College Students Demand That Building Is Renamed

It's sad but true that among college students, young people that we normally expect to be reasonably intelligent, teh stoopid is alive and well.  From Penn Live:

A Depression-era Lebanon Valley College leader with the last name Lynch has found himself thrust into the middle of a roiling 21st-century debate on campus civil rights. 

Students at the private college in Annville have demanded administrators remove or modify Dr. Clyde A. Lynch's last name, as it appears on a campus hall, due to the associated racial connotations.

In fairness to Penn Live and Lebanon Valley College, I must point out that article includes some common sense rejoinders to the students' demands, such as:

A commenter going by the screen name "10xchamps," who identified himself as a recent graduate of the college, said "Anyone with half a brain would know that the name has nothing to do with racial connotations. It's the last name of a very generous donor who probably helped fund many of these students."

The name "Lynch" is not uncommon, and was certainly around before an uncapitalized version of it became a term for extra-judicial hangings, commonly (but not exclusively) of blacks.  Determining which is which shouldn't be too difficult.  Wait 'til these kids look at a map and find Lynchburg, Virginia or Lynchburg, Tennessee.  And what happens in the future if anything is named after our current Attorney General?  Read the full story.