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Title: George Mason School of Law tweaked its new Scalia name. Post by: sprite75 on April 06, 2016, 07:56:15 PM Yeah they really (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-mason-scalia-acronym_us_57045961e4b0b90ac2709bae) should've thought things through...
Quote After renaming its law school after late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, George Mason University renamed it again after unintentionally sparking a storm of delightfully immature jokes about the resulting acronym, “ASSoL.” The school first announced it would change the law school’s name to The Antonin Scalia School of Law on March 31 to honor the court’s revered and reviled conservative, who died on Feb. 13 at the age of 79. The Fairfax, Virginia-based school decided to revise the moniker in order to claim $20 million from an anonymous donor who called for the change as part of the deal. Billionaire conservative activist Charles Koch donated another $10 million to the high-caliber law school known for its conservative legal curriculum. But the school’s Board of Visitors, who approved the initial change, either forgot to eyeball the acronym, or overestimated the maturity of the public. The jokes and jabs were plentiful, as a Twitter search for #ASSoL or #ASSLaw can show. :bouncegiggle: I'm glad I'm not going there. Title: Re: George Mason School of Law tweaked its new Scalia name. Post by: Trevor on April 07, 2016, 01:16:37 AM Yeah they really ([url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-mason-scalia-acronym_us_57045961e4b0b90ac2709bae[/url]) should've thought things through... Quote After renaming its law school after late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, George Mason University renamed it again after unintentionally sparking a storm of delightfully immature jokes about the resulting acronym, “ASSoL.” The school first announced it would change the law school’s name to The Antonin Scalia School of Law on March 31 to honor the court’s revered and reviled conservative, who died on Feb. 13 at the age of 79. The Fairfax, Virginia-based school decided to revise the moniker in order to claim $20 million from an anonymous donor who called for the change as part of the deal. Billionaire conservative activist Charles Koch donated another $10 million to the high-caliber law school known for its conservative legal curriculum. But the school’s Board of Visitors, who approved the initial change, either forgot to eyeball the acronym, or overestimated the maturity of the public. The jokes and jabs were plentiful, as a Twitter search for #ASSoL or #ASSLaw can show. :bouncegiggle: I'm glad I'm not going there. All I can say to that is (http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/57045a241e000087007064c0.jpeg) I'm sure Justice Scalia would have taken that in good humor. :smile: |