Letter: If fairness is the issue, letâs call a public vote on changing the name of Dixie State University
FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo, a sign stands at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah. The Utah House on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, voted in support of Dixie State University dropping âDixieâ from its name â an example of the nationâs reexamination of the remnants of the Confederacy and slavery. (Chris Caldwell/The Spectrum via AP)
By Heber Jones | The Public Forum
  | March 12, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
| Updated: 2:59 p.m.
On Feb, 28, I read a column in the Tribune opinion section written by a group of the rich, famous and powerful members of our society. The theme of their combined influence was to coerce the Utah Legislature into changing the name for Dixie State University.