230297.php

 

[FirstFiveEighth]

Pathetic…

 

[Genesis315]

What’s ironic is they are changing the name to Jane Stanford–but she herself (as well as her husband) was very fond of St. Junipero and she even commissioned a large granite statute in his honor in Monterrey.

 

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STANFORD RENAMES FATHER SERRA SITES

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Stanford University's decision to rename sites that honor Father Serra: Stanford University has decided to rename many places on campus that give tribute to Father Junipero Serra, the 18th century Spanish missionary who was canonized in 2015. A...

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