Re:Tradition for Sale: On University Architecture
by MLR on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:45PM
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The article gives an explanation for this.
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Re:Tradition for Sale: On University Architecture
by alistairSH on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:00PM
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tl;dr - a major donor ($250 million) is a Franklin fan. He cut a check for nearly half the estimated cost of the college, so they named it in honor of one of his heroes.
Re:Tradition for Sale: On University Architecture
by Chaebixi on Friday December 01, 2017 @03:24PM
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> tl;dr - a major donor ($250 million) is a Franklin fan. He cut a check for nearly half the estimated cost of the college, so they named it in honor of one of his heroes.
That's honestly way better than naming it after yet another major donor.