Clemson University's Tillman Hall

     On January 25, 2015 I read an article that was written by Easley Progress about the plea by approximately eighty students to change the name of Clemson University’s Tillman Hall. The clock tower was named after Ben Tillman in 1890. Ben was said to be an outspoken racist or “white supremacist.” A petition was passed around the campus for the cry of equality throughout Clemson University. However, not all students are insisting a name change for this beautiful building that is 125 years old. Other students say the building name is a piece of history for the university and should not be changed. J.K. Rowling once stated, “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” Although this author most likely did not make that statement for equality of a university, I believe every bit of that quote is true. No matter what the end result is for Clemson University this should bring students, family, and faculty together as one Clemson family.

 

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