re: It is apparently illegal for the university to rename Confederate Drive

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What's left that could possibly be offensive?

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The term "Ole Miss"

The term "Rebels"

The colors Red and Blue (colors of the Rebel Flag)

Our band's name, "The Pride of the South"

Playing any form, fast or slow, of "Dixie"

The Confederate Soldier on the Circle (although he commemorates the University Greys)

The fact that, while we've publicly distanced ourselves from Colonel Reb, we still own the license and make money off of the likeness

Any University building, street, statue, etc. named after anyone associated with the University pre-1962 (including Swayze Field, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, the Cochran Center)

Playing "I Saw the Light" since it's a hymn

"Swayze Field" since Tom Swayze didn't recruit African-American baseball players until the late 1960s

The entire alma mater since it has the term "Ole Miss" in it

Voting for the male class favorite as "Colonel Reb" (they may have already done this)

The Blues Museum and record collection since they perpetuate a negative stereotype of African-Americans

That's all I care to think of at the moment.