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COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Forty years after Mississippi University for Women started enrolling men, its president says the school should consider choosing a more inclusive name. Previous attempts to remove “women” from the name, including the most recent one in 2009, have brought strong backlash from alumni of the school, nicknamed the W.
Mississippi University for Women is considering to remove “women” from its name, as the college has enrolled male students for the last 40 years.
Forty years after Mississippi University for Women started enrolling men, its president says the school should consider choosing a more inclusive name
COLUMBUS, Mississippi: Forty years after Mississippi University for Women started enrolling men, its president says the school should consider choosin...
The Columbus Riflemen were a storied Columbus military unit that had been organized in 1837. They had served with valor in the Mexican War, the Civil War and the Spanish American War. It was a distinctively Columbus unit with its armory located in city hall. In 1916 they and the Caledonia Rifles were the Lowndes County companies in the Mississippi National Guard. That all soon changed.